SUMMIT PROGRAM – BFUTR 2025 Innovation Leadership Big Ideas

Partner Lounges

The Digital Detectives: Tech Careers in Fraud & AML

Join us for a dynamic roundtable exploring how technology is reshaping the fight against digital fraud, money laundering, and internal control breaches.

  • What is digital fraud and AML? 
  • How is tech transforming the field?
  • Career paths, real world insights and the power of global diversity in fraud tech 

Let’s uncover the future of fraud prevention—together.

Speakers

Damian Jones

Scotiabank

VP Payments and Cash Management

Tsahai Irving-Walker

Scotiabank

Director AML, Retail, Business Banking

Denrek Lewis

Scotiabank

Senior Manager, Inbound Fraud

Mentorship Reloaded: Power Plays Unlocked

This talk explores the transformative power of mentorship in (industry) where guidance meets growth.

Through real stories of mentor-mentee success, we uncover how intentional support, sponsorship, and networking fuel career breakthroughs. Learn how to find your people, amplify your path, and pay it forward.

Speakers

Rohan Christie

Scotiabank

Managing Director, Global Head of Central Compliance

Delphine Wapoutou

Scotiabank

Director, Centre of Excellence - Cultural Segments

Lily Macream

Scotiabank

Senior Manager, Customer Care Consultants

Melissa Dalmacio

Scotiabank

Senior Program Manager, Expedition Women in Leadership Program

Scotia Digital Factory x DMZ Innovation in Action and Impact

Don’t miss this candid interview exploring the Black Innovation Program at DMZ, its mission to empower Black entrepreneurs through thoughtfully designed programming, and how Scotiabank is helping amplify its impact. Anchored by Scotia Digital Factory, this session highlights how inclusive innovation and strategic partnerships are shaping the future of fintech and entrepreneurship.

Speakers

Michael Younders

Scotia Digital Factory

Senior Manager Fintech Partnership

Yinka Adesesan

DMZ

Black Innovation Programs Manager

Leading the Shift: How Tech & Engineering Leaders Are Shaping the Future of Scotiabank

Join us for an exclusive fireside chat where Scotiabank’s top technology and
engineering minds share how they’re leading a digital transformation across the bank. In this candid and conversational session, you’ll get a front-row seat to the real stories behind smarter, more connected systems that power everyday banking for millions.

Speakers

KL Wong

Scotiabank

SVP, Global Head of Resilience and Enterprise Architecture

Inci Akpinar

Scotiabank

SVP and CIO Canadian Banking Engineering

Colleen Ward

Scotiabank

SVP Enterprise Delivery Office

Pamela Ramnarain

Scotiabank

Global Director, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Global Operations & Technology

Scotia Campus Turn-Up

Calling all students-ready to change the game? Meet the Campus Recruitment team, grab a few bites, and explore how you can kick off your career journey. If you’re game-ready, there’ll be prizes, photo ops, and a chance to meet the Raptors mascot.