Monday, 13 May 2019
08:00–18:00
08:00–16:15
08:00–09:00
09:00–09:30
09:30–11:45
Plenary Sessions
Plenary Sessions feature global thought leaders who provide big picture perspectives, innovative insights, and broad outlooks on current issues of interest to the entire audience.
09:30–10:15
The New World (Dis)Order
Peter Zeihan
President and Founder
Zeihan on Geopolitics
- The threats to the global order are not simply serious but are also mortal and unavoidable, setting the stage for at least two decades of global breakdown.
- Exploring the intersection between demography and finance—highlighting why something much worse than the 2007–09 financial crisis is right around the corner.
- Forecast how political evolutions in a host of countries are interacting with the Trump administration to remake the future of every country in the world.
10:15–10:45
10:45–11:45
Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation
Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
11:45–13:30
12:30–13:15
Sponsored Corporate Presentations
Sponsored Corporate Presentations offer a range of best practices, strategies, tools, tactics, and insights for successful investment management and financial analysis from senior-thought leaders at leading financial services firms.
13:15–13:30
13:30–15:15
Technical Workshops
Technical Workshops are interactive small group sessions designed to engage investment professionals in skill-building.
13:30–15:15
Progression beyond Regression: Using AI to Transform Traditional Analysis
Malcolm White, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Signature Global Asset Management – CI Investments
- Hands-on technical session focusing on how to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance analytic capabilities
- Introduction to a revolutionary AI technology called neural networks, followed by a walkthrough of how the technology can be applied to an actual financial prediction problem
- The solution will leverage the latest in cloud computing technology used by leading data science practitioners.
13:30–14:15
Concurrent Practitioner Sessions
Concurrent Practitioner Sessions explore key topics with analysis and commentary on investment trends and strategies, financial technology, career skills, psychology and decision making, and Brexit.
