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Agenda 2025

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Day One - June 17 Day Two - June 18
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Tuesday June 17, 2025
8:00 am - 8:50 am

Registration and breakfast

8:50 am - 9:00 am

Chair’s opening remarks

9:00 am - 9:50 am

RESILIENCE - PANEL DISCUSSION

Integrating operational resilience as a key pillar in third party risk management

  • Proactive measures to enhance vendor and supply chain resilience
  • Responding to and recovering from major vendor outages
  • The role of tabletop exercises in resilience planning
  • Regulatory expectations for operational continuity in financial services

Olga Voytenko
Olga Voytenko Senior Vice President, Head of Operational Resilience - Forbright Bank
Karina Volvosky
Karina Volvosky Senior Vice President, Business Control Officer for Entertainment - City National Bank
Stefan Smith
Stefan Smith Director, Continuity of Operations Program - Bank of Canada
Megan Speranza
Megan Speranza Executive Director, Global Head of CCOR Resiliency Risk Oversight - J.P Morgan Chase & Co
9:50 am - 10:30 am

GOVERNING A FIRM’S THIRD AND FOURTH PARTY PORTFOLIOS

Governance models to manage rapidly evolving third- and fourth-party business relationships

  • Identifying and mapping critical ‘x’-party relationships
  • Understanding cascading and concentration risks / operational complexities
  • What is an individual firm’s “span of control” in case of disruption?
  • How can this knowledge be used to shape a firm’s crisis strategies?
  • Transparency challenges as an issue

Rick Cech
Rick Cech SBE Operational Risk Governance - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
10:30 am - 11:00 am

Morning refreshment break and networking

11:00 am - 11:40 am

FOURTH PARTIES

Building a third and fourth parties' inventories: Fourth parties relationships to mitigate the risk

  • Identifying and mapping fourth-party relationships
  • Challenges in obtaining transparency from subcontractors
  • Monitoring cascading and concentration risks
  • Strategies to align fourth-party oversight with organizational risk tolerance

Melissa Mellen
Melissa Mellen Head of Third-Party Risk Management - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
11:40 am - 12:20 pm

AI

The next AI wave is on its way: Are you ready?

  • Understanding the three waves of AI:  Machine Learning, Generative, and Agentic
  • Exploring how AI is transforming third-party management programs
  • Understanding the impact AI Now and AI Next on TPRM
  • Practical insights into integrating AI into your TPRM strategy

Loren Johnson
Loren Johnson Senior Director of Product Marketing & Market Evangelist, Aravo Solutions
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm

Lunch break and networking

1:20 pm - 2:10 pm

TPRM BY EXCEPTION

TPRM By Exception

  • Automation and AI for TPRM
  • Data-Driven TPRM by Exception
  • Moving from Assessments to Real-Time Risk Management

Brian Shaw
Brian Shaw VP, Head of North America, Certa
2:10 pm - 2:50 pm

TECHNOLOGY

Reviewing threats and opportunities adopting AI in third party risk management

  • Using AI to streamline vendor assessments and due diligence
  • Managing risks associated with vendor AI usage, including data concerns
  • Regulatory gaps and expected trends in AI governance
  • Leveraging AI to enhance decision-making in procurement and risk evaluation

Sonia Jarvis
Sonia Jarvis Senior Supervisory Financial Analyst - Federal Reserve Board of Governors
2:50 pm - 3:40 pm

CYBER RISK – PANEL DISCUSSION

Establishing clear terms for incident transparency and vendor accountability

  • Encouraging vendors to report incidents openly and accurately
  • Contractual clauses for mandatory incident reporting
  • Steps to verify vendor claims during incident investigations
  • Frameworks for enhancing trust and reducing risk in crises

Rajat Bhatnaga
Rajat Bhatnaga Head of Third-Party Risk CIB - BBVA
Sabeena Ahmed Liconte
Sabeena Ahmed Liconte Head of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer - ICBC Standard Securities (tbc)
Yogesh Mudgal
Yogesh Mudgal Head of Risk, Runtime Compute, J.P Morgan Chase
3:40 pm - 4:10 pm

Afternoon refreshment break and networking

4:10 pm - 4:40 pm

AI

Evaluating vendor AI models and ensuring transparency and explainability

  • Understanding vendor AI model inputs and methodologies
  • Managing risks of proprietary and opaque AI models
  • Strategies for outcome analysis and validation
  • Collaborating with vendors to enhance AI model transparency

Subramanian (Subbu) Annaswamy
Subramanian (Subbu) Annaswamy Head of Technology Third Party Risk Management and Lines of Business, BNY
4:40 pm - 5:30 pm

SCALING – PANEL DISCUSSION

Scaling third party risk management for growth

  • Overcoming challenges in scaling third-party frameworks
  • Lessons from fast-growing financial services firms
  • Tools for automating and streamlining third-party processes
  • Balancing risk appetite with business growth priorities

Christina Hernandez
Christina Hernandez Director, Sourcing and Procurement Management - USAA
Hilda Andeliz
Hilda Andeliz VP, Third Party Risk Management - Valley Bank
Justin Van Beek
Justin Van Beek Senior Vice President, Wintrust Financial Corporation
Tiffany Bray
Tiffany Bray VP, Third Party Risk Management, Seacoast Bank
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm

Chair’s closing remarks

5:40 pm

End of day one and drinks reception

Day two - June 18
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Wednesday June 18, 2025
8:00 am - 8:50 am

Registration and breakfast

8:50 am - 9:00 am

Chair’s opening remarks

TBC
TBC Senior Executive, Aravo
9:00 am - 9:50 am

REPORTING – PANEL

Quantifying risk: Developing effective metrics and reporting

  • Establishing KPIs for effective third-party risk management
  • Tools and dashboards for real-time risk monitoring
  • Creating actionable reports for stakeholders and regulators
  • Challenges in aligning risk metrics across departments

Patricia Catharino
Patricia Catharino US Head of Risk Management and Internal Controls - Itau USA
Toby Haffner
Toby Haffner Third Party Risk Management, Navy Federal Credit Union
Olga Baldwin
Olga Baldwin Lead of Third-Party Risk Management - StoneX
Kelly Gonzales
Kelly Gonzales Director, IT Delivery, Infrastructure and Support Risk Management, Corebridge Financial
9:50 am - 11:30 am

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Reviewing contract management practices to capture industry evolutions

  • Drafting contracts to address AI, cybersecurity, and resilience
  • Incorporating clear data use and privacy clauses
  • Negotiation tips for achieving balanced vendor agreements
  • Building flexibility for evolving risks and regulations

Charmi Patel
Charmi Patel Head of Vendor Risk Management, IDB Bank
10:30 am - 11:00 am

Morning refreshment break and networking

11:00 am - 11:40 am

AI USAGE IN TPRM

Session details to be confirmed

TBC
TBC CEO, Mirato
11:40 am - 12:20 pm

SYSTEMIC THIRD PARTIES

Industry-wide collaboration to identify and manage systemically important third parties

  • Identifying and managing systemically important vendors
  • Collaborative approaches to address industry concentration risks
  • Engaging regulators to enforce accountability for critical vendors
  • Strategies for joint tabletop exercises with key third parties

Anifat Antada
Anifat Antada Enterprise Risk Manager - First Bank of Nigeria
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm

Lunch break and networking

1:20 pm - 2:10 pm

ASSESSMENTS

Scaling third party risk assessments to manage increasing ecosystem complexity

  • Simplifying risk assessments for large vendor portfolios
  • Integrating modular and dynamic assessment frameworks
  • Leveraging digital tools for efficiency and accuracy
  • Scaling processes without compromising on diligence

Jennifer Hancock
Jennifer Hancock SVP, Professional Development & Education, Shared Assessments
2:10 pm - 3:00 pm

SUSTAINABILITY - PANEL DISCUSSION

Developing ethical and sustainable practices in third party risk management

  • Aligning ESG goals with third-party risk strategies
  • Addressing sustainability concerns in vendor operations
  • Ethical considerations in data and labor practices
  • ESG metrics for evaluating vendor partnerships

Ekaterina Grigoryeva
Ekaterina Grigoryeva former Environment and Social Development Specialist (Global Lead) - World Bank
Markus Lammer
Markus Lammer Head of Legacy CS Corporate Bank - UBS
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Afternoon refreshment break and networking

3:30 pm - 4:20 pm

INTER-AFFILIATE RELATIONSHIPS – PANEL DISCUSSION

Inter-affiliate relationships: Managing internal dependencies

  • Understanding dependencies in global inter-affiliate relationships
  • Treating inter-affiliate services as third-party equivalents
  • Ensuring compliance with international regulatory expectations
  • Frameworks for assessing inter-affiliate resiliency and risk

Sri Intan
Sri Intan Head of Vendor Risk Management for North America - Commerzbank
Ken Wolckenhauer
Ken Wolckenhauer FVP, Operational Service - Nordea Bank
Susan Moy
Susan Moy US Head of Bank Regulatory Compliance- BBVA
Natallia Aliakseyenka
Natallia Aliakseyenka Managing Director, Head of Third Party Risk Management - BNP Paribas
4:20 pm - 5:00 pm

FUTURE OUTLOOK

The future of third-party risk management: Upcoming trends and opportunities

  • Predictions for 2030: Key risks and trends
  • Emerging technologies shaping the vendor risk landscape
  • Building agility to adapt to future challenges
  • Collaborating as an industry to drive innovation in risk management

5:00 pm

Chair’s closing remarks and end of Vendor & Third Party Risk USA 2025

Day one - June 17
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