The most immersive virtual experience to date!

This year's virtual conference is a disruptor in and of itself. FOI 2021 plans to give you the ability to collaborate with other great minds through interactive workshops and hear from subject matter experts during tech spotlights, among others.

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Tech spotlights

These 15-minute sessions will focus on the latest and greatest to ensure you’re in the know.

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Collaborative workshops

Attending a conference from home doesn’t mean you’re forced to watch talking heads for hours. This year’s collaborative sessions will give you the ability to work with other attendees in an environment unlike one we’ve had before.

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Innovation awards

Celebrating more than our coveted Si Ramo prizes, this year we’re also integrating the Creating a Better Tomorrow Prize winners and our Global Hackathon winners — all announced live.

FOI 2021 will focus on four main tracks

Analytics, FinTech, Fraud and ID, and Technology/Cloud.

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Advancing Analytics

Leveraging new data sources and adopting advanced analytical capabilities are top priorities for businesses around the world. How to do this quickly and at scale can be a challenge in any economic environment but has been accelerated in this one. This track will provide information on the adoption of AI-based tools and how Experian is using them to solve business problems.

Focus areas include:

  • Predictive model development automation
  • Employment data opportunities
  • Satellite image processing
  • Fairness and explainability when using AI
  • Insights from geolocation data
  • Novel approaches to fraud risk
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Leading the evolution in Fintech

From digital lending to buy now pay later, fintechs and big tech players have disrupted financial services, transforming how consumers interact with credit and banking. Understand the latest trends in fintech and learn more about the role FinTechs will continue to play in shaping the future of financial services.

Focus areas include:

  • Buy Now Pay Later
  • Decentralized finance
  • Emerging role of Big Tech
  • Experian's potential role in shaping this transformation
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Disrupting fraudsters and enabling businesses

The past 18 months has fueled the most dramatic digital shift since the dawn of the internet, but not all have handled the disruption with ease. And while many businesses and consumers are struggling, assailants have thrived with endless troves of data, easy-to-access government benefit programs and tech-fueled automation. This track will highlight how Experian helps businesses fight back, protect customers and stop increasingly sophisticated attackers in their tracks.

Focus areas include:

  • Data required to spot the most advanced fraudulent attacks
  • How Experian is leveling-up fraud product innovation and M&A activities to fuel our fraud analytics leadership
  • Insights and impacts of digital identity initiatives in the global public and private sectors
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Using technology to deliver innovation

Technology innovation continues to happen at a pace faster than we’ve ever seen. With cloud providers delivering dozens of new service offerings each year, cloud is also becoming more complex. To rapidly deliver product innovation, we must strengthen our practices to understand and leverage these features. This track will focus on the continuously changing technology/cloud landscape and help teams better understand current trends.

Focus areas include:

  • Continuous delivery models
  • DevOps/SRE concepts
  • Migration concepts
  • Cloud resiliency and security
  • Observability
  • And more

Agenda at-a-glance

Day 1 | December 1      

Day 2 | December 2
Time | PST (unless otherwise noted) Session Name Time | PST (unless otherwise noted) Session Name
7:00 a.m.–8:15 a.m. General session 7:00 a.m.–7:30 a.m. Breakout workshop — Analytics
8:15 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Breakout — Analytics 7:00 a.m.–7:30 a.m. Breakout workshop — Fraud & ID
8:15 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Breakout — Fraud & ID 7:00 a.m.–7:30 a.m. Breakout workshop — Technology/Cloud
8:15 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Breakout — Technology/Cloud 7:00 a.m.–7:30 a.m. Breakout workshop — FinTech 
8:15 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Breakout — FinTech 7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. General session
9:00 a.m–9:15 a.m. Break 8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m. Break
9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Technology spotlight 8:45 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Technology spotlight
9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Breakout — Analytics 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Breakout workshop — Analytics
9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Breakout — Fraud & ID 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Breakout workshop — Fraud & ID
9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Breakout — Technology/Cloud 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Breakout workshop — Technology/Cloud
9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Breakout — FinTech 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Breakout workshop — FinTech
10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Technology spotlight 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
General session
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. General session

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