NB: publications presented at academic conferences are not listed here - see "Research -> Publications List" instead
2023
ICAIL: Computable Contracts Workshop Invited keynote presentation: "Research Directions in Smart Legal Contracts: Events and State". 19th June 2023.
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P2PFISY Conference Permanent Scientific Committee member 2023.
2022
Norton Rose Fulbright Invited Panelist and Presentation: "Smarter Contracts". With Madeline Bailey and Prof. Peter McBurney, Co-Heads of Technology Consulting Practice, Norton Rose Fulbright; Prof. Sarah Green, Law Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law, Law Commission; Ciaran McGonagle, Assistant General Counsel, ISDA; Colin Dawson, Business Transformation Manager, Stena Drilling; Helene Stanway, Engagement Advisor to the LMG Data Council & Member of the Computable Contract Working Group; John Cummins, Founding Partner and Director, Axiome/ Innovation Partners; and Adam Sanitt, Head of Disputes Knowledge, Innovation and Business Support, Norton Rose Fulbright. 21st June 2022. [LINK]
agora Digital Capital Markets Invited panellist. With Richard Hay, Partner, Linklaters; Naveed Nasar, Chief Product Officer, agora DCM; Dermot Rice, General Counsel, agora DCM. 15th June 2022.
2021
P2PFISY Conference Scientific Committee member 2021.
2020
P2PFISY Conference Scientific Committee member 2020.
2019
ISDA Symposium: Smart Derivatives Contracts: Invited panellist. With Ciáran McGonagle, Assistant General Counsel, ISDA; Scott Farrell, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons; Paul Lewis, Partner, Linklaters LLP; Jelena Madir, Chief Counsel, EBRD; and Peter Hunn, Founder, Accord Project. 27th February 2019.
Barclays: CIB CTO Event: Invited keynote presentation: Programming languages - trends and future directions.
3rd July 2019.
London Fintech Week: Invited keynote presentation. From Smart Contracts to Computable Contracts. 9th July 2019.
2018
ISDA Symposium: ISDA Common Domain Model, Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger: Invited panellist. With Ciáran McGonagle, Assistant General Counsel, ISDA; Scott Farrell, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons; Charles Post, Managing Counsel & Director, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing. 15th May 2018.
P2P Financial Systems International Workshop: Scientific Committee member. 26-27 July 2018.
EBRD / Clifford Chance Conference: Fintech (R)evolution – The Good, The Bad and the opportunities that lie ahead: Invited panellist. With Jelena Madir, Director, Chief Counsel, Financial Law Unit, Legal Transition Team, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Ciáran McGonagle, Assistant General Counsel, ISDA; Adam Sanitt, Head of Disputes Knowledge, Innovation and Business Support; Mats Snäll, Lantmäteriet Sweden; Michael Lehotzki, Associate General Counsel, HSBC; and Peter Hunn, co-Founder and CEO, Clause Inc. 24 October 2018.
2017
Third R3 Smart Contract Templates Summit: Invited Presentation "Smart Contract Templates: the Semantics of Smart Legal Agreements". 13th June 2017. (link) (local link)
P2P Financial Systems International Workshop: Scientific Committee member. 20-21 July 2017.
ISDA Morning Briefing: Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger: Invited panellist. With Ian Sloyan, Director Data and Reporting, ISDA; Ayaz Haji, Head of MiFID II Technical Architecture and Data Strategy, Goldman Sachs; Paul Lewis, Partner, Linklaters; Dr. Peter Werner, Senior Counsel, ISDA. 27th September 2017.
Clifford Chance Seminar: Smart Contracts: Invited presentation and panellist. With Lee Braine, Investment Bank CTO Office, Barclays; Peter Chapman, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance. 21st and 22nd November 2017.
ISDA Conference. Technology & Standards: Unlocking Value in Derivatives Markets: Invited panellist. With Scott Farrell, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons; Paul Lewis, Partner, Linklaters; Dr. Peter Werner, Senior Counsel, ISDA. 30th November 2017.
2016
First R3 Smart Contract Templates Summit: Invited Presentation "Smart legal contracts: prose, parameters, code". 29th June 2016. (link)
Second R3 Smart Contract Templates Summit: Invited Presentation "Smart contract templates: requirements and abstract specification". 16th November 2016. (link)
2015
G20 Data Gaps Initiative: A round-table discussion on a current initiative to improve economic and financial statistics (CSFI): Invited respondent. With Robert Heath (IMF), Pietro Franchini (FSB), and Professor Charles Goodhart (LSE). 23rd April 2015.
2014
FIA International Derivatives Expo (IDX) 2014: Invited panellist: "Future Directions in Automated Markets". With Mark Spanbroek, Vice-Chairman, Secretary General FIA EPTA; Sonia Cattarinussi, Director, Market Regulation Division, Autorité des Marchés Financiers; Wolfgang Eholzer, Head of Section, Trading IT, Eurex Frankfurt; Christian Hauff, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Quantitative Brokers; and Stéphane Tyč, Co-Founder, Quincy Data and McKay Brothers.
2013
GECCO 2013: Programme Committee member
HIFREQ TRADE 2013: Invited closing address: "The Complexity Challenge of Competing Algorithms"
EVOFin 2013: Programme Committee member
Cass-Capco Risk Conference 2013: Invited panel chair "High frequency trading, a moral dilemma? Is HFT racing ahead of economic and social imperatives and how do you manage risk in this fast-moving space?". With Richard Payne, Professor of Finance, Cass Business School; and Paul Woolley, Head of The Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality, LSE.
Inside ETFs Europe 2013: Invited panellist: "HFT: Curse or Blessing?". With Mark Spanbroek, Vice-Chairman, Secretary General FIA EPTA.
The Cyber Revolution in Global Finance: Invited panellist and panel chair: "Trading in Cyberspace". With Rob Smith, CEO at KCG Europe, and Tony Chau, Executive Director at UBS.
2012
Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Summit: Invited panellist: "When Computers Malfunction". With Mark Hemsley, CEO at BATS Chi-X Europe; Tim Wildenberg, Head of Electronic Execution EMEA at Citi; and Veronica Augustsson, Partner and CEO at Cinnober.
The Mankoff Company 3rd Annual RegTech London: Invited panellist: "Regulation, Risk and the Impact on Trading". With Stuart Adams, FPL EMEA Regional Director at Fix Protocol; and Rebecca Healey, Senior Analyst at TABB Group.
GECCO 2012: Programme Committee member
Inside ETFs Europe 2012: Invited keynote presentation: "Market structure - an accident waiting to happen" Invited panellist: "Index Correlations, Market Structure and HFT". With Dave Nadig, Director of Research at IndexUniverse; Han Dieperink, Chief Investment Officer at Rabobank; Dave Gedeon, MD of Research at NASDAQ OMX Global Indexes; and Peter vam Kleef, MD at Lakeview Capital Market Services.
2011
JWG: Invited Panellist: "Is your trading and risk data good enough for regulatory reform?". With Yaacov Mutnikas, FSA; Robert Astrop, RBS; Tom Daglish, BAML; John Matthews, ALMA; Colin Rickard, Dataflux. July 12th, 2011.
CSFI: Invited presentation "The UCL Financial Stability Research Forum" Invited Panellist "Looking at systemic instability through Darwin's glasses: Macroprudential regulation from an evolutionary perspective". January 26, 2011
JWG Capital Markets Chamber / Financial Services Club: Invited Panellist "This house believes the nuts and bolts of systemic risk control are in our toolbox". 5 October 2010.
GECCO 2010: Invited Tutorial "Financial Evolutionary Computing" Programme Committee member
Trade Tech Architecture 2010: Session Chair Invited Talk "Using Computer Simulations to Study and Predict the Global Financial Markets"
Trade Tech 2010: Invited Talk
Third annual conference of the Cass-Capco Institute Paper Series on Risk: Panel Chair
Thought Leadership Workshop on Trading Technology: Local Arrangements Chair and Session Chair
Focus group on Market Simulation: Chair
Focus group on Historical Data Sets: Chair
HIFREQ TRADE Conference: Invited panellist
2009
FS-KTN/CSFI/Cass Round-table on Behavioral Finance, 11th December 2009 (London): Co-chair and speaker
Trade Tech Liquidity 2009 (London): Invited Chair for two roundtables Invited Panellist
GECCO 2009: Invited Tutorial "Financial Evolutionary Computing" Programme Committee member
Trade Tech (Paris) 2009: Invited Talk "Evolutionary Financial Computing - Survival of the Fittest in Trading and Investment" Invited Panellist
Trade Tech Architecture 2009: Conference Co-Chair Invited Talk "Applying Tomorrow's Technologies to Today's Capital Market Challenges"