Event Description
You are cordially invited to Stony Brook University's
FinTech Workshop
A conversation bringing together academic research and industry leaders
in financial technology
Friday, November 6, 2026
1 PM to 4:30 PM
First Floor Auditorium
New Computer Science Building
1 pm
Welcome & Keynote Introduction
Andrew C. Singer, Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), Stony Brook University
1:05 pm
Keynote Address:
Robert J. Frey, Founder and Director of Stony Brook's Quantitative Finance Program, renowned quantitative finance expert and investor
1:40 pm
Academic Session
1:20 pm: Jeffrey T. Ludwig, Mathematics Department and Director of Jump Labs, University of California, Irvine
1:30 pm: Lav Varshney, AI Innovation Institute (AI3), Stony Brook University
1:40 pm: Pawel Polak, Applied Math & Statistics (AMS), Stony Brook University
2:10 pm
Industry Session
2:00 PM: Roger Burkhardt, Broadridge
2:10 PM: Jill Scher, CBIZ Advisors
2:20 PM: Milind Sharma, QuantZ and QWAFAxNEW
2:40 pm
Industry-Academic Panel (Moderator: Yvette Wohn, Chair of Department of Technology, AI & Society)
2:40 PM: Panel discussion
3:00 PM: Audience Q&A
3:10 pm
Broadridge Innovation Lab
Samir Das, Chair of the Computer Science Department
3:15 pm
Coffee & Networking
Open floor until 4:30 PM
Please RSVP by Friday, October 30
