Alternative Data Council

January 14, 2026 | New York, NY

Overview

McDermott Will & Schulte and FISD will be hosting the Alternative Data Council’s next gathering on January 14 at our New York office.

This buy-side focused session will help firms understand compliance challenges regarding use of GenAI, with a specific focus on agentic workflows, exam readiness, cybersecurity and privacy, and transcription.

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
4:00 – 6:00 pm (EST)

McDermott Will & Schulte
919 3rd Ave, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10022

Agenda

4:00 – 4:30 pm: Registration and networking

4:30 – 6:00 pm: Compliance for GenerativeAI

Agentic workflows
- Jaimie McFarlin, Vice President and Counsel, D.E. Shaw
- Danny West, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Two Sigma
- Kathryn Linsky, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte
AI exam readiness
- Emilie Abate, Managing Director, Iron Road Partners
- Tarik Shah, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte
- Kelly Koscuiszka, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte
Cybersecurity and privacy
- Carrie Anton, Director, Research & Data Management, Jain Global
- Don D’Amico, Founder and CEO, Glacier Network
- Stacey Brandenburg, ZwillGen
- Stephen Reynolds, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte
Transcription
- Abby Greenberger, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer and Counsel, Bridgewater Associates
- Courtney Lewis, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, Marshall Wace North America
- Craig Warkol, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte

6:00 pm: Networking

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Speakers

Kelly Koscuiszka

Kathryn Linsky

Stephen E. Reynolds

Tarik M. Shah

Craig S. Warkol

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