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13 - 15 April, 2026 Toronto, Canada
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Tuesday April 14, 2026 10:50am - 11:25am EDT


This panel aims to strengthen the case for open source contribution from financial services by moving the conversation from belief to evidence.

By grounding open source contribution in concrete ROI data and real-world financial services experience, the panel equips organizations to make more confident, sustainable decisions about how—and why—they engage with open source. Attendees will gain shared language and metrics they can use internally to justify contribution, align stakeholders across engineering, risk, and leadership, and shift effort away from costly private forks toward healthier collaboration models.

For the ecosystem as a whole, this means:

- More upstream contributions instead of fragmented private forks
- Faster feedback loops between users and maintainers, especially on security and stability
- Stronger, better-resourced projects with long-term institutional support
- Increased participation from regulated industries that historically struggle to justify contribution

By demystifying ROI and showing how contribution directly benefits both firms and communities, this session helps remove one of the biggest barriers to enterprise open source sustainability.
Speakers
avatar for Rob Moffat

Rob Moffat

Chief Architect, FINOS
Rob Moffat is a seasoned IT professional living in the UK. Over the last twenty years, he has worked at many of the top-tier investment banks in London on regulatory and transformation IT projects.

Rob is a staunch advocate of Open Source and works on many open source projects... Read More →
avatar for Elspeth Minty

Elspeth Minty

Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets
Elspeth Minty is a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets. Elspeth has worked in the financial industry for more than two decades, with a focus on core library development and code re-use. She has been involved in open source for a number of years, through FINOS, the FinTech Open... Read More →
avatar for Mimi Flynn

Mimi Flynn

Vice President, Open Source Developer Advocate, Morgan Stanley
Mimi Flynn is a Vice President at Morgan Stanley. With over two decades of experience as front end engineer, she has worked for startups, fintech, and advertising. In 2023, she returned to Morgan Stanley as the Open Source Developer Advocate.

Since 2018, she has served on the boar... Read More →
avatar for Mark Paulsen

Mark Paulsen

Head, Open Source Program Office, TD Bank
Over 20 years of experience in the tech industry working in startup environments as well as global enterprises. Passionate about building open and welcoming communities and helping developers around the world be successful, keep in the flow, and be happy in the job they love.
Tuesday April 14, 2026 10:50am - 11:25am EDT
The Ballroom East

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