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Data is foundational to digital businesses and critical for training accurate AI models; poor quality or copyrighted data introduces major risks and liabilities. Beyond IT, reliable, enriched business data—including company information, legal entities, and ownership structures—is essential for competitive advantage and managing risk in sectors like financial services. Currently, this vital data is fragmented, inconsistently defined, and costly to reconcile. This expert panel will explore the rapidly changing open data opportunity and what it means for financial services and other industries. The discussion will center on the benefits of an open data consortium, which employs shared governance and open standards to collaboratively maintain datasets for the benefit of all users and AI models. Success requires a structured global entity graph, sourced from verified public records, to underpin critical workflows like KYB/KYC, AML, risk management, and AI. Panelists will detail how to build and sustain this asset, addressing data definitions, governance, and the balance between openness, privacy, and commercial involvement. This is an opportunity for financial institutions and open source leaders to engage in shaping shared data infrastructure.
As Chief Operating Officer, Jane oversees FINOS Strategic initiatives and projects, Member & Community Success activities, and Corporate Operations. She works closely with the FINOS team and FINOS community to promote adoption and curation of business-relevant open source projects... Read More →
Senior Community Manager, Overture Maps Foundation
Nora leads community development at Overture Maps, where she focuses on growing a collaborative ecosystem around open, interoperable map data. Her work centers on member engagement, onboarding, events, and driving real-world adoption. She brings a background in open source, marketing... Read More →
Hilary Carter is a writer, researcher, and team leader, producing engaging, decision-useful insights that broaden the understanding of open source and emerging technologies and their impact on business, government, and society. She has contributed to books and numerous research reports... Read More →
Jose has over ten years of academic experience working with U.S. statistical agencies, including the IRS, Census Bureau, BLS, and SBA. Jose was also Faculty & Executive Director of the Fink Center at UCLA.
Jose earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago and B.S... Read More →
