Join Dr. Wojtek Fundamenski, Founder, CEO and CIO of EngSci Capital Management LLC (https://www.engscicapitalmanagement.com/), for an exclusive fireside chat into how a nuclear physicist became a quant investor. Dr. Fundamenski leverages decades of experience modeling the world's most complex systems from plasma dynamics to global markets, to engineer data-driven investment strategies that fuse scientific rigor with financial innovation. Dr. Fundamenski has pioneered the application of both alternative data and advanced statistical modeling to systematic investment strategies. His tenure with renowned institutions such as Winton Capital, Teza Technologies, Exodus Point and Brevan Howard has shaped how quantitative research drives decision-making in financial markets.

Investors increasingly rely on alternative data, but aggregated metrics often mask critical business shifts. This session examines the hidden risks of making investment decisions without understanding who drove a trend change and why it occurred. Through real-world examples using mobile consumer behavior data, attendees will see how standard engagement metrics can tell one story while user-level analysis reveals a different reality, whether hidden risks or overlooked opportunities.

As AI adoption accelerates across financial services, firms face a critical challenge: how to innovate at speed while protecting sensitive data, ensuring compliance, and controlling costs. In this session, discover how leading institutions are building intelligent, secure, and compliant AI infrastructures; turning data into advantage without sacrificing trust or control.

For investment professionals, alpha starts with identity. In the rush to integrate new alternative datasets, the biggest risk isn't the data source - it's the identity chaos that results. Every disparate piece of information creates noise, making it impossible to confidently identify a person or company and accurately assess risk or signal strength.

Join us to explore how modern, AI-powered Entity Resolution (ER) fundamentally changes this dynamic. In this 40-minute Lunch & Learn, we'll provide a 10-minute blueprint for establishing Trust, Scale, and Defense in your data ecosystem. Then, a 30-minute live demonstration will showcase real-time Senzing ER, proving how simple and fast it is to automatically link, match, and evolve a true, persistent identity across all your datasets. Walk away with the knowledge to move from data fragmentation to a governed, unified entity view.