SEC schedules November 9 roundtable on data and superintelligence
By Staff Writer · Published 10/22/2026, 6:14:05 AM ET
The public meeting will examine how market participants use data with advanced computing systems, along with the costs and risks. In-person visitors must register; the webcast needs no registration.
The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to bring market participants together November 9 in Washington to examine how they use machine-understandable data and what the agency calls super intelligence. The agenda pairs accounts of how the technology is being used with a discussion of its costs, risks and possible SEC support.
The SEC announced the roundtable October 19. Its updated event page lists check-in from 8 to 9 a.m. Eastern time, followed by a program running until 3:30 p.m. at agency headquarters, 100 F Street NE.
People attending in person must register, and the SEC says space may be limited and visitors will undergo security checks. The meeting will also be webcast without a registration requirement. A recording is planned afterward.
The morning panel is scheduled to bring together representatives of financial services, accounting, data and technology businesses, along with an academic, to discuss market uses. A second panel in the afternoon will consider risks and costs and how the SEC could facilitate the technology. The published lineup includes industry representatives and academics as well as Better Markets.
Joshua White, the SEC’s chief economist and director of its Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, said feedback would help staff understand how investors and other market participants are using these systems. The program lists recorded opening remarks from Commissioner Mark Uyeda and closing remarks from Chairman Paul Atkins.
The agenda describes discussions rather than a Commission vote. The release announces no new reporting requirement or adopted standard; the immediate next step is the public meeting.
What it means
The roundtable gives the SEC a way to hear a range of market participants before deciding what further work to pursue. For people following the issue, the two sessions separate current market uses from questions about risk, cost and agency support. The published program does not establish which ideas, if any, will become formal SEC proposals.
Source
This State & Nation summary is based on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s original release, dated 2026-10-19. The reporting and statistics above are attributed to that publication.