Irene Aldridge

Irene Aldridge is a Canadian academic, entrepreneur, and speaker based in New York. She is affiliated with Cornell and Cambridge universities, and is the founder and CEO of two companies: AbleMarkets AI, a financial technology company, and AbleBlox, a blockchain company. She is an advocate for innovation and technology, and has been featured in many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, and Bloomberg News. She has given talks at numerous conferences and universities around the world. She is also the author of many research articles and several books, including High-Frequency Trading: A Practical Guide to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems, Real-Time Risk (with Steve Krawciw, 2017) and Big Data Science in Finance (with Marco Avellaneda, 2021). Aldridge is passionate about promoting the development of innovative technologies that can benefit society.