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London

September 17, 2025 | Pan Pacific Hotel
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Morning Session

8:30 - 9:00 A.M.

Registration and Breakfast

Morning Session

9:00 - 9:10 A.M.

Opening Remarks

Sunil Cutinho, CME Group
Senior Managing Director, Chief Information Officer

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Morning Session

9:10 - 10:00 A.M.

Keynote Session

John Abel, Google Cloud
Technical Director, Office of the CTO

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Morning Session

10:00 - 10:30 A.M.

Visualizing Volatility with Erik Norland

Erik Norland, CME Group
Chief Economist

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PRESENTATION

Morning Session

10:30 - 10:45 A.M.

Networking Break

Morning Session

10:45 - 11:45 A.M.

From Risk to Resilience: Optimizing the Future of Clearing Services

This panel will explore the latest innovations in clearing and post-trade infrastructure - from hosting optimization and FICCXM to advancements in securities clearing.

Vijay Albuquerque, CME Group
Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer, Clearing House Risk
Steve Ishmael, CME Group
Senior Director, Product Manager, Clearing & Post-Trade Product Management
Ryan Hanley, CME Group
Senior Director, Post-Trade Services & Risk Clearing House Operations

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Morning Session

11:45 - 12:30 P.M.

Beyond the Files, Your Data Reimagined in the Cloud

Learn new ways to access clearing data. Firms can access clearing data in a secure, cloud native and efficient ways

Dhiraj Bawadhankar, CME Group
Managing Director, Clearing & Post-Trade Product Management
Grant Elliott, CME Group
Director, Clearing & Post-Trade Product Management

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PRESENTATION

Afternoon Session

12:30 - 1:45 P.M.

Lunch

Afternoon Session

1:45 - 2:30 P.M.

Bare Metal and Virtual Machines: Why They are Valuable

Update on the Globex market migration to the cloud. Outline of new co-location solutions including key attributes, description of features, deployment of CME Globex applications, and the larger industries perspective on trading in the cloud.

Elizabeth Gisch, CME Group
Managing Director, Global Market Solutions & Services
Ben Basler, Google Cloud
Product Manager, Capital Markets

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PRESENTATION

Afternoon Session

2:30 - 3:15 P.M.

Previewing the Cloud Trading Environment

CME Group is making a dedicated preview environment available to clients to facilitate a smooth migration of its Globex platform to a private Google Cloud region. This session will review the production-like environment that is designed for extensive client testing before the official launch, allowing firms to validate their systems and prepare for the operational changes required for cloud trading.

Elizabeth Gisch, CME Group
Managing Director, Global Market Solutions & Services
Pritesh Soni, CME Group
Executive Director, Software Engineering
Ben Basler, Google Cloud
Product Manager, Capital Markets

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PRESENTATION

Afternoon Session

3:15 - 3:30 P.M.

Networking Break

Afternoon Session

3:30 - 4:00 P.M.

Under the Hood of CME FX Spot+

A technical deep dive into platform architecture and trading dynamics

Josh Matthews, CME Group
Senior Director, FX Products

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PRESENTATION

Afternoon Session

4:00 - 4:30 P.M.

BrokerTec: Driving the Future for Cash and Securities Finance Markets

Update on advances for the BrokerTec platform including BrokerTec Chicago US treasury and BrokerTec Quotes offerings.

Luke Negal, CME Group
Senior Director, BrokerTec Products
Steve Reay, CME Group
Director, BrokerTec Products

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PRESENTATION

Afternoon Session

4:30 - 4:45 P.M.

Closing Remarks

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Afternoon Session

4:45 - 7:00 P.M.

Reception