The North American Trading Architecture Summit 2012 will take place on April 17 in New York. Building on the success of last year's sell-out event, this years summit will see over 300 senior technologists from investment banks and financial firms come together to discuss the cutting-edge solutions and the latest hot topics.

Qualified end-users can attend for FREE, click here to see if you qualify

This event has been developed exclusively to serve the needs of the end-user. Through a series of panel discussions and case studies, it provides an open forum on which industry experts can drill down into the details of how to approach the most pressing architectural and infrastructural problems facing financial institutions. The North American Trading Architecture Summit delivers honest, hands-on, and practical information over the course of a single day to ensure that you maximize your time spent out of the office.

What is new for 2012?

As well as readdressing the issues of low-latency technology, high-frequency trading, cloud computing and real-time risk, this year's event introduces several new topics to the agenda:

• Addressing the challenges of automating OTC trading
• Overcoming the big challenge of "Big Data"
• The parallel paradigm shift: understanding where to utilize FPGAs

Testimonials from 2011 Trading Architecture Summits around the world: