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Welcome

James Corcoran

Head of AI and Analytics , STAC Research

Analytics & Machine Learning

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STAC Insights: Analytics

James Corcoran

Head of AI and Analytics , STAC Research

Analytics & Machine Learning

9:25 AM

9:40 AM

Memory is the new bottleneck, and it's now software-defined

Oren Benisty

VP Business Development, Unifabrix Ltd.

Analytics & Machine Learning

9:40 AM

10:05 AM

Innovation Roundup: IBM, A10 Networks, Lenovo, Supermicro
Analytics & Machine Learning

10:05 AM

10:20 AM

Protocol-driven development for electronic trading systems

William Tegel

Founder, The Open Markets Initiative

Analytics & Machine Learning

10:20 AM

10:40 AM

Fireside chat with Broadridge
Analytics & Machine Learning

10:40 AM

11:10 AM

Morning Break
Analytics & Machine Learning

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11:30 AM

STAC Insights: Machine Learning & AI

James Corcoran

Head of AI and Analytics , STAC Research

Analytics & Machine Learning

11:30 AM

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The real reason why AI initiatives fail

Jeff Chu

Senior Director, Penguin Solutions

Analytics & Machine Learning

11:45 AM

12:15 PM

Innovation Roundup: Everpure, BSI, Google, Jetcool, Dell
Analytics & Machine Learning

12:15 PM

12:55 PM

Beyond peak FLOPs: Memory and modern inference silicon

Emilio Andere

CEO, Wafer

Analytics & Machine Learning

12:55 PM

1:50 PM

Lunch
Analytics & Machine Learning

1:50 PM

1:55 PM

Welcome
Al

1:50 PM

2:00 PM

STAC Insights: Trade Flow
Low Latency Trading

1:55 PM

2:10 PM

AI research at BlackRock

Dhagash Mehta

Head of Applied AI (Investment Management), BlackRock

Al

2:00 PM

2:20 PM

Innovation Roundup: Magmio, AMD, Azul
Low Latency Trading

2:10 PM

2:35 PM

Innovation Roundup: Myrtle, MiTAC, IBM, Supermicro, HPE
Al

2:20 PM

2:35 PM

From packets to prompts: Self-service exploration of Corvil data
Low Latency Trading

2:35 PM

3:00 PM

Innovation Roundup: FMAD, Blackcore, Arista, Liquid Markets Solutions
Low Latency Trading

2:55 PM

3:25 PM

Afternoon Break
Al

3:00 PM

3:15 PM

Heuristics Inform Trading Strategies: It’s About Time

Adam Sherer

Account Technical Director, Cadence

Low Latency Trading

3:15 PM

3:45 PM

Afternoon Break
Low Latency Trading

3:25 PM

3:40 PM

Zero ontology: Extracting structured knowledge from SEC filings with KV-accelerated LLMs

Andrea Moccia

Vice President, AI and Data Infrastructure, Options

Al

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

Innovation Roundup: Intel, DDN, Lambda
Al

3:45 PM

4:00 PM

Using LLMs for highly agentic SystemVerilog development

Matthew Pest

Principal AI Solutions Architect, Edgehog Trading

Low Latency Trading

4:00 PM

4:25 PM

Innovation Roundup
Low Latency Trading

4:10 PM

4:25 PM

Evolving the Quant Finance Workflow in the Age of AI

Tal Fishman

Head of Fixed Income Investment Strategy Analysis, Lord Abbett

Al

4:25 PM

5:05 PM

Scaling AI in the enterprise

Conor Twomey

Co-Founder & CEO, AI One

Aaron Blogg

Vice President, AI Research and Strategy, J.P. Morgan

Peter Decrem

Director, Rates Trading, Citi

Yuyu Fan

Principal Data Scientist, AllianceBernstein

Dhagash Mehta

Head of Applied AI (Investment Management), BlackRock

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