Join us to celebrate 90 years of STANY serving and representing the financial services community at STANY's Annual Conference April 13th at the NYSE.   The premier event on STANY's calendar, our Annual Markets Conference & Reception will feature thought provoking panels and speakers, opportunities to network and make meaningful business connections in the securities and financial services industry. Join us for a full day of exceptional content and networking. 

Agenda

9:20-9:30 Welcome Remarks

9:30-10:10
Market Structure in Motion: Regulation, Innovation and What's Next 
Moderator: Mark Davies, CEO, S3
Adrian Griffiths, Head of Market Structure, MEMX
Adam Nunes, Head of Risk, Hudson River Trading 
Andrew Oppenheimer. Head of US Equities, Nasdaq
Rich Steiner, Managing Director, Head of Market Structure and Electronic Trading, Piper Sandler 

10:10-10:40
Fireside Chat- The New Playing Field: How Infrastructure Shapes Market Opportunity
Jon Herrick, Chief Product Officer, NYSE
Brian Steele, Managing Director, President, Clearing & Securities Services, DTCC

10:40-11:10
Fireside Chat- What happens when Wall Street Goes Onchain? 
Edward Woodford, Founder and CEO, zerohash
Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy, Morgan Stanley 

11:10-11:40
The SEC: Market Structure, Oversight, and the Road Ahead
Jamie Selway, Director of the Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Joseph Mecane, Head of Execution Services, Citadel Securities 

11:40-12:20
Transforming Access to Liquidity 
Moderator: John Barreiro, VP, Head of Sales, HPR
Robert Bowles, Distribution and Liquidity Management, XTX Markets 
Roman Ginis, Founder & CEO, Imperative Execution, parent of IntelligentCross
Sean Hoover, Co-Founder and COO, PureStream
David Jeria, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

12:20-1:40 Lunch 
12:40-1:40 Women in Finance Lunch- Board Room- 6th  Floor 

Fireside Chat: Maisa Badawy, Global Head of Capital Markets, Capital Group 
Patricia Koetzner, Managing Director, Co-head of Equity Trading, Siebert Williams Shank

Fireside Chat: Agnes Bundy Scanlan Esq, CEO, The Cambridge Group
Mahlet Makonnen, Principal, Williams & Jensen

12:20-1:40 Networking Lunch- 7th Floor

1:40-2:20 Track A
Retail Trading Unpacked
Moderator: David Dooman, Managing Director - Head of Retail and Exchange Related Technology, Dash Financial
Matt Billings, VP of Brokerage and President of Robinhood Financial and Robinhood Securities Robinhood
Stephen Kay, Head of Broker Dealer Sales, Virtu Financial 
Andrew Schultz, Head of Strategic Options Business, Susquehanna 
Kevin Skarbek, Managing Director Order Routing, Relationship Management & Market Structure, Charles Schwab 

1:40-2:20 Track B
Crypto at the Trading Desk: Institutional Execution, Liquidity & Market Structure in 2026
Richard B. Levin, Chair of the FinTech Practice, Taft 
Chen Arad, Founder and CXO, Solidus Labs
Douglas Love, Director of Product and Customer Success, CoinRoutes
Andrew Murphy, General Counsel, Talos
Eric Rose, Head of Digital Asset Execution, StoneX Digital 

2:25-3:05 Track A
$20 Trillion in ETFs Today. $35–40 Trillion Tomorrow. Where Do You Fit In the Explosion?
Moderator: Chris Hempstead, Head of ETF AP and Global Portfolio Trading, Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc.
Aaron Kehoe, Head of Qwickroute, MCAP Platform Solutions 
David Pennella, Managing Director, ETF Issuer PT Services, GTS
Kimberly Russell, ETF Capital Markets, Head of Market Structure Strategy, State Street Investment Management 
Nicole Zammarrelli, Head of Institutional ETF Sales, Old Mission

2:25-3:05 Track B
24 Hour Trading - It's an Hour Away 
Moderator: Peter Eliades, Managing Director, Electronic Trading, Clear Street 
Richard Carleton, CEO, CNSX Markets
Dmitri Galinov, Founder and CEO, 24X 
Jeff Mendl, Managing Director, OTC Markets Group
Jason Wallach, CEO, Bruce Markets LLC
John Willock, Chief Revenue Officer, Blue Ocean Technologies

3:10-3:50 Track A
Beyond the Tape: Measuring Venue Performance from Different Angles
Moderator: Estaban Fajardo, Head of Execution Research, Balyasny Asset Management 
Sean Spector, Head of US Equities Business Development & Analytics, OneChronos
Sam Stevens, Head of Analytics, IEX
Eric Stockland, Co-Head of Global Electronic Trading, BMO
Eva Walsh, Managing Director, Equity Trading, JP Morgan Asset Management 

3:10-3:50 Track B
AI and US: Collaborator or Competitor? 
Moderator: Joel Oswald, Principal, Williams and Jensen 
Abhishek Kundu, Global Head of Electronic Product & Clearpool BD, Clearpool Group
Manus McGuire, Director of Financial Services for the Americas, KX 
George Rosenberger, Managing Director- NYFIX, Broadridge
Joe Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Eventus

3:50-4:20 Networking Break 

4:20-5:00 Track A
The Great Convergence: Tokenized Assets, Digital Rails and the Future of Multi Asset Trading
Moderator: Dave Weisberger, President, BetterTrade.digital
Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO, OTC Markets Group 
John Fennell, Chief Risk Officer/Head of Clearing Operations, EDX Markets 
Aaron Kaplan, Founder and Co-CEO, Prometheum 
Taylor Lindman, Chief Counsel Crypto Task Force, US Securities and Exchange Commission 

4:20-5:00 Track B
To Infinity and Beyond: Expanding Frontiers in Options Trading
Moderator: Patrick Luongo, Director, NYSE
Shelly Brown, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, MIAX
Ellen Greene, Head of Business Development and Market Structure Strategy, IMC 
Jerry Swarbrick, Market Structure Analyst, Optiver
Brad Thomas, Senior Manager, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

5:05- 5:35 
Honors
Moderator: Bob Pisani, Formerly CNBC Senior Markets Correspondent
Joseph Sellitto, CEO Global Execution Brokers, Susquehanna
Andrew Schultz, Head of Strategic Options Business, Susquehanna 
Larry Tabb, Head of Market Structure Research, Bloomberg Intelligence
Lisa M. Utasi, Managing Director, ClearBridge Investments

Presentation of the STANY EL Scholarship 

5:35- 6:20 
Pricing the Unknown: Innovation and Risk in Event Contracts
Moderator: Ric Best, Head of Prediction Markets and Event Contracts, Susquehanna
Kai Brusch, Head of Data, Polymarket
Joseph Green, Vice President Business Strategy, Cboe Global Markets 
Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto, Senior Vice President, GM DraftKings Predictions
Tanmay Sheth, Managing Director of Futures and Prediction Markets, Webull Financial

6:30-9:00
Party on the Floor 
Raffle to Benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 

Speakers and panel times are subject to change and additional speakers may be added.

SPEAKER BIOS

STANY 2026 Honors

Award for Industry Excellence and Dedication to STANY

Lisa M. Utasi 
Managing Director, ClearBridge Investments

Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry

Larry Tabb
Head of Market Structure Research, Bloomberg Intelligence

Award for Innovations in Finance and Trading 
Susquehanna 

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