"Alternative Data - The Raw Currency of FinTech"

Join us for a panel discussion on the identification and use of Alternative Data! Certain to be insightful, we'll hear from a set of startups leading the way in developing and using non-traditional data sets. Our panelists will include:

• Evan Schnidman is CEO of Prattle, which “provides sentiment data that predicts the market impact of central bank and corporate communications through an interactive web portal, email alerts, and an API.” http://prattle.co (http://prattle.co/)

• Chris Mannion is CTO + Co-Founder of Hive Maritime which is “a predictive analytics platform for maritime intelligence.” http://www.hivemaritime.com (http://www.hivemaritime.com/)

• David Potere is CEO + Co-Founder of Tellus Labs, which “turns satellite imagery and other Earth data into the basis for better decisions.” http://www.telluslabs.com (http://www.telluslabs.com/)

The panel will be moderated by Michael Hayes, CEO of FeatureX, which is “building a data-driven model of the global economy.” For more information, see http://www.featurex.ai

These company heads and their teams are pioneering advances in machine learning to build models that provide unique and valuable insights to institutional investors. This is a meet-up you won't want to miss!