Events

The FIX Southeast Asia Multi-Asset Trading Conference 2025 took place on 20 November at the Pan Pacific Singapore hotel. The event offered a platform for advancing trading practices in one of the most fast-evolving regions in the world.

Hosted by the Indonesia Stock Exchange, the FIX Trading Forum Indonesia 2025 took place on 18 November, gathering regional and international participants: trading and technology professionals, regulators & industry association representatives.

FIA’s Futures & Options Expo 2025 took place 17-18 November at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, bringing together professionals from across the cleared derivatives markets.

On 30 October 2025, the FIX community gathered in New York for the Americas Trading Conference 2025. The full-day conference brought together market participants, technology providers and industry leaders for a one-stream agenda of insightful panels and discussions spanning the trading ecosystem.

The integration of AI into software systems brings new opportunities but also significant challenges – from ensuring reliability and accuracy to addressing ethical concerns. This transformation affects software testers, developers, and quality assurance professionals, who must adapt their skills to work with AI-enabled testing tools and understand the testing processes surrounding AI systems.

The 64th World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) General Assembly and Annual Meeting, hosted by Borsa İstanbul, took place on 21-23 October in Istanbul.

On 15-17 October, the Security Traders Association’s 92nd Annual Market Structure Conference took place in Washington, D.C., bringing together leaders from across the securities industry under the theme “Redefining the Market.”

The ZOIS Executive Summit 2025 took place in Vienna bringing together over 300 top-level professionals – including industry leaders, financial experts and decision-makers – for an event set to shape the future of IT security and beyond.

We were delighted to reconnect with the financial services community at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt this week, held under the theme of "The Next Frontiers of Global Finance", to address the most pressing challenges and opportunities shaping the future of the industry.

Hype is loud, the proof is thin, but only the strongest approach will win. On 12 September, a live Debate on ‘Human Intelligence Software Testing (HIST)’ took place, with Joe Colantonio, Founder of TestGuild, moderating the discussion between Ruslan Desyatnikov and Iosif Itkin.