Asia 2026

Asia 2026

Invitation-Only

AI for Finance Summit 2026 Asia

AI for Finance Summit 2026 Asia

AI for Finance Summit 2026 Asia

Institutional AI in Asia: From Frontier Research to Practice

Institutional AI in Asia: From Frontier Research to Practice

Institutional AI in Asia: From Frontier Research to Practice

July 10 (Fri), 2026

July 10 (Fri), 2026

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (lunch included)

Park Hyatt Seoul (Gangnam)

Park Hyatt Seoul (Gangnam)

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (lunch included)

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Park Hyatt Seoul (Gangnam)

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  • Audience: 80-100 senior decision-makers in institutional finance industry

AI Meets the Future of Finance

AI Meets the Future of Finance

AI Meets the Future of Finance

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Confirmed Speakers

Confirmed Speakers

10:00 - 10:10

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

10:10 - 10:40

Fireside 1

The Evolution of AI on Wall Street

Atlas Wang PhD

Research Director

XTX Markets, Assoc. Prof, UT Austin

Atlas Wang PhD

Research Director

XTX Markets, Assoc. Prof, UT Austin

Moderator

Jacob Chanyeol Choi PhD

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

10:40 - 11:10

Fireside 2

Governed AI Agents in Financial Services: From Runtime Controls to Insurable Deployment

Lukasz Szpruch PhD

Programme Director for Finance and Economics

The Alan Turing Institute

Moderator

Jacob Chanyeol Choi PhD

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

11:10 - 11:20

Break 

Break 

11:20 - 12:00

Panel 1

Foundation Models for Finance

Srijan Sood

AI Research Lead

J.P. Morgan

Qingsong Wen PhD

Head of AI & Chief Scientist

Squirrel Ai Learning, Oxford Univ

Atlas Wang PhD

Research Director

XTX Markets, Assoc. Prof, UT Austin

Atlas Wang PhD

Research Director

XTX Markets, Assoc. Prof, UT Austin

Jun Seo PhD

AI Scientist

LG AI Research

Moderator

Jacob Chanyeol Choi PhD

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch 

Lunch 

1:00 - 1:20

Demo 1

LSEG Demo: The evolution of data needs in the age of AI

Arman Sahovic PhD

APAC Head of Sales, Data Platform Solutions Global Head of Digital Wealth Sales, LSEG

LSEG

1:20 - 2:00

Panel 2

AI in Asian Institutional Investment

Joo Lee

Co-founder and CTO

Arrowpoint Investment Partners

Chang Hwan Sung PhD

Director

Zentific Investment Management

Arman Sahovic PhD

APAC Head of Sales, Data Platform Solutions Global Head of Digital Wealth Sales, LSEG

LSEG

Erica Xie

Director

Trivest Advisors Ltd

Moderator

Hojun Choi

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

2:00 - 2:20

Demo 2

LinqAlpha Demo: Inside the Agentic Research Stack for Institutional AI

Jongmin Kim

Business Development & Sales Lead, Korea

LinqAlpha

Jaewoo Kim

Chief of Staff, Korea

LinqAlpha

2:20 - 2:50

Panel 3

Where Financial Strategy Meets AI

Kung Fun No

Head Of Financial Services Industry

AWS

Taehoon (Robin) Koo

Executive Technology Partner

AWS

Hyun Jae Woo

General Manager

KB Securities

Moderator

Hojun Choi

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

2:50 - 3:10

Demo 3

LG AI Research Demo: Multi-agent AI Forcasting in Practice

Young Choi

Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships

LG AI Research

3:10 - 3:50

Panel 4

Architecting Production AI

Hyunbin Loh PhD

General Manager (AX Strategy Dept)

Shinhan Securities

Myungjin Lee PhD

General Manager

Korea Investment & Securities

Wonjung Park

General Manager (AI Innovation Team)

Samsung Asset Management

Moderator

Hojun Choi

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

3:50 - 4:30

Panel 5

The Digital Finance Frontier: Product and Governance

Jongtae Lee

Head of AI Tech Strategy

KakaoBank

Steve Hyounmin Wang

Product Lead

Toss Securities

Daeyoung Park PhD

Data & AI Researcher

Financial Security Institute

Moderator

TaeHwan Jeong

Head of Infra

LinqAlpha

4:30 - 4:40

Closing Remarks      

Closing Remarks      

4:40 - 5:00 

Reception / Networking   

Reception / Networking   

Hosts

Jacob Chanyeol Choi PhD

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

Yoon Kim PhD

Assoc. Professor

MIT EECS

Yongjae Lee PhD

Assoc. Professor

UNIST

Young Choi

Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships

LG AI Research

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Confirmed Speakers

10:00 - 10:10

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

10:10 - 10:40

Fireside 1

The Evolution of AI on Wall Street

Atlas Wang PhD

Research Director

XTX Markets, Assoc. Prof, UT Austin

Moderator

Jacob Chanyeol Choi PhD

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

10:40 - 11:10

Fireside 2

Governed AI Agents in Financial Services: From Runtime Controls to Insurable Deployment

Lukasz Szpruch PhD

Programme Director for Finance and Economics

The Alan Turing Institute

Moderator

Jacob Chanyeol Choi PhD

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

11:10 - 11:20

Break 

Break

11:20 - 12:00

Panel 1

Foundation Models for Finance

Srijan Sood

AI Research Lead

J.P. Morgan

Qingsong Wen PhD

Head of AI & Chief Scientist

Squirrel Ai Learning, Oxford Univ

Atlas Wang PhD

Research Director

XTX Markets, Assoc. Prof, UT Austin

Jun Seo PhD

AI Scientist

LG AI Research

Moderator

Jacob Chanyeol Choi PhD

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch 

Lunch

1:20 - 2:00

Panel 2

AI in Asian Institutional Investment

Joo Lee

Co-founder and CTO

Arrowpoint Investment Partners

Chang Hwan Sung PhD

Director

Zentific Investment Management

Arman Sahovic PhD

APAC Head of Sales, Data Platform Solutions Global Head of Digital Wealth Sales, LSEG

LSEG

Erica Xie

Director

Trivest Advisors Ltd

Moderator

Hojun Choi

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

1:00 - 1:20

Demo 1

The evolution of data needs in the age of AI.

Arman Sahovic PhD

APAC Head of Sales, Data Platform Solutions Global Head of Digital Wealth Sales, LSEG

LSEG

2:20 - 2:50

Panel 3

Where Financial Strategy Meets AI

Kung Fun No

Head Of Financial Services Industry

AWS

Taehoon (Robin) Koo

Executive Technology Partner

AWS

Hyun Jae Woo

General Manager

KB Securities

Moderator

Hojun Choi

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

2:00 - 2:20

Demo 2

LinqAlpha Demo: Inside the Agentic Research Stack for Institutional AI

Jongmin Kim

Business Development & Sales Lead, Korea

LinqAlpha

Jaewoo Kim

Chief of Staff, Korea

LinqAlpha

2:50 - 3:10

Demo 3

LG AI Research Demo: Multi-agent AI Forcasting in Practice

Young Choi

Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships

LG AI Research

3:10 - 3:50

Panel 4

Architecting Production AI

Hyunbin Loh PhD

General Manager (AX Strategy Dept)

Shinhan Securities

Myungjin Lee PhD

General Manager

Korea Investment & Securities

Wonjung Park

General Manager (AI Innovation Team)

Samsung Asset Management

Moderator

Hojun Choi

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

LinqAlpha

3:50 - 4:30

Panel 5

The Digital Finance Frontier: Product and Governance

Jongtae Lee

Head of AI Tech Strategy

KakaoBank

Steve Hyounmin Wang

Product Lead

Toss Securities

Daeyoung Park PhD

Data & AI Researcher

Financial Security Institute

Moderator

TaeHwan Jeong

Head of Infra

LinqAlpha

4:30 - 4:40

Closing Remarks      

Closing Remarks

4:40 - 5:00

Reception / Networking   

Reception / Networking