On November 17, the New York Fed Governance and Culture Reform Initiative ("Culture Initiative") hosted a seminar on how innovation and technology impacts culture and behavior.
The program focused on how innovation and technology can contribute to shaping healthy organizational cultures and the behavioral impacts of innovation. The Culture Initiative was designed to foster discussion about governance, culture and behavior.
See the agenda for timing of specific conference segments.
November 17, 2025
8:30am-11:00am EDT
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY
Attendance was by invitation only. If this conference was relevant to your professional work and you were interested in attending, please contact NY.FRB.Culture.Events@ny.frb.org.
This event was open to press in person and all remarks were on the record. For more information, please contact Shelley.Pitterson@ny.frb.org.
| 8:30am-9:00am | Networking Breakfast |
| 9:00am-9:05am | Welcome Remarks (00:00:52) John C. Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| 9:05am-10:00am | Panel: The Role of Innovation and Technology in Shaping Culture and Behavior (00:03:34) Moderator: Rick Ostrander, General Counsel and Head of the Legal and Compliance Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Panelists: Brandy Aven, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University Neha Narula, Director, Digital Currency Initiative, MIT Luigi Zingales, Professor, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago |
| 10:00am-10:55am | Panel: Cross-Industry View of How Innovation is Impacting Culture and Behavior (00:58:50) Moderator: Kartik Athreya, Director of Research and Head of the Research and Statistics Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Panelists: Carolyn Carter, People Experience and Transformation, IBM Jennifer LaClair, Head of Merchant Solutions, Fiserv Robert Karofsky, Co-President Global Wealth Management and President, UBS Americas |
| 10:55am-11:00am | Closing Remarks (01:55:51) Jack Gutt, Head of the Communications & Outreach Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
