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Riyadh Executive Sessions
Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Center,
Malham, Saudi Arabia
Build What Financial Services Needs Next
Financial services leaders are under pressure to modernize core systems, move AI beyond pilots
and show measurable business impact. These executive sessions are designed for focused
discussion on what works in practice, where delivery stalls and what it takes to build systems
teams can run at scale.
Join Publicis Sapient and industry leaders for small-group conversations on the next stage of
financial services modernization.
Key topics we’ll be covering:
Turn AI investment into working products that improve speed, cost and customer outcomes
Reduce friction across legacy systems, data silos and delivery models
Move from transformation plans to platforms teams can run, improve and scale
Engage directly with peers facing the same modernization and delivery challenges
Partners
Agenda
Monday, 14 September
12 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
From Modernization to AI-Native Banking
Partner: Google Cloud
Moderator:
Rohit Mathew, Financial Sector Co-Lead for Publicis Sapient MENA, Publicis Sapient
Speaker:
Abhishek Bhattacharya, GVP of Technology & Engineering, Publicis Sapient
Moath Taslaq, Banking & FSI Sales Lead, Google Cloud
Middle East banks are making major modernization investments, but the next challenge is turning those investments into AI-ready operating models, platforms and products.
Discussion topics:
Capabilities that will separate market-leading Middle East banks over the next five years
Modernization investments that create business value while preparing the bank for AI
Moving from AI experiments and proof of concepts to enterprise deployment
Front-to-back banking change powered by AI
Operating models that support AI-native banking
Measuring business value from AI
2 p.m.–3 p.m.
Omnichannel Orchestration as the New Competitive Advantage
Partner: Adobe
Products and pricing are no longer enough to differentiate financial institutions. This session will explore how connected experiences, data and AI can help banks build stronger customer relationships.
Speakers:
Joseph Fletcher, Regional VP of Experience for MENA, Publicis Sapient
Edd Atcheson, Head of Innovation – MEA, Adobe
Murad Daniyel, FS Lead – MEA, Adobe
Discussion topics:
How customer experience is becoming a core differentiator in financial services
Creating connected journeys across channels
Using data and AI to personalize experiences at scale
Measuring the impact of experience on loyalty and growth
Tuesday, 15 September
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Legacy Modernization
Partner: AWS
Speaker:
Abhishek Bhattacharya, GVP of Technology & Engineering, Publicis Sapient
Legacy modernization is not only a technology question. It is a business, architecture and delivery challenge. This session will focus on how banks can modernize core systems without slowing the business down.
Discussion topics:
Business case and priorities for core banking upgrades and replacements
What future-ready banking architecture looks like
How to modernize while protecting business-as-usual operations
Modernizing front, middle and back-office functions
1 p.m.–2 p.m.
The Lending Moment
Partner: nCino
Banks are under pressure to make lending faster without losing the judgment, trust and relationship focus that customers still expect. This session will explore how connected data, AI and automation can improve lending journeys while keeping people in the loop.
Speakers:
Mark Smith, Vice President Agile Program Management, Publicis Sapient
Mohamed Moniem, Vice President – Middle East Region, nCino
Discussion topics:
Improving lending journeys across onboarding, origination, underwriting and approvals
Using AI, automation and connected data to improve speed while keeping human judgment in the loop
Balancing faster customer decisions with relationship management, risk and governance
Speakers and moderators

Financial Sector Co-Lead
for MENA
Publicis Sapient

GVP of Technology & Engineering
Publicis Sapient

Regional VP of Experience
for MENA
Publicis Sapient

Vice President Agile
Program Management,
Publicis Sapient

Banking & FSI Sales Lead,
Google Cloud

Head of Innovation - MEA,
Adobe

FS Lead - MEA
Adobe

Vice President - Middle
East Region
nCino
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Venue
Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Center
– Malham
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