

Chapter 5: AI in Quant - The Blockers Nobody Admits To
Co-hosted with STAC Research
Agenda:
5:15pm: Arrival
5:30-5:40pm: Introduction to event (Abhi Thakur, Managing Director, Man Group)
5:40-6:10pm: Keynote talk (Ning Lu, PhD – Vice President, Aladdin Financial Engineering, BlackRock)
Title: Everything Everywhere All at LLM Eval - From Vibe Checks to Agentic Judges
6:10-6:20pm: Audience questions
6:20-6:30pm: Short break
6:30-6:50pm: Panel discussion
(Moderated by STAC)
Ning Lu, PhD – Vice President, Aladdin Financial Engineering, BlackRock
Agne Scalchi - Associate Portfolio Manager, Sherwood Research
Edward Easton - Principal Engineer, Head of Alternative Discretionary Technology, Man Group
Puneet Mehta - Senior Architect, Trading, London Stock Exchange
6:50-7pm: Audience questions
7-8pm: Networking (Drinks and nibbles included)
SPACES ARE LIMITED, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR RSVP IF YOU CAN NO LONGER ATTEND.