August 31 2019: The 8th Edition of the BFSI Innovation and Technology Summit 201   which addressed the theme: embracing innovation & understanding the evolving role of technology saw had more than 85+ delegates in attendance. 
Theevent had some very relevant trending discussions across all sectors within the BFSI industry purview, to name a few being - Digital revolution within the sector & a seamless customer experience across offline to online, Customer experience as the next big game changer, Technologies that are disrupting the sector and impact & subsequent opportunities that can be leveraged, 
The speakers and presenters covered a wide range of topics via keynotes, panel discussions and partner presentations across subjects of Fintech technologies like big data analytics, RPA, digital lending, cloud computing, artificial intelligence & machine learning, blockchain and phygital. The agenda also packed some powerful presentations showcasing Cutting edge & ready to adopt BFSI solutions by Commvault, Ixia Solutions, Shro Solutions & nCipher & the other star speakers line up in attendance were- 
Amitabh Rajan, Chairman at Reserve Bank of India Services Board, 
Amit Saxena, Global Deputy CTO at State Bank of India, 
Shivkumar Pandey, Group CISO at Bombay stock Exchange LTD, 
Utpal Chakraborty, Head- Artificial Intelligence at Yes Bank, 
Mayank Bhargava, CIO at DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance Company Ltd., 
Subhadip Saha, Head of Innovation - Mobility &Emerging Technologies at HDFC Bank, 
Vivek Zakarde, Head- Business Intelligence, Analytics & Data Warehouse at Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd, 
Prakash Bhatia, Head - Information Technology at Muthoot Housing Finance, 
Pinak Chakraborty, Senior Vice President of Technology- Digibank at DBS Bank, Abhishek Chandra, CIO at IIFL Wealth & Asset Management Ltd, 
Subramanyam Iyer, Senior Vice president & Head- Customer experience at DBS Bank, 
Zulkernain Mohammad Kanjariwala, Head IT at Doha Bank, 
Naveen Bachwani, Group head- customer experience, Edelweiss Financial Services,
Manish V Shah, Senior Vice President & Head- Digital Platforms, Kotak Mahindra Bank.
The conference also hosted the 8th BFSI Leadership Awards, an industry focus initiative to celebrate and acknowledge the contribution and achievements of the banking and finance technology professionals which included a total of 15 BFSI IT Leaders & 1 veteran award