SEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Roundtable on Preparations for 24-Hour Trading

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. to 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. 
 

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
Katie Kolchin, CFA – Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

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