THIS WEEK AT FINOS

THIS WEEK AT FINOS

This Week At FINOS: Week Of March 16, 2026

March 16, 2026

In this week’s update: discover a new FINOS Labs project, read our latest Community Spotlight, and watch Emerging Technologies videos on the FINOS YouTube channel.

This Week's Meetings | Upcoming Events | 

State of Open Source in Financial Services Report 


🤖 OpenEAGO: Enterprise Agent Governance and Orchestration

Discover OpenEAGO, a new FINOS Labs project proposing an open standard for governing and orchestrating enterprise AI agent ecosystems with security, interoperability, and regulatory compliance built in. Special thanks to the project team including Jan Rock, Ph.D., Denis Urusov, and Paul Groves (Citi).

➡️ Dive In


⭐ Community Spotlight: Matthew Bain, Morgan Stanley

This quarter we highlight Matthew Bain, Distinguished Engineer and Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, Lead CALM Maintainer and FINOS TOC member, and his role in growing CALM from a community effort into a thriving FINOS project.

➡️ Read Here


📽️ Zenith Emerging Technologies SIG Presentation Videos

Watch recent Zenith SIG (Special Interest Group) presentations exploring AI, quantum computing, extended reality, and other emerging technologies shaping financial services.

➡️ YouTube Playlist

➡️ Learn More About Zenith

OSFF TORONTO SPECIAL SECTION

🍁 OSFF Toronto 2026 Spotlight: The Hands-On Workshops

The Open Source in Finance Forum isn't just about what happens on the main stage on Tuesday. Surrounding the conference - on Monday, April 13th and Wednesday, April 15th - we are hosting a series of focused, highly interactive technical workshops.

Because we are an open-source community, we thrive on active collaboration. These are not passive lectures; they are roll-up-your-sleeves, laptops-open working sessions. To ensure a high-quality, hands-on environment, each room is strictly limited to 40 participants. Whether you are a Chief Risk Officer trying to map AI to OSFI guidelines, or a DevOps lead automating compliance, these sessions are designed to solve specific, highly regulated engineering bottlenecks together.

Find your track and apply for a seat:

For the "Gatekeepers" (Security, Infra, & DevOps):

  • GitProxy Secure Gateway Workshop: Led by Elspeth Minty and Thomas Cooper (RBC). Deploy a "Smart Airlock" that gives developers seamless open-source access without triggering InfoSec alarms. [Apply Here]
  • Open SDLC Controls Framework: Led by George Kichukov (GitLab) and Michael Long (Kosli). Stop trading velocity for compliance. Learn how to define "Controls as Code" for internal audit. [Apply Here]
  • Common Cloud Controls (CCC): Led by Maxime Coquerel (RBC) and Eddie Knight (Sonatype). Move from manual spreadsheets to policy-as-code for secure, multi-cloud architecture. [Apply Here]

For the "Guardians" (Risk, Legal, & Compliance):

  • AI Governance Framework Training: An executive-level session for Model Risk and Data Ethics leaders to operationalize safe, compliant Generative AI deployments. [Apply Here]

For the "Builders" (Data Architects, Quants, & Platform Leads):

  • HPC Grid Using Cloud Native Services: Led by AWS. Break the capacity ceiling of legacy on-prem compute grids with infinitely scalable, low-latency task scheduling. [Apply Here]
  • Unlocking the FINOS CDM: Led by TradeHeader. A hands-on Java session to standardize post-trade derivatives data and end manual trade reconciliation. [Apply Here]
  • Fluxnova Developer Experience Deep Dive: Led by Ryan Johnston (Summit58). Architect the next generation of financial workflow automation and orchestrate deterministic Agentic AI. [Apply Here]

Space is strictly limited. These sessions require technical or domain alignment to ensure high-quality collaboration, so please submit your applications early!

 

🔗 View the full OSFF Toronto Schedule Here

WEEK OF 16 MARCH - MEETINGS

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

Monday, March 16

  • 09:00 AM NYC / 01:00 PM UK - Labs - CyberThirdEye - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - SDLC Governance Framework Working Group - Dev Ops Automation - Sign Up

Tuesday, March 17

  • 10:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - Fluxnova Project Meeting - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - CDM Contribution Review Working Group - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - FDC3 General Meeting - Sign Up
  • 11:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - Fluxnova - AI Working Group Meeting - Sign Up
  • 11:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - AI Readiness SIG - Sign Up

Wednesday, March 18

  • 08:30 PM NYC / 12:30 AM UK - Open Financial LLM Leaderboard (OFLL) Working Session - Sign Up
  • 06:30 AM NYC / 10:30 AM UK - Spring Bot Project Meeting - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - CDM Tokenized Assets Working Group - Sign Up
  • 12:00 PM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - FINOS Technical Oversight Committee Public Meeting - Sign Up

Thursday, March 19

  • 06:00 AM NYC / 10:00 AM UK - CCC - Working Group: Compliant Financial Infrastructure - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - AI Reference Architecture Library weekly working session - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - Zenith - Emerging Technologies SIG - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - CDM Collateral Working Group - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - FDC3 Web Browsers + Bridging Discussion group - Sign Up
  • 10:30 AM NYC / 02:30 PM UK - Architecture as Code Office Hours - Sign Up
  • 11:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - Morphir Project Meeting - Sign Up
  • 12:00 PM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - FINOS DevOps Automation - Special Interest Group - Sign Up
  • 12:00 PM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - CCC - Working Group: Communications / All Hands - Sign Up

Friday, March 20

  • 09:15 AM NYC / 01:15 PM UK - A11y Theme Builder Project Meeting - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - OpenGRIS Project Meeting - Sign Up

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

FINOS EVENTS

🇨🇦 Inaugural OSFF Toronto: Schedule live!

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.

➡️ Register Today


🇬🇧 OSFF London: Registration Now Open!

June 25 | London

OSFF is the premier event that connects the leaders in financial services, technology, and open-source innovation. This conference is uniquely designed to foster partnerships, advance talent development and accelerate technological advancements across the finance industry; building faster, trusted and secure solutions.

➡️ Register Here with Code TWAFOSFFLN20 for 20% Off 


🇬🇧 OSFF London: Submit Your Proposal to Speak

CFP Closes: 15 March

We are looking for thought leaders ready to address the industry's most pressing challenges through the lens of collaboration and mutualization. We welcome talks on a wide range of topics relevant to open source in financial services. Our talk themes this year center around our strategic initiatives.

➡️ Submit a CFP


🌐 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.

➡️ Explore Upcoming Forums

 

Community EVENTS

 

Aeron Community MeetUp New York

March 26 | New York

Attend FINOS Silver Member Adaptive's Aeron Community MeetUps for the latest updates on low-latency messaging and fault-tolerant trading technology.

Event Details Here


2026 FSI Autism Hackathon Community MeetUp New York

April 8-9 | New York + Virtual

Join FINOS Ambassador and TOC Chair Peter Smulovics at the Annual Hybrid Hackathon dedicated to transforming autism treatment!

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


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