Jerry Haworth: CEO and CIO, 36 South Capital Advisors LLP

Manager: Anthony Limbrick (Portfolio Manager and Head of Quantitative Research, 36 South Capital Advisors LLP) 

Manager: Federico Gilly  (Co-Head of Research, Portfolio Management and Portfolio Construction, Alternative Investment Strategies, Goldman Sachs Asset Management) 

Investor/manager: Mike Hodgson (Head of Risk Managed Investments & Structuring, Schroders) 

Investor: Ian Halstead (Associate Director, Investment Services, Cantor Fitzgerald) 

Investor Moderator: Roger Hilty  (Partner, LGT Capital Partners Ltd) 

Investor: Simon Lai (Deputy Chief Investment Officer, John Lewis Partnership Pensions Trust)

Investor: Max Townshend (Head of Portfolio Construction at Local Pensions Partnership) 

Investor: Ian McKinlay  (Chief Investment Officer, Lloyds Banking Group, Pensions Investment & Finance Team) 

Investor: Alessandra Poles (Volatility and Rates, Alternative Investment Strategies, Aberdeen Standard Investments) 

Moderator: Rob Hocking (Senior Vice President, Head of Derivatives Strategy, Cboe Global Markets)

Traders' Immune Systems Amid Declining Volatility: John Coates (Founder, Dewline)

Manager: Christopher Cole CFA (Founder and CIO, Artemis Capital)

Manager: Ryan McRandal (Co-head of Systematic and Volatility Strategies, One River Asset Management)

Manager: David Dredge (Convex Strategies)

Investor: Jeppe Blirup  (Fund Manager, Alternative Equity Partners A/S) 

This year the managers will each be hosting a table in the main auditorium - continue the conversation over lunch!

Politics vs. Markets: Why the two often don't understand each other and what to do about it? Political risks, opportunities and implications for market volatility.

Guest speaker: Bobby Vedral (Founder of Macro Eagle, political adviser and former Global Head of Market Strats at Goldman Sachs)

The Anti-Bubbles: Diego Parrilla (Managing Partner, Quadriga Asset Managers)

Automation and trading: Zem Sternberg (CIO, Lake Hill Capital Management)

Manager: Pierre de Saab (Partner, Dominicé & Co - Asset Management)

Manager: Will Bartlett (CEO, Parallax Volatility Advisers) 

Investor: Susanna Wallis  (Investment Manager, GAM) 

Exchange: Brandon Berry  (Vice President of Equity & Index Derivatives, Eurex) 

Guest speaker: Helen Sharman OBE: first UK astronaut, science communicator, corporate speaker

In May 1991, Helen launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and spent 8 days orbiting the Earth, living and working on the MIR Space Station. Helen was selected from 13,000 applicants to make the journey. Awarded the OBE in 1993, Helen is a full-time scientist, a pioneer and a role model. Following her own space flight, Helen became a science communicator and corporate speaker. She has won numerous prizes for radio and television programmes and for her inspirational talks worldwide on teamwork, STEM, science communication and motivation.