Ramy Nassar

During this session, attendees will gain valuable and actionable takeaways, which may include:

1. Understanding the importance of a data-driven approach to innovation
   Learn how to leverage key operational and customer experience metrics to drive innovation within your organization.
2. Design thinking framework
   Discover the iterative approach that Ramy Nassar advocates, from proof of concept to minimum viable product (MVP), and ultimately the successful commercialization of new technologies.
3. Applying innovation strategies in your own business
   Gain insights and practical tips on how to implement innovative practices within your organization, based on Ramy’s experiences leading corporate innovation programs for renowned companies.
4. Overcoming challenges in innovation
   Explore potential hurdles and learn strategies to overcome them, as Ramy shares his expertise in navigating the complexities of innovation in different industries.
5. Inspiring a culture of innovation
   Discover how to foster a company culture that embraces and encourages innovation, enabling your team to consistently generate groundbreaking ideas and drive growth.

As emerging technologies continue to transform organizations, businesses must adapt and innovate to stay ahead of the curve. AI and ChatGPT, a cutting-edge language model, have emerged as powerful tools to drive transformation. This keynote explores the potential of AI & ChatGPT in automating business processes, enhancing customer experiences, and driving strategic growth.

The audience will learn about the AI transformation ladder, which provides a structured framework to go from foundations to ROI-driving applications within a specific business context.

The presentation will touch upon the human implications of leveraging AI within organizations and the importance of considering potential risks, such as data bias, when working with these technologies. With hands-on examples, case studies, and best practices, participants will leave feeling inspired and equipped to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of AI, machine learning, and ChatGPT.

Best for: Large groups who are looking to better understand the potential positive disruptive impacts of AI + Emerging Technology and want to transform the next generation of products, services, and platforms.

Outcomes: Participants will gain a foundational understanding of machine learning, AI, and specific technologies (predictive analytics, automation, ChatGPT, etc.) and how to leverage these platforms to drive growth & change within their organizations.

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Organizations today are facing threats from more sources than ever. Strategic Foresight is a structured and scalable approach to uncover the signals, trends, and forces that will disrupt your business – whether positively or negatively. The Foresight Mindset ™ enables organizations to become more resilient to disruption and empowers leaders to think strategically about initiatives and investments that will drive growth.

In this presentation, participants will learn specific approaches and practical tools for Strategic Foresight that will empower them to confidently make decisions in an increasingly uncertain world.

Leveraging a Foresight Mindset ™ can unlock opportunities to accelerate growth, mitigate risk, and discover new value propositions that Futureproof the organization for the years to come.

Best for: Large groups who are exploring new approaches and want to empower attendees to take a longer-term view of their world.

Outcomes: Participants will be equipped to make better decisions that are aligned with strategic goals, understand local and global shifts (e.g., impacts of economic growth, climate change, and changing consumer expectations), and uncover opportunities related to AI & emerging tech.

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AI and Financial Industry – Ramy Nassar:

Some of the macro trends happening now are that people are deleveraging given the higher costs of borrowing. On top of that, more investors who feel uncertain about the market prospects are opting toward high interest savings or GIC options (that are paying >5%), and these investment vehicles tend to have smaller margins for investment firms & advisors.  

With respect to technology, we’re at an interesting point where it’s shifting away from purely “self-service” toward segmented service models that allow clients to be served in a way that is at their choice (ranging from self-service through to high touch, especially in mass affluent and HNW segments). 

In the AI domain, some of the really interesting opportunities & applications I’m seeing right now include: 

• Data-driven next best action recommendations (empowering advisors with the right timing and action to advise their client of, but allowing the advisor to still be the one providing the advice)
• RPA (robotic process automation); while not truly “AI”, leveraging technology to deal with repetitive and predictable tasks, reducing need for additional headcount / FTEs in some cases
• NLP (natural language processing) and LLMs (large language models) to automate the process of sifting through financial news, earnings calls, and other text-based data sources and concisely providing advisors & portfolio managers with key insights is really exciting to me, and we’re just on the cusp of the potential transformation this can have.