External events

The WFE’s Technology Conference was an invitation-only event in Umeå, Sweden, highlighting the latest technology changes that shape the financial industry and, concurrently, the society.

ISLA’s 28th Annual Securities Finance and Collateral Management Conference is themed ‘Transition, Innovation, Future State’. This year’s program reviewed the current confluence of political and regulatory flows that will define much of the industry for the next 5 to 10 years, including the latest preparations for SFTR and CSDR compliance.

Synchronize is the leading conference dedicated to enterprise and institutional applications of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), blockchain technology and smart contracts within financial services. Following the inaugural 2018 event in New York, IMN launched Synchronize London this year.

The equities landscape is changing. New markets, algos and technologies are threatening to change the way we think about equity execution.

The TradingTech Summit brings business and technology side by side. It is a place where executives in trading technology, electronic execution and trading architecture meet the leading trading technology experts to discuss how firms can leverage high performance technologies to optimize trading in the context of the new regulatory landscape.

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. 

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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.