Plato Technology Summit 2024: Become a Sponsor

21 October 2024

The Plato Technology Summit format has been designed by the Plato Partnership, a group of 30 leading buy-side and sell-side firms. It’s based on buy-side and sell-side feedback to create a leading financial services technology-focused conference for market participants.

After a hugely successful inaugural conference, the Plato Technology Summit will return on 21 March 2024 at the Leonardo Hotel St Paul’s in London - a one-day conference based in London with unique approaches for participants and sponsors that differentiates itself from other major industry conferences that are often filled with the same buy-side and sell-side panel discussions.

The conferences are exclusive, invitation-only events for up to 80 trading heads, senior traders and market structure professionals at leading firms, and for sponsoring Technology and FinTech representatives.

The Leonardo Hotel St Pauls

 

Event Format

When we were building the Plato Technology Summit, we wanted to avoid creating ‘just another finance conference’ populated with the same old panellists discussing the same old problems on repeat. We wanted to boost audience engagement and deliver real value to our sponsors by building a truly innovative format.

The day is divided into five main components:

Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion

Interesting people - interesting topics

In 2023, Plato Partnership invited the 100 Women in Fintech project (a part of the 100 Women in Finance) to curate a panel discussion showcasing woman leaders in financial services. We will be hosting a similar discussion in 2024 with interesting people - not just the same faces!

Use-Case Presentations

Focused Use-Cases

In-depth presentations

All technology sponsors are given the opportunity to give a use-case presentation of your product. We encourage sponsors to focus on real-world applications and examples. Some participants choose to bring a client on stage for a fire-side discussion.

Problem Statement Solutions

Problem Statement Solutions

Solving real problems for the marketplace

Audience members, sponsors and Plato Partnership members collaborate to discuss and find solutions to issues facing the marketplace.

Keynote Speech

Keynote Speech

Main Sponsor Presentation

Main Sponsors have the opportunity to give a 10-15 minute keynote speech, focusing on a key issue for the marketplace

Exhibition & Fintech Alley

Technology demonstrations

Small-group technology demonstrations from technology and fintech sponsors, including “FinTech Alley” - a dedicated space for small FinTech companies to meet leading market participants.

Exhibition Space

Sponsorship Options

Main Sponsor

£25,000 (+VAT)

  • Keynote Speech

  • Event Co-Branding on website event page, Plato social media, signage and delegate passes

  • Exhibition Stall

  • 5 tickets for the conference

  • Moderate & participate in Problem Statement Solutions workshop

  • Seat on the Panel

Technology Sponsor

£15,000 (+VAT)

  • Technology Focused Use-Case Demonstration

  • Logo on the event page, Plato social media and signage

  • Exhibition Stall

  • 3 tickets for the conference

  • Moderate & participate in Problem Statement Solutions workshop

FinTech Sponsor

£4,000 (+VAT)

  • Exhibition Stall in FinTech Alley

  • Logo on event page, Plato social media and signage

  • 2 tickets for the conference

  • Participation in Problem Statement Solutions

Panel Sponsor

£5,000 (+VAT)

  • Seat on the Panel

  • Logo on event page, Plato social media and signage

  • 2 tickets for the conference

Other Sponsorship Options

  • Food and drink sponsor

    • Logo and branding at food points

    • £3,000 (+VAT)

  • WiFi Sponsor

    • Logo and branding on WiFi cards

    • £1,000 (+VAT)

  • Private lunch with delegates (price on enquiry)

  • Lead gathering tools and monitors for exhibitors are also available

Testimonials from 2023

  • Dan Squires, imandra, Technology Sponsor in 2023

    The Plato Technology Summit was an excellent event in which we were very happy to participate. Technology plays an ever-increasing role in capital markets and trading - it makes perfect sense to have this dedicated event under the auspice of Plato. The calibre of attendees was excellent, and I very much valued the opportunity to present specifically on imandra, rather than the usual panel discussions. We would strongly advocate for anyone with a tech-centric solution to embrace this event. From an imandra point of view, we also made some connections during the networking parts of the day that have already proved valuable

  • Monica Summerville, Celent, Panellist in 2023

    I enjoyed presenting at the Plato Tech Summit as the invite-only buy and sell side audience and innovative event format, coupled with Chatham House Rules led to many interesting discussions. I hope to be back next year

  • Khaled Shahin, MFS, Attendee in 2023

    The Plato Summit presented an opportunity for us to interact with new technology vendors, understand how their technology can fit within our business as well as discuss the challenges that we need to overcome, from a technological standpoint. This format was one that enabled us to have a more open dialogue with vendors that we otherwise may not have interacted with.

  • Dan Schleifer, Finsemble, Technology Sponsor in 2023

    Plato Summit represented a unique opportunity for us as a vendor and member of the capital markets technology industry - to network with clients, prospects, and peers, in an open, collaborative learning environment. We were able to share our domain knowledge and in return learn from clients and prospects about their challenges. This open atmosphere facilitated sharing of knowledge and relationship building in a very different way than traditional industry trade shows and events.

  • Séverine Raymond Soulier, Symphony, Technology Sponsor in 2023

    The Plato event was a great occasion to connect with some of our key buy-side partners as well as tech partners we already work with or discovered during the event. The crypto panel which was exclusively female led was also very insightful - great to see so many women on stage.

  • Neil Ryan, Finbourne, FinTech Sponsor in 2023

    The Plato Summit provides opportunities to interact meaningfully and network with clients, peers and innovators as well as providing a practical platform to debate the future agenda.