The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agenda and panelists for its Sept. 17, 2026, roundtable on preparations for 24-hour trading.

The roundtable will be held at the SEC’s headquarters at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C., from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET.  The event will be open to the public and webcast live on the SEC’s website. Doors will open at 9 a.m. ET. 

For in-person attendance, please visit the registration page. Visitors will be subject to security checks.

For online attendance, registration is not necessary; a link to watch the event will be available on Sept. 17 at www.sec.gov, and a recording will be available at a later date on the SEC’s website.

More information, including how to submit comments, is available on the SEC’s Roundtable on Preparations for 24-Hour Trading event page. 

Agenda 

9 a.m.                          Doors Open

10 a.m.                        Opening Remarks – SEC Chairman and Commissioners and Jamie Selway, Director, SEC’s Division of                                       Trading and Markets

10:30 a.m.                   Data Presentation – SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets – Office of Analytics and Research

                                    Presenter: Dan Mathisson

11 a.m.                        Panel One – Preparedness for a 24-Hour Market 

Panel One will examine preparations for the launch of 24‑hour trading, focusing on exchange and broker‑dealer readiness, overnight surveillance, closing‑price processes, clearance and settlement changes, and investor‑protection practices. The panel will also highlight what has been completed, what remains, and expected liquidity conditions as markets move toward near‑continuous trading.

Moderators: Jon Kroeper, SEC Division of Trading and Markets, and Katie Kolchin, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

Panelists:

• Matt Billings, Robinhood 
• Josh Burch, NYSE 
• Hubert De Jesus, BlackRock
• JD Del Raso, Virtu Financial
• Heidi Fischer, Cboe 
• Ron Hooey, BNY Pershing
• Todd Lopez, UBS
• Robert McNamee, FINRA
• Jason Wallach, Bruce Markets 

12:15 p.m.       Lunch Break

1:15 p.m.         Panel Two – Resiliency in a 24-Hour Market

Panel Two will explore operational resiliency in a 24‑hour market, including systems readiness, Regulation SCI considerations, failover and capacity planning, market‑data continuity, shortened maintenance windows, cybersecurity, and staffing models for overnight operations. The panel will focus on how firms are preparing to maintain orderly markets during continuous trading. 

Moderators: Partick Norton, SEC Division of Trading and Markets, and Jim Toes, Security Traders Association

Panelists:

• Diwa Cody, Jane Street
• Nat Evarts, State Street 
• Jiyoung Jung, Samsung
• Todd Lard, Schwab
• Chuck Mack, Nasdaq
• Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers
• Brian Steele, DTCC
• David Taylor, Exegy
• Quito Zuba, MEMX

2:30 p.m.         Break

2:45 p.m.         Panel Three – Expected Impacts and Consideration of Next Steps

Panel Three will discuss expected impacts on liquidity and capital formation as trading expands, including how market participation may evolve, potential effects on issuers, and considerations for “Day 2” regulatory and market‑structure initiatives. The panel will also look ahead to future expansions toward 24×7 trading and the infrastructure changes required to support them.

Moderators: Peggy Sullivan, SEC Division of Trading and Markets, and Adrian Griffiths, MEMX

Panelists:

• Cromwell Coulson, OTC Markets Group
• Brian Fagen, BNP Paribas
• Dmitri Galinov, 24X
• Will Geyer, Invesco
• Michael Harrington, Citadel Securities
• Naureen Hassan, DriveWealth
• Brian Hyndman, Blue Ocean
• Michael Masone, Citi 
• Tim Quast, ModernIR 

4 p.m.  End of Program