Many finance jobs have already been eliminated by automation, a trend which will not only continue, but will accelerate, over the coming years. Level-set on the current state of AI and what the leading researchers and scholars anticipate the finance world could look like in the future of superintelligent machines. This session explores the ethical dilemmas that arise in a self-perpetuating world of leadership of AI-enhanced finance professionals, and what we should all be doing now to ensure the outcomes we want. Learn more at https://www.ascendstl.com/ethics

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Dan Conner, CFA founded Ascend out of a relentless passion for innovation and entrepreneurship. As an investor in big ideas, Dan has cultivated a firm that enables the future states of industries. He specializes in new marketplaces and science that pushes the boundaries between fiction and reality. Dan is an engineer in recovery from Yale University; he also holds master’s in business and advanced renewable technologies from WashU. In addition to being a tech geek, Dan also runs triathlons and sings karaoke, poorly.

Yinka Faleti, J.D. joined Ascend out of a passion for ethical impact and social change. Since immigrating to the U.S. at age seven, Yinka’s unbridled entrepreneurial spirit was borne from an inspiring journey through poverty, service, and hard-won achievement. Yinka’s path at Ascend started after a captivating campaign as a former candidate for Missouri Secretary of State, Executive Director of Forward Through Ferguson, Senior Vice President of United Way of Greater St. Louis, prosecutor at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office, and litigation attorney at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Prior, as an officer in the United States Army, he attained the rank of Captain after deploying in tank units on two tours to Kuwait. Yinka earned his undergraduate degree and officer commission from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and holds a law degree from WashU School of Law. In addition to being a steadfast community leader, Yinka is a devoted family man, an avid runner, and a lover of all things basketball.

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