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Free QuantInsti Annual Algo Trading Conference 2026: Thu 24 Sep 2026 from 6:00 PM IST (8:30 PM SGT)—~75m agentic AI workshop, ~30m HFT fireside, ~60m AI careers panel. Calm contrast with SoloQuant after-work short lessons. Not EPAT/CQF. Not investment advice.
QuantInsti’s Annual Algo Trading Conference 2026 is a free, ~3-hour live online evening on Thursday, 24 September 2026, starting 6:00 PM IST (8:30 AM EDT / 8:30 PM SGT—friendly for Hong Kong / APAC after work). Three sessions: an agentic AI workshop (~75 min), an HFT fireside (~30 min), and an AI careers panel (~60 min). Speakers listed on the event page include Stefan Jansen, Tony Lee CFA, Sameer Kumar, Nitesh Khandelwal, and others.
This Hub note is a calm contrast: one industry conference / demo night versus SoloQuant’s after-work short, hands-on Python / data / quant lessons. It does not attack QuantInsti, does not bundle EPAT Batch 72 or CQF January 2027 Hub posts, claims no CEF / subsidy / SoloQuant Quant-Macro enroll, and is not investment advice.
If you want a SoloQuant link at all, the only course CTA is Introduction to Python Programming.
Workshop (~75 min, incl. Q&A). Agentic AI in a trading workflow, live in a shared notebook that runs in the browser (some Python helps; you can follow without writing code). The page also frames failure modes—leakage, overfitting that survives a backtest, drift—before anything is near capital.
Fireside (~30 min). A look inside a real HFT-style stack (co-location, feed handlers, gateways, latency cost) with chat questions.
Panel (~60 min, incl. audience Q&A). How AI is shaping careers in quant / algo trading; career questions get priority at the end.
Related QuantInsti blogging context: algo trading webinars 2026. Register and joining details live on the conference page—we do not invent fees beyond the free conference ticket.
| Lens | Conference night | After-work short lessons |
|---|---|---|
| Format | One live 3-hour broadcast | Small, repeatable coding sessions |
| Output | Notebook + industry Q&A in one evening | Skills you can reopen next week |
| Commitment | Calendar block on 24 Sep | Steady Python / data / ML practice |
| Fit | Broad industry snapshot | Build fundamentals without a long certificate sprint |
Both can be useful. A conference is a map; short lessons are reps. Choose based on time and what you need to practice—not brand loyalty.
If the free conference fits your calendar, register on QuantInsti’s page. If you need steady Python foundations first, Introduction to Python Programming stays the only SoloQuant course link in this note.