Opening & Welcome
Andrew Delaney, President & Chief Content Officer, A-Team Group

Keynote Fireside Chat (User): Balancing continuous innovation with cost, resilience and security

• How should firms balance continuous innovation vs. investment needed on infrastructure to keep up with change, risk and security ?
• Tech and business alignment: How to break down business silos and chart a path for future success?
• How to ensure your tech transformation will demonstrate quick wins as well as longer term ROI
• What progress are firms making on adopting and integrating AI into the front office and how transformative will this be?
• Managing the cost of legacy: What are the practical considerations for running legacy alongside new tech?  
• Cyber security, operational resilience and DORA: how can FIs keep up in a threat landscape that is constantly evolving and ensure regulatory compliance?
• Talent and culture: How can firms build out high performance teams that want to collaborate?

Opening C Level 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 and more for AI integration?
• How should firms manage risks and ensure responsible and ethical AI?
• How should firms plan for workplace transformation and engagement?
• Costs vs. benefit: How should firms manage the computational complexity and high costs of AI models and data?
• What are the metrics to measure success and value from AI?

Keynote: Leveraging AI & ML to improve trading capabilities and execution insights

• Where is AI adding value to enhance trading and execution outcomes and capabilities?

Fireside Chat: Reviewing regulatory and market structure changes – Impact on the trading landscape and trading technology

• What are the implications of DORA and is the industry ready?
• How are the latest changes to MiFIR Review impacting the trading industry and what is the impact on trading technology?
• How will the implementation of the Consolidated Tape impact market transparency and how are market participants responding? 
• What is the impact of Brexit on the local and global research landscape and potential re-bundling in the UK? 
• What is the impact of MiCA on the institutional development of the industry?  What can we expect next?
• What is the impact of the EU AI Act and how should firms respond?

Panel: Transitioning from monolithic to agile architectures for high performance trading systems

• Why are firms moving to more agile architectures?
• What are the complexities in moving from monolithic to agile and open trading architectures/platforms? 
• As firms move to microservices architecture what are some of the new challenges to be addressed?
• How should firms implement robust security measures to ensure digital operational resilience with DORA as well as with third party relationships?
• What are the essential skills, tools and technologies for microservices implementation?
• What are the benefits and expected ROI of transitioning to microservices?
• How will the technology landscape and vendor offerings in this space continue to evolve?

Panel: Enhancing trader efficiency  – Innovative solutions for automated and streamlined trader desktop and workflows 

• What progress are firms making towards digitising and automating workflows on the desktop?
• How can interoperability, low code/no code frameworks and AI add value and enhance productivity?
• What are the best practices for deployment of these technologies and approaches?
• What does the trader desktop of the future look like?

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 and how are firms leveraging data as a differentiator?
• What are the best practices for utilising cloud based data marketplaces and sharing capabilities to enable innovation and reduce complexity accessing essential data?
• What progress are firms making in leveraging alternative and unstructured data sources for data insight? 
• What are the opportunities and challenges of investing in AI and GenAI for trading research and analytics?
• Where should firms focus their efforts to advance their data and analytics strategies in 2025 and beyond?

Practical applications and use cases of AI and ML in trading and the front office
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• How can AI be applied to develop software solutions at speed and scale to meet today’s technology challenges? 
• How can AI be applied to advanced analytics for powerful data driven insights
• How can AI improve transaction and communications surveillance outcomes?
• How can AI scour descriptive information and source liquidity in OTC markets?
• How can AI improve trade matching rates and reduce reconciliations?

Panel: The evolution of OMS & EMS – Today’s challenges

• How is the drive to multi-asset trading influencing the evolution of the OMS and EMS?
• What are some of the trends in adoption of EMS in asset classes such as fixed income and FX?
• OMS and EMS interoperability: What are the best practice approaches for integration and connectivity between trading applications?
• How should firms implement robust security measures to ensure digital operational resilience with DORA as well as with third party relationships?
• How are firms leveraging data to improve intelligence around trading decisions – what is the role of AI, ML, GenAI? 
• What does the future look like for OMS and EMS?

Panel: The evolution of post trade – harnessing innovation to drive transparency and workflow efficiencies

• What are the key trends and challenges in the post trade space, particularly with the transition to T+1 settlement?
• What are the operational risks and workflow challenges in post trade operations processes, particularly in asset classes like FX and Fixed Income?
• How should firms adopt new technology infrastructure and upgrades to mitigate these risks and challenges?
• What are the best practice approaches for improving efficiency and transparency to drive real time insight, improve operational control and reduce operational risk?
• What benefits and efficiency gains should firms expect?