IV Annual Risk Conference · JAR 2026 · September 16, 17 and 18, 2026
Risks in the new order
Day 1
Wednesday, September 16, 20268:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Attendee registration
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Welcome and official opening
- Carlos J. Rijo MontásFounder · President of the Board of Directors · Dominican Republic Risk Management Club
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Presentation (English)
Unlocking value through AI, Open Banking and Transactional Intelligence: real use cases for retail and corporate banking
Speakers
- Daniele VergariDirector of Product & Risk Predictive Analytics · CRIF
- Sebastián Esteva ChaceRisk and Analytics Consultant · CRIF
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Presentation
Economic outlook and financial market trends: Dominican Republic profile
Speaker
- Joel GonzálezDeputy Manager, Monetary Programming and Economic Studies Department · Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee break · Networking
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Presentation
Geopolitical Risk: a structural model based on the Hobbesian theory of the role of States
Speaker
- Eliel JiménezFounder & CEO · Novaluxe.do
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Panel: Panel of Economists and Market Analysts
Economic and market outlook: key aspects for risk management
Panelists
- Eliel JiménezFounder & CEO · Novaluxe.do
- Felipe CuelloConsultant specialized in International Relations
- Emilio GarcíaStrategic and market financial advisor
Moderator
- Stefan BoltaDirector of the Economic Studies Dept. · Superintendency of Banks of the Dom. Rep.
12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Lunch · Networking
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Panel: Risk versus insurance: the view of its key players
Panelists
- Eduardo MallénCommercial Director · Seguros Crecer
- Carlos NietoTechnical Vice President · Ros Seguros & Consultoría
- Jairo ZambranoExecutive President and CEO · Reaseguradora Santo Domingo and Meraki Group Consulting
- José Antonio de los SantosGeneral Manager · De los Santos & Asoc. Insurance Adjusters
Moderator
- Almil Cabral ReyesDirector of Operational Risk and Business Continuity · Centro Financiero Crecer
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Presentation
Challenges for third-party risk management in the financial sector, in the era of cloud services and artificial intelligence
Speaker
- Enrique Gómez LoberaGlobal Head of Third-Party Risk · BBVA Group
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Coffee break · Networking
4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Panel: Reputation, trust and digital bank runs: the new systemic risk
Panelists
- Alexis ChacónAudit and Assurance Partner · Deloitte
- Jesús Cornejo BravoExecutive Vice President · Banco VIMENCA
- Clara Amelia Yaryura PaulinoHead of Internal Audit · Banco de Desarrollo y Exportaciones (BANDEX)
Moderator
- Aracelli CardozoLead Audit and Assurance Partner for Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic · Deloitte
5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Presentation
Risk management in environments of uncertainty: hedging and risk allocation
Speaker
- Yamileh García de Kuhnert, PhDExecutive Director · Primma Advisors
Day 2
Thursday, September 17, 2026Track A — Financial, Quantitative Risks and Pricing
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Registration
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Presentation (English)
Optimizing Asset and Liability Management through Economic Value Added (EVA)
Speaker
- Rupesh TailorCEO · Everest Research
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Presentation
Beyond VaR, CVaR and EVT: entropic risk measures for extreme risk management in portfolios
Speaker
- Dany CajasIndependent Consultant · Creator of Riskfolio-Lib
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Coffee break
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Presentation
Cyber risk in financial language: how to translate cyber scenarios into expected losses, VaR and risk appetite
Speaker
- Joaquín GalermesActuary and Risk Models Specialist · Safe-U
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Presentation
Risk-centered pricing: price optimization, CLV and elasticity
Speaker
- Daniela León CornejoFounder & CEO · Value of Insights – Pricing Consulting
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Presentation
Quantum computing: challenges and opportunities in banking and microfinance
Speaker
- Omar BriceñoExecutive Director · Advance Risk Services
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Presentation
Model risk management in the new era of non-traditional AI
Speaker
- Walter Paiva RamosCorporate Manager of Model Risk Control and Validation of Financial Risk Models · Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP)
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Coffee break
3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Presentation
ESG Risks: quantifying carbon emissions in the loan portfolio
Speaker
- Luis Felipe JiménezFounding Partner · Logique Consulting
4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Presentation
Deciding under uncertainty: the true role of strategic risk
Speaker
- Andrés Felipe Manrique, FRMVice President of Risk LATAM · Skandia Colombia
Track B — Resilience, Transformation and Operational Risk
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Registration
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Presentation
Crisis management: getting ready to act
Speaker
- Jorge Luís GarcíaDirector of Financial Stability · Banco de México
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Presentation
Accountability is not delegated: AI in risk without losing expert judgment
Speaker
- Juan Daniel PujolsDirector of Technology and Information Security Supervision · Superintendency of Banks of the Dominican Republic
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Coffee break
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Presentation
AURA: the AI that anticipates operational risk
Speaker
- Mario Jara GómezVice President of Operational Risk · Banco Popular Dominicano
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Presentation
Geopolitics and its impact on strategic risk management
Speaker
- Nelson ValeroStrategic Risk Consulting Leader for Latin America and the Caribbean · Marsh
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Presentation
IT Risk Management as a Pillar of Financial Reporting: protecting Reliability and Trust in the Digital Age
Speakers
- Luis PeñaTechnology and Digital Risk Lead Partner · Deloitte
- Mauricio SolanoRisk Advisory Partner · Deloitte
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Presentation
Unsupervised: the three faces of AI risk in cybersecurity
Speaker
- Jorge LitvinFounder & CEO · Safe-U
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Coffee break
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Panel: Operational risk changes scale
Management, measurement and capital under the new regulatory framework
Panelists
- Víctor RojasVice President of Non-Financial Risks and Internal Control · Banco de Reservas
- Mario Jara GómezVice President of Operational Risk · Banco Popular Dominicano
- Laura Peña BergesVice President of Operational Risk and Internal Control · Banco BHD
Moderator
- Raquel León OlivaresDivision Manager of Risk, Compliance and Prevention · GCS International, LTD
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Presentation
Agentic AI applied to risk management
Speaker
- Diego NogueroPre Sales Management – Director · FICO
Day 3
Friday, September 18, 2026Track A — Financial, Quantitative Risks and Pricing
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Presentation
Banking as the main payer of climate risk
Speaker
- Jorge AmbramExecutive President · Latin American Institute of Financial Risks
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Presentation
Risk management in financial conglomerates: the challenge that goes beyond each institution
Speaker
- Hernán EnríquezPartner · Management Solutions
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Coffee break
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Presentation
Liquidity and interest rate risk in the bank balance sheet: management challenges in changing environments
Speaker
- Karen Moreno DonosoExpert in Financial Regulation and Banking Supervision · Chilean Financial Market
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Presentation
Credit risk of central bank reserve portfolios
Speaker
- Andrés Granados RuizDeputy Director of Financial Risks · Latin American Reserve Fund (FLAR)
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
Track B — Resilience, Transformation and Operational Risk
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Presentation
From data governance to organizational resilience: how data reduces business risk
Speaker
- Ana G. TavarezDirector of Data and Analytics · Grupo Humano
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Presentation
Artificial Intelligence: the new challenge for risk management. Is risk management ready to enable safe and scalable AI adoption?
Speaker
- María Luisa Ochoa GonzálezCorporate Director of Non-Financial Risks · Grupo Cibest
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Coffee break
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Presentation
Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Sector
Speaker
- Heleodoro Ruiz SantosCEO · Banco de Inversión Afirme
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Presentation
Presentation of the Survey on Risk Management and Data Analytics (2026)
Speaker
- Junot García CalderónPartner – Advisory and Risk Assurance · PwC Interamérica
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
Afternoon · Plenary session, common to tracks A and B
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Presentation
Generational funds in the DR: deciphering the how, not the what
Speaker
- Alerso Pimentel, CFA, CQFFounder & CEO · Quantech
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Panel: Generational funds in practice: governance, risks and implementation roadmap
Discussion · continuation of the previous presentation
Panelists
- Alerso Pimentel, CFA, CQFFounder & CEO · Quantech
- Andrés Felipe Manrique, FRMVice President of Risk LATAM · Skandia Colombia
Moderator
- Gilbert Méndez, CFA, FRMDivision Manager of Financial Risk Analysis · AFP Popular
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Coffee break · Networking
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Panel: The CRO Agenda: what we are underestimating today
Emerging risks, roles and perspectives
Panelists
- Carlos J. Rijo MontásExecutive Vice President of Integrated Risk Management · Banco de Reservas
- Felipe Suárez ParraExecutive Vice President of Integrated Risk Management · Banco Popular Dominicano
- July Grandez PortocarreroVice President of Integrated Risk Administration · Banesco República Dominicana
- Yibran OrtegónSenior Vice President of Risk · Banco Santa Cruz
Moderator
- Stephanie HernándezDirector of Risk Monitoring and Data Governance · Superintendency of Banks of the Dominican Republic / Executive Director · Dominican Republic Risk Management Club
5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Presentation (English)
Risk regime in global markets
Speaker
- Alfredo Pinel, CAIAExecutive Director – Investment Strategist · Morgan Stanley
5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Closing and acknowledgments
- Omar BairánVice President of the Board of Directors · Dominican Republic Risk Management Club
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Closing cocktail · General networking
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