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QTD
Where the people who build markets convene.
An annual, curated conference for the engineers and leaders who build quant, trading, and data systems. One sharp theme each year.
What QTD is
The builders' counterpart to the big quant conferences — the room where the people who decide and ship what gets built actually convene. Not an expo. A working day with one sharp theme.
Curated, not crowdsourced
Every panel and demo is invited and shaped — no open call, no pay-to-present.
One theme a year
A single sharp question anchors every panel and demo, so the day reads as one argument.
No vendor showcase alone
No product demo without a builder co-presenting the real system behind it.
Small enough to argue
Deliberately sized so the room can actually push back — not just listen.
The format
Four panels. Six demos. One theme. Every panel paired with a demo on the same question; a single host frames the day as one designed flow. Q&A off-stage — where the real conversations happen.
Edition I · New York City · 2026
Opportunity Cost in the Age of AI
The build, buy, and ignore decisions trading and asset management face as AI reshapes the calculus — four panels, six demos, one theme.
Since 2026
QTD launches in New York in 2026. It's built to travel — a European edition (London the lead candidate) is under consideration for future years. Each edition takes a new theme; the format, and the bar, stay the same.
Who's in the room
Quant developers, data engineers, trading infrastructure engineers, CTOs, technical leaders at hedge funds, banks, and fintechs
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