Former Google X chief business officer and bestselling author Mo Gawdat has been announced as a headline speaker for Fintech Forward 2026 (FF26).
The flagship financial services forum takes place on October 7 and 8 at Exhibition World Bahrain under the theme 'Finance in the Age of Intelligent Infrastructure'.
Mr Gawdat, a world-renowned AI expert whose 27-year career spans IBM, Microsoft, and Google, will lead a fireside chat titled “When Intelligence Is Everywhere: What Should Humans Still Decide?”
The session will focus on human judgement, trust, and accountability as AI increasingly reshapes financial services, risk management, and decision-making.