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2024-10-04 - GHC 24 Open Source Day

Written by Win Morgan | Sep 27, 2024 3:08:43 PM

Be a part of GHC 24’s Open Source Day on October 4th! Network with top Financial Services organizations, dive into exciting open source opportunities, and contribute to innovations shaping the future of finance. Don't miss out—get involved and make an impact!

Open Source Day is a virtual kickoff event available to all attendees of the Grace Hopper Celebration. There will be full day of FINOS Talks from 12 to 6:30pm, check out the agenda here.

The Grace Hopper Celebration is the world’s largest tech conference for women and nonbinary people. It’s run by AnitaB.org, a nonprofit that works toward a future where technology is built by and for the people and societies who use it.

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Agenda

Main Room

FINOS and why Open Source is important! (Morning)

A welcome presenttion introducing FINOS; FINOS main room host Karl Moll introduces all speakers
  • Gabriele Columbro, Executive Director, FINOS, Linux Foundation Europe, FINOS
  • Madeleine Dassule, Partner & Chief Information Officer, Infrastructure Platform, Wellington Management
FINOS Panel Discussion - Open RegTech (Morning)

A panel discussion moderated by Karl Moll, with Claudia Caba from RBC speaking on use cases and the importance on the side of finance companies; Eleanor Hsu from ISDA to cover same topics from industry bodies perspective; and Jane Gavronsky, FINOS COO to talk about role of Open Source. Moderated by Elspeth Minty.
  • Claudia Cabas, Director, Data Architecture, RBC Capital Markets
  • Eleanor Hsu, Senior Director, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, ISDA
  • Jane Gavronsky, Chief Operating Officer, FINOS
    Elspeth Minty, Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets
Non-Technical Contributions and why They Matter (Morning)

Presentation on non-Technical contributions and why they matter from Chanel Cawford, Citi group.
  • Chanel Crawford, VP - Emerging Technologies, Citi
Welcome Back and Introduction to Project Block 2 (Afternoon)

Welcome participants and introduce the activities of Project Block 2

Fireside chat with Sitija Sarkar from BlackRock + AMA (Afternoon)

The main room will be used for troubleshooting, onboarding, and general questions
  • Sitija Sarkar, Technical Fellow & Managing Director - Client Experience, Blackrock
Fireside chat with Kim Prado from BMO + AMA (Afternoon)

Closing remarks on FINOS and how to stay involved
  • Kim Prado, CIO, US Capital Markets, I&CB and Office of the COO BMO Capital Markets, BMO
FINOS - Main Room - Closing Remarks (Afternoon)

Closing remarks on FINOS and how to stay involved
 

Breakout 1

Accessibility - A11y Theme Builder (Morning)

Introduction and overview of Contributor Challenges Highlight LF Mentorship program (paid mentorship opportunity)
  • Aaron Reed, Expert Solution Innovator, Discover Financial Services
  • Evan Kountouris, Principal Application Engineer, Discover Financial Services
  • Yessel Hinojosa, Discover Financial Services

Accessibility - A11y Theme Builder (Afternoon)

SDK overview and continue to work on challenges

  • Aaron Reed, Expert Solution Innovator, Discover Financial Services
  • Yessel Hinojosa, Discover Financial Services
  • Evan Kountouris, Principal Application Engineer, Discover Financial Services

Accessibility - Closing Remarks: A11y Theme Builder (Afternoon)

SDK overview and continue to work on challenges

Breakout 2

FINOS Project Showcase (Morning)

Introductions to projects and how to get involved

  • Mimi Flynn Flynn, Principal Software Engineer, Morgan Stanley
  • Jamie Slome, Operations Lead, Open Source Program Office, Citi
  • Cara Delia, Sr. Principal Industry Community Architect, Red Hat
  • Eddie Knight, OSPO Technical Program Manager, Sonatype
  • John Mark Walker, Director, Open Source Program Office, Fannie Mae

Gitproxy Workshop (Morning)

Hands-on workshop with Gitproxy

  • Jamie Slome, Operations Lead, Open Source Program Office, Citi

Common Cloud Controls Workshop (Afternoon)

Hands on workshop Common Cloud Controls

  • Eddie Knight, OSPO Technical Program Manager, Sonatype
  • Cara Delia, Sr. Principal Industry Community Architect, Red Hat

DevOps Automation Group - Backstage Working group Wworkshop (Afternoon)

Hands on workshop with DevOps Automation Group - Backstage Working group

  • John Mark Walker, Director, Open Source Program Office, Fannie Mae

InnerSource/OSR Workshop (Afternoon)

Hands on workshop with InnerSource/OSR

  • Peter Smulovics, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Closing Remarks: FINOS Project Showcase (Afternoon)

Closing remarks on FINOS and how to stay involved