10:00 AMIntroduction: Reshaping Finance with Alternative Data
Armando Gonzalez, CEO, RavenPack
10:15 AM Machine Learning, News Analytics, and Stock Selection
Yin Luo - Managing Director, Global Head of Quantitative Str - Deutsche Bank
11:00 AMNews, Networks, and the Incorporation of New Information into Price
Ned Smith - Associate Professor of Management & Organizations - Northwestern Univ. Kellogg School of Management
11:30 AMExploiting Alternative Data in the Investment Process
Peter Hafez, Chief Data Scientist, RavenPack
1:00 PMPanel Discussion: Artificial Intelligence: Will It Deliver On Its Promise for Finance?
Moderator: Garrett Nenner, Lead Project Manager / Business Analyst - E-Trading, Cash & Trading Technologies - Gravitas Technologies
Panelists:
- Rahul Jaising, Director, Head of Quantitative Prime Services, Americas, Barclays Capital
- Gordon Ritter, Senior Portfolio Manager, GSA Capital
- Stuart Farr, President, Deltix
2:00 PMNews Sentiment Analysis and Stock Selection Strategies
Gordon Ritter - Senior Portfolio Manager - GSA Capital
2:30 PMIntroduction to Transactional Data from Online and Offline Purchases
Anita Absey - SVP - General Manager Consumer Insight - Return Path
2:55 PMThe Future of Investing in the Data Economy
Michael Beal - CEO - Data Capital Management
3:25 PM Creating and Using Information through Predictive Analytics in Finance
Graham Giller - Office of Chief Data Science Officer - J.P. Morgan
3:55 PMPanel Discussion: Disrupting Finance: The Impact of Alternative Data in Financial Markets
Moderator: Armando Gonzalez, CEO, RavenPack
Panelists:
- Matt Ober, Co-Head of Data Strategy, WorldQuant
- Leigh Drogen, Founder and CEO, Estimize
- Eric Weinberg, President of Field Operations, Return Path
- Yin Luo, Managing Director, Global Head of Quantitative Strategy, Deutsche Bank