FIA Expo 2026

Name: FIA Expo 2026
Start: 2026-11-02
End: 2026-11-04
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk

2 November 2026 – 4 November 2026

Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Chicago, United States

Expo, FIA's Futures & Options Expo, is FIA's annual conference and trade show for the cleared derivatives industry, held in 2026 on 2-4 November at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk. It combines conference sessions with industry experts on regulatory developments and industry trends, an exhibit hall of technologies, products and solutions, the Innovators Pavilion startup showcase and pitch competition, and networking events.

41 sessions · 104 speakers

Organiser (1)

Futures Industry Association (FIA)

Sponsors (35)

B3 · Bank of America · NinjaTrader · Derivatives Market Institute for Standards (DMIST) · MIAX · Behavox · Topstep · Abaxx Exchange · Eurex · Korea Exchange · ION Markets · Exegy · Zero Hash · Straits Financial Group · FIA European Principal Traders Association · Solidus Labs · FIA Principal Traders Group (PTG) · Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. · Kalshi · Coinbase · ABN AMRO Bank N.V. · UBS AG · Marex · Pico · MEMX · Societe Generale · Nasdaq · National Stock Exchange · Trading Technologies · Phillip Capital Inc · OCC · Connamara Technologies · Nodal Exchange · Cboe · Bank of Montreal

Exhibitors (42)

Clear Street · Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) · Exchange Data International (EDI) · TS Imagine · B3 · McKay Brothers · MIAX · Montréal Exchange · Behavox · FIS · Abaxx Exchange · Eurex · Zayo · Illinois Tech Stuart School of Business · MexDer · Korea Exchange · Avelacom · Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd · QuantHouse · Huatai (Hong Kong) Futures · Scila · Japan Exchange Group · Take Profit Trader · Barchart · Solidus Labs · Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. · Supermicro · Nanhua USA · Pico · Copp Clark Limited · Baton Systems · Devexperts · Cumulus9 · Magmio · Trading Technologies · Borsa _stanbul A. · Stellar Trading Systems · OSTTRA · Cboe · S&P Global Market Intelligence · Quod Financial · Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.

Startups (6)

CPZAI · Baseview IQ · VOCSET · Caffrey · Compute Desk · Nexara

Agenda

Evolution of Futures Markets 2 November 2026 · Streeterville Room (Level 3)
The Rise of Prediction Markets 2 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Clearing: Safeguards for the Futures Market 2 November 2026 · Streeterville Room (Level 3)
Market Structure and Product Design 2 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Retail Roundtable (Closed event) 2 November 2026
Applying Futures Market Safeguards to Prediction Markets 2 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
A Technologist’s Guide to the Futures Market 2 November 2026 · Streeterville Room (Level 3)
DCM/DCO Oversight: Insider Trading & MNPI 2 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Buyside Summit (Invite Only) 2 November 2026
Understanding & Avoiding Spoofing Behavior 2 November 2026 · Streeterville Room (Level 3)
Institutional Adoption 2 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Opening Remarks 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Exchange Leaders: The View from the Top 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Operational Efficiency: Real Results for the Buyside 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
A New Age for Market Data 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Innovators Pavilion: FIA's Annual Startup Showcase and Pitch Competition 3 November 2026 · Exhibit Hall Stage (Level 1)
Generative AI: From Experiment to Adoption 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
B3 Sponsored Session 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Sports, Leadership and Culture: A Conversation with Michael Wilbon 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Cybersecurity in the age of AI 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Finfluencers: Education or Misinformation? 3 November 2026 · Exhibit Hall Stage (Level 1)
All Rise Before the Court: The Future of Sports Event Contracts 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Prediction Markets: Market Structure 3 November 2026 · Exhibit Hall Stage (Level 1)
Equity Options: The Institutional Perspective 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Treasury Clearing: Final Stretch 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Cleared to Launch: Surveillance That Keeps Pace With Event Contracts, Perpetuals and 24/7 Markets 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Introducing Brokers: State of the Nation 3 November 2026 · Exhibit Hall Stage (Level 1)
Perpetuals: The Promise and the Peril 3 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
The Regulators Speak: CFTC & SEC on What's Next 4 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Forty Years of Futures: A Conversation with Terry Duffy 4 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Wedbush Sponsored Session 4 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Innovators Pavilion: FIA's Annual Startup Showcase and Pitch Competition 4 November 2026 · Exhibit Hall Stage (Level 1)
Reading the Political Tea Leaves: What the 2026 Midterms Mean for Washington, Markets & Business 4 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Inside the Beltway: What 2027 Holds for Washington and the Wider Industry 4 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Perp Talk: Your Game Plan for Market Integrity in 24/7 Perpetual Futures 4 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Compute Futures: A New Asset Class 4 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Execution: Practical Challenges in a 24/7 World 4 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 9&10 (Level 4)
Compute Futures: Prepare for Takeoff 4 November 2026 · Exhibit Hall Stage (Level 1)
The Future of Clearing: Emerging Risks in a Changing World 4 November 2026 · Chicago Ballroom 6&7 (Level 4)
Agentic AI and Trade Execution: Who's in Charge? 4 November 2026 · Exhibit Hall Stage (Level 1)
Innovators Pavilion Awards Ceremony 4 November 2026 · Exhibit Hall Stage (Level 1)