9:00 AM

9:10 AM

STAC welcome

Jack Gidding

CEO, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

STAC

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

Beyond Monte Carlo: Faster results with a Convergence-Oblivious Computation Accelerator

Phillip Stanley-Marbell

CEO/CTO, Signaloid

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:35 AM

9:40 AM

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

Angelos Konstantopoulos

Field Application Engineer, Supermicro

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:40 AM

9:45 AM

Real-Time Market Data to Parquet: A QuestDB 5-Minute Demo

Javier Ramirez

Head of Product and Developer Relations, QuestDB

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:45 AM

9:50 AM

Liquid Cooling Infrastructure for Modern Finance Intelligence

Alberto Stec

Business Development Manager, KAYTUS Germany GmbH

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:50 AM

9:55 AM

Introducing FlashBlade//EXA

Patrick Smith

VP & Field CTO for EMEA, Pure Storage

Analytics & Data Engineering

9:55 AM

10:00 AM

Intel Xeon 6

Evgueny Khartchenko

FSI SW Application Engineer, Intel

Analytics & Data Engineering

10:05 AM

10:35 AM

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

Jonny Press

CTO, Data Intellect

Patrick Lucas

Founder, Atomic Wire

Vlad Ilyushchenko

Co-Founder & CTO, QuestDB

Justin Morris

Solution Engineering Leader, Databricks

Analytics & Data Engineering

10:35 AM

11:05 AM

Break
Networking

11:05 AM

11:15 AM

STAC Update: Machine Learning & AI

James Corcoran

Head of AI & Analytics, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

Machine Learning

11:15 AM

11:40 AM

Conformal prediction: A practical approach to reliable machine learning

Valery Manokhin

Managing Director, Open Predictive Technologies

Machine Learning

11:40 AM

11:45 AM

Choosing the Right CPU for Your Application

Rick Hughson

PMTS, AMD

Machine Learning

11:45 AM

11:50 AM

Precision, Speed, and Scale: AI-Driven Trading Infrastructure

Daniel Goodman

Managing Director, BSI

Machine Learning

11:50 AM

11:55 AM

Smart & Fast Trading Decisions with Xelera Silva: Harnessing Ultra-Low Latency AI

Andrea Suardi

Head of Acceleration Technology, Xelera

Machine Learning

11:55 AM

12:00 PM

Moving ML inference closer to the network for sub-microsecond latency

Aiken Cairncross

Senior Software Developer, Myrtle.ai

Machine Learning

12:05 PM

12:20 PM

Tackling Injury Risk with Machine Learning: Data Analytics in Rugby and Beyond

Chris Leckey

Research Officer, Irish Rugby Football Union

Machine Learning

12:20 PM

12:50 PM

From data to decision: Accelerating ML inference in high-frequency trading

Andrea Suardi

Head of Acceleration Technology, Xelera

Olivier Cousin

Director FPGA Solutions, Exegy

John Courtney

Fintech Marketing Manager, AMD

Machine Learning

12:50 PM

1:50 PM

Networking Lunch (AI Track)
AI Track

12:50 PM

1:50 PM

Lunch
Networking

1:50 PM

1:55 PM

Afternoon Welcome

James Corcoran

Head of AI & Analytics, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

AI Track

1:50 PM

1:55 PM

Afternoon Welcome

Jack Gidding

CEO, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

Data Monitoring

1:55 PM

2:10 PM

Optimizing techniques for LLMs in finance

Pere Martra

AI Engineer, Caixabank Tech

AI Track

1:55 PM

2:05 PM

STAC Update: Fast Working Groups

Jack Gidding

CEO, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

Data Monitoring

2:05 PM

2:20 PM

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

Caolán McCarron

AtlasVision Product Manager, Options Technology

Data Monitoring

2:10 PM

2:15 PM

Supermicro Accelerate Everything AI

Angelos Konstantopoulos

Field Application Engineer, Supermicro

AI Track

2:15 PM

2:20 PM

Lenovo Where HPC, AI, and Sustainability Converge

Jim Roche

Sr. HPC Architect , Lenovo

AI Track

2:20 PM

2:25 PM

Extremely fast, resilient and cost-effective storage

Davide Villa

Chief Revenue Officer, Xinnor

AI Track

2:20 PM

2:25 PM

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

Diana Stanescu

Director Finance and Capital Markets, Keysight

Data Monitoring

2:25 PM

2:30 PM

The power of 3: because precision needs proof

Lasse Johnsen

Co-Founder, Timebeat

Data Monitoring

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

Infrastructure Patterns for AI Workloads in Finance

Tim Loake

Vice President and General Manager for the Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies

AI Track

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

Half-decided: spotting speculative triggering in practice

Matt Davey

Managing Director, Product Management, Pico

Data Monitoring

2:45 PM

3:00 PM

AI agents in finance: Architecture, patterns, and practical use cases

Hanane Dupouy

Algorithmic Trader Equity

AI Track

2:45 PM

3:15 PM

Break
Networking

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

Break (AI Track)
AI Track

3:15 PM

3:30 PM

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

Michael O’Sullivan

Engineering Director, Cadence

Low & Ultra Low Latency Trading

3:30 PM

3:45 PM

Performance Considerations for Extreme-Scale Data Analytics and Production AI

Dr. Richard Mansfield

Pre-Sales Manager, DDN

AI Track

3:30 PM

3:35 PM

Smart Data Cache Injection: Optimized data transfer between CPU and Accelerators

John Courtney

Fintech Marketing Manager, AMD

Low & Ultra Low Latency Trading

3:35 PM

3:40 PM

The OPRA Challenge

Sapna Swaly

Business Development, Novasparks

Low & Ultra Low Latency Trading

3:40 PM

3:45 PM

Exegy - A Few Updates and One Question

Olivier Cousin

Director FPGA Solutions, Exegy

Low & Ultra Low Latency Trading

3:45 PM

4:15 PM

STAC-AI Research & Benchmarks

James Corcoran

Head of AI & Analytics, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

AI Track

3:45 PM

4:05 PM

Cyber at speed: Securing low-latency trading

Matt Dangerfield

CTO, Telesoft Technologies

Low & Ultra Low Latency Trading

4:05 PM

4:10 PM

The Truth About Overclocking: Finding the best fit for your performance needs

James Lupton

CTO, Blackcore

Low & Ultra Low Latency Trading

4:10 PM

4:15 PM

ÜberNIC Update: PoC to General Availability…

Seth Friedman

CEO, Liquid-Markets

Low & Ultra Low Latency Trading

4:15 PM

4:30 PM

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

Andy Barnes

Business-Driven Telecoms Leader, cPacket

AI Track

4:15 PM

4:20 PM

Competing in the AI Era: The Critical Role of Infrastructure

Martin Davies

Senior Solutions Architect, Digital Realty

Low & Ultra Low Latency Trading

4:25 PM

5:00 PM

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

Mark Acton

Head of Technical Due Diligence, Future-tech Ltd

Chris Woosnam-Savage

Principal Engineer, Advanced Engineering, Digital Realty

Eleni Coldrey

Business Development Director EMEA, Financial Services, Equinix

Low & Ultra Low Latency Trading

4:30 PM

5:10 PM

License to operate: Expanding MLOps for the Agentic era

Amit Nandi

VP Data Science, Barclays Corporate Investment Banking

Justin Xu

Head of Investments, Millennium Global Investments

Annapoorani Lakshmi Narayanan

Vice President, AI Research, JP Morgan Chase

Gargi Agrey

Generative AI Engineer, Flutter

Vikesh Kumar Pandey

Principal GenAI Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

AI Track

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Networking Reception
Networking

5:10 PM

6:10 PM

Networking Reception
AI Track