On June 26th we successfully hosted our annual Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) in London at the Park Plaza, Westminister. With nearly 600 participants, this event marked our largest event in the UK yet. A special thanks to our sponsors: FinOps Foundation, Hedera, and GitLab, as well as our community, digital, and partner sponsors; Canonical, ControlPlane, Syntasso, turntabl, GResearch, NatWest Group, Scott Logic and Red Hat. 

Watch the recordings now on our YouTube channel. Here are some of the highlights: 

State of Open Source in Financial Services Survey 

During his keynote, Gabriele Columbro, FINOS Executive Director discussed insights from the State of Open Source in Financial Services survey. The survey has now closed, so stay tuned for the 2024 report. The 2023 report is available for download here.

Major Announcements

OS-Climate Merger: We’ve merged with OS-Climate to enhance our commitment to open source climate sustainability and ESG. Read more here.

New Members: We welcomed seven new members to the FINOS ecosystem: DTCC, FactSet, Intel, JSCC, AWS, Provectus, and TestifySec with interop.io upgrading their FINOS membership tier to Gold. Learn more here.

Day of Content

Table Top Exercise: A members-only, cloud native incident response exercise authored and delivered by FINOS Member ControlPlane, took place during OSFF London. The main takeaway was that there is a need for improved readiness in cloud environments compared to traditional on-premises solutions. Stay tuned for additional takeaways and the panel recording featuring ControlPlane's Francesco Beltramini, Ash Ward and Quadrature's Laura Penhallow.

AI Strategic Initiative Workshops: Held at Red Hat's London office, workshops focused on AI project goals and AI Governance Documentation progress. Join the hybrid event on July 16th in NYC for reference architecture projects. Subscribe to the FINOS LLM Exploration mailing list for upcoming information. Sign up here to join the AI Readiness SIG.

Community Engagement

Award Winners: The event concluded with an awards ceremony recognizing significant contributions to open source in financial services. Kudos to Natwest, Goldman Sachs, ISDA, turntbl, Citi, and more. Find the list of winners here.

Networking Event: Hosted by turntabl, the networking social event kickstarted the week, fostering connections within the community. Thanks to FINOS ambassador, Mike Minett and Growth Partner at turntabl for organizing. Contact a FINOS ambassador if you want to arrange a future FINOS meetup. 

Open Source in Finance Forum, New York

Join us at OSFF New York on September 30th and October 1st at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Submit your proposals by July 14th. 

Register, submit a talk, and sponsor the event.

For those interested in becoming a FINOS member, explore the benefits here, read the overview here, or contact Rimma Perelmuter, our VP of Strategic Growth, at membership@finos.org for more information.

Finally, we extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended. We look forward to seeing you at future events!