Welcome to Discovery Day Chicago: Alt Data & AI for Financial Services!
Discovery Day Chicago is where BattleFin brings together cutting-edge Alternative Data providers to showcase the latest datasets being used to find alpha.
For alpha-seekers and investment funds BattleFin leads the industry with:
Themes include:
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.
Register below to secure your spot and join us in Chicago October 8-9th 2025
The Hilton, 8th Street South Desk
720 S. Michigan Ave
Continental A
Hear from 4 different data providers highlighting Catalysts for 2025
What are Best Alt Data Sets for Predicting Energy Supply vs. Demand
Speed Round at the end of the panel: Outliers - Natural Gas, Shale, Solar, Emissions.
With Chat GPT searches consuming 17 times the energy of Google searches, how much will demand increase, where does the power come from?
New Technologies that are coming to increase energy efficiency - will this solve the demand problem
How is the sourcing role evolving? Do you have to look for data that can feed properly into LLM's? What to watch out for
Sourcing 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?
Has the Role of Data Sourcing changed with development of AI and LLM?
We'll select 3 undiscovered data providers to showcase their data super powers to the audience
Hear from new providers and how their data can help gain conviction in various investment sectors
Five most interesting quarterly KPI predictions into 4Q on META, SPOT, MTCH, ABNB
What data sets can help you predict vs. react
How Transcripts, Expert Networks help with guidanceHas the Role of Data Sourcing changed with development of AI and LLM?
Datasets that can help with expectations analysis. How big of a beat or miss needs to happen to move a stock
The Hilton, 8th Street South Desk
720 S. Michigan Ave
Continental A
Which platforms allow for ROI and immediate deployment?
Uncover complicated cross industry relationships
Which sectors can you focus on to find the most alphaWhich sectors can you focus on to find the most alpha
Combining different categories of data
How data providers are partnering to create new alpha generating products
Scalable data management and real-time analytics
Best tools to build backtesting and hedging strategies
How to navigate microstructure by calculating price deviation metrics at every order level and comparing available market data sources
From Big Data to Smart Data - Modernizing your approach
Traceability: refers to the ability to trace the origins and development of data and processes within an AI system.
Best tools to build backtesting and hedging strategies
Veracity in AI refers to the reliability and accuracy of the data used to train and operate the model. It’s about ensuring that the information in the training process is truthful and reflects the real-world scenarios the model is meant to address.
Transportation is still a relationship business - what can the data tell you
Volatile market causing switching back and forth to over-the-road - how is this impacting companies
Data is exploding but Teams are the same size, how to get a handle on Total Cost of Ownership
Calculating Return on Investment on a per dataset basis
How do you optimize TCO
How are reviews indicating buyer intent
Understanding why customers churn
Buyer Growth, Reviewer Segmentation, Category Ranking to manage the long tail of companies on your radar
Data Table | Silver Exhibit Table Sponsor | Gold Panel Speaking Role | Platinum Solo Speaking Role | Platinum Cocktail Sponsor | Premier Platinum Keynote Speaking Role | |
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$10,000 Price Increase to: $11,000 9/1 $12,000 10/1 |
$15,000 Price Increase to: $16,000 9/1 $16,500 10/1 |
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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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Exhibit Table with Additional Branding |
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Speaking Role in Front of Whole Audience |
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Number of Comp Buyside passes |
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$995 Price Increase to: $1,495 9/1 & $1,995 10/1 |
$1,495 Price Increase to: $1,995 9/1 & $2,495 10/1 |
$3,000 Price Increase to: $4,000 9/1 & $5,000 10/1 |
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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 |