Digital Week 2020
June 22 - 26, 2020
| Online Event l EST Timezone
Digital Week - Tuesday (EST)
Alternative Data
9:45 am - 10:15 am
RORO Regime based ensemble learners & the Holy grail of Factor Investing
Milind Sharma -
CEO,
QuantZ/ QMIT
- A regime based Factor Investing framework
- Ensemble learners towards smart betas & smarter alphas
- Evidence from the Covid crash & rebound
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Practical Use Cases for AI in Trading
Tom Leinberger -
High Performance Computing and AI Business Development Manager,
CDW
With nearly 13,000 customers in the financial services industry, and over 250,000 customers across segments and geographies, no one understands the technology landscape quite like CDW. Join Tom Leinberger as he shares the most practical and valuable artificial intelligence use cases for trading firms of all sizes.
10:50 am - 11:40 am
Digital Debate: Keeping a competitive edge past the use of alt data
Sante Faustini -
Head of Account Management,
M Science
Peter Hafez - Chief Data Scientist, RavenPack
Bill Dague - VP of Alternative Data, Quandl
Chris Petrescu - Founder, CEO, CP Capital
- Now the value of alt data is understood, where do we go from here?
- Leveraging data from multiple sources and expert research networks
- Using analysis surrounding people and connectivity to gain deeper insights
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
2020 Vision: Alternative Data and the COVID Economy
Abraham Thomas -
Founder and chief data officer,
Quandl
- Surveying the forces shaping data-driven investing in 2020
- Challenges and solutions facing data users today
- Case studies of powerful new data in Quandl’s alternative data catalog
12:15 pm - 12:35 pm
Elements of Quantamental investing
Brian Chingono -
Partner,
Verdad Advisers
- Improving predictive accuracy by employing multiple models in your security selection process
- Choosing the right tool for the right job; how to apply ML in a way that supplements linear models
- Applying the principals of comparative advantage to identify task best handled by humans vs machines
12:45 pm - 1:00 pm
Discover, Evaluate, and Implement Data and Solutions with FactSet
Mackenzie Hargrave -
Specialist,
FactSet Content Strategy
- Discover vetted and connected content from best-in-breed data providers on Open:FactSet
- Learn how FactSet's solutions expedite data evaluation, delivery and integration
- Receive the data you need how and where you want it with flexible delivery options
1:10 pm - 1:50 pm
Digital Debate: The future of alt data – unlocking the full potential of non-market data
Scott Solomon -
Global Head,
UBS Evidence Lab
Konstantin Korobkov - Data Technologies Leader, Carlson Capital
Todd Schmucker - Former Director, Data Sourcing & Strategy, Balyasny Asset Management
Gene Ekster - Co-Founder, Alternative Data Group
Sunaina Swaminathan - Head of Data Acquisition, M Science
- Using new data and combined datasets not just to find alpha
- As acquisition and analysis of alt data is now commonplace, how can we use it for the next big thing?
- Recapturing alpha – is alt data the only way?
