CLOSED DOOR — open to buy-side heads of trading only. The most senior room at ELS: the one conversation at the conference that stays in the room.

• Where your peers actually are on automation, headcount, and desk structure — without the conference-circuit positioning

• The technology bets and vendor relationships dividing opinion at the very top of the industry

• Pressure-test the strategic bets you're making for 2027

• The agenda is yours: the most pressing questions get the most time