ELFA is pleased to introduce a series of webinars devoted to building a foundational knowledge of AI in our industry from the ground up! 

Over the next few months, industry experts will take you through the basics of AI, including key terminology, its strengths and limitations, practical adoption in day-to-day business, live demonstrations and exercises to build familiarity with current applications, and methods with which to initiate AI change and adoption in your organizations. 

2025 Innovation Experience: AI Foundations
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ELFA's Innovation Experience: AI Foundations

In the first webinar of our Innovation Experience webinar series, experts Ritchie Cotton and Ping Du from Valiant Finance will demystify GenAI and help build your confidence and skill for daily usage. The webinar will also include a practical demonstration and in-session prompt-along on how to effectively instruct LLMs to perform tasks, from the simple to the complex. You will also learn common data privacy pitfalls to be aware of when using AI.
Innovation Experience: Topic #2 100x Executives
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ELFA's Innovation Experience: 100x Executives

ELFA's Innovation Experience: 100x Executives In this second webinar of the series, experts Ritchie Cotton and Ping Du from Valiant Finance will provide an overview of AI’s abilities to play the role of an executive’s thought partner, research assistant, content generator and coach, as well as how it works, its strengths and limitations, guiding principles, and practical tips. There will be a practical demonstration of setting up multiple AI personas including ‘the customer’, ‘the regulator’, ‘the team member’, and ‘the partner’. There will also be an in-session prompt-along to help develop your own executive AI persona!
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ELFA's Innovation Experience: Strategic Applications in Equipment Finance

ELFA's Innovation Experience: Strategic Applications in Equipment Finance Hear what's here now and what's on the horizon for AI adoption with the top 3 Equipment Finance value chain segments ripe for disruption and how it may play out. Our guest speaker will discuss some real examples, from credit decisioning, AI agents, or regulations and complaints handling. After a showcase of day-to-day applications of AI in financial services and a practical demonstration of Valiant Workbench, you'll surely be motivated to discover and apply AI use-cases, both immediate and future, in your own Equipment Finance value chain.
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ELFA's Innovation Experience: Leading AI Change

ELFA's Innovation Experience: Leading AI Change What is your organization's mindset on AI? After this webinar, you will be empowered with the tools you'll need to lead practical AI change in your organizations. This week's discussion will cover planning for the cost of AI, the risks of moving too quickly, organizational prerequisites for AI, preparing your colleagues and staff for AI change, and more. A practical demonstration will show how to rapidly turn an idea into a prototype using AI tools. Gain a competitive advantage with an AI mindset! Speakers: Moto Tohda Vice President / IS Tokyo Century (USA) Inc. Ritchie Cotton Co-Founder CTO Valiant Finance
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ELFA's Innovation Experience: Technical Deep-Dive

ELFA's Innovation Experience: Leading AI Change Learn about the cutting edge of AI. This is our most intensive session yet, prerequisites include a technical background (Product or Engineering) OR having attended ALL four previous Innovation Lab Experience webinars. Read the tea leaves and place bets in conditions of uncertainty in the age of cutting edge AI. Learn about models as commodities (fact or fiction?), organizational data, structuring embeddings, and preparations for agentic AI. Become a technical thought-leader in your organization, with the ability to assist business executives navigating medium and long-term AI change. Speakers: Moto Tohda Vice President / IS Tokyo Century (USA) Inc. Ritchie Cotton Co-Founder CTO Valiant Finance Ping Du VP Product Valiant Finance