- Event focuses on quality of software platforms underpinning global financial markets
- Forum for industry practitioners and academia to discuss technology trends
- Organised by Exactpro, part of LSEG’s technology services division
On 22 June 2016, London Stock Exchange Group will host the EXTENT Software Testing and Trading Technology Trends conference at its London headquarters in Paternoster Square.
The event is focused on the quality and efficiency of software and hardware platforms used in trading systems, securities data distribution, risk management, market surveillance and post-trade. The conference will bring together practitioners to share their experiences of working at exchanges, investment banks, brokerages, clearing, buy-side and other financial organisations, along with academics, who will present research findings in software testing, verification and reliability.
Chris Corrado, Group Chief Operating Officer, LSEG said:
"LSEG is a leading developer and operator of high performance technology solutions, including trading, market surveillance and post trade systems for over 40 organisations and exchanges worldwide, including the Group’s own markets. The EXTENT conference provides an open forum designed to share ideas and research carried out in the field of modern trading technology trends, software quality assurance, and regulation."
The agenda incorporates a broad-range of topics related to the theme of promoting technological stability in the financial markets, including:
- Technology trends in capital markets
- Test automation in the agile world
- MiFID 2 testing and compliance requirements
- Applying machine learning to software testing
- Industry practices of advanced program analysis
- QA at the confluence of functional and operational testing
- Network instrumentation challenges and solutions core-to-edge
- Retail brokers on-boarding process
- Testing of FPGA-based products
The agenda for the conference, along with confirmed speakers has now been announced on the LSEG website, with registration for the conference available online: http://www.lseg.com/markets-products-and-services/technology/extent-software-testing-trading-technology-trends
The event is organised by Exactpro, part of LSEG's technology services division, which also incorporates MillenniumIT and GATElab. Exactpro is a specialist firm operating an open access model with focus on functional and technical testing services offered to exchanges, investment banks, brokers, clearing, market information and other financial sector organisations worldwide. Exactpro has built a suite of automated testing tools and solutions to provide testing services to its clients, helping them achieve quality improvements and reduce delivery time to market. The firm has a solid track record of transparency, reliability, independence and vendor neutrality.
