This Week At FINOS

This Week At FINOS: Week Of January 12, 2026

Written by FINOS Team | Jan 12, 2026 6:12:54 AM

This week’s update features two virtual events to kick off 2026. Join a hackathon with opportunities for grant funding, and tune in to a webinar introducing Fluxnova, a new open source BPM platform.

This Week's Meetings | Upcoming Events | 

State of Open Source in Financial Services Report 

💻 Innovate.DTCC Industry-Powered AI Hackathon, Supported by FINOS

February 23 -26 | Virtual

Join us for DTCC’s annual hackathon, where industry leaders, experts, and innovators collaborate to tackle real-world challenges and drive transformative change across financial services. This is a great opportunity to showcase how your projects can solve industry problems AND the opportunity to earn grant funding to support the future development of winning solutions submitted.

➡️ Registration Details 

Registration ends January 23

📆 Fluxnova: Open Source in Finance Webinar

January 28 | Virtual

Join us for a webinar on Fluxnova, a new open source BPM platform which aims to provide automation and orchestration capabilities to accelerate the digitization of end to end process or workflow across the organization. Experience a live demo, learn how to migrate from Camunda 7, get a first look at the Fluxnova Roadmap and more!

➡️ Register for the Webinar

➡️ Learn About Fluxnova 

🎧 Podcast: Cloud & AI in Banking with Microsoft & Red Hat

Grizz Griswold (FINOS) sits down with Allison Nachtigal (VP, Azure Chief Product Officer, Microsoft) and Aric Rosenbaum (Chief Technologist, Red Hat) to discuss the complexities of deploying cloud and AI in the most highly regulated industry in the world. 

➡️ Watch on YouTube

➡️ Listen on Spotify

WEEK OF 12 january - MEETINGS

Here's what's happening during this week in the FINOS community, visit the calendar here for meeting links:

Monday, January 12

  • 08:00 AM NYC / 01:00 PM UK - Waltz Project Meeting - Sign Up
  • 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - Labs - CyberThirdEye - Sign Up
  • 09:30 AM NYC / 02:30 PM UK - FINOS KDB Project Call - Sign Up
  • 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - Git Proxy Project Meeting - Sign Up

Tuesday, January 13

  • 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - FINOS Common Cloud Controls - Steering - Sign Up
  • 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - Fluxnova - AI Working Group Meeting - Sign Up
  • 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - CDM Steering Working Group - Sign Up

Wednesday, January 14

  • 08:30 PM NYC / 01:30 AM UK - Open Financial LLM Leaderboard (OFLL) Working Session - Sign Up
  • 05:30 AM NYC / 10:30 AM UK - Spring Bot Project Meeting - Sign Up
  • 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - CDM Physical Risk Working Group - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - Distinguished Engineer Community Monthly SIG Meeting - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - AI Governance Framework Working Session - Sign Up
  • 11:30 AM NYC / 04:30 PM UK - CDM Derivatives Working Group - Sign Up
  • 12:00 PM NYC / 05:00 PM UK - Evolution at Scale - DevOps Automation Working Group - Sign Up

Thursday, January 15

  • 06:00 AM NYC / 11:00 AM UK - CCC- Working Group: Compliant Financial Infrastructure - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - FDC3 Web Browsers + Bridging Discussion group - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - AI Reference Architecture Library weekly working session - Sign Up
  • 10:30 AM NYC / 03:30 PM UK - Architecture as Code Office Hours - Sign Up
  • 12:00 PM NYC / 05:00 PM UK - FINOS DevOps Automation - Special Interest Group - Sign Up
  • 12:00 PM NYC / 05:00 PM UK - CCC - Working Group: Communications / All Hands - Sign Up
  • 01:00 PM NYC / 06:00 PM UK - Applied GenAI bi-weekly call - Sign Up

Friday, January 16

  • 09:15 AM NYC / 02:15 PM UK - A11y Theme Builder Project Meeting - Sign Up

Visit the FINOS Calendar to stay informed of the most recent updates and calendar invitations.

FINOS EVENTS

📆 Fluxnova: Open Source in Finance Masterclass

January 28 | Virtual

Join us for an exclusive masterclass on Fluxnova, a new open source BPM platform which aims to provide automation and orchestration capabilities to accelerate the digitization of end to end process or workflow across the organization. Experience a live demo, learn how to migrate from Camunda 7, get a first look at the Fluxnova Roadmap and more!

➡️ Register for the Masterclass

➡️ Learn About Fluxnova

💻 Innovate.DTCC Industry-Powered AI Hackathon, Supported by FINOS

February 23 -26 | Virtual

 Join us for DTCC’s annual Innovate.DTCC: Industry-Powered AI Hackathon, where industry leaders, experts, and innovators collaborate to tackle real-world challenges and drive transformative change across financial services. Registration ends January 23.

➡️ Registration Details 

🇨🇦 Inaugural OSFF Toronto: CFP & Sponsorship Launch

April 14 | Toronto

For the first time the Open Source in Finance Forum is coming to Canada. Unlike our larger global summits, OSFF Toronto is designed as an exclusive, high-impact event for approximately 250 attendees. We are looking for thought leaders ready to address the industry's most pressing challenges through the lens of collaboration and mutualization.

➡️ Register Today

🌐 Save the Dates: Open Source in Finance Forum

April 14 | Toronto 🇨🇦 

June 25 | London 🇬🇧

November 4-5 | New York 🗽

In 2026, our flagship event, Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF), returns to London and New York and, for the first time, expands to Toronto. These events offer a unique opportunity to showcase innovation and help shape the future of open source in finance alongside leaders from across financial services, technology, and the open source community.

➡️ Save the Date

Community EVENTS

CDM (Common Domain Model) Showcase

March 4 | London

Following the lifecycle of a trade, members of ICMA, ISDA, and ISLA will highlight benefits of the Common Domain Model during a full-day interactive conference.

Event Details Here

Have a great week and please contact marketing@finos.org if you have any questions or you would like to take part in any marketing related activities.

 

Kind regards,

FINOS Team