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QuantCon Early Bird Tickets on Sale until January 20th
Kelly Elmstrom
posted Jan 6, 2017
Machine Learning Tools and Tips Portfolio Optimization

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!

We are bringing QuantCon 2017, our algorithmic trading and quantitative finance conference, back to New York City April 28th-30th.

Our 3-day program includes interactive workshops, expert talks and tutorials, an algorithmic trading hackathon, and ample networking opportunities with leaders from around the quantitative finance world. We hope you can come out and join us!

QuantCon NYC on April 29th

The main event! Our conference will focus on innovative trading strategies, alternative data sets, machine learning, and Python. The goal? To give you all the support you need to craft and improve your trading strategies.

Dr. Michael Kearns, Professor at the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania, and Marcos López de Prado, Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim Partners will be our keynote speakers. They will be joined by:

  • Robert Carver, Independent Systematic Futures Trader, Writer, and Research Consultant
  • Dr. Ernest Chan, Managing Member of QTS Capital Management, LLC.
  • Dr. Kerr Hatrick, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley's Electronic Trading Strategist Group, Asia
  • Dr. Jessica Stauth, Vice President of Quant Strategy at Quantopian
  • Andreas Clenow, Chief Investment Officer for ACIES Asset Management

You can check out our lineup here. More speakers will be added in the coming weeks.

QuantCon Workshops & Hackathon on April 28th & 30th

On April 28th and 30th, we are offering two workshops and a ­hackathon, respectively. The workshops will help you improve on your trading strategies. At the hackathon, you will test your investment strategy skills.

Early Bird Tickets Are on Sale Now!

A limited number of early bird tickets are on sale until January 20th. We have also set up a special hotel rate with the Marriott Marquis for anyone who does make the trip.

This event sells out every year, so don't miss out - reser­ve your spot today!

We hope we see you there.

Disclaimer

The material on this website is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy, or a recommendation or endorsement for any security or strategy, nor does it constitute an offer to provide investment advisory services by Quantopian. In addition, the material offers no opinion with respect to the suitability of any security or specific investment. No information contained herein should be regarded as a suggestion to engage in or refrain from any investment-related course of action as none of Quantopian nor any of its affiliates is undertaking to provide investment advice, act as an adviser to any plan or entity subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity, or give advice in a fiduciary capacity with respect to the materials presented herein. If you are an individual retirement or other investor, contact your financial advisor or other fiduciary unrelated to Quantopian about whether any given investment idea, strategy, product or service described herein may be appropriate for your circumstances. All investments involve risk, including loss of principal. Quantopian makes no guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of the views expressed in the website. The views are subject to change, and may have become unreliable for various reasons, including changes in market conditions or economic circumstances.

4 responses
CJ C
Jan 12, 2017

Hello are there any military veteran rates available for conference only / no workshops.

Kelly Elmstrom
Jan 12, 2017

Hi CJ,

Thank you for your interest in QuantCon and for your service! We certainly do offer a discount to veterans. I directly messaged you your code to use. If there are any other veterans out there that would like to attend, please reach out to me directly at [email protected].

Hope to see you there!

Kelly

Walter Kissling
Jan 12, 2017

Are there going to be live streaming tickets like in the past?

Kelly Elmstrom
Jan 18, 2017

Hi Walter,

Yes, we will be announcing live stream tickets in the next week or so - I am just working out the final details.

Kelly

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The material on this website is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy, or a recommendation or endorsement for any security or strategy, nor does it constitute an offer to provide investment advisory services by Quantopian.

In addition, the material offers no opinion with respect to the suitability of any security or specific investment. No information contained herein should be regarded as a suggestion to engage in or refrain from any investment-related course of action as none of Quantopian nor any of its affiliates is undertaking to provide investment advice, act as an adviser to any plan or entity subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity, or give advice in a fiduciary capacity with respect to the materials presented herein. If you are an individual retirement or other investor, contact your financial advisor or other fiduciary unrelated to Quantopian about whether any given investment idea, strategy, product or service described herein may be appropriate for your circumstances. All investments involve risk, including loss of principal. Quantopian makes no guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of the views expressed in the website. The views are subject to change, and may have become unreliable for various reasons, including changes in market conditions or economic circumstances.