External events

Hyperledger is an open source initiative aiming to advance cross-industry blockchain technology implementations. It is a global collaboration hosted by The Linux Foundation and including leaders in finance, banking, Internet of Things, supply chains, manufacturing and Technology. The annual Hyperledger Member Summit brings the Hyperledger community together to share the latest advances, best practices and work together to drive innovation across the industry.

QRS 2019 is the 19th IEEE International Conference on Software Security and Reliability taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria. QRS stands for Quality, Reliability, Security, the event is sponsored by the IEEE Reliability Society. QRS conference provides a platform for engineers and scientists from industry and academia to present their ongoing work, compare their research outcomes and experiences, network and discuss the best techniques for developing reliable systems.

Hyperledger is an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies. It is a global collaboration hosted by The Linux Foundation and including leaders in finance, banking, Internet of Things, supply chains, manufacturing and Technology.

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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