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THE YEAR AHEAD IN ALTERNATIVE DATA

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BattleFin Presents: The Year Ahead in Alternative Data & AI    -   JANUARY 22-24th, 2025

Discovery Day Miami 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 in:

  • New Data Providers
  • New Product Announcements
  • New Insights

BattleFin curates One-on-One meetings to maximize time with data providers. Think of speed dating, but for data! People 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 now to secure your spot and join us in Miami January 22-24th, 2025 at BattleFin's Discovery Day.

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THE 2025 AGENDA

PROVIDER PARTNER DAY

START TIMES

DAY 1 AGENDA

JANUARY 22nd, 2025

ALT DATA CONTENT

4:00PM

REGISTRATION

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Nobu Eden Roc

5:00PM

CONTENT SESSIONS

Eden Roc Garden (by the Ocean)

Nobu Eden Roc

5:00PM

The Future of Decision-Making: AI Meets Alternative Data

How are asset management firms leveraging AI to extract more value out of Alternative data
Where does the AI need to go to be part of the investment process? What are the obstacles?
What attributes make data a good fit for AI

SPEAKERS

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Tim Harrington- MODERATOR

CEO & Co-Founder

BattleFin

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Armando Gonzalez

Founder

Bigdata.com

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Carson Boneck

Chief Data Officer

Balyasny Asset Management

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5:30PM

Top Macro Trends for 2025 Driven by Alt Data Research

How Portfolio Managers can leverage alternative data in their investment process
What categories of data products are relevant for Macro Strategies
Are there leading and lagging indicators for Macro investing and how can Alt Data be used to predict these indicators
How are quants approaching 2025 trends

SPEAKERS

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Nicole McQueen - MODERATOR

Head of Financial Services Technology Partnerships

AWS

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Paul White

CEO & Co-Founder

Quantbot

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Alvin Mok

Head of Data and Analytics

Select Equity

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5:50PM

The Future of Alt Data: #Better Together

Sourcing, Exploration, Analytics & Insights.

SPEAKERS

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Dan Entrup - MODERATOR

Co-Founder

AggKnowledge

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Andreas Aglen

President

Exabel

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Tim Harrington

CEO & Co-Founder

BattleFin

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6:10PM

 Rapid Time to Insights

 Data exploration & insights over the Exabel platform

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Zac Yang

Director, Head of Product

Exabel

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6:25PM

From Wall Street to Main. Is 2025 the year of acceleration for Data & AI in the corporate world

Tracking pricing changes with alternative data
How corporates leverage data to make better decisions
How CPG uses AI to help with pricing

SPEAKERS

tim-harrington

 

Tim Harrington - MODERATOR

CEO 

BattleFin

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Sigal Mendelevitch

Director, Global Emerging Technologies

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Uriel Knorovich

CEO & Co-Founder

Nimble

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Rasool Aghdam

Head of Commercial Data Analysis

Coca-Cola

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6:50PM

Data mapping the World

Can agentic agents help with Entity Resolution and this major pain point?  

SPEAKERS

 

 

tim1

 

Tim Harrington- MODERATOR

CEO & Co-Founder

BattleFin

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Matt Glickman

CEO & Co-Founder

Genesis Computing

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7:00PM - 8:00PM

Cocktail Reception - Eden Roc Garden - Alt Data: Power up with Expert Insights

 


START TIMES

DAY 2 AGENDA

JANUARY 23RD, 2025

8:00AM

REGISTRATION +

BREAKFAST:

Pompeii Foyer and Pompeii Ballroom

Nobu Eden Roc

9:00AM

CONTENT SESSIONS

Mona Lisa

Nobu Eden Roc

9:00AM

The Evolution of Alt Data & AI Markets: What's Next for Alternative Data & AI in 2025?

What systems and processes are in place to Leverage AI in 2025
LLMs as the Next Frontier in Alternative Data
People are promising AI solutions, but what in reality are we seeing
AI Agents and what they mean for Financial Services 

SPEAKERS
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Tim Harrington- MODERATOR

CEO & Co-Founder

BattleFin

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Natalya Dmitriyeva

Global Head of Enterprise Data

Schonfeld

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Mark Peng

CTO

Tiny Fish

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Uriel Knorovich

CEO & Co-Founder

Nimble

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9:30AM

Data Mosaic - Consumer/ Retail Trends

Exploring consumer trends through transactional and behavioral data
Enhancing demand forecasting using  social media and e-commerce analytics
Monitoring retail foot traffic and online sales with Alt Data

SPEAKERS

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Casey Webb - MODERATOR

Head of Equity Research

Bridgewater

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Gene Gallagher

Director of Research

Exabel

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Michael Gunther

Head of Insights

Consumer Edge

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Matt Nagle

SVP Sales and Business Development

Datos

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Andrew Sprague

Head of Investor Vertical

Sensor Tower

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10:10AM

Generative AI Tools for Alpha Generation relating Earnings Announcements

AI in Earnings Call Analysis: Understand how large language models (LLMs) were used to analyze 192,000 earnings calls and their strengths in feature extraction and limitations in subjective tasks such as stock selection.

Executive Communication and Alpha: Explore how executives maintaining topic relevance in addressing analysts' questions during earnings calls is linked to superior firm performance.

Proactiveness and Trust in Corporate Messaging: Learn why firms that anticipate and address analysts' information needs in prepared remarks outperform, while gaps in these remarks lead to underperformance and signal potential weakness in corporate strategy or communication.

SPEAKERS

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Liam Hynes

Global Head of New Product Development

S&P Global

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10:30 AM

Data Mosaic:  Earnings 

Understanding how alt data refines earnings expectations
Analyze a diverse set of firms with upcoming earnings.

SPEAKERS

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Garrett DeSimone

Head Quant

OptionMetrics

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10:45AM

BREAK

11:05AM

Data Spotlight Surfacing Insights with  Kayrros & Exabel

Predicting performance with insights from alt data
Operational improvement in portfolio companies using alt data

Niklas Huppmann

 

Niklas Huppmann

Head of Business Development and Product

Kayrros

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Zac

 

Zac Yang

Director, Head of Product

Exabel

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11:25AM

New Data Release - Sensor Tower Web Data

SPEAKERS

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Anthony Bartolacci

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

Sensor Tower

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11:40AM

Data Mosaic: Industrials

Leveraging foot traffic and truck data to forecast trends in the industrial sector
Macro trends impacting industries through alt data lenses.
Company examples for EXP, XPO, TSLA and more

SPEAKERS

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Ed Lavery

VP of Investor Intelligence

Placeri.AI

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Andreas Aglen

CEO

Exabel

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Phil DeFrancesco

Head of Product

Inrix

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12:00PM

State of Institutional Adoption for Trading Digital Assets

Counterparty Risk and the development of the digital market
Understanding the affect that ETF's have had on the market

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Tim Kwok

Head of Sales, Americas

Talos Trading

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Alex Kallelis

Sales Business Development

Hidden Road

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12:30PM

LUNCH: Eden Roc Garden (By the Ocean)

1:20PM-3:00PM

One-on-One Meetings

3:00PM-3:20PM

Break

3:20PM-5:00PM

One-On-One Meetings

5:15PM-7:15PM

Cocktail Party at the Eden Roc Garden 

8:00PM- 10:00 PM

VIP Dinner 

START TIMES

DAY 3 AGENDA

January 24th, 2025

8:30AM

REGISTRATION +

BREAKFAST:

Pompeii Foyer and Pompeii Ballroom

Nobu Eden Roc Miami

9:30AM

CONTENT SESSIONS

Pompeii Ballroom

Nobu Eden Roc Miami

9:00AM

Using Alt Data to determine Risk and Hot Spots

Identifying early warning signals relative to corporate defaults
Credit outlook for Energy and Real Estate sectors
Predicting the affects that U.S. Tarriffs may have
Spotlight on current sentiment scores across sectors

SPEAKERS

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Rich Brown - MODERATOR

Global head, Market Data

Jain Global

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Rich Falk-Wallace

Co-Founder & CEO

Arcana

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Dr. Richard Peterson

Founder & CEO

MarketPsych

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Stas Melnikov

Head of Quantitative Research & Risk Data Solutions 

SAS

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9:30AM

Assessing Company Performance Through Sales Workforce and Performance Data

Through workforce observation and sales employee sentiment surveys, measure the objective health of a sales organization and model its future revenue generating potential

SPEAKERS

Adam Little RepVue

 

Adam Little

VP of Data Operations

RepVue

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jinyan

 

Jin Yan

Senior Economist

Revelio Labs

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10:00AM

Product Showcases

1. Sourcing Proprietary Insights with Survey Data with NewtonX

2. Tracking advertising spend reported by agencies

SPEAKERS

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Aarti Desai

RVP, Financial Services

NewtonX

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Joesph Berger

 

Joseph Berger

Managing Director

Guideline.ai

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10:20AM

Buyside: Data Strategy and Sourcing

Building a scalable data strategy for hedge funds and asset managers.
Challenges in vendor selection, prioritization and vendor negotiation.

SPEAKERS

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Dan Entrup - MODERATOR

Co-Founder

AggKnowledge

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Greg Kurzman

 

Gregory Kurzman

Data Sourcing and Strategy

Balyasny Asset Management

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Danielle Castelli

Baupost Group

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10:40AM

Leveraging healthcare claims data to make better investment decisions with SG2

Three biggest topics that will move Healthcare names in 2025
A look at Ceribell, Solventum, Anteris and others
Joint replacement trends
GLP-1 and what to expect for 2025 

SPEAKERS

tim1

 

Tim Harrington- MODERATOR

CEO & Co-Founder

BattleFin

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Mark Holmquist

 

Mark Holmquist

Vice President, Head of MarketPulse

SG2 

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11:10AM

New Data Provider Showcase

Introducing innovative new data products and firms who will each present on stage.  #ShowMeNewShowMeDifferentData
Symbol Clickstream - reflects interest in breaking news and research articles.
Commercial Real Estate Listing Data - Active and Historical Raw Data
Real-time data insights from social media, search trends, website traffic, app data, and general consumer behavior shifts happening societally.
AI product that distils billions of data points into actionable insights that unlock superior long-term returns 

SPEAKERS

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Ish Pandher - MODERATOR

Chief Strategy Officer

BattleFin

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Stewart Stimson

Head of Data Strategy

Jump Trading 

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Ethan Berk

Principal

Social Leverage

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Tony Berkman

Managing Director

Two Sigma

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Provider Sponsorship Options

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  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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$18,500

$25,000

$30,000 with Exhibit Table

$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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Exhibit Table with Additional Branding

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Speaking Role in Front of Whole Audience

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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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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

 

$1,995

$2,495

$5,000

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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