Chicago Quant & Industry Meetup 2025
IMPORTANT: We changed locations to accommodate more people. The new venue is on S. Wacker Dr, two blocks from the CME building. See event details for exact address.
There are 250+ people registered. If you can no longer attend, please update your RSVP.
Databento and Architect are hosting our annual quant meetup in Chicago on Thursday, Sep 11! Connect with the quant trading community over hors d'oeuvres, desserts, and drinks.
5:30-6:00 PM: Registration & reception
6:00-6:10 PM: Welcome & introduction
6:10-6:30 PM: Lightning talk - Building trading systems in Rust vs. C++. Carter Green (Databento) will talk about places where it was hard to use Rust in place of C++ in implementing Databento's latest feed handler.
6:30-6:50 PM: Panel discussion - Designing modern trading platforms. Brett Harrison (Architect), Kyle Benton (Lunar Capital), and Zach Banks (Databento) will share tips on designing trading systems. Brett previously led ETF & semi-systematic technology at Citadel Securities and spent 7 years at Jane Street, where he became head of trading systems technology. Kyle spent a decade as a Quantitative Trader at DV Trading before starting Lunar Capital. Zach formerly led the high-frequency market data team at Two Sigma.
7:00-8:00 PM: Networking
The hosts: