Monitor’s Converge AI will take place this Thursday, October 8, from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET, bringing equipment finance professionals together for five hours of practical, industry-specific conversations focused on one of the most significant forces shaping the future of business: artificial intelligence (AI).
With AI moving rapidly from experimentation to implementation, Converge AI is designed to help equipment finance leaders look beyond the hype and examine what adoption actually means for their organizations, teams, customers and strategies.
Throughout the virtual experience, attendees will have the opportunity to choose among nine practitioner-led breakout sessions addressing real-world applications, challenges and opportunities across the equipment finance ecosystem.
Rather than focusing solely on what AI may eventually make possible, Converge AI will create space for candid discussion around what companies can do now — from improving credit decisioning and origination to preparing workflows, establishing appropriate guardrails, identifying emerging asset classes and leading organizations through rapid technological change.
Converge AI Breakout Sessions
What It Takes to Automate Credit Decisions
Goutham Balaraman
Robotics: An Emerging Asset Class With New Rules
Scott Nelson & Zachary Kimball
Start Where the Deal Starts: A Practical Playbook for AI in Origination
Ryan Ragland | Valiant
You’re Running a Parkour Course: Why AI Success Requires Shared Understanding
Deborah Reuben | TomorrowZone + Moto Tohda | Tokyo Century (USA)
Just Have It Do a Thing: How to Start Small, Scale, and Prove It Worked
Steven Siler | North Mill Equipment Finance
You to the Power of Two: The Leadership Advantage in the Age of Identic AI
Tawnya Stone | GreatAmerica + Joseph Bradley | JMB X
Both Sides of the Cake: Equipment Finance as Funder and User of the AI Stack
Sohini Roy | 3Degrees
Before You Automate the Workflow: What AI Will Inherit in Equipment Finance
David Giller | Brainiate
AI with Guardrails: Moving Faster Without Flying Blind
Kristin Esche | Agiloft
The format is intentionally interactive. Attendees will select the breakout conversations most relevant to their roles and organizations, hear directly from practitioners working through these questions and participate in discussions designed to surface practical ideas, shared challenges and actionable takeaways.
The event will also include group share sessions following the breakouts, giving attendees an opportunity to hear key insights and themes emerging from conversations taking place across the different rooms.
For equipment finance companies planning for 2027 and determining where AI fits within their business priorities, Converge AI offers an opportunity to hear how others across the industry are approaching the same questions — and to begin translating those conversations into action.
Converge AI takes place Thursday, Oct. 8, from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET. Registration is $349 per person, with a team rate of $300 per person for groups of five or more.
Registration remains open, but with the event just days away, this is the final opportunity to join the conversation.
To register or learn more, visit convergebymonitor.com
