External events

The Network Forum Annual Meeting gathered over 450 custody and post-trade members to share lessons learnt and network in a discussion-conducive environment. The meeting is held each June and serves as the culmination and international focal point epitomising the Forum’s activities for the year.

GITI 2019 — Georgian Cyber Security and IT Innovation Conference — is an annual event held in Tbilisi. The conference explores the ways for the government and the technology companies to work together and leverage the latest technology advances for the good of the public sector. 

The list of topics on the agenda included:

The 12th Annual International Derivatives Expo is taking place on 3-5 June 2019 in London. Organized by FIA, the event brings together the leading industry experts, fintech startups as well as key regulators to join in the compelling discussions, leverage the networking opportunities and deepen the existing partnerships.

SYRCoSE (Spring/Summer Young Researchers' Colloquium on Software Engineering) is an annual colloquium on software engineering that brings together young researchers (students, postgraduates, PhDs, etc.) and professionals working in IT and IT-related fields. The colloquium aims to bridge the eternal gap between theory and practice and increase mutual awareness of the advances achieved and problems faced by each community. SYRCoSE 2019 will be hosted by Saratov State University — a major higher education and research institution in Russia.

SWIFT for Corporates team is organizing the 8th User Conference in London for the members of the SWIFT for Corporates community.

The 12th Annual European Post Trade AFME Conference is one of the leading events for the European clearing and settlement industry attended by over 200 senior market professionals representing both buy- and sell side, regulatory bodies, central banks and industry service providers.

On 8 May, The Trading Show Chicago is expected to bring together over 1500 attendees and more than 200 industry’s most influential speakers on Automated Trading and HPC, Alternative Data and Quant, AI and Advanced Analytics, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Exchange Technology.

The biggest one-day electronic trading event in the region, the Asia Pacific Trading Summit 2019 is expected to bring together over 700 key personnel in institutional trading to discuss the most pertinent issues impacting market participants.

Client Digital Transformation. The Promise of DLT Platforms, Robotics, AI and Crypto Assets.

ICST 2019 is the 12th International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation that will take place in Xi’an, China on 22-27 April 2019.