9:00 AM

9:10 AM

Jack Gidding

CEO, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:10 AM

9:20 AM

STAC Update: Tick Analytics & Risk Computing

James Corcoran

Head of AI & Analytics, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:20 AM

9:35 AM

The case for GPU acceleration beneath the database stack

Xiangyao Yu

Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bobbi Yogatama

PhD Candidate, University Wisconsin-Madison

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:35 AM

9:40 AM

Quantifying Architectural Gains: A Generational Leap in Risk Computing Performance

Kevin Gildea

Solutions Architect, Intel

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:40 AM

9:45 AM

Accelerating Finance with NVIDIA Blackwell: Supermicro’s Next-Gen Infrastructure

Michael Watson

General Manager Field Application Engineering, Supermicro

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:45 AM

9:50 AM

Open Data Formats: Foundation of the Modern Data Ecosystem

Mick Hittesdorf

OneTick Cloud Product Architect, OneTick

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:50 AM

10:20 AM

Open for business: Are open data formats the key to a successful data strategy?

William Tegel

Founder, The Open Markets Initiative

Ciaran Kennedy

Mick Hittesdorf

OneTick Cloud Product Architect, OneTick

Luca Lin

CTO, Databento, Inc.

Analytics & Data Engineering

10:20 AM

10:50 AM

10:50 AM

11:30 AM

The Edge of fairness: Trading at the limits of time

Tim Lipscomb

EVP, CTO, Cboe Global Markets

Craig Mohan

Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer, Sk3w Technologies, Inc.

David Lariviere

Clinical Professor of Financial Engineering, University of Illinois

David Snowdon

Board Member, Timebeat

Low & Ultra Low Latency

11:30 AM

11:50 AM

STAC Update: Machine Learning & AI

James Corcoran

Head of AI & Analytics, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

11:50 AM

12:05 PM

Silent stalls, big impacts: Exposing hidden bottlenecks in AI data centers

Erik Rudin

Field CTO, cPacket Networks

12:05 PM

12:10 PM

Supermicro Accelerate Everything AI

Michael Watson

General Manager Field Application Engineering, Supermicro

12:10 PM

12:15 PM

Data Intelligence In Financial Services

Moiz Kohari

VP Enterprise AI, DDN

12:15 PM

12:20 PM

Dell AI Platform with Nvidia

Dan Schellinger

Unstructured Data Account Executive , Dell

12:20 PM

12:25 PM

Built to Scale: De-Risking Advanced Compute with Factory Integration

Josh Perkins

VP, Emerging Technologies, AHEAD

12:30 PM

12:45 PM

From Hype to Impact: AI That’s Reshaping Finance

Steven Keith Platt

Director of Analytics and Lecturer of Applied AI and Site Director, The Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning, Loyola University Chicago

12:45 PM

1:45 PM

1:45 PM

1:50 PM

Afternoon Welcome

Jack Gidding

CEO, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

Timing & Data Monitoring

1:50 PM

2:05 PM

STAC Update: Fast Working Groups

Jack Gidding

CEO, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

Timing & Data Monitoring

2:05 PM

2:20 PM

Quantum Time: Synchronizing at Sub-Nanosecond Scale

Sean Sullivan

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, memQ

Timing & Data Monitoring

2:20 PM

2:25 PM

From Tap to Trade - Mastering Market Visibility in the Picosecond Age

Kevin Formby

VP Finance and Capital Markets, Keysight

Timing & Data Monitoring

2:25 PM

2:30 PM

The power of 3: because precision needs proof

Lasse Johnsen

Co-Founder, Timebeat

Timing & Data Monitoring

2:35 PM

2:50 PM

The Missing Link: Multi-layer correlation for performance-critical trading

Caolán McCarron

AtlasVision Product Manager, Options Technology

Timing & Data Monitoring

2:50 PM

3:20 PM

3:20 PM

3:35 PM

No turning back: Why it’s time for ASICs in HFT infrastructure

Adam Sherer

Account Technical Director, Cadence

Low & Ultra Low Latency

3:35 PM

3:40 PM

Stability During Market Turmoil

Cliff Maddox

Director of Business Development, Novasparks

Low & Ultra Low Latency

3:40 PM

3:45 PM

Exegy - A Few Updates and One Question

Laurent de Barry

VP, Head of ULL Products, Exegy

Low & Ultra Low Latency

3:45 PM

3:50 PM

ÜberNIC Update: PoC to General Availability…

Seth Friedman

CEO, Liquid Markets

Low & Ultra Low Latency

3:50 PM

4:15 PM

At the limits: Rethinking data centers for the next era of financial trading

Jerry Nelligan

CTO, XR Trading

Charles Parlee

Account Director, Digital Realty

Low & Ultra Low Latency

4:15 PM

5:15 PM