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title: 2025-09-19 - AI Evaluation & Benchmarking Workshop
description: "FINOS AI Evaluation & Benchmarking Suite – Scoping Workshop\n\nHelp set the industry standard for trustworthy, production‑ready GenAI in financial services."
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# FINOS Events

# AI EVALUATION & BENCHMARKING SUITE - SCOPING WORKSHOP

 September 19, 2025, 1pm BST

 London

Help set the industry standard for trustworthy, production‑ready GenAI in financial services at this member only workshop.

[REGISTER HERE](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2025-09-19-ai-evaluation-benchmarking-workshop#form)

**Why this workshop, why now?**

Modern LLM‑powered solutions can’t move from proof‑of‑concept to production unless they are *measured in ways that build trust and confidence*. FINOS has already boot‑strapped an **Open Financial LLM Leaderboard** that assesses 35 datasets across 23 finance‑specific tasks, but contributors now need a clear, community‑owned process to expand that work into a full **Evaluation & Benchmarking Suite**.

This scoping workshop is the official kick‑off for that effort. By the end of a highly‑interactive half day you will have:

1. A consensus‑driven **Project Scope Statement** that defines what the suite *is* and *is not*.
2. A negotiated **“Must‑Have” feature backlog** and a theme‑based public roadmap to Q4 2025 and beyond.
3. A clear path for contributing new datasets, tasks and risk metrics under FINOS governance.

**Who should attend?**

1. **Financial‑services technologists** building or evaluating GenAI solutions
2. **Model‑risk, compliance & audit professionals** aligning with EU AI Act and other regulations
3. **Data‑science researchers & academics** focusing on domain‑specific benchmarks
4. **Open‑source contributors & vendors** offering evaluation tooling or datasets

**Key take‑aways**

1. **Practical artefacts** ready to merge into the FINOS repo: README, CONTRIBUTING, GitHub issues.
2. **Peer network** across banks, vendors, academia and regulators shaping open standards for GenAI assurance.
3. **Early influence** on the next features of the Open Financial LLM Leaderboard and future evaluation tooling.

**Logistics**

1. Date: 19 Sept 2025
2. Time: 13:00 – 17:00 BST
3. Location: London, Location TBA
4. Cost: Free – registration required. FINOS Members Only.

 

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