9:00 AM

9:10 AM

Welcome

James Corcoran

Head of AI and Analytics , STAC Research

Featured session

9:10 AM

9:25 AM

STAC Insights: Analytics

James Corcoran

Head of AI and Analytics , STAC Research

Analytics & Machine Learning

9:25 AM

9:40 AM

Time-coherent analytics at scale: Snapshot barriers, deltas, and compiled plans

Fabien Huré

Head of Quantitative Research and Development, Independent

Analytics & Machine Learning

9:40 AM

10:10 AM

Innovation Roundup: Everpure, Equinix, A10 Networks, Supermicro

Analytics & Machine Learning

10:10 AM

10:25 AM

STAC community supporting Computing at School

Carl Cook

Quantitative Developer, Citadel Securities

Gargi Agrey

Generative AI Engineer, Flutter

Julia Adamson

Executive Director, Education & Public Benefit, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Featured session

10:25 AM

11:05 AM

Quantum for finance: Breakthrough opportunity or expensive distraction?

Dr. Jake Kennard

VP of Business Development, n2 Group

Andrew Lord

Senior Manager, Optical and Quantum Networks Research, BT

Malcolm Connolly

Co-Founder, Amorphiq/Imperial College

Simon Muskett

Principal Consultant AI & Quantum, Digital Realty

Analytics & Machine Learning

11:05 AM

11:35 AM

Morning Break

Analytics & Machine Learning

11:35 AM

11:50 AM

FCA Innovation Services: Driving responsible innovation for growth, trust and resilience

Geraldine Kraev

Global Innovation Manager, Financial Conduct Authority

Analytics & Machine Learning

11:50 AM

12:20 PM

Innovation Roundup: Google, Xelera, BSI, Digital Realty, Lenovo

Analytics & Machine Learning

12:35 PM

1:15 PM

Market data at an inflection point: Platforms, performance, and technology

Laurent de Barry

Chief Product Officer, Exegy

Robert Bonaguro

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, MarketsIO

Bill Bierds

President, BCCG

Analytics & Machine Learning

1:15 PM

2:15 PM

Lunch

Analytics & Machine Learning

2:15 PM

2:20 PM

Welcome

James Corcoran

Head of AI and Analytics , STAC Research

2:15 PM

2:25 PM

STAC Insights: Trade Flow

Jack Gidding

CEO, STAC Research

Low Latency Trading

2:20 PM

2:35 PM

New frontiers of Generative AI in finance: Structured agentic workflows and foundational time-series models

Hao Ni

Professor of Mathematics, University College London

2:25 PM

2:55 PM

Innovation Roundup: Azul, Undo, FMAD, AMD, Liquid Markets

Low Latency Trading

2:35 PM

3:00 PM

Innovation Roundup: MyrtleAI, AMD, HPE, Supermicro

2:55 PM

3:10 PM

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

Matt Davey

Managing Director, Product Management, Pico

Low Latency Trading

3:00 PM

3:15 PM

Tech Talk

3:10 PM

3:40 PM

Afternoon Break

Low Latency Trading

3:15 PM

3:45 PM

Afternoon Break

3:40 PM

3:55 PM

Heuristics Inform Trading Strategies: It’s About Time

Low Latency Trading

3:45 PM

4:00 PM

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

Andrea Moccia

Vice President, AI and Data Infrastructure, Options

3:55 PM

4:25 PM

Innovation Roundup: Blackcore, Exegy, Keysight

Low Latency Trading

4:00 PM

4:25 PM

Innovation Roundup: Coreweave, Zutacore, DDN

4:25 PM

4:40 PM

Developing high assurance AI through collaborative engineering

Dr. Rosemary Francis

CTO, CommonAI Compute Ltd

4:40 PM

4:55 PM

Implementing agentic frameworks in investment research

Wai Ip

Senior Quant Developer, Deutsche Bank

4:55 PM

5:30 PM

Beyond peak FLOPs: Memory and modern inference silicon