TradeTech Europe 2025

13 - 15 May, 2025

Palais des Congrès de Paris

Day 1 | 18th April 2023

7:30 am - 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast

8:30 am - 8:35 am Welcome Address: Susie Benaim, Conference Director, TradeTech Europe

8:35 am - 8:40 am Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Julia Streets - Founder & CEO, Streets Consulting
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Julia Streets

Founder & CEO
Streets Consulting

Succeeding in Volatile Markets

8:40 am - 9:00 am Buy Side CEO Keynote Interview: Navigating macro drivers – Building a sustainable business that will survive and thrive in times of geo-political turbulence, increasing investor demands and an ever-changing technology landscape

Guillaume Lesage - Co-CEO and COO, Amundi Asset Management Richard Parsons - Chief Executive Officer, Instinet Incorporated
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Guillaume Lesage

Co-CEO and COO
Amundi Asset Management

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Richard Parsons

Chief Executive Officer
Instinet Incorporated

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Michael Steliaros

Global Head of Equity Portfolio Engineering and Trading
ADIA

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Tom Stevenson

Head of Equity Trading, EMEA
Fidelity International

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Brian Gallagher

Head of Electronic Trading
Exane BNP Paribas

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Joe Wald

Managing Director, Head of Electronic Trading
BMO Capital Markets

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Jeremy Smart

Global Head of Distribution
XTX Markets

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Rupert Fennelly

EU Head of Equities Electronic Trading & Sales
Barclays

Overcoming the Liquidity Shortage

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Emil Framnes

Global Head of Equity Trading and Transition Asset Strategies
Norges Bank Investment Management

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Rob Boardman

CEO Virtu Execution Services, EMEA,
Virtu Financial

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Natan Tiefenbrun

President, Cboe Europe
Cboe Global Markets

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Simon Mason

Head of Equity Products UK & Ireland
SIX Swiss Exchange

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Oscar Van Schaijk

Head of Cash Equity Trading and CRB
Optiver

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Matthew Cousens

Head of EMEA Equities
BestEx Research

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Adam Wood

CEO of Turquoise Global & Head of Equities Commercial Proposition, Capital Markets
London Stock Exchange Group

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Sam Railton

Director, Business Management EMEA
Tower Research Capital Europe

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Simon Gallagher

Head of Cash and Derivatives
Euronext

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Drew Vincent

Head of AES Salestrading
Credit Suisse

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James Baugh

Head of European Market Structure
TD Cowen

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Chris Jackson

Global Head of Equities Strategy and Head of EMEA Equities
Liquidnet

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Steve Grob

Founder
Vision57

11:05 am - 11:45 am Morning Networking Break

11:05 am - 11:45 am Sponsored Workshop: How do you scale up your trading capacity and capabilities?
Chris Blackburn - Head of EMEA for UBS Execution Hub, UBS Dirk Heim - UBS Execution Hub, Head of EU Execution, UBS
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Chris Blackburn

Head of EMEA for UBS Execution Hub
UBS

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Dirk Heim

UBS Execution Hub, Head of EU Execution
UBS

11:05 am - 11:45 am Sponsored Workshop: Navigating your ETF and equities execution with RFQ automation
Vinny Mahenthiran - Managing Director, Equities Product Manager, Tradeweb Ben Sturgeon - Director, Equity Product Management, Tradeweb
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Vinny Mahenthiran

Managing Director, Equities Product Manager
Tradeweb

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Ben Sturgeon

Director, Equity Product Management
Tradeweb

Gain insights on China’s macro outlook and learn how to best execute your China trades through Hong Kong, the gateway to China for international investors

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Raymond Wong

Head of EMEA Business Development
HKEX

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James Wang

Head of China Strategy
UBS

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Chaplin Tong

Head of Hong Kong / China Advisory Sales
UBS

Leveraging the Latest Data and Tech Innovations

11:45 am - 11:55 am Technology Keynote Address: Assessing the future of financial markets - what role does the stock exchange play and how can London remain competitive in the fragmented European marketplace?

Julia Hoggett - CEO, London Stock Exchange
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Julia Hoggett

CEO
London Stock Exchange

11:55 am - 12:15 pm Keynote Interview: Building an innovation roadmap - which new technologies should you invest in to best respond to evolving equities markets, drive trading efficiencies and gain a competitive edge?

Ashwin Venkatraman - Global Head of Equity Trading Technology, JP Morgan Asset Management Alex Hunter - Head of Liquidity and Algorithmic Trading, JP Morgan Asset Management Ravi Shrivastava - Managing Director, Global Markets Group, S&P Global Market Intelligence
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Ashwin Venkatraman

Global Head of Equity Trading Technology
JP Morgan Asset Management

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Alex Hunter

Head of Liquidity and Algorithmic Trading
JP Morgan Asset Management

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Ravi Shrivastava

Managing Director, Global Markets Group
S&P Global Market Intelligence

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George Patterson

Chief Investment Officer
PGIM Quantitative Solutions

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Gareth Shepherd

Co-Head, Voya Machine Intelligence and Portfolio Manager
Voya Investment Management

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Daniel Leon

Global Head of Trading, Treasury Management & Global Solutions
HSBC Asset Management

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Stefan Schlamp

Head of Quantitative Analytics
Deutsche Börse

Navigating the New Regulatory Landscape

12:45 pm - 12:55 pm ESMA Keynote Address: Financial markets in Europe and US - more in common than meets the eye?

Natasha Cazenave - Executive Director, ESMA
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Natasha Cazenave

Executive Director
ESMA

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Fabio Braga

Trading Policy, Infrastructure and Exchanges Manager
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

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Virginie Saade

Head of Government and Regulatory Policy, EMEA
Citadel

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Matt Smith

Chief Executive Officer
SteelEye

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Arjun Singh-Muchelle

Executive Director, Office of Government Affairs
Goldman Sachs Asset Management

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Annabel Smith

Senior Reporter
The TRADE

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Franck Noel

Head of Market Structure and Strategy
AXA Investment Managers

1:25 pm - 2:25 pm Networking Lunch
  • Navigating Different Execution Strategies
  • Matching ETF Execution with Investment Objectives
  • Assessing the quality of your ETF execution: Best practices and recent developments
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Alexandre Roubaud

EMEA Head Secondary & Options Markets iShares Global Markets
BlackRock

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Robin Mess

Co-Founder & CEO
big xyt

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Rockey Agarwal

Executive Director, Global Banking & Markets
Goldman Sachs

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Babita Ittoo Devillers

Head of New Business, Electronic Trading
Bloomberg

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Marc Wyatt

Head of Global Trading
T. Rowe Price

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Christoph Hock

Head of Tokenisation & Digital Assets
Union Investment

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Alison Hollingshead

COO of Investments
Jupiter Asset Management

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Chris Elliott

Outsourced Trading Product Development
TD Cowen

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Massimo Labella

Head of Buy Side Trading
TD Cowen

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David Berney

Buy Side Trading Consultant
Ergo Consultancy

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Jonathan Watkins

CEO
Global Custodian

Conference Tracks & Boardroom and Workshops

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Adrian Bradshaw

Senior Equity Dealer
Invesco

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Victoria Bryan

Senior Data Analyst
Northern Trust

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Mark Montgomery

Strategy and Business Development
big XYT

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Michael Richter

Executive Director, Transaction Cost Analysis
S&P Global Market Intelligence

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Julia Streets

Founder & CEO
Streets Consulting

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Antish Manna

Head of Execution Analytics and Principal Quant
Man Group

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Huw Gronow

Head of Dealing and Implementation
Newton Investment Management

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Kevin O’Connor

Global Head of Analytics
Virtu Financial

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Nupen Shah

Managing Director of EMEA
Abel Noser Solutions

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Julia Streets

Founder & CEO
Streets Consulting

Track A: Best Execution & TCA/Advanced Analytics

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Panel Discussion: How can you move beyond TCA and carry out routing and market structure analysis to drive a more rules-based approach across your trade lifecycle that enhances execution performance?
Joe Collery - Head of Trading, Comgest AM Dr Elliot Banks - Chief Product Officer, BMLL Technologies Serge Reydellet - Deputy Head of Algo Quant, Kepler Cheuvreux Julia Streets - Founder & CEO, Streets Consulting Jonathan Birtwell - Director, Head, Trading & Portfolio Implementation, PanAgora Asset Management
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Joe Collery

Head of Trading
Comgest AM

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Dr Elliot Banks

Chief Product Officer
BMLL Technologies

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Serge Reydellet

Deputy Head of Algo Quant
Kepler Cheuvreux

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Julia Streets

Founder & CEO
Streets Consulting

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Jonathan Birtwell

Director, Head, Trading & Portfolio Implementation
PanAgora Asset Management

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Oskar Wantola

Head of Listed Execution Technology
Man Group

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Matt Barrett

CEO and Co-Founder
Adaptive

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Vidya Guruju

Director, Product Management
Charles River Development, a State Street Company

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Robert Watts

Director of Product Management
FactSet

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Steve Grob

Founder
Vision57

Track B: Automation & Workflow Advancements

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Panel Discussion: How to level-up your front-office experience and strike the right balance between buy and build for a fully interoperable, reactive and streamlined desk
Ross Carmichael - CTO, Liontrust Asset Management Ian Mawdsley - Chief Product Officer, Broadridge Financial Solutions Roger Chandler - Director of Partner Management, Glue42 Chris Hollands - Head, European Sales, TS John Camuso - Director of Client Service, SS&C Eze Steve Grob - Founder, Vision57
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Ross Carmichael

CTO
Liontrust Asset Management

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Ian Mawdsley

Chief Product Officer
Broadridge Financial Solutions

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Roger Chandler

Director of Partner Management
Glue42

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Chris Hollands

Head, European Sales
TS

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John Camuso

Director of Client Service
SS&C Eze

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Steve Grob

Founder
Vision57

Track B: Automation & Workflow Advancements

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Buy Side Case Study: A spotlight on why the Portfolio Manager (PM) needs to be more involved in trading
Ryan Chidley - Senior Equity Trader, APG Asset Management
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Ryan Chidley

Senior Equity Trader
APG Asset Management

Track B: Automation & Workflow Advancements

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Case Study: Market insights on outsourced trading
Gianluca Minieri - CEO and Global Head of Trading, Amundi Intermédiation - Ireland
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Gianluca Minieri

CEO and Global Head of Trading
Amundi Intermédiation - Ireland

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Russell Hart

Chief Operating Officer, EMEA
Manteio Capital

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David J. Csiki

Managing Director and President
INDATA

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Laurent de Barry

Sr. Director, Global Head of Solutions Consulting
Exegy

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Brad Levy

CEO
Symphony

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John Faulkner

VP of Sales, EMEA
Options IT

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Carrie Osman

Founder & CEO
Cruxy & Co

Track C: Accessing & Aggregating Data

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Buy Side Case Study: How to link the quant and trading functions to drive more intelligent trade execution
Iman Honarvar - Researcher Director, Robeco
  • What are the historic differences and challenges between the priorities and efforts of the quant/research and trading teams
  • How are you currently overcoming these from a practical and technological standpoint
  • What have been the benefits around trade timing and improved execution and how can this driven performance?
  • What's next for this collaboration?
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Iman Honarvar

Researcher Director
Robeco

Track C: Accessing & Aggregating Data

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Buy Side Case Study: How is DeFi and crypto disrupting traditional market infrastructure and what impact will it have on future trading practices over the next 5 years?
Jeroen van Oerle - Portfolio Manager, Global FinTech, Lombard Odier Investment Managers
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Jeroen van Oerle

Portfolio Manager, Global FinTech
Lombard Odier Investment Managers

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Christoph Hock

Head of Tokenisation & Digital Assets
Union Investment

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Bradley Duke

Founder & Co-CEO
ETC Group

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Jérôme Reboul

Managing Director and Head of the Policy and International Affairs Directorate
the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

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Carrie Osman

Founder & CEO
Cruxy & Co

Track D: Private Working Groups

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Next-Gen Workshop: Next-generation traders - ‘’ask the experts’’: how to build your skills and pave a pathway for future success on the trading desk
Michael Steliaros - Global Head of Equity Portfolio Engineering and Trading, ADIA Louisa Paul - Global Head of Equity Dealing, Barings Neil Bond - Trader and Equities Market Specialist, Newton Investment Management Yannig Loyer - Global Head of Markets & Liquidity Solutions, AXA Investment Managers

A brand new session for junior members of the trading team to quiz our expert trading panel on career development, skillset evolution and any other questions they have. An open forum with no judgement! - Limited numbers, so request to attend at susie.benaim@wbr.co.uk

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Michael Steliaros

Global Head of Equity Portfolio Engineering and Trading
ADIA

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Louisa Paul

Global Head of Equity Dealing
Barings

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Neil Bond

Trader and Equities Market Specialist
Newton Investment Management

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Yannig Loyer

Global Head of Markets & Liquidity Solutions
AXA Investment Managers

4:00 pm - 4:40 pm Afternoon Networking Break: Cocktails n’ Conversations

4:00 pm - 4:40 pm VIP Head Trader Think Tank
Daniel Nicholls - Head of Trading, Federated Hermes

This is an invitation-only session hosted under Chatham House, open to 15 buy side Global/EU heads of trading

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Daniel Nicholls

Head of Trading
Federated Hermes

Capitalising on Digital Assets

4:40 pm - 5:00 pm Keynote Interview: Digital assets in the spotlight - how can you adapt your trading desk to tap into new digital assets opportunities to diversify your portfolio and generate greater alpha?

Owain Lloyd - Partner and CTO, Numeus
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Owain Lloyd

Partner and CTO
Numeus

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Huw Gronow

Head of Dealing and Implementation
Newton Investment Management

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Rob Boardman

CEO Virtu Execution Services, EMEA,
Virtu Financial

Finding the Disruptor of the Future

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Jeroen van Oerle

Portfolio Manager, Global FinTech
Lombard Odier Investment Managers

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Louisa Paul

Global Head of Equity Dealing
Barings

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Julia Streets

Founder & CEO
Streets Consulting

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Steve Grob

Founder
Vision57

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Larry Corbett

Head of Financial Services
KYND

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Fred Cox

Founder
QIS Risk

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Paul Smillie

Commercial Director
Orbit Finance Technology

5:50 pm - 6:50 pm TradeTech Party! Open to all attendees