Avoiding Traps and Empowering Decision-Makers in the AI Age
September 30 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Avoiding Traps and Empowering Decision-Makers in the AI Age
Date: September 2025
Speaker: Dr Laura Arenas, COO Risk Officer – Digital Resilience, Allianz Technology
Are you making better decisions with AI, or is AI making your blind spots worse?
In this live session, Dr Laura Arenas will explore why experienced finance and technology professionals sometimes make poor choices when relying on AI tools, and the practical strategies to avoid these traps. Through real-world examples of AI decision-making gone wrong, Dr Arenas will highlight simple yet powerful frameworks that can improve judgment and build stronger human–AI collaboration in your organisation.
This webinar will equip leaders, risk managers, and decision-makers with actionable steps to ensure AI supports strategic goals rather than undermining them.
Agenda
- Introduction by CFTE – Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship
- Part 1 – Expert Presentation: Dr Arenas will present case studies of AI-driven decision failures and share practical frameworks for resilient, risk-aware decision-making in the AI era.
- Part 2 – Live Q&A: An interactive session where attendees can engage directly with Dr Arenas.
About the Speaker
Dr Laura Arenas is a visionary Risk Officer with more than a decade of international experience in digital resilience and enterprise risk transformation across leading financial and technology institutions. As COO Risk Officer – Digital Resilience at Allianz Technology, she leads global risk governance frameworks integrating cyber, IT, and operational domains.
She holds a PhD in Business specialising in risk modelling and emerging technologies, has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and contributed multiple book chapters. Beyond her professional achievements, Dr Arenas is a Global Ambassador for Women in AI and an Editorial Board Member for key academic journals.
Her mission is to shape resilient, intelligent organisations through automation, innovation, and strategic risk management.
Why Attend
- Learn how to recognise and avoid common decision-making traps in AI adoption
- Discover practical frameworks for better AI–human collaboration
- Gain insights from one of the leading voices in digital resilience and enterprise risk in financial services
