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SQA Annual Boston Conference
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM EDT
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SQA Annual Boston Conference

September 17, 2026

1 Congress Street | Boston, MA

9:00 A.M. – 6:30 P.M.
Member Price: $50
Non-Member Price: $125

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Conference Agenda
Registration
8:30 A.M. – 9:00 A.M.
Speaker Session Start End
  SQA Welcome & Agenda Review 9:00 A.M. 9:15 A.M.
Theme 1: Natural and Artificial Intelligence
Theis Jensen
Yale

Seminar: A Market-Based Cost of Capital 

 9:15 A.M. 10:00 A.M.
Erik Vogan
MIT		 Seminar: The Quest for Intelligence 10:05 A.M. 10:50 A.M.
Richard Tibbets
Formerly Anthropic		 Seminar: Building Your Own AI Research Team 10:55 A.M. 11:40 A.M.
Lunch & Networking
Location TBD
11:45 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.
Theme 2: Supply and Demand of Financial Assets
Robin Greenwood
Harvard		 Lunch Keynote 12:15 P.M. 1:00 P.M.

David Butts
Harbourvest

Ed Fang
Man Numeric

George Patterson
PGIM

 Industry Panel: Emerging Trends in Alternative Assets 1:05 P.M. 1:50 P.M.

Megan Czasonis
State Street

David Turkington
State Street

 Seminar: Stocks for Inflation Shocks 1:55 P.M. 2:40 P.M.
Coffee & Networking Break
Location TBD
2:40 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Theme 3: Frontiers in Asset Pricing
Leyla Han
Boston University		 Seminar: Macroeconomic Announcements and the Repricing of Earnings Risk 3:00 P.M. 3:45 P.M.
Lira Mota
MIT		 Seminar: Betting on Credit Beta 3:50 P.M. 4:35 P.M.
Bryan Kelly
Yale		 Closing Keynote 4:40 P.M. 5:25 P.M.
Networking Reception
Room 1219
5:30 P.M. – 6:30 P.M.
Event Concludes at 6:30 P.M.
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