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29 Days Until QuantCon Singapore! Special Discount for Our Community
Kelly Elmstrom
posted Oct 12, 2016
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Special Discount for Quantopian Community Members
QuantCon, Quantopian's quantitative finance and algorithmic trading conference, is coming to Singapore November 10th-12th. As a Quantopian community member, we would like to offer you a 15% discount off of any general admission ticket. To take advantage of this offer, enter code: QuantopianSing at checkout.

QuantCon on November 11th
The big event! Financial luminaries will share talks on trading strategies, quantitative finance, alternative data sets, machine learning, big data, and more. Our lineup includes:

  • "Counter Trend Trading – Threat or Complement to Trend Following?" by Andreas Clenow, Chief Investment Officer of ACIES Asset Management
  • "Quantitative Trading as a Mathematical Science" by Dr. Haksun Li, Founder and CEO, Numerical Method Inc.
  • "Opportunities and Pitfalls in Momentum Investing" by Gary Antonacci, Author of Dual Momentum Investing: An Innovative Approach for Higher Returns with Lower Risk

To see the full speaker lineup, click here.

The Algorithmic Trading & Python Workshops on November 10th
In conjunction with QuantCon, we are running three separate interactive workshops on November 10th. The workshops are aimed at different skill levels, and can help you learn the basics on coding in Python, or can help you improve your trading strategies, or explore advanced algorithmic topics.

The QuantCon Hackathon on November 12th
The QuantCon Hackathon is a free, quantitative finance competition where you will learn, create, and compete with alpha signal factors developed on our platform.

To learn more about or sign up for any of these events, please visit us at: http://quantcon.sg/.

We hope to see you in Singapore!

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3 responses
Jordan Purser
Oct 20, 2016

Hi Kelly,

Is it possible to attend the hackathon as a spectator? Unfortunately i can't participate as i have to fly out before it finishes.

Cheers.

Kelly Elmstrom
Oct 20, 2016

Hi Jordan,

For sure! We will be doing some exercises in the morning that you can participate in, even if you can't stay for the duration. Hope to see you there!

Kelly

Jordan Purser
Oct 20, 2016

Thanks Kelly

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