AI is no longer just a buzzword - it’s a strategic imperative. At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, AI takes centre stage, with sessions designed to explore its practical impact, ethical implications, and transformative potential in financial services.</em> Whether you're navigating compliance, enhancing customer experience, or building future-ready infrastructure, Sibos offers a front-row seat to the next chapter.</em></p> AI across the Frankfurt agenda</strong></p> This year’s theme, ‘The next frontiers of global finance’, sets the tone for over 250 sessions featuring 500+ expert speakers from all corners of the financial ecosystem. AI will be woven throughout the programme - from key debates and industry panels to hands-on showcases and innovation platforms.</p> Expect deep dives into subjects including:</p> The ROI of generative AI: Measuring the impact of a revolution</li>AI governance across borders: Building global standards in a divided world</li>AI and emerging tech: Making global trade safer and more efficient</li>Beyond the horizon: ESG, AI and a revolution in capital markets</li>When AI becomes a teammate: Navigating workplace transformation</li></ul> Register now</a> for full access to the Sibos 2025 conference programme to find out more.</p> Spotlight: The AI Pavilion</strong></p> New for 2025, the AI Pavilion is a dedicated learning space within Discover, designed to make AI more accessible, tangible and collaborative.</p> Sponsored by Microsoft and Plenitude, the AI Pavilion features:</p> A central learning hub with daily educational sessions curated by Sibos and Swift</li>Sponsor-led talks on areas like financial crime prevention, strategic integration and AI safety</li>Tech-driven exhibitor booths showcasing AI in action</li></ul> Rachel Levi, Head of Enterprise AI & Enablement at Swift, introduces the AI Pavilion for Sibos TV</a>, and explains: “This pavilion will be a place for learning, where everyone can feel welcome to join intimate sessions with expert speakers who will aim in a collaborative way to demystify some of the common topics around artificial intelligence.”</p> Some of the small-group sessions will require advance registration, while others will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Please see the individual session descriptions</a> for more details.</p> Innotribe: Looking to the future</strong></p> AI also features prominently at Innotribe</a>, our future-focused ‘conference within a conference’. Tackling the big questions of tomorrow, visionary speakers from different disciplines will offer new insights on AI’s role in society and finance.</p> In Culturally aligned AI: Rethinking payments in a global financial system, </em>the panel will discuss how AI in payments isn't just a Western story. This session explores how diverse cultural perspectives are shaping its future and how global wisdom is transforming innovation and customer relationships.</p> In our Contrarian Views</em> session, teams will debate whether ‘AI should have free agency’. They’ll argue for or against - then switch sides halfway through to debate the opposite perspective - with the audience deciding which team wins.</p> The Innotribe closing </em>will introduce Rachel Altmann, BeHive Consulting and Tony Fish, board adviser, pioneer and author, to their AI-generated older and younger selves, revealing fresh perspectives on innovation, risk-taking and wealth creation.</p> The big-picture look ahead</strong></p> German futurist Gerd Leonhard will provide a special keynote on the Thursday morning of Sibos week, The next 10 years: AI, AGI and the future of business, society & humanity</em>. This Inside Leadership session will explore how artificial intelligence could help solve some of humanity’s most pressing challenges, while warning of the existential risks if left unchecked. He’ll explain that ‘The Good Future’ hinges on global collaboration, robust governance and a new economic logic - where financial industry leaders play a pivotal role in steering technology toward human-centric progress.</p> It's clear the financial world is ready to harness the power of AI, but many questions remain. Our programme promises to expand your knowledge and spark new ideas. Don’t miss your chance to be part of these vital conversations.</p> Get your Sibos 2025 pass now</em></a> to join us from 29 September to 2 October. Follow us on </em>LinkedIn</em></a>, </em>Instagram</em></a>, </em>YouTube</em></a> and </em>X</em></a> for all Sibos 2025 updates.</em></p>