Thank you to everyone who joined us at OSFF2024 in NYC! We are grateful to our incredible speakers, dedicated sponsors especially our Leader Sponsors Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), FinOps Foundation, GitHub, Red Hat and enthusiastic attendees for making this event a success. Coming together and discussing the challenges and solutions in our industry are what drive our community forward.
Sessions are available on the FINOS YouTube Channel. Further recordings will be posted in the upcoming weeks. View the OSFF Flickr photo album here.
In the meantime, here are some of the highlights:
2024 FINOS State of Open Source Report
During the keynotes, FINOS Executive Director Gabriele Columbro shared insights into the State of Open Source in Financial Services Report. This report highlights that over 80% of respondents say that using OSS improves software quality and over 80% agree that OSS delivers business value. A dedicated panel session was held to discuss more details at OSFF.
FDC3 Announcement
We announced that BlackRock’s Aladdin platform and Morgan Stanley’s Open Source ComposeUI have successfully achieved FDC3 2.0 Conformance, joining the growing list of FINOS FDC3 Certified Platforms. This marks a significant step in improving industry interoperability using the FDC3 open standard for financial desktop platforms.
Read The Post By Lance Braunstein, BlackRock's Head Of Aladdin Engineering, On Aladdin's Conformance
AI Announcement
We released the first draft of an AI Governance Framework for financial institutions, aimed at safely deploying AI in the sector. The initiative, supported by industry leaders like NVIDIA, Protect AI, and Moody's, focuses on setting standards for responsible AI use.
Read more in the full press release here
New Members
The FINOS Community keeps growing, especially through our new members. FINOS membership has grown 20% this year, adding 30 new members. Here is the most current class that were announced at OSFF:
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Community and Member Award Winners
The FINOS Member and Community Awards celebrate outstanding contributions to open source within the financial services industry. The Member Awards recognize organizations and individuals driving open source innovation and collaboration, while the Community Awards honor exceptional efforts by individuals in advancing projects, leadership, and contributions within the FINOS community.
Dependency Consumption Analysis - New FINOS Member Benefit
A comprehensive analysis of your organization's dependency management practices, as observed through your download activity from Maven Central.
- Better organization-wide (and later industry-wide) knowledge sharing around supply chain security for financial services.
- Available and free for FINOS Members
- Powered by our Gold Member Sonatype
Special Keynote Talk - Kelsey Hightower
OSFF attendees had a great treat to watch and listen to Kelsey Hightower, dubbed by many as the Godfather of Kubernetes discuss the importance of open source within finance, which we do here every day. But Kelsey emphasizes the importance of collaboration, learning, and finishing projects, while warning against rigid compliance that hinders innovation. He also urges organizations to foster a culture of experimentation and growth, leveraging open source to shape the future.
Ambassador Networking Event, hosted by turntabl
The networking social event on Wednesday evening was a fantastic end to our week, thanks to FINOS ambassadors, Sam Moorhouse and Mike Minett at turntabl. Contact a FINOS ambassador if you want to arrange a FINOS meetup.
Special Thank You's
S&P Global Market Intelligence for sponsoring our conference t-shirts
Microsoft & GitHub for sponsoring our conference reception
Open Source in Finance Forum 2025
Stay tuned for the confirmed dates of OSFF London and New York 2025. Remember FINOS members receive complementary passes and discounted sponsorship opportunities.
View The Membership Benefit Guide
Contact membership@finos.org To Join
If you are interested in sponsoring next year:
Contact osff@finos.org
Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you at future events soon.
~FINOS Team
