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# THIS WEEK AT FINOS

# This Week At FINOS: Week Of August 17, 2026

 August 17, 2026

[FINOS Team](https://www.finos.org/this-week-at-finos/author/finos-team)

In this week’s update: watch presentations from the Q3 All Community Call, read about the 130+ updates delivered in CDM 7, and catch up on the latest four episodes of the Open Source in Finance Podcast.

[**This Week's Meetings**](https://www.finos.org/calendar) | [**Upcoming Events**](https://www.finos.org/news-and-events)

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📽️ **All Community Call Recording: Moving at the Speed of AI**

Replay the Q3 All Community Call to hear Executive Director Gabriele Columbro deliver FINOS updates across foundation growth, TOC elections, and new AI initiatives. The call also features live presentations on Fluxnova 3.0, SDLC Common Controls, CALM, and Governance-as-code pipelines, alongside an OSFF New York preview.

➡️[**Watch on FINOS Site & Access Slides**](https://www.finos.org/blog/2026-q3-finos-all-community-call)

---

📊 **CDM 7: A Major Evolution of the Common Domain Model**

Explore CDM 7, a major production release consolidating over 130 upgrades across financial products, legal agreements, and lifecycle events. Underpinned by Rune DSL 10, this release completes functional ingestion mappings, adds the Smart Contracts Framework, and introduces native Python support via PyPI to accelerate modern enterprise adoption.

➡️ [**Read the Post Here**](https://www.finos.org/blog/cdm-7-a-major-evolution-of-the-common-domain-model)

📆[**Join a Working Group Meeting**](https://cdm.finos.org/docs/working-groups/)

---

🎙️ **Open Source in Finance Podcast: Recent Episode Roundup**

Catch up on the latest four episodes of the Open Source in Finance Podcast exploring practical technology standards and AI-driven engineering across financial services:

- Quantum computing in finance
- Orchestrating large-scale code upgrades with AI
- FDC3 & Common Cloud Controls (CCC)
- Fusing CALM with Open SDLC

➡️ [**Listen on Spotify**](https://open.spotify.com/show/431XdfX2fBdCUsopwh8td3?si=133520dc98b64b11)

📺 [**Watch on YouTube**](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmPXh6nBuhJvhLM64sQ-UpBlhIRmxrLDX&si=TqUymRp2UTLQbJXs)

---

### [WEEK OF 17 AUGUST - MEETINGS](https://calendar.finos.org/)

Here's what's happening during this week in the FINOS community, [**visit the calendar here**](https://www.finos.org/calendar?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8yuzJySMnll5lN1obtHLXTXDXXHrjPBnWxAkQgE2LKtBBJ_vM3kxRhg7PMs8u-0kzjomCv)for meeting links:

**Monday, August 17**

- 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - FDC3 Sail Project Meeting - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/95252800112?password=90638454-991c-4ab0-8aed-791fc372623c&invite=true)
- 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - InnerSource SIG - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/92852768369?password=9ffd3106-34d9-42bc-b530-8c7866386826&invite=true)
- 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - Labs - CyberThirdEye - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/94905862800?password=5902a3ee-fc40-4347-876b-89a3973278bc&invite=true)
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - SDLC Governance Framework Working Group Meeting - Long Workshop - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/94001587941?password=e85f4fbd-7703-4628-b2b0-e454dcf966c8&invite=true)

**Tuesday, August 18**

- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - CDM Contribution Review Working Group - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/94584131804?password=b7edff0a-9cc6-426f-b0d9-28eb4fb0de71&invite=true)
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - Fluxnova Public Meeting - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/98975602417?password=8a1c796a-2eba-4f71-beeb-e3ecb7eb3450&invite=true)
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - AI Readiness SIG - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/99090239193?password=f3797488-6467-44c9-8976-9b50e42cbdff&invite=true)
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - Fluxnova - AI Working Group Meeting - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/94324343329?password=4fd47917-b89f-4c7c-8925-a8a4e5b54ab1&invite=true)
- 08:30 PM NYC / 01:30 AM UK - Open Financial LLM Leaderboard (OFLL) Working Session - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/97499954668?password=dbeea8fb-9611-4d7b-a0f4-366b36207a2b&invite=true)

**Wednesday, August 19**

- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - Distinguished Engineer Community Monthly SIG Meeting - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/98941494716?password=14fbd625-e747-41d5-b0f2-dc7ba43ec85a&invite=true)
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - Physical Risk and Resilience - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/99138676105?password=b1dc5618-5eba-404f-b44e-8d5d6de122e6&invite=true)

**Thursday, August 20**

- 06:00 AM NYC / 11:00 AM UK - CCC- Working Group: Compliant Financial Infrastructure (EU/APAC) - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/95780953406?password=4be05216-d763-4eb3-8288-8fbb69ed298f&invite=true)
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - AI Reference Architecture Library weekly working session - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/92023325319?password=b4d6a196-131b-48c4-a70d-00b906c73b66&invite=true)
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - FDC3 Web Browsers + Bridging Discussion group - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/96615992377?password=88ed4841-afa2-41a6-8de3-e246967e5566&invite=true)
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - FINOS Morphir Project Meeting - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/96826203663?password=32129227-1c0f-47a4-b71a-26b87aa7c2a9&invite=true)
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - Zenith - Emerging Technologies SIG - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/91492872876?password=af9079e0-fb86-418d-803b-1373ec1fb143&invite=true)
- 10:30 AM NYC / 03:30 PM UK - Architecture as Code Office Hours - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/98579493833?password=2af32413-a2a4-4ada-b064-ae8544c64c85&invite=true)
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - CCC - Working Group: Communications / All Hands - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/95756611623?password=64d02ae0-6cec-428f-87a0-cb8be5f39945&invite=true)
- 12:00 PM NYC / 05:00 PM UK - FINOS DevOps Automation - Special Interest Group - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/91759523655?password=2582c57a-491c-43de-af16-9d608b535afd&invite=true)

**Friday, August 21**

- 09:15 AM NYC / 02:15 PM UK - A11y Theme Builder Project Meeting - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/99354850498?password=2545922e-1c6b-41b9-a73f-16695a10c24e&invite=true)
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - Data Commons - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/99902967416?password=2a353a40-77e6-40a6-86dd-87f3f62fa884&invite=true)
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - OpenGris Project Meeting - [Sign Up](https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/91949257192?password=f8a27a59-811a-47af-b9a5-1216d77d2692&invite=true)

**[Visit the FINOS Calendar to stay informed of the most recent updates and calendar invitations.](https://www.finos.org/calendar?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8yuzJySMnll5lN1obtHLXTXDXXHrjPBnWxAkQgE2LKtBBJ_vM3kxRhg7PMs8u-0kzjomCv)**

### FINOS EVENTS

🗽 **CDM NYC Seminar 2026**

**October 8 | NYC**

Join FINOS and the CDM community for an afternoon of presentations and discussions regarding the Common Domain Model benefits across the securities processing lifecycle. The afternoon includes a keynote address, four 30-minute presentations, and a networking reception to close out the event.

➡️ [**Register Here**](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2026-10-08-cdm-nyc-seminar-2026)

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🗽 **OSFF New York**

**November 4-5 | NYC**

Join us in NYC on November 4–5 for two days of technical deep-dives and executive strategy. Day 1 focuses on Fluxnova Con and enterprise process orchestration, with broader conference tracks covering AI Governance, OSERA, FDC3, HPC, and open compliance. Full workshop schedules and speaker announcements are coming soon.

➡️ [**Register Here**](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-finance-forum-new-york/) **with Code TWAFOSFFNY20 for 20% Off**

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Have a great week and please contact [**marketing@finos.org**](mailto:marketing@finos.org) if you have any questions or you would like to take part in any marketing related activities.

 

Kind regards,

FINOS Team

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