Secure Horizons - Defining Tomorrow
Discover how we’re shaping the future of risk management—together. Join us to explore forward-thinking strategies and powerful technologies that help you drive conscious decisions to support your business, assess risks, simulate balance sheet impacts timely and with high accuracy, ensure compliance, in an increasingly complex risk landscape.
New business challenges, higher volatility, increasing regulatory pressure, rapid advancements in AI, and the demand for greater efficiency are reshaping how organizations approach Risk & financial management.
Join us 20–22 October 2025 at the SAS office in Heidelberg, Germany, for the Risk Customer Connection for Banking and Insurance. You’ll hear how industry leaders across banking and insurance are transforming their organizations’ decision-making processes to embrace the future. Discover how SAS’ innovative data and AI solutions can help you do the same.
This year’s agenda will encompass:
- Best practices in Banking: Enterprise Decisioning, including: Credit modelling & decisioning, Model lifecycle automation, Model validation and Model risk management; Dynamic IBSM including: Regulatory Capital, Loss Provisions, ALM, Liquidity Risk, Market Risk and Stress testing. Governance including: Operational Risk, Operational Resiliency and BCBS 239 governance.
- Best practices in Insurance: Insurance Enterprise Decisioning including actuarial modeling and decisioning, customer onboarding, automated underwriting, Agentic AI; IFRS17 including financial insights, updates and beyond; Asset Management including Mark-to-Market and Portfolio Optimization; Solvency II Modernization.
- How AI and GenAI can accelerate business processes
About the Risk Customer Connection for Banking and Insurance
- The Risk Customer Connection for Banking and Insurance is a networking event for current SAS customers and partners interested in sharing best practices and inspiring innovation.
- Suggested attire is business casual.
- Registration is free, compliments of SAS, and includes conference materials, admission to all sessions and meals. It does not include hotel expenses or travel arrangements to Heidelberg.
Agenda
The agenda will be updated on a frequent basis.
20th October – Pre-Conference Enablement Day (Optional)
Pre-Conference Enablement Day (Optional)
- 10.30: Registration (Villa 7)
- Risk Banking Villa 7 (DenkMal 1st Floor)
- 10:50 - 11:30: Decisioning Across the Customer Lifecycle in Banking: Workshop & Live Demo
Carl Eastwood, Credit Origination Solution Lead, SAS - 11:30 - 12:10: Model Risk Management & AI Governance: Workshop & Live Demo
Filippo Prazzoli, Customer Advisory Risk Management – Senior Systems Engineer - 12:10 - 12:50: Risk Modelling (AMV + Modernization): Workshop & Live Demo
Sandra Sorza, Solutions Lead Risk Credit Customer Management, SAS
- 10:50 - 11:30: Decisioning Across the Customer Lifecycle in Banking: Workshop & Live Demo
- Risk Insurance Villa 7 (Conference Room Roof Galerie 2nd Floor)
- 11:00 - 11:50: Dynamic Actuarial Modeling: Workshop & Live Demo - Part 1
Oana Avramescu, Sr. Manager, Insurance Solutions Leaders, SAS
Diego Rivas, Sr Business Solutions Manager, SAS - 12:00 - 12:50: Dynamic Actuarial Modeling: Workshop & Live Demo - Part 2
Oana Avramescu, Sr. Manager, Insurance Solutions Leaders, SAS
Diego Rivas, Sr Business Solutions Manager, SAS
- 11:00 - 11:50: Dynamic Actuarial Modeling: Workshop & Live Demo - Part 1
- 12:50 - 13:50: Lunch
- Risk Banking Villa 7 (DenkMal 1st Floor)
- 13.50 - 14.30: Financial Risk: IRRBB and Liquidity: Workshop & Live Demo
Anze Falak, Pre/Post-Sales Systems Engineer, SAS - 14:30 - 15:10: IFRS9: Workshop & Live Demo
Fiódor Reva, Principal Industry Consultant - 15:10 - 15:50: Regulatory Capital & Regulatory Reporting: Workshop & Live Demo
Luis Jesus, Senior Manager Risk, Fraud and Compliance Solutions, SAS
Olivier Romijn, Advisory Business Solutions Manager, SAS - 15:50 - 16:30: Stress Testing: Workshop & Live Demo
Christian Macaro - 16:30 - 17:10: Financial Risk: Market Risk and FRTB: Workshop & Live Demo
Robert Arseniuk, Principal Pre/Post-Sales Systems Engineer, SAS - 17:10 - 17:50: GCM - Operational Risk, Operational Resilience, BCBS 239 Governance: Workshop & Live Demo
Greg Bousamra, Industry Consultant - Fraud, Risk & Compliance, SAS
- 13.50 - 14.30: Financial Risk: IRRBB and Liquidity: Workshop & Live Demo
- Risk Insurance Villa 7 (Conference Room Roof Galerie 2nd Floor)
- 14:00 - 14:50: Decisioning Across the Customer Lifecycle in Insurance: Workshop & Live Demo
Oana Avramescu, Sr. Manager, Insurance Solutions Leaders, SAS - 15:00 - 15:50: Solvency II: Modernization: Workshop & Live Demo
Ran Qu, Senior Solution Advisor, Solution Lead Insurance Capital Management, SAS - 16:00 - 16:50: IFRS17 Financial insights and beyond: Workshop & Live Demo
Christian Pfeifer, Principal Solutions Advisor, SAS - 17:00 - 17:50: Mark-to-Market & Asset Portfolio Optimization: Workshop & Live Demo
Jiri Kubalek, Global Solution Lead for ALM Insurance, SAS
- 14:00 - 14:50: Decisioning Across the Customer Lifecycle in Insurance: Workshop & Live Demo
- 17:50 onwards: Registration for the Main Event
- 19:00 onwards: Dinner (Individual)
21st October – Conference Day 1
Day 1 Risk, Villa 7 (DenkMal - 1st Floor)
- 08:30 - 09:00: Welcome Coffee
- 09:00 - 09:15: Introduction - Welcome and Agenda
Anselmo Marmonti, Vice President, Pre-Sales for Banking Risk, Fraud and Compliance Solutions
- 09:15 - 09:45: SAS Executive Vision: SAS approach for the Future of Risk Management
Stu Bradley, Senior Vice President, Risk, Fraud and Compliance, SAS - 09:45 - 10:30: Keynote Speaker
Navigating the RiskTech Frontier: Trends Shaping the Future of Financial Services
Sid Dash, Chief Researcher, Chartis
Join Sid Dash, Chief Researcher at Chartis, as he explores the evolving landscape of risk technology and its implications for financial institutions. Drawing on insights from the RiskTech AI 50 and recent global shifts in governance, model risk, and high-performance analytics, Sid will highlight the forces driving innovation, regulatory transformation, and strategic investment across banking, insurance, and capital markets. - 10:30 - 11:15: Networking Coffee Break
- Risk Banking (Villa 7 DenkMal - 1st Floor)
- 11:15 - 12:00: Fireside Chat: Decisioning Across the Customer Lifecycle in Banking
Ms. Tangul Kocer, Chief Credit Group President, Burgan Bank
Terisa Roberts, Global Solution Lead for Risk Modeling and Decisioning, SAS
Mr Attila Balaton, Head of Risk Technology, OTP Bank - 12:00 - 12:35: Fireside Chat: Model Risk Management & AI Governance
Terisa Roberts, Global Solution Lead for Risk Modeling and Decisioning, SAS
Maureen Tsaagane, Senior Manager: Model Risk & Analytics, African Bank - 12:35 - 13:10: Latest Trends and Innovations in Risk Modeling & Decisioning
Terisa Roberts, Global Solution Lead for Risk Modeling and Decisioning, SAS
Sandra Sorza, Solutions Lead Risk Credit Customer Management, SAS
- 11:15 - 12:00: Fireside Chat: Decisioning Across the Customer Lifecycle in Banking
- Risk Insurance (Villa 7 - Conference Room Roof Galerie – 2nd Floor)
- 11:15 - 11:50: Insurance Modernization
Oana Avramescu, Sr. Manager, Insurance Solutions Leaders at SAS
Stefan De Lombaert, Senior Director Insurance Risk & Fraud Head, SAS - 11:50 - 12:25: Dynamic Actuarial Modeling - Why SAS for pricing?
Neslihan Neciboğlu, CEO, Neova Sigorta
Oana Avramescu, Sr. Manager, Insurance Solutions Leaders, SAS - 12:25 - 13:10: Latest Insurance Innovations at SAS
Oana Avramescu, Sr. Manager, Insurance Solutions Leaders at SAS
Stefan De Lombaert, Senior Director Insurance Risk & Fraud Head, SAS
Annkathrin Stephan, Head of P&C Solutions, Swiss RE
Albert Florencio da Costa, CTO, SampleMed
- 11:15 - 11:50: Insurance Modernization
- 13:10 - 14:30: Networking Lunch
- Risk Banking (Villa 7 DenkMal - 1st Floor)
- 14:30 - 15:05: Financial Risk: Early Warning Indicators in Corporate Credit
Stas Melnikov, CFA, Head of Quantitative Research and Risk Data Solutions, SAS - 15:05 - 15:40: IFRS9: What is new & how to modernize
Sandra Catarion, Director of Credit Risk Modeling & Collective Impairment, Banco BPI
Fiódor Reva, Global Solution Lead for IFRS-9 and CECL, SAS - 15:40 - 16:15: Regulatory Capital & Regulatory Reporting
Luis Jesus, Senior ManagerRisk, Fraud and Compliance Solutions, SAS
- 14:30 - 15:05: Financial Risk: Early Warning Indicators in Corporate Credit
- Risk Insurance (Villa 7 - Conference Room Roof Galerie – 2nd Floor)
- 14:30 - 15:05: Decisioning Across the Customer Lifecycle in Insurance
Oana Avramescu, Sr. Manager, Insurance Solutions Leaders, SAS - 15:05 - 15:40: Centralizing ALM in Insurance
Marta Gil, FRM, Risk Analyst, Fidelidade - 15:40 - 16:15: Insurance Capital Management: Solvency II and beyond
Ran QU, Sr Solutions Advisor, SAS
- 14:30 - 15:05: Decisioning Across the Customer Lifecycle in Insurance
- 16:15 - 16:45: Networking Coffee Break
- Risk Banking (Villa 7 - 1st Floor)
- 16:45 - 17:20: Integrated Balance Sheet Management: Vision and Roadmap
Martim Rocha, Sr Director, Global Head Risk Banking Solutions, SAS - 17:20 - 17:30: Wrap Up and Preparation for Day 2
Carlos Sovegni, Director, Pre-Sales Support Risk, Fraud and Compliance Global Customer Advisory, SAS
- 16:45 - 17:20: Integrated Balance Sheet Management: Vision and Roadmap
- Risk Insurance (Villa 7 - 2nd floor)
- 16:45 - 17:20: Model Risk Management & AI Governance
Filippo Prazzoli, Sr Systems Engineer, SAS - 17:20 - 17:30: Wrap Up and Preparation for Day 2
Stefan De Lombaert, Senior Director Insurance Risk & Fraud Head, SAS
- 16:45 - 17:20: Model Risk Management & AI Governance
- 18:00 - 19:30: Evening Entertainment
- 19:30 onwards: Networking Dinner
22nd October – Conference Day 2
Day 2 Risk Banking Haarlass (Room Mark Twain)
- 08:30 - 09:00: Welcome Coffee
- 09:00 - 09:10: Introduction - Welcome and Agenda
Martim Rocha, Sr Director, Global Head Risk Banking Solutions, SAS - 09:10 - 09:35: Synthetic Data and how it can help on Risk Management
Harry Keen, SAS Product Strategy and former CEO & Co-Founder of Hazy
- 09:35 - 10:05: Fireside Chat: Financial Risk: IRRBB and Liquidty
Marta Gil, FRM, Risk Analyst, Fidelidade
Jakob Lavröd, Model Development and Quantitative Analysis (ORKF-M), Handelsbanken - Moderator: Anze Falak, Pre/Post-Sales Systems Engineer, SAS
- 10:05 - 10:30: Scenario Analysis and Stress Testing – Customer Case’
Alida Popescu, Sr Manager, Pre-Sales Support, SAS
Giada Scalpelli, Sr Systems Engineer, SAS - 10:30 - 11:00: Fireside Chat: GCM - Operational Risk, Operational Resilience, BCBS 239 Governance
Greg Bousamra, Industry Consultant - Fraud, Risk & Compliance, SAS
Francisco Javier Ruiz, Group Head of Non-Financial Risk Management, Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ) - 11:00 - 11:10: Wrap Up and Closing Remarks
Anselmo Marmonti, Vice President, Pre-Sales for Banking Risk, Fraud and Compliance Solutions, SAS
Day 2 Risk Insurance Haarlass (Room Speyrer)
- 08:30 - 09:00: Welcome Coffee
- 09:00 - 09:10: Introduction - Welcome and Agenda
Stefan De Lombaert, Senior Director Insurance Risk & Fraud Head, SAS - 09:10 - 10:10: IFRS17: Modernization
Christian Pfeifer, Principal Solutions Advisor, SAS
Lukas Kalina, Senior Product Manager, SAS - 10:10 - 10:50: IFRS17: Viya Journey
Christian Pfeifer, Principal Solutions Advisor, SAS
Lukas Kalina, Senior Product Manager, SAS - 10:50 - 11:00: Wrap Up and Closing Remarks
Stefan De Lombaert, Senior Director Insurance Risk & Fraud Head, SAS
Speakers
Location and Directions
Venue
Villa7 / SAS Executive Briefing Center
Stiftweg 1
69118 Heidelberg
Telephone: +49 6221 415 - 0
Hotels
Hotel arrangements are the responsibility of individual conference attendees.
Preferred Hotels
A contingent of hotel rooms is available at
- Qube Bergheim, Bergheimer Straße 74, 69115 Heidelberg
Rooms can be requested under:
bergheim@qube-heidelberg.de
Code: "SAS191025"
The overnight stay incl. breakfast costs EUR 142 incl. VAT (per room/per night).
- Hilton Heidelberg, Kurfürstenanlage 1, 69115 Heidelberg
Rooms can be requested under:
reservations@hiltonheidelberg.com
Code: "SAS Customer Connect 2025"
The overnight stay incl. breakfast costs EUR 179 incl. VAT (per room/per night).
Registration
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Registration
Registration and Fees
Registration is free, compliments of SAS, and includes conference materials, admission to all sessions and meals.
It does not include travel and hotel expenses.
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