The Orchestration Advantage: Modernizing Data and AI Workflows in Financial Services Co-sponsored by 
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October 8, 2026 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm
About the Event
Join a private dinner and executive roundtable for senior financial services data leaders to discuss how leading institutions are replacing fragmented legacy schedulers with a modern, Airflow-powered orchestration platform while reducing costs, improving reliability, and gaining centralized visibility across critical data and AI workflows.
Explore practical approaches to modernizing data orchestration, improving operational efficiency, and building a scalable foundation for AI.
An Evening at Eleven Madison Park
Overlooking Madison Square Park, Eleven Madison Park is one of New York City's most celebrated dining destinations — led by Chef Daniel Humm and honored with three Michelin stars, alongside recognition from the James Beard Foundation, The New York Times, and World's 50 Best Restaurants. Known for its inventive, highly seasonal tasting menu and impeccable hospitality, it's a rare chance to experience one of Manhattan's most iconic tables.
Seating is limited to preserve an intimate, peer-level conversation.
Pete DeJoy is CEO and co-founder at Astronomer. Having spent his entire professional career at Astronomer, Pete has worked across several organizational functions, including serving as Chief Product Officer before being named CEO. Pete has been instrumental in developing Astronomer's core product offerings, including the development of Astro, Astronomer's unified DataOps platform, growing Astronomer's customer base grow to over 800+, and over 100% YoY growth in ARR. He has been deeply involved in the rise of the open source Apache Airflow project, which has seen exponential growth in recent years with over 324 million downloads in 2024 alone (more than all previous years combined), and has over 3,400+ contributors. Carter is EVP of Research and Development at Astronomer and leads the R&D organization responsible for bringing DataOps capabilities to market. Prior to Astronomer, Carter came from Two Sigma, where he served as Managing Director and Head of Data Engineering. During his tenure, he led a global engineering organization where he oversaw exponential growth in the size and complexity of the company's data pipelines. At Google, Page was the New York City site lead for the company's cloud native databases and the founder and leader of Cloud Bigtable – known for its speed and massive scalability. While at Google, Page grew Cloud Bigtable from inception to one of the largest revenue products at Google Cloud, powering companies like YouTube, Spotify, and Credit Karma. He left Google for Two Sigma in order to better understand the business challenges facing modern enterprises. His recognition that the data orchestration layer is the lynchpin of successful AI systems ultimately led him to Astronomer.Hosts
Agenda
- 6:00pm - Networking with drinks and hors d'oeuvres
- 6:30pm - Welcome & Introductions
- 6:35pm - Panel discussion
- 7:00pm - Dinner & roundtable discussion begin
- 9:00pm - Dinner begins to wrap up
