Speaking and Industry Engagements
Practical Perspectives on Risk, Governance, and Emerging Technology
Katherine E. Avery, Founder and Principal Advisor of Chimayo Consulting, speaks on the governance challenges shaping financial services, capital markets, and commodity markets. Drawing on more than two decades of experience across banking, structured finance, commodities, securities, and foreign exchange, Katherine brings a practitioner’s perspective to conversations about regulatory change, emerging technology, and increasingly interconnected operational risks. To learn more about speaking engagement topics, click here.
Where Chimayo Is Presenting
GTR Commodities 2026
Katherine Avery joins commodity and trade-finance leaders at GTR Commodities 2026 to examine multi-modal AI across trade operations, including data synthesis, counterparty assessment, working-capital decisions, and appropriate limits on autonomous execution.
Vendor & Third Party Risk USA
Operational Risk & Resilience. The Real Cost of Third-Party Operational Failure (a case study)
Katherine Avery presents a case study examining the operational and financial consequences of third-party failure and how organizations can strengthen resilience by identifying critical dependencies, concentration exposure, escalation requirements, and recovery priorities.
The 26th NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum
Operational Resilience & Third-Party Risk-Securing the Payments Supply Chain
Katherine Avery joins payments and regulatory-technology leaders to discuss operational resilience and third-party risk across the payments supply chain, including critical dependencies, concentration risk, accountability, incident response, and continuity planning.
AI in Risk Management for Financial Institutions
Katherine Avery will lead a session on translating responsible AI principles into sustainable governance and oversight. The discussion will examine how organizations can identify and mitigate bias throughout the AI lifecycle, monitor for drift and emerging risks, and maintain governance frameworks that evolve with AI capabilities, while enabling innovation consistent with organizational risk appetite and AI maturity.
Finovate Fall 2026
Katherine Avery joins financial-services leaders at FinovateFall 2026 for a power panel on trust, risk, and financial crime, examining how banks can strengthen fraud defenses, govern AI-enabled tools, and translate effective risk management into durable customer trust.
Additional Industry and Innovation Events
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Financial Women in Texas Annual Conference
Conference Attendee
Austin, TX
September 27-29, 2026
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2026 FIA Commodities Conference
FIA Member and Conference Participant
Houston, TX
September 28-30, 2026
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Texas Venture Fest 2026
Attendee
Houston, TX
October 1, 2026
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Houston Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
Virtual Attendee
Houston, TX
October 21, 2026
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University of Mississippi Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Business Model Competition Judge
Oxford, MS
November 5, 2026
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Ole Miss Banking & Finance Symposium
Conference Attendee and Sponsor
Oxford, MS
November 6, 2026