Dr. Alessandro Curioni is an IBM Fellow and Vice President of Europe & Africa, IBM Research - he is based in Zurich, Switzerland. In addition he is also responsible for the global research strategies for Security and the Future of Computing.
Dr. Curioni is a world recognized leader in the area of high performance computing and computational science where his innovative thinking and seminal contributions have helped solve some of the most complex scientific and technological problems in healthcare, aerospace, consumer goods and electronics. He was a member of the winning team recognized with the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize in 2013 and 2015.
Dr. Curioni received his undergraduate degree in Theoretical Chemistry and his PhD from Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. He started at IBM Research in Zurich as a PhD student in 1993 before officially joining as a research staff member in 1998.
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The geopolitical case for European digital sovereignty is clear. The practical reality is harder. Across cloud infrastructure, AI models, data residency and application layers, European financial institutions are making decisions today about what to keep within the EU and how to structure arrangements that satisfy DORA, the EU AI Act and GDPR simultaneously. This session brings together the architects of the Financial Tech stack to ask the honest questions: what sovereignty is technically achievable, what it genuinely costs, and where the gap between regulatory requirement and operational reality remains dangerously wide for financial services.