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ALT DATA, AI AND THE LLM REVOLUTION

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June 10-11th 2025
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BattleFin Presents:

Theme: AI & Data Driven Research.  What it means for Data to be "AI Ready"

BattleFin is bringing together top minds in the Alt Data, AI and LLM space. We will focus on generating deeper understanding, actionable insights and what future products and use cases will look like for the financial services industry. 

For alpha-seekers and investment funds BattleFin leads the industry in:  

  • Connecting Data Users with Data Providers that can deliver Alpha
  • Finding New Data Providers
  • Exhibit tables deliver lead generation
  • Surfacing New Insights with content/panels that focused actionable investment themes

Data Providers see that:

  • One-on-One meetings deliver measurable return
  • BattleFin events are 2 days vs 1.  
  • Exhibit tables deliver lead generation
  • Speaking roles create brand recognition and exposure
  • BattleFin events generate ROI

Register now to secure your spot and join us in New York City on June 10-11th, 2025.

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Silver and above sponsors can invite Buy Side clients and targets to Rock Lobster band performance from 6pm-8pm.

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Take Me Out to the Ballpark

Swing and DON'T Miss with Alt data @ the Mets Game with BattleFin. Network with your selected buy side prospects in a Box at Mets Stadium (holds 40 people)

Email info@battlefin.com to secure your spots before they’re gone.

4:15 PM

Data Mosaic: A Macro perspective of the global economy using alternative data for a more timely read

Monetary regime change/reflationary world, Deglobalization and Supply Chain realignment. What effects are tariff's having?  How to track these using alt data.
Geopolitical risks, Labor market trends, AI Driven Productivity Boom, Healthspan ad Demographic Transitions, Infrastructure and real estate monetization, tokentization

 SPEAKERS

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2025 EVENT AGENDA

START TIMES

DAY 1 AGENDA

JUNE 10TH, 2025

ALT DATA CONTENT

3:00 PM

Registration Opens

4:00 PM

Let's talk AI, Alt Data and the Future of Finance

How will research and models need to evolve in the world of AI
Efficiency or Signal, where will Alt data and AI have the bigget impact

 SPEAKERS

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Tim Harrington

CEO
BattleFin

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Zac Yang

VP of Product
Exabel

4:20 PM

Data Mosaic:  A Macro perspective of the global economy using alternative data for a more timely read

Monetary regime change/reflationary world, Deglobalization and Supply Chain realignment. What effects are tariff's having?  How to track these using alt data.
Geopolitical risks, Labor market trends, AI Driven Productivity Boom, Healthspan ad Demographic Transitions, Infrastructure and real estate monetization, tokentization

 SPEAKERS

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Scott Asher

Chief Data Officer
Xantium

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Laurent Bilke

CEO & Head of Research
Alternative Macro Signals

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Andrew Harris

Deputy Chief Economist
Fathom Financial Consulting

4:50 PM

Are U.S. investors rotating to European and Asian markets?  What sectors are avoiding tariff chaos

A look at the European consumer sector
Asset, Sector and Country Rotations
Is China Bottoming?  Tracking Asia Consumer Behavior 

 SPEAKERS

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Tim Harrington

CEO
BattleFin

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Sayad Baronyan

Head of Quantitative Research
ISI Markets

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David DeRose

Global Head GTM Sales & Strategy
DataBurning

5:10 PM

Data Mosaic: Healthcare - Analyzing Alt Data to Identify Emerging Healthcare Trends

GLP-1:  Using data to understand the size of the market (Conector effects like RO, Hims/Hers, etc)
What other patterns are shifting:  grocery health patterns, connect the dots with data
Will less obesity lead to less knee and hip surgeries

 SPEAKERS

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Rayne Gaisford

Chief Risk Officer & Chief Data Strategy Officer
RTW Investments

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Mark Holmquist

Vice President
SG2

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Graham Lincoln

Head of Product
Kyber Data Science

5:35 PM

Deep Research with Alt Data into the Consumer Sector (Online and In-store Retail Sector Highlights)

What categories of alt data are producing the highest alpha and insights  
Understanding consumer behavior patterns, cohort analysis, going beyond calling quarters to identify longer term themes and changes

 SPEAKERS

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Gene Gallagher

Director of Research
Exabel

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Alyssa Lewis

Vice President and Global Head, Investors Vertical
SimilarWeb

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Jon Ciaio

Senior Director, Client Success
Facteus

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Thomas Paulson

VP and Head of Market Insights
Advan

6:05 PM

Rock the Data with Rock Lobster

 START TIME

DAY 2 AGENDA

JUNE 11TH, 2025

 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

 Registration Opens

Location TBD

 9:00AM - 12:45PM

 Alt Data Content/ Panel Sessions

Location TBD

9:00 AM

New Data Provider Showcase Competition

3 new data providers will present 
Datasets will be reviewed over Exabel to showcase specific signal power

 SPEAKERS

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Ish Pandher

Chief Strategy Officer
BattleFin

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Ben Cohen

Ex-WorldQuant

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Alexander Izydorczyk

Data & AI
Something New

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Rayne Gaisford

Chief Risk Officer & Chief Data Officer
RTW Investments

9:15 AM

5-Min Vendor Presentation

Data Showcase:  OceanStream powered by SQD 

 SPEAKERS

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Howie Altman

Co-Founder
Subsquid

9:20 AM

Data Showcase - REsimplifi

 SPEAKERS

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Vicky Reddy

Product
REsimplifi

9:25 AM

Focus on AI and Alternative Data Onboarding and Due Diligence

Navigating pain points and hurdles to ensure an efficient and compliant onboarding and due diligence process for AI and alternative data providers, including implementation of appropriate policies and procedures

 SPEAKERS

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Boris Liberman

Partner & Co-Chair, Derivatives and Structured Products
Lowenstein Sandler

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Jordan Hauer

Co-Founder & CEO
Armass Insights

9:50 AM

Data Showcase - REsimplifi

 SPEAKERS

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Vicky Reddy

Product
REsimplifi

10:00 AM

Supply Chain Deep Dive

Tarrifs and their impact on Supply Chain, Pricing and movement of goods
"Which datasets can help monitor supply chain disruptions and identify potential risks
Does Commodity tracking, retail activity and product availability provide insights?"
Using Shipping data, weather predictions and social media sentiment to enhance supply chain  visibility

 SPEAKERS

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Alexander Izydorczyk

Data & AI
Something New

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John Miller

Chief Economic Analyst
Trade Data Monitor

10:25 AM
The Future of Expert-Based Research: Quantifying the Qualitative
 

AI impact on insight generation
Conducting expert-based research at unprecedented scale
Democratization - alt data is no longer just for big funds.

 SPEAKERS

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Dan Entrup

Co-Founder
AggKnowledge

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Aarti Desai

RVP, Financial Services
NewtonX

10:55 AM

Data Mosaic: Energy perspective - Oil & Gas demand/supply, Renewable Energy

Data centers, Power grid demand and which datasets can help track these
Global Oil, Gas and LNG flows (Geospatial/Shipping data) 
Battery Supply chain and renewable infrastructure buildout
EV Charging Infrastructure (geospatial mapping of charger deployments)

 SPEAKERS

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Tim Harrington

CEO
BattleFin

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Reza Haidari

Head of Power, Gas, Coal, Carbon
LSEG

11:25 AM

Follow the Flow: Mapping Business Relationships for Market Insights

BRA network - Business Relationship Analytics (BRA) — a cutting-edge dataset designed to uncover hidden connections and predictive signals across supply chains, customer-supplier networks, and strategic partnerships.
How BRA has been leveraged to track the impact of Trump-era tariffs on key sectors, identifying actionable opportunities and emerging risks through data-driven analysis.

SPEAKERS

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Dan Sandberg

Global Head of Quantitative Research & Solutions
S&P Global Market Intelligence

11:45 AM

Data Spotlight - Third Bridge

SPEAKERS

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Brendan Nelson

Global Head of Product & Chief Data Officer
Third Bridge

11:55 AM

Decoding the Economic Pulse: Unlocking Market Signals from SMB Workforce Data and Alternative Intelligence

SMBs as Early Indicators: Understand why small and mid-sized businesses are key to detecting early shifts in the U.S. economic landscape.
Explore how Paychex’s payroll, hiring, and wage data reveals real-time economic signals.
Democratization - alt data is no longer just for big funds.
Multi-Source Intelligence: See how Carbon Arc combines diverse alternative data sources to build a holistic economic view.

SPEAKERS

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Beaumont Vance

SVP Data and Artificial Intelligence
Paychex

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Ben Cohen

Ex-WorldQuant

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Kirk McKeown

Co-Founder
Carbon Arc

12:20 PM
Lunch
1:20 PM
Alt Data One-on-One Meetings
3:00 PM
Break
3:20 PM
Alt Data One-on-One Meetings
Main Exhibit Hall
5:00 PM
Networking Cocktail Reception - Offsite, Details in Confirmation Email
6:00PM
Take me out to the ballpark.  Swing and DON'T Miss with Alt data @ the Mets Game with BattleFin.
Join us for the Discovery Day New York After Party
register-now

AI AGENDA

START TIMES

DAY 1 AGENDA

JUNE 11TH, 2025

LLMs, Agents & Edge: The New Data Frontier

8:00 AM

Registration Opens

9:00 AM

The Silent Shift: How AI Has Already Changed Finance Forever

"AI isn’t coming—it’s already here. This keynote dives into how LLMs and agents are redefining the research stack and giving early adopters a competitive edge.
Key Themes:
•    How LLMs are augmenting or replacing traditional workflows
•    The rise of the AI-first research stack
•    The compounding advantage of early adoption

9:35 AM

Expert Panel - From Search to Synthesis: LLMs Are Changing How We Discover & Value Data

• AI-led discovery and tagging
• Structured metadata and the future of alt data search
• Embedding GPT-style interfaces into analyst workflows
• Rethinking the data RFP process

 SPEAKERS

10:10 AM

Lightning Talks - AI in Action: How We’re Using LLMs to Add Value to Our Data

Five-minute rapid-fire pitches from providers deploying real AI capabilities across their data offerings.

 SPEAKERS

10:45 AM

Fireside Chat - Autonomous Agents Are Here: What Happens to the Human Analyst?

• Where AI is replacing vs. supporting analysts
• How investment workflows are being rebuilt
• Use cases: autonomous reporting, modeling, and alerts
• Risks: over-reliance, hallucination, and trust-building

11:20 AM

Demo Lab - Real-Time AI in Action: Agent-Driven Investing

We close the track with a live look at real tools and prototypes from data and AI companies actively deploying LLMs and autonomous agents in investment workflows.
• Agent-based data monitors
• Real-time summarization of alt data
• Prompt engineering for investors
• Building your own GPT-powered market agent
• Tools that plug into Ensemble or internal data catalogs

12:15PM
Lunch
1:10PM
Alt Data One-on-Ones

3:10 PM

Break
3:30PM
Alt Data One-on-Ones
5:10PM - 7:10PM
Networking Cocktail Reception - Offsite, Details in Confirmation Email
8:00PM
Join us for the Discovery Day New York After Party
Join us for the Discovery Day New York After Party
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2025 EVENT AGENDA

AI AGENDA

START TIMES

DAY 1 AGENDA

JUNE 11TH, 2025

LLMs, Agents & Edge: The New Data Frontier

8:00 AM

Registration Opens

 SPEAKERS

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Alexander Fleiss

CEO
Rebellion Research

9:00 AM

The Silent Shift: How AI Has Already Changed Finance Forever

"AI isn’t coming—it’s already here. This keynote dives into how LLMs and agents are redefining the research stack and giving early adopters a competitive edge.
Key Themes:
•    How LLMs are augmenting or replacing traditional workflows
•    The rise of the AI-first research stack
•    The compounding advantage of early adoption

9:35 AM

Expert Panel - From Search to Synthesis: LLMs Are Changing How We Discover & Value Data

• AI-led discovery and tagging
• Structured metadata and the future of alt data search
• Embedding GPT-style interfaces into analyst workflows
• Rethinking the data RFP process

 SPEAKERS

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Arkin Gupta

Vice President
Morgan Stanley

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Braden Dennis

Co-Founder & CEO
FinChat

9:35 AM-10:10 AM

From Search to Synthesis: LLMs Are Changing How We Discover & Value Data

  • AI-led discovery and tagging
  • Structured metadata and the future of alt data search
  • Embedding GPT-style interfaces into analyst workflows
  • Rethinking the data RFP process

 SPEAKERS

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Jacob Ayres-Thomson

CEO
3AI

10:10 AM -10:55 AM

AI in Action: How We’re Using LLMs to Add Value to Our Data

Ten-minute pitches from providers deploying real AI capabilities across their data offerings.

 SPEAKERS

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Hendrik Bartel

CEO & Co-Founder
PostSig

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Nicole Königstein

CEO & Co-Chief AI Officer
Quantmate

10:55 AM-11:30 AM

Buy-Side Chat - Autonomous Agents Are Here: What Happens to the Human Analyst?

  • Where AI is replacing vs. supporting analysts
  • How investment workflows are being rebuilt
  • Use cases: autonomous reporting, modeling, and alerts
  • Risks: over-reliance, hallucination, and trust-building

 SPEAKERS

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Carson Boneck

Chief Data Officer
Balyasny Asset Management

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Keshavan Seshadri

Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Prudential Financial

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Timothee Consigny

Chief Technology Officer
H20 Asset Management

11:30 AM

Transition / Networking 

12:20 PM
Lunch
1:20 PM
Alt Data One-on-Ones

3:00 PM

Break
3:20 PM
Alt Data One-on-Ones
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Networking Cocktail Reception - Offsite, Details in Confirmation Email
8:00 PM
Join us for the Discovery Day New York After Party
Join us for the Discovery Day New York After Party
register-now

2025 EVENT AGENDA

Exabel Data Provider Day

START TIMES

DAY 1 AGENDA

JUNE 10TH, 2025

Exabel Platform Vendor Day

1:30 PM

Registration, Coffee and Conversations

2:00 PM

Overview, What’s to come from BattleFin & Exabel

9:35 AM

Expert Panel - From Search to Synthesis: LLMs Are Changing How We Discover & Value Data

• AI-led discovery and tagging
• Structured metadata and the future of alt data search
• Embedding GPT-style interfaces into analyst workflows
• Rethinking the data RFP process

 SPEAKERS

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Tim Harrington

CEO
BattleFin

2:10 PM

Setting up for success at BattleFin events 

 SPEAKERS

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Sarah Smith

SVP of Sales
Exabel

2:20 PM

Making your data AI and Analytics ready

 SPEAKERS

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Will Freiberg

CEO
Crux

2:40 PM

Tactical strategies for data providers to go beyond the first 5 customers

 SPEAKERS

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Alex Nephew

CEO
FirstParty

3:00 PM
Break
3:10PM
Exabel Partner benefits and opportunities.  Research, Exposure, Joint Marketing

 SPEAKERS

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Romit Sevani

Director of Partner Growth
Exabel

3:30PM
Buy side feedback for vendors

 SPEAKERS

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Rich Brown

Global Head of Market Data
Jain Global

3:50PM
What to expect from BattleFin New York 

 SPEAKERS

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Tim Harrington

CEO
BattleFin

4:00 PM
BattleFin NYC Begins
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