Opening & Welcome
Andrew Delaney, President & Chief Content Officer, A-Team Group

Panel: From monoliths to modular – Staying competitive in a changing world

• How is the buy and build debate evolving considering advances in technology, regulatory drivers like DORA and shrinking budgets for innovation?
• How should firms build agility into their trading stacks?
• How are firms utilising open source, cloud, APIs, containerisation and messaging solutions for customised trading and to enable connectivity and real time data (re)distribution?
• Beyond technology, how should firms address the cultural and mindset shift to enable the right organisational set up for agility and future tech change?

Moderator: Steve Grob, Founder, Vision57
Oskar Wantola, CFA, Managing Director, Head of Execution Technology, Man Group
Richard Bell, Head of Engineering, CoinShares
Jon Butler, Co-Founder & CEO, Velox

Keynote: Making a Buy and Build strategy work for trading

Gain practical insights from case studies across a selection of use cases including: FX NDF single dealer platform; Futures & options trading; ETF create redeem workflow automation; Low-touch cash equities flow monitoring; Cross asset trading risk & position management.

We’ll explore:

• How should firms strike the right balance between buy and build to enable strategic workflow modernisation at speed and scale?
• What are the lessons learned from a collaborative partnership and rapidly achieving a live product?
• What are the benefits of streamlined workflows and specialised tooling and functionality to support continuous evolution in this space?

Jon Butler, Co-Founder & CEO, Velox

Keynote: From tap to trade: The blueprint for high-performance trading infrastructure

Trading today isn’t just about speed, it is about seeing everything, acting faster, and staying resilient under pressure. This session explores how smarter infrastructure choices unlock visibility, accelerate execution, and strengthen resilience while offering practical insights into balancing latency, compliance and innovation to stay ahead in modern markets.

We’ll explore:

• How can firms unlock end-to-end visibility across their trading infrastructure to identify bottlenecks and optimize performance?
• What are the key building blocks of a high-performance trading system that deliver both speed and resilience?
• How can firms balance the push for ultra-low latency with the demands of compliance and operational efficiency?
• In the evolving buy-versus-build landscape, how can firms combine best-of-breed vendor tools with in-house innovation for stronger technical and economic outcomes?

Diana Stanescu, Director Finance and Capital Markets, Keysight Technologies

Panel: Best of Breed – How to build a curated market data platform

• How can firms address the issues encountered when acquiring market data, such as data quality, coverage, timeliness, cost?
• What are the strategies and technologies to address the complexities of integrating data from various sources?
• What methods and approaches can be used to improve data governance & metadata management to ensure data assets are managed effectively?
• Deployment decision making – cloud vs. on premise vs. hybrid?
• What are the strategies for optimising cost for market data platforms?
• Future proofing: How can AI and ML be incorporated for data analysis and insights?

Moderator: Irina Sonich-Bright, Managing Director, Head of Market Access Product, Agency Trading, UBS
Martina Satherlund, Independent Market Data Specialist
Dr. Elliot Banks, Chief Product Officer, BMLL
Sachin Sureka, Global Sales Leader – Financial Services, AWS

Fireside Chat: Buy and Build: Evolving the interop strategy
Interview with:
Michael Barbera, Chief Product Officer – Trading, Iress
Dan Schleifer, President & Co-Founder, Interop.io

Panel: Transforming trader workflows with AI and interoperability 

• What progress are firms making in modernising the user experience in trading workflows?
• What are the most critical elements of UX design for trading platforms?
• How are firms integrating AI and interoperability to improve collaboration and create personalised experiences in trading workflows?
• How should AI risks such as hallucinations, explainability and information security be addressed when using AI in trading workflows?
• What are the measurable benefits, KPIs to track and evaluate success for modernising trader workflows?

Moderator: Monika Fernando, Global Head of FI Client Data Analytics, Former TD Securities
Anvar Karimson, Chief Technology Officer, Kepler Cheuvreux
Will Winzor-Saile, Partner, Execution Analytics & Architecture, Redburn Atlantic
Dan Schleifer, President & Co-Founder, Interop.io

Closing Keynote: Past, present, and future of AI and Machine Learning in trading and investment management

• What have been the main milestones of data analytics and machine learning in asset and wealth management?
• From idea to product: How can data and AI solve the fundamental pain points experienced by investment managers?
• The future of trading: Will AI agents replace traders?
• How can we stay competitive in a world defined by an exponential growth of data and information?

David Marcos, CIO & Head of AI, IO Capital Group

Networking drinks