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Alternative Data Council

Overview


McDermott Will & Schulte and FISD will be hosting the Alternative Data Council’s next gathering on January 14 at our New York office.

This buy-side focused session will help firms understand compliance challenges regarding use of GenAI, with a specific focus on agentic workflows, exam readiness, cybersecurity and privacy, and transcription.

Agenda


4:00 – 4:30 pm: Registration and networking

4:30 – 6:00 pm: Compliance for GenerativeAI

  • Agentic workflows
    • Jaimie McFarlin, Vice President and Counsel, D.E. Shaw
    • Danny West, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Two Sigma
    • Kathryn Linsky, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte
  • AI exam readiness
    • Emilie Abate, Managing Director, Iron Road Partners
    • Tarik Shah, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte
    • Kelly Koscuiszka, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte
  • Cybersecurity and privacy
    • Carrie Anton, Director, Research & Data Management, Jain Global
    • Don D’Amico, Founder and CEO, Glacier Network
    • Stacey Brandenburg, ZwillGen
    • Stephen Reynolds, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte
  • Transcription
    • Abby Greenberger, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer and Counsel, Bridgewater Associates
    • Courtney Lewis, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, Marshall Wace North America
    • Craig Warkol, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte

6:00 pm: Networking

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