Battle of the Quants Big Data 2019 - London | Battle of the Quants | 10 December 2019 | De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen St, Holborn, London WC2B 5DA, UK

In our fourteenth year of hosting the leading quantitative event worldwide, the Battle of the Quants – BIG DATA, has become the definitive event in the quantitative space for investors, managers and data buyers looking for key industry influencers, decision makers and investment opportunities. The Battle of the Quants curates carefully selected systematic investors and managers leading the way into the new world of Artificial Intelligence, Data Sets, Machine Learning, Digital Assets, Blockchain and Quantum Computing. Attendees include HNWI’s, Family Offices, FoF’s, Institutional Investors, Systematic Hedge Fund Managers, Data Providers and Data Buyers.

Data managers / buyers
• Data analysts/managers at quantitative and discretionary hedge funds responsible for searching for and sourcing new data sets (structured and unstructured) to enhance their data dependent strategies are welcome to join the Data Forum.

Investors
• Carefully selected quantitative based investors looking to allocate to systematic strategies can review leading quantitative strategies. In addition, investors will hear from other top investors as to their outlook on the market and what they are looking for to increase the performance of their portfolios

Managers
• Managers will have the opportunity to meet carefully selected investors interested in allocating to quantitative based systematic strategies. They will also learn about what’s new in the world of Artificial Intelligence, Data Sets, Machine Learning and Blockchain/Bitcoin/ICO’s.

2019 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Gregory Zuckerman
Staff Writer, Wall Street Journal

SPEAKERS:

Iuliia Shpak, PhD
Quantitative Strategies Specialist, Sarasin & Partners

Yan Kvitko
Senior Portfolio Manager, Canadian Pension Plan

Richard Dudley
Quantitative Portfolio Manager, Railpen

Cédric Fontanille​
Director & Head of External Strategies, Unigestion

Ajay Hoxha
Managing Director, Hoxha Investments

Dr. Michi Botlo
Co-Founder & CEO, Quantbot Technologies

Dr. Theodoros Tsagaris
CIO, Bayforest

Bastian Bolesta
CEO, Deep Field Capital

Abhijeet Gaikwad
Portfolio Manager, Trium Capital

Steven Barrett
Director, Extract Alpha

Paul-James White
Head of Portfolio Research, Man AHL

Morgan Slade
CEO & CIO, CloudQuant Capital Management

Panos Dafas
Research Director, Fulcrum Asset Management

Davide Alfano
Managing Director, Kaleidoscope Capital

Michael Arrington
Partner, Arrington XRP Capital

Phil Mochan
Co-Founder, Koine

Trent McConaghy
Founder, Ocean Protocol

Dr. Hartmut Neff
Quantitative Strategist & Portfolio Manager, Crypto Fund AG

Yuval Reisman
Co-Founder & CEO, Yellow River Delta Capital

Daniel Egloff
CEO, Coinic

Ulrika Robertsson
Co-Founder & COO, Impactus Partners

Maria Mahl
Director, Arabesque

Hanna Edström
Executive Director, LGT Capital Partners

Sakis Kotsantonis
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, KKS Advisors​

Eric Hoh
Head of Alternative Investments ​, SEB Merchant Banking

Mark Mattingley-Scott
Quantum Computing Ambassador, IBM

Frances Newton Stacy
Director, Portfolio Strategy, Optimal Capital​

Elizabeth Pritchard
CEO, White Rock Data Solutions

Christos Koutsayannis
Founder & CEO, Atlas Ridge Capital

Christian Nentwich, PhD
Co-Founder & CEO, Duco

Gregoire Haftman
Associate Director, Data Feed Sales, FactSet

Stewart Jardine
Head of Market Technology & Data Services, CME Group

Alex Stepney
Customer Engineering Lead – Capital Markets, Google Cloud

2020 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• FactSet
• CME Group
• DTCC
• Ocean
• Koine
• FinancialIntelligence

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• CAIA Association
• Eurekahedge
• Hedge Fund Alert