Faizah Choudhury, head of investor content strategy, EQDerivatives

Laura Lalinde, chief executive officer, EQDerivatives

Michael Steliaros, global head of equity portfolio engineering and trading, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

Brian Roberts, managing director, head of equity product development, HKEX

Moderator: Daniel Giamouridis, co-editor, Financial Analysts Journal

Presenters:

• Grigory Vilkov, professor of finance, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
• Fanesca Young, director, equity portfolio management, Acadian Asset Management

Moderator: Bernd Scherer, head of quantitative portfolio management, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

Presenters:

• Robert Lam, co-head of credit, Man Numeric
• Josef Zechner, professor of finance and investment, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business

Khalifa Al-Thani, associate director, investment strategy, Qatar Investment Authority

Dr. Domenico Mignacca, executive director of investment risk investment strategy, Qatar Investment Authority

Dr. Eric Sorensen, president and chief executive officer, PanAgora Asset Management

• Redouane Elkamhi, professor of finance, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
• Jacky Lee, senior managing director and head, total portfolio group, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)

Christian Kjaer, senior vice president, head of liquid markets, ATP

David Dredge, chief executive officer, Convex Strategies

Jason Roelke, head of institutional equity derivatives sales, Citadel Securities

David Silber, head of institutional equity derivatives , Citadel Securities

Moderator: Kristin Boyd, vice president, head of global derivatives sales, Cboe Global Markets

Panelists:

• Will Bartlett, chief executive officer, Parallax Volatility Advisers
• Michele Cancelli, managing director, global head of QIS Trading and structuring, Citi
• Jeroen Kruk, head of global macro trading, Optiver
• Mudit Mehta, senior portfolio manager, Millenium

Stefan Ask, portfolio manager, systematic commodities, Teal Rock Asset Management 

Pravin Chandrasekaran, director, AiLA Indices

Moderator: George Hanna, chief investment officer, Al Ramz

Panelists:

• Jamie Lear, director, Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME)
• Paul Woolman, managing director and global head of equity index products, CME Group

Moderator: Faheem Osman, managing director – global head of QIS structuring, Macquarie

Panelists:

• Hashim Kudsi, managing partner, Liwa Capital Advisors
• Tammam Mouakhar, director of total portfolio solutions, GIC
• Shawn Wishmeier, chief investment officer, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Michael Steliaros, global head of equity portfolio engineering and trading, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)