Sign up for our awesome New York Tech Events weekly email newsletter.     LOCATION EVENT DETAILS Open FinTech Forum AI, Blockchain & Kubernetes on Wall Street Focusing on the intersection of financial services & open source, Open FinTech Forum will provide CIOs & senior technologists guidance on building internal open source programs as well as an in-depth look at cutting-edge open source technologies, including AI, Blockchain/Distributed Ledger, Kubernetes/Containers, that can be leveraged to drive efficiencies & flexibility. Focusing on the intersection of financial services & open source, Open FinTech Forum will provide CIOs & senior technologists guidance on building internal open source programs as well as an in-depth look at cutting-edge open source technologies, including AI, Blockchain/Distributed Ledger, Kubernetes/Containers, that can be leveraged to drive efficiencies & flexibility. Open FinTech Forum better informs IT decision makers in the financial services sector about the open technologies driving digital transformation, & how to best utilize an open source strategy & implementation to: Enable new products, services & capabilities Increase IT efficiencies Establish & strengthen internal license compliance programs Attract top-level talent & train existing talent on the latest disruptive technologies WHY IS OPEN SOURCE IMPORTANT FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRMS? Digital consumerization created the need for faster time to market which open source software provides IT departments need to be able to roll out new applications quickly & inexpensively - open source software allows IT departments to do more with less Open source software & projects allow firms to take advantage of an enormous pool of technical talent without additional spend Open source software offers a plethora of benefits including flexibility, reliability & stability Next-generation technologies are increasingly developed & refined in open source communities