Unlocking Capital Markets Innovation with CockroachDB
April 10, 2025 | 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
10 Grand Central | 155 E. 44th St. New York, NY 10017 | 11th Floor - The Meeting Galleries
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In today’s fast-evolving financial landscape, firms must modernize their trading infrastructure to stay competitive. On Thursday, April 10, you’re invited to explore how AWS services, combined with CockroachDB, can revolutionize capital markets and financial services institutions (FSIs) through innovation and modernization.
Learn how CockroachDB enhances trading systems by ensuring ultra-low latency order execution and real-time market data storage. And how it can help in post-trade processing—streamlining clearing, settlement, and compliance with built-in consistency and fault tolerance.
Discover how CockroachDB on AWS enables seamless scalability, high availability, and data consistency—key pillars for capital markets firms navigating today’s digital transformation. Whether you are a financial architect, a developer modernizing trading systems, or a decision-maker evaluating cloud-native infrastructure, this session will provide actionable insights into building scalable, compliant, and future-ready financial applications on AWS and CockroachDB.
Experience the Elegance of 10 Grand Central
Step into the timeless sophistication of 10 Grand Central—an iconic, light-filled Beaux-Arts landmark originally built in 1931 and thoughtfully reimagined for today.
Join us on the 11th floor to explore The Meeting Galleries, where recent renovations have transformed this historic property into a stunning fusion of classic architecture and contemporary design. Highlights include a sleek cocktail bar, a town hall-style meeting room, and an elegantly appointed tenant lounge.
The lounge, with its distinctive rounded windows, warm olive seating, copper accents, and refined burlwood wall paneling, evokes the luxurious charm of vintage train travel—creating a truly elevated environment for connection.
Capital Markets Trading Day
2:00 - 2:20 PM
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Guest Arrival & Check-in
2:20 - 2:25 PM
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Welcome
2:25 - 3:15 PM
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Thought leadership panel on Capital Markets Modernization
Spencer Kimball, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Cockroach Labs
Murtaza Chowdhury, Head of Product Management, Agentic AI, Amazon Web Services
Arunagiri (Giri) Subramanian, US Head of Capital Markets Tech, Accenture
Moderator: Cassie Zimmerman, Senior Director, Global Alliances, Cockroach Labs
3:15 - 4:00 PM
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How You Can Leverage CockroachDB for Resilient, Scalable, and Secure Capital Markets Solutions
Peter Williams, Head of Global Financial Services Partner Technology, Amazon Web Services
David Joy, Senior Manager, Sales Engineering, Cockroach Labs
4:00 - 4:30 PM
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Capital Markets: Modernization Patterns for Innovation and Resilience
Aric Rosenbaum, Chief Technologist, Financial Services, Red Hat
4:30 - 5:15 PM
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Fireside chat and closing thoughts
Peter Mattis, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Product Officer, and Co-Founder, Cockroach Labs
Spencer Kimball, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Cockroach Lab
Allen Terleto, VP Global Partner Ecosystem
5:15 - 7:00 PM
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