HSBC China Connect (HCC), CFTE, CBAIA and GWAI AI Event

AI in Action: From Possibility to Practice

Date
November 25, 2026
Venue
Meridian Room, Level 41, 8 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London
Format
In person: keynote talks, panel and networking
Time
18:00 to 21:00 GMT

Keynote talks and a panel on putting AI to work, in Canary Wharf

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About this event

AI is moving from the frontier of technology into everyday work. The question is no longer what AI can do, but what it is changing in the way we work, build businesses and serve customers.

Hosted by HSBC China Connect (HCC), CFTE, CBAIA and Global Women in AI, the evening brings together speakers from academia, enterprise, technology and financial services. Keynote talks are followed by a panel in which the speakers exchange perspectives and take questions from the room.

As AI moves from possibility to practice, what kind of future are we creating?

Entry is free. Registration is required, and every request is reviewed.

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Key Themes

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Academia and research

Where the frontier of AI is heading.

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Enterprise and strategy

How organisations adopt and scale AI.

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Technology and product

How AI moves from models to working applications.

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Industry transformation

How AI is reshaping financial services and industries beyond finance.

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Humans and AI

How skills, roles and ways of thinking change when AI becomes a working partner.

Why Attend

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See what AI in practice looks like from five perspectives: academia, enterprise, technology, industry transformation and the human side of AI

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Hear Tram Anh Nguyen on what CFTE is seeing as financial institutions move AI from experimentation into adoption

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Hear from HSBC's Group Head of Responsible AI and its Chief Product Officer of H2H, alongside a Cambridge researcher and two founders

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Put your questions to the speakers in the panel, then meet the people doing this work in the networking session

Speakers

Doug Robertson
Doug Robertson
Group Head of Responsible AI, HSBC
Tram Anh Nguyen
Tram Anh Nguyen
Co-Founder, CFTE
Chairwoman, Global Women in AI
Xinghui Tao
Xinghui Tao
Industrial Supervisor and PhD Researcher, University of Cambridge
Dr Simon Wang
Dr Simon Wang
Founder and CEO, SimicX
Sara Amara
Sara Amara
Chief Product Officer of H2H, HSBC Client Connectivity
Daniel Callis
Daniel Callis
Founder and CEO, BEYLA AI

Who should attend

For anyone responsible for turning AI pilots into everyday practice.

Business, technology and transformation leaders in financial services

Product, data and AI teams

Founders building AI products

Researchers working on applied AI

Talent and capability leaders

Members of the HCC, CBAIA and Global Women in AI communities

Agenda

Time
Session
18:00
Arrival and reception
18:30
Welcome and opening remarks from the Chair
18:40
Keynote talks
19:30
Panel discussion and audience Q&A
20:00
Networking
21:00
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