NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2019 The Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA®), a not-for-profit organization that provides financial technology and business professionals a forum to learn from and connect with each other will hold “NextWave Financial Services-Emerging Technologies” Seminar and “Digitalization” Panel Discussion for Financial Technology and Business Professionals on October 24, 2019 in New York City. Sponsors at this event include: Premier Speaking Sponsor: NTT DATA; Keynote Speaking Sponsor: Ernst & Young LLP; Speaking Sponsors: AT&T and MarkLogic; Panel Sponsors: Nutanix, Nuxeo, RoundTower, and Unisys. Roger Park, Americas Innovation Leader, Ernst & Young LLP (EY US), will give the keynote and EY Americas Financial Services Digital Leader, Nikhil Lele, will moderate the panel discussion.

“The returns on digital transformation investments reflect the complex links between customer, trust, innovation and other drivers,” said Lele, “The closer the transformation gets to the customer and the more holistic the approach, the bigger the payoff is likely to be.”

Seminar and Panel Description:
This event will feature a series of seminar presentations, followed by a panel discussion. The seminar presentations will focus on cutting-edge technologies. The panel discussion will provide guidance from peer organizations and other experts on a practical approach for digitally transforming an organization to compete and stay relevant in the NextWave.

Emerging Technologies Seminar
Participants will learn:

• What technologies will have an impact in the next wave – 1,3, 5 years and beyond.
• How companies can best organize to tackle the impact of these emerging technologies.
• Strategies and best practices for assessing the business value of these technologies.
• New approaches to implementing innovation and driving transformation throughout the organization.

Digitalization Panel Discussion
This panel will explore how the current pace of technology acceleration is impacting digital transformation efforts throughout the enterprise. With technology doubling in maturity and efficiency every two years, virtually every technology is legacy from the moment of implementation. Financial services firms focused on staying relevant and competing in the marketplace need a new playbook for legacy modernization — one that combines aggressive digitalization with a new framework for value creation.

Participants will learn:

• The importance of building technology solutions which enhance the customer experience and address their needs and preferences.
• Why adopting digital ecosystem thinking is critical for financial services today.
• How integrating technologies like artificial intelligence can drive value creation.

About the Wall Street Technology Association (http://www.wsta.org)
The WSTA facilitates educational and networking events where members meet and exchange ideas and best practices that assist them in effectively capitalizing on technology advances in areas such as Cybersecurity, Analytics, Emerging Technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Data Management, Cloud, Blockchain, Digital, Architecture, Workplace, etc. and dealing with financial industry business challenges. Founded in 1967, the WSTA is a not-for-profit association with a long history of evolving to meet the needs of its members.

About EY
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SOURCE Wall Street Technology Association