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LIXI Forum 2026
Agenda
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Registration & Networking Breakfast
LIXI Forum Welcome
Mike Thanos - Chair, LIXI Limited & GM, Domain Group
Setting the Scene: A Word from our MC
The Forum opens with our host, who will set the direction for the day and hear what you want to achieve.
Leann Jones - CEO & Co-Founder, Nimo Industries
Session 1: Security, Trust, and Fraud in the Age of AI
Panel: Fighting Mortgage and Document Fraud in the Industry
Panellists:
- Brett Spencer - CEO, FraudX
- Sean Quagliani - CEO & Co-Founder, Fortiro
- Naveen Ahluwalia - Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs, MFAA
Moderator: Leann Jones - CEO & Co-Founder, Nimo Industries
LIXI Vision
How do data standards evolve for an AI-first future? This keynote presentation demonstrates how battle-tested LIXI2 standards are transforming into the essential tooling required in an AI-enabled world - setting the stage for a faster, smarter, and seamlessly connected lending ecosystem.
Shane Rigby - CEO, LIXI & James Pitt - CCO, LIXI
Industry Feature: Simpology
Avner Silberman - Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Simpology
Morning Tea & Networking
Session 2: Systems, Standards & the Lending Supply Chain
Dark Patterns in Digital Loan Workflows
An in-depth look at the legal and regulatory implications of dark patterns, customer interface design choices, and compliance requirements in digital lending workflows.
Elise Ivory - Partner, Dentons
Trust and explainability: why Glass Box AI matters for credit decisions, regulators, and customers
In this session, Gordon Campbell explores the critical role of Explainable AI (XAI) and "Glass Box" models in credit decisioning. Discover how transparent AI pathways help financial institutions satisfy regulatory compliance, manage credit risk, and build customer confidence by making complex algorithmic decisions understandable and audit-ready.
Gordon Campbell - Co-Founder & Chief Markets & Strategy Officer, RDC.AI
Open Banking Panel - Key Trends & Themes In 2026 - 'Not Your Average Open Banking Panel'
A 'no-holds-barred' update on Open Banking trends, wins, losses around the world, focused on (but not limited to) lending.
Panellists:
- Ben Ford - Chief Revenue Officer, MogoPlus
- Jacob Parker - Founder & CEO, Fiskil
Moderator: Jennifer Harrison - Technical PR & Media Specialist
Industry Feature: Sandstone Technology
Abhish Saha - CEO, Sandstone
Lunch & Networking
Provided by Platinum Partner, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Session 3: Operationalising AI & Automation
The Right Tool for the Job: Navigating the AI Wave in Lending
Rapid AI adoption creates an architectural challenge for decision-makers navigating capacity constraints, volatile bills, and operational compliance. This session explores "Containment Engineering" within the LIXI ecosystem, demonstrating how to balance flexible cognitive AI with deterministic code to safely accelerate integration, protect IP, and maintain cost control without losing resilience.
Shane Rigby - CEO, LIXI
Lendi's Journey to Becoming an AI-Native Organisation
Stan Domeshok - Software Architect, Lendi
Architecting Trust: Preventing Agentic AI Hallucinations
Urvesh Vibhakar explores how Loanworks leverages AI and MCP to extract data and generate validated LIXI payloads directly from emails. Discover how LIXI standards provide structure for agentic AI to prevent hallucinations, featuring a live payload demonstration.
Urvesh Vibhakar - General Manager, Customer Growth, Loanworks
Panel: Modern LIXI2 Integrations and Composable Architecture
Panellists:
- Brandon Lewis - AFG
- Michael Poole - Mortgage Choice
- Urvesh Vibhakar - General Manager, Customer Growth, Loanworks
- Robert Dyball - Senior Developer, IQ-EQ
Moderator: Kyle Dunsire - Founding Partner, Ingenuity Partners
Industry Feature: FraudX
Brett Spencer - CEO, FraudX
Afternoon Tea
Session 4: State of Industry Transformation
BIAN Adoption: A Catalyst for Composable Banking Architectures
Mamta Saragal will share an update on the latest developments in the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) framework. Discover how organisations are adopting BIAN to build composable, interoperable IT ecosystems, reduce architecture complexity, and unlock business agility.
Mamta Saragal - Chief Architect & Technology Officer, CC&C Solutions
Agentic Enablement at Scale
Dr Nathan Chandler presents Commonwealth Bank of Australia's approach to implementing AI and automating at scale. Discover how CBA leverages event-driven agentic AI to automatically identify 12,800+ technical debt issues and raise over 8,100 automated pull requests to maintain code quality at scale.
Dr Nathan Chandler - Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Wrap up
Mike Thanos & Leann Jones
Networking Refreshments
Connect with peers and speakers over refreshments to close out the day.
Meet the Speakers
Learn more about our industry experts, panels, and hosts.
Leann Jones
CEO & Co-Founder, Nimo Industries
Leann is co-founder of Nimo Industries, a SaaS platform reshaping digital lending and banking. With a background in organisational psychology, she brings a unique lens to tech adoption and cultural transformation. She is our Forum MC for 2026.
Mike Thanos
LIXI Chairman & GM, Domain Group
Mike Thanos has been instrumental in LIXI's founding in 2000. Now serving as Chairman, Mike has over 20 years of experience in mortgage industry technology and leads Domain Group's lending initiatives.
Shane Rigby
CEO, LIXI
Shane leads LIXI's efforts in driving industry efficiency, collaboration, and data standards. Under his leadership, LIXI is developing cutting-edge AI and tooling solutions for mortgage ecosystems.
James Pitt
CCO, LIXI
James is Chief Customer Officer at LIXI, driving customer engagement, standards implementation, and ecosystem collaboration across the mortgage and lending sector.
Brett Spencer
CEO, FraudX
Brett Spencer is a seasoned executive and entrepreneur with deep roots in fintech and mortgage technology, currently spearheading fraud prevention systems at FraudX.
Sean Quagliani
CEO & Co-Founder, Fortiro
Sean is the CEO of Fortiro, helping automated lending decisions by validating financial documents instantly and preventing document fraud.
Kyle Dunsire
Founding Partner, Ingenuity Partners
Kyle is a consulting enterprise architect who designs integrations for brokers and lenders, and has long advocated for standard-driven data layers.
Brandon Lewis
AFG
Brandon is a systems and technology leader at AFG, working on broker platforms, data standards, and integration strategies across their lending network.
Michael Poole
Mortgage Choice
Michael leads software integrations and technology partnerships at Mortgage Choice, focusing on streamlining application pipelines and aggregator platform delivery.
Urvesh Vibhakar
General Manager, Customer Growth, Loanworks
Urvesh serves as GM, Customer Growth, combining deep technical expertise with two decades of industry experience spanning lending and technology.
Ben Ford
Chief Revenue Officer, MogoPlus
Ben is a startup leader and data consent advocate, currently Chief Revenue Officer at MogoPlus.
Elise Ivory
Partner, Dentons
Elise is a leading legal partner at Dentons, specialising in consumer finance regulation, credit compliance, and risk assessments for fintech models.
Jennifer Harrison
Technical PR & Media Specialist
Technical PR and media specialist for fintech, proptech and legaltech startups in AU&NZ. Turning complex products into media-relevant narratives and founder-led content marketing.
Robert Dyball
Senior Developer, IQ-EQ
With over 25 years of experience, Robert is an expert in designing and implementing enterprise solutions. At IQ-EQ (formerly AMAL) since 2015, he has focused on building scalable LIXI applications and payment systems.
Gordon Campbell
Co-Founder & Chief Markets & Strategy Officer, RDC.AI
Gordon is a Co-founder and Chief Markets & Strategy Officer at RDC.AI, positioning the company as a global thought leader in Predictive and Agentic AI for business and commercial banking. With over 30 years of experience in business strategy, digital transformation, and product development across three international software organisations, he has a proven track record of delivering innovative AI solutions for major financial services and telecommunications entities across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.
Mamta Saragal
Chief Architect & Technology Officer, CC&C Solutions
Mamta is the Chief Architect and Technology Officer at CC&C Solutions, specialising in Enterprise Architecture, digital transformation, and the BIAN framework. She has extensive experience helping financial institutions design agile, service-oriented architectures.
Abhish Saha
CEO, Sandstone
With over 30 years of experience, Abhish is a seasoned technology leader, a LIXI Director, and an expert with deep insights into the banking ecosystem. He has driven digital innovation, payments, and lending solutions for major financial institutions across the globe.
Stan Domeshok
Software Architect, Lendi
Stan is Software Architect at Lendi, driving technical architecture and engineering strategy to build modern, AI-native lending platforms.
Jacob Parker
Founder & CEO, Fiskil
Jacob is the Founder and CEO of Fiskil, an API-first financial data platform simplifying Consumer Data Right (CDR) integrations and Open Banking solutions. He is a developer and a recognised leader in the Australian fintech and open data ecosystems.
Dr Nathan Chandler
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Dr Nathan Chandler leads AI implementation and automation at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, focusing on event-driven agentic AI, software quality, and enterprise developer tooling at scale.
Avner Silberman
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Simpology
Avner is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Simpology, leading technical strategy, software architecture, and digital innovation in lending solutions.
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