Chicago 2024- Financial Services

 
 
Starting @ 8AM
October 15-16th, 2024
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Welcome to Discovery Day Chicago: Alt Data & AI for Financial Services! 

Chicago Hilton

720 South Michigan Avenue

Discovery Day Chicago is where BattleFin brings together cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence & Alternative Data providers to showcase the latest datasets to Financial Services (Hedge Funds, PE, VC and Asset Managers) and Corporate Data Users (Brands, Retailers, eCommerce, etc).  

BattleFin leads the industry with:

  • New Data Providers (Clickstream, Geolocation, Transaction, App Data, and many more)
  • New Product Announcements (the latest product releases and what's coming for 2025)
  • New Insights (learn about actionable insights you can leverage immediately)

    Financial Services Themes include:

  • The Future of the Supply Chain
  • What to expect in 2025 for the Energy Industry
  • The Retail / Consumer Market Trends according to the Data
  • Corporate Themes include:  
    • The Future of the Supply Chain
    • What to expect in 2025 for the Energy Industry
    • The Retail / Consumer Market Trends according to the Data
Event Differentiators:
    • Finance + Corporate: BattleFin is 12 years old, we have witnessed / lived the explosion the Alternative Data has had on the financial service space.   We are excited to see and help the Corporate world benefit from this and help show the best practices and watch the evolution it will have on Corporations.   
    • Diverse Tracks: How Alternative Data can help both Financial services to Corporate customers make better and more profitable decisions.  These tracks are carefully curated to address the interests and challenges of today’s data professionals in the corporate and financial sectors.
    • High-Caliber Speakers and Panels: Expect to hear from industry leaders who are at the forefront of data and analytics innovations.  These topics include: Weather Data, Energy, Interest Rates and many others. 

BattleFin curates One-on-One meetings to maximize time with data providers. Think of speed dating, but for data! Firms can meet with 100+ alternative data companies across the geolocation, employment, news, sentiment, survey, credit card and other categories to set up their 2025 data testing and evaluation pipeline.

What types of Corporate Data Users / Buyers typically attend: CMO, CDO, Head of Analytics, Head of Competitive Intelligence, Head of Innovation and generally anyone that is looking to leverage Data and AI to make better and more profitable decisions at their company.

Register below to secure your spot and join us in Chicago October 15-16th 2024.

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2024 CHICAGO AGENDA - Day 1

BATTLEFIN, NIMBLE AND DATABRICKS PRESENT

THE AI & DATA EXPERIENCE

START TIMES

DAY 1 AGENDA

OCTOBER 15TH, 2024

ALT DATA FOR CORPORATE & FINANCIAL SERVICES CONTENT

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Registration Opens

The Hilton, 8th Street South Desk

The Hilton, Chicago

720 S. Michigan Ave

9:00AM - 12:15PM

Content/ Panel Sessions

Continental A

The Hilton

9:00AM

Data Slipstreaming: How Retailers & Brands can be fast followers of Hedge Funds & Private Equity firms to maximize ROI by using AI and External Data

Financial firms use the data to generate higher returns, can Retailers and Brands use the same playbook to drive revenue?  From centralized data teams, efficient data testing to tracking ROI of external data.

Can Retailers and Brands experience faster ROI then financial firms experienced with the advent of AI?   

SPEAKERS

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Uriel Knorovich

Co-Founder & CEO

Nimble Way

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Bryan Smith

Global Industry Solutions Director, Retail & CPG

Databricks

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9:45AM

Uber Eats Keynote: Pricing Strategies - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 

From ideation to execution

Price elasticity and the goal of real-time pricing

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Jaime Grau

Global Sr Strategy & Planning Associate

Uber Eats 

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10:05AM

BREAK

10:20AM

The Challenges and Triumphs of Data Integration; Finance vs Corporate Data Lessons

A multi-disciplinary panel featuring engineers, data scientists, business leaders, and agency representatives will discuss the key obstacles that make data integration challenging.

From fragmented systems to inconsistent data quality, hear firsthand what issues persist in the field and what solutions are emerging.

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Nir Kalish

Head of CS

Nimble

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Michelle Tisdale

Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Omnicom Commerce

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Brig Brednich

Engineering Manager

Home Depot (Black Locus)

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Travis Bordovsky

Software Engineer

Home Depot (Black Locus)

 

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Stewart Stimson

Head of Data Strategy

Jump Trading

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10:50AM

Coca-Cola - Real World Data and AI Use Cases

11:05AM

Rapid Data Deployment: Seamless Data Integration with Databricks Cloud

Explore how platforms like Databricks are revolutionizing data integration in the cloud.

Key technologies that enable organizations to build powerful data pipelines and analytics infrastructure.

Case study on Car ID (Technology and Business sides)

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Bryan Smith

Global Industry Solutions Director, Retail & CPG

Databricks

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Eugene Kovshilovsky

Chief Technology Officer

CARiD

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Matin Naeini

Chief Data Scientist

CARiD

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11:25AM

Force Majeure: Weather Data and Prevent Supply Chain Disruptions and Impacts on Oil & Gas Supplies

Learn how leveraging weather data can improve supply chain forecasting and prevent costly out-of-stock scenarios

This session will provide an overview of how weather data can be used across various industries to make better decisions.  

SPEAKERS

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Karl Critz

Chief Technology Officer

Salient

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11:45AM

Microsoft Keynote:  Retail and CPG trends for 2025

How businesses across sectors are driving innovation and growth.

Spotlight on new start ups in the CPG and Retail space that are gaining traction.

SPEAKERS

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ShiSh Shridhar

Global Director Retail & CPG Startups

Microsoft

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12:30PM

NETWORKING LUNCH

1:30PM

Alt Data One-on-Ones

3:00PM - 3:15PM

Break

Break

3:15PM

Alt Data One-on-Ones

4:45PM- 6:00PM

Cocktail Networking Reception)



2024 CHICAGO AGENDA - Day 2

START TIMES

DAY 2 AGENDA

OCTOBER 16TH, 2024

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Registration Opens

The Hilton, 8th Street South Desk

The Hilton, Chicago

720 S. Michigan Ave

9:00AM - 12:15PM

Content/ Panel Sessions

Continental A

The Hilton

9:00AM

Buyside Panel  -  The evolution of the data sourcing role in the AI and LLM-focused world  

Sourcing the right kind of data that can feed into LLM's.   What to watch out for

Quality vs quantity; Have data catalogs helped with sourcing or are they still messy, lack detail and muddy the waters

What data categories are still the hardest to find?

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Andrea Hagerman

Head of Data Sourcing

Chicago Trading Company

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Stewart Stimson

Head of Data Strategy

Jump Trading

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9:40AM

Crossing the Streams. What it takes to create multi product datasets and what it means for Hedge Funds and PE firms

Testing for the best dataset matches and what it looks like

Infrastructure, Mapping and Entitlement solutions

Understanding the upside of new potential markets of combined data

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Shaheen Kanda - Moderator

Global Head Financial Services & Insurance Partnerships

AWS

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Matt Nagle

Senior Vice President of Sales & Development

Datos

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Andreas Aglen

CEO

Exabel

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Jeremy Scott

Director of Product & Research

Flywheel

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10:10AM

BREAK

10:25AM

Understanding what Effects the US Election Outcome will have on the Energy Sector

What will happen with new limits on new oil and gas expansion  

Incentives for consumers to switcht to Electric vehicles

What are the implications on clean tech

Where does the data show the price of oil going based on which candidate wins?

SPEAKERS

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Deepti Koikara

Partner

Rystad Energy

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Reid I'Anson

Senior Economist

Kpler

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10:45AM

Supply Chain Deep Dive

What data products are available?

Data map presentation.

11:00AM

Supply Chain: Analyzing the Christmas Selling Season from a Supply Chain Perspective

Forecasting market trends, tracking new export markets and mitigating risk

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Nicole McQueen - Moderator

Head of Global Technology Partnerships, Capital Markets

AWS

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John Miller

Chief Economic Analyst

Trade Data Monitor

 

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11:20AM

Category Showcase: The New Data & Insights from Transaction and Weather Data 

Weather Data:  How are hard is it to work with, what can it predict or help you react quicker to?

Transaction Data:   Hear how this new start up is taking a different approach to gathering consumer spending data

Real Estate Data:  Leveraging real estate trends to derive macro insights

SPEAKERS

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Samantha Mait

Manager, Equity Data Management

Balyasny Asset Management
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Karl Critz

Chief Technology Officer

Salient

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Junior Anin

Commercial & Sales Lead - Alternative Data Solutions

Global Blue 
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Jonas Bordo

Co-Founder & CEO

Dwellsy

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11:55 AM

The Evolution of Alternative Data and AI in the Investment Process

What areas, sectors or categories have investment firms been the most successful with

Understanding how LLM's and Ai will affect the future of research and investing

SPEAKERS

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Uriel Knorovich

Co-Founder & CEO

Nimble Way

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Joe Tenpenny

Vice President of Operations

Blackthorne Capital Management

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12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30PM

Alt Data One-on-Ones

3:00PM - 3:15PM

Break

3:15PM

Alt Data One-on-Ones

4:45PM - 5:15PM

Transition

6:00PM- 9:00PM

ALTSO - Cocktail Party at the House of Blues (Badge and Entry Pass Required)


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2024 Data Provider Options

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Price Increase to: $12,500 9/1

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Price Increase to: $17,500 9/1

$25,000 $50,000 $50,000 $100,000

One-on-One Meetings

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Dedicated Ensemble Profile & Access

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Ability to Submit Data Buyer Wish Lists for Additional Lead Gen

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Speaking Role in Front of Whole Audience

    Panelist Stand-Alone Opening Remarks Stand-Alone

Number of Event Passes

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Number of Comp Buyside passes

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Data Tables, Exhibit Tables, Sponsorships and Speaking Roles

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Network amongst top data providers and qualified buyers at BattleFin's largest event of the year

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2024 Buyer Registration Options

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Ready to Start Meeting with the World's Best Providers of Alternative Data?

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  Data Buyer Data Buyer+ TEAMs

 

$995

Price Increase to: $1,495 10/1 &  $1,995 10/15

$1,495

Price Increase to: $1,995 10/1 &  $2,495 10/15

$3,000

Price Increase to: $4,000 9/1 &  $5,000 10/1

Number of Tickets

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SWAG Bag

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Access to All Public Content and Networking

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Curated One-on-One Meetings

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Extended Access to Ensemble & Data Hunter

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