FAST Technical Summit to be held January 31 at LSE
FPL Program Office (FPO) / FIX Protocol Ltd. <>
19 Dec 2005 12:12PM ET
High performance market data is rapidly becoming a necessity in today's global capital markets. The FAST Protocol provides an important edge by enabling ultra low latency, low bandwidth feeds with minimal disruption.
The FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) in association with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) would like to invite you to attend the FAST Technical Summit to be held January 31st at LSE. The full-day event will cover a variety of topics designed to illustrate the benefits of the FAST Protocol and provide insight into its technical architecture. The sessions will guide potential users through practical issues related to implementation and recommend best practices for usage. The summit will feature a live demonstration of the FAST Protocol and its effect on streaming market data. The agenda for the summit can be found below.
Please respond to the FPL Program Office by January 24th in order to register.
London Stock Exchange
10 Paternoster Square
London EC4M 7LS
www.londonstockexchange.com
FAST Technical Summit Agenda
January 31st, 2006 9am – 4pm
I. Introduction and Background
II. What is FAST? What factors influenced its development?
III. LSE Plans for FAST – LSE talks about their plans for an optimized feed using FAST
IV. POC Overview and Results – What is the Proof of Concept, what results did it produce?
V. FAST Real Time Demo – See a live demonstration of the effectiveness of FAST on streaming data
VI. FAST Tutorial and Template Definition – make sure you understand the technical specifications behind FAST
VII. An Overview of a Basic FAST Implementation – what a basic FAST Implementation looks like
Break for Lunch 12:00pm - 1:30 pm
VIII. An Overview of the FAST Reference Code – understand the FAST reference code
IX. OMX Case Study – Learn why OMX is planning to use FAST
X. CME Case Study – Learn why CME planning to use FAST
XI. FAST Session Layer – What’s next for FAST? Learn how to optimize a FIX Session
XII. Conclusion and Open Forum Discussion – discuss issues related to FAST
