"Identity in the Age of AI" Panel

Join us during NYC Fintech Week for a breakfast and panel discussion on Identity in the Age of AI.

Rapid advancements in AI are fundamentally reshaping our understanding of identity, prompting us to reconsider the core concepts of authenticity, privacy, and trust.

As agentic AI systems become increasingly capable, the line distinguishing human identities from agentic entities blurs, raising crucial questions about accountability, security, and governance. In an AI-forward world, the existing identity and fraud stack will need to be fundamentally re-written for when AI agents become a bigger part of everyday workflows. Join us for a conversation about what identity will look like in the coming years.

​What We’ll Discuss

• ​Impact of agentic workflows on existing identity and fraud stack
• ​The digital identity infrastructure needed for Know-Your-Agent and autonomous transactions
• ​Breaking down technology, data, and organizational siloes to fight fraud

​Panelists:

• ​Jelena Hoffart | Director of Identity Value Chain Expansion @ Mastercard
  
  Jelena Hoffart is an advisor, strategist, and writer focusing on identity and fraud in financial services. Jelena currently leads identity strategy and growth for Mastercard. She also helps incubate and advise companies building new identity and fraud technologies and is an investor in many of the leading technologies.
• Vamsi Varanasi | Product Strategy Lead @ CLEAR and Co-Founder of Sora ID (acq. by CLEAR)
  
  Vamsi Varanasi leads strategic partnerships at CLEAR, working with household brands across sectors to fight fraud and drive unique value to users by leveraging CLEAR's connected identity platform. This technology came by way of CLEAR's acquisition of Sora, a startup backed by Greylock, General Catalyst, and Abstract where Vamsi was cofounder and COO. Vamsi actively advises and invests in startups and holds a B.S. in physics and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

• Amelia Ahlgren Lurie | Chief Strategy Officer @ BioCatch
  
  Amelia Ahlgren Lurie is chief strategy officer at BioCatch, where she is responsible for corporate strategy, corporate development, and the BioCatch Customer Innovation Board, helping to devise the company vision. Prior to joining BioCatch, Amelia was vice president at Broadhaven Capital Partners, where she managed the firm’s venture portfolio. Earlier, Amelia held operating roles at Movo, a fitness tracking startup, and Pivit, a sports gaming app. She began her career as a writer for the Bleacher Report. Amelia holds a B.A. degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania.
• Bojan Simic | Co-Founder and CEO @ HYPR
  
  Bojan Simic is the chief executive officer of HYPR. Bojan's vision for the elimination of shared secrets and his experience in authentication and cryptography serves as the underlying foundation for HYPR technology and company strategy. Previously, he served as an information security consultant for Fortune 500 enterprises in the financial and insurance verticals conducting security architecture reviews, threat modeling, and penetration testing. Bojan has a passion for deploying applied cryptography implementations across security-critical software in both the public and private sectors. HYPR has raised over $120 million from the likes of Silver Lake Waterman, Advent International, Comcast Ventures, and RRE Ventures.

Moderator: Mat Kaliski | Principal at Acronym Venture Capital

​AGENDA

• ​​9:00-9:30 a.m., Registration and Breakfast
• ​​9:30-10:30 a.m., Panel Discussion and Q&A
• ​​10:30-11:00 a.m., Networking

​​Registration and approval is required. Space is limited, so please RSVP soon.