Opening and Welcome

Panel: Harnessing AI driven digital transformation – A new era in front office productivity and efficiency

• How will AI re-shape front office trading operations, infrastructure and workflows? Where are firms on their adoption journey?
• What are the foundational technology investments in cloud, data analytics, APIs, interoperability for AI integration?
• How should firms manage risks and ensure responsible and ethical AI?
• How should firms plan for workplace transformation and engagement to create an environment of adoption?
• Costs vs. benefit and ROI: How should firms manage the computational complexity and high costs of AI models and data?
• What is the potential for agentic AI to transform algorithmic trading and financial decision-making?

Moderator: Richard Leader, Co-Founder, FastFin Labs, Inc.
Dan Schleifer, President and Co-Founder, Interop.io

Keynote: Interop.io

Panel: From monoliths to modular: Architecting the future of high-performance trading

• How are trading firms considering their architectural approach to enable 24/7 trading, cloud platforms, AI and multi-asset trading?
• What are the key characteristics of agile architectures?
• What are the challenges and complexities when transitioning to agile and modular event driven architectures – is microservices the only way to go for trading?
• How are firms utilising open source frameworks, cloud, APIs, messaging solutions for customization and to enable enhanced connectivity and real time data distribution?
• Beyond technology, what are the team structures, organisational behaviors and DevOps culture to underpin transformation?
• How will the technology landscape and vendor offerings in this space continue to evolve?

Jason England, Director, Infrastructure Engineering, BMO Capital Markets
Representative from UBS
Himanshu Gupta, Senior Solutions Architect, Capital Markets, Solace

Panel: Innovation in data and analytics – Leveraging data as a differentiator

• Where are firms on their journey of harnessing data with a curated data platform?
• How are firms leveraging data as a differentiator in pre and post trade analytics?
• What methods and approaches can be used to improve data quality and governance and how are these best set up and operationalized?
• What best practices can firms adopt when using cloud-based data marketplaces and sharing capabilities to increase innovation and reduce complexity of data access?
• What progress are firms making in leveraging alternative and unstructured data sources and how can AI and GenAI add value?
• Where should firms focus their efforts to advance their data and analytics strategies in 2025 and beyond?

Keynote: 24/7 trading: challenges and opportunities for trading infrastructure and operations

Panel: How to get the most from trading venue innovation

• How is the trading venue landscape evolving and what are the latest innovations happening across electronic asset classes?
• How are market operators seeking to differentiate themselves with hybrid trading models in the trading landscape?
• How does 24/7 trading impact the buy side on routing decisions and brokers that have to connect to venues?
• How will trading infrastructure need to evolve to support 24/7 trading and multi-asset workflows that integrate traditional securities with digital instruments?
• What opportunities do AI, automation, interoperability and open source, provide for enhancing innovation and enabling more modular and customisable solutions between trading venues, firms and third party vendor platforms?

Kathryn Zhao, Global Head of Electronic Trading, Cantor Fitzgerald
Eric Powers, Director, Citi Tech Fellow, Global Head of High Performance Architectures Infrastructure; Citi; STAC Fellow

Event Ends