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Drew Propson
Head of Technology & Innovation in Financial Services
World Economic Forum
View LinkedIn profileDrew Propson is the Head of Technology and Innovation in Financial Services at the World Economic Forum. She leads a portfolio of initiatives focused on advancing innovation while maintaining financial system stability. Current research areas include the deployment of AI and emerging technologies in financial services, technology-driven systemic risks, and fintech market trends. Drew has additionally presented and authored work on financial inclusion, regulatory dynamics, and entrepreneurship.
Drew holds MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School, a PhD in Spanish literature from UC Berkeley, and a BFA in Painting from the University of Washington. Her experience prior to joining the Forum includes private equity research, development finance, and international strategy and operations.
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10:30–11:30amTue 17 NovWorkshopWorkshop Room 2Open
Others
Know Your Agent: Who’s Accountable in the Agentic Economy? - Powered by Sumsub
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Bryan ZhangExecutive Director of Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance & Executive Chair of Financial Innovation for ImpactUniversity of Cambridge & Financial Innovation for Impact
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Drew PropsonHead of Technology & Innovation in Financial ServicesWorld Economic Forum
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Ilya BrovinChief Growth OfficerSumsub
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Kat CloudHead of Government RelationsSumsubModerator
About this session
When an AI agent acts on your behalf, who is accountable if something goes wrong?
AI agents are beginning to make transactions, verify identities and take action without a person approving every step. This raises new questions for the systems we rely on to establish trust: How do we verify who, or what, is behind an agent? Who is responsible for its decisions? And how can trust standards work across borders when agents operate globally but regulation remains local?
This workshop brings together industry practitioners, an academic researcher and a global policy convenor to explore these questions through developments in commerce and compliance. Drawing on emerging approaches such as Know Your Agent frameworks, speakers will discuss where risks are appearing, how identity and accountability can be established, and what governance needs to look like as adoption grows.
The discussion will offer participants a clearer understanding of the emerging risks and the safeguards needed to build trust in the agentic economy.
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