Annual Conference 2025
FINRA’s premier event—the Annual Conference creates an environment for member firms to learn from FINRA staff and connect with industry peers. This forum is designed to provide practical guidance and critical insights on trending regulatory and compliance topics which, in turn, aims to increase investor protection. Firms can expect to hear how to prepare and adapt to regulatory changes and refine and strengthen compliance practices, all while participating in various opportunities to build their network of industry professionals.

Over 30 sessions on trending topics including:
- Communications supervision
- Self-directed investors
- Vendor risk management
- Cyber threat landscape
- Capital formation
- Remote supervision
- Complex offerings
- And much more
In-person attendees are invited to join complimentary, pre-event workshop sessions on Cybersecurity and Senior Investor Financial Exploitation.
View the 2025 Annual Conference agenda.
Registration
The 2025 Annual Conference was held May 13-15. On-Demand Recordings will be available soon. Register now for the 2026 Annual Conference.
30+
sessions
2000+
participants
35+
Member firm speakers
150+
FINRA staff onsite
10+
Networking events
40+
Exhibitors
FINRA IDEA—Innovation, Demonstration and Engagement Area
FINRA is committed to continuous improvement that draws on deep engagement with member firms. Step inside FINRA IDEA to engage with FINRA staff by getting answers to questions and sharing ideas and feedback on FINRA initiatives. Areas include:
We are Listening: Modernizing Regulation
- Rule Modernization
- Capital Raising
Partnering to Mitigate Emerging and Evolving Risks
- Cyber and Fraud Threats
- Fraud-Related Customer Resources and Support
Innovation and Keeping Pace
- Generative Artificial Intelligence
- Crypto and Blockchain Education Program
- FINRA Gateway Enhancements Leveraging AI
Building Tomorrow’s Tools and Publications Together
- Online Tools and Publications
- Reporting and Dashboards
- Tools for Financial Professionals
Exhibitors
Conference exhibitors offer a range of products and solutions for broker-dealer firms. If you are interested in being an exhibitor at the Annual Conference, contact Jeff Arcuri via email. The 2025 Annual Conference exhibitors are:
Platinum Level
Smarsh
Gold Level
Behavox
FirmScribe
Global Relay
Silver Level
Arctera
Greenboard
Saifr
Solidus Labs
StarCompliance
Full Exhibitor List
ACA Group
Archive Intel, Inc.
Arctera
BDO USA
Behavox
Business Information Group (BIG)
CapitalROCK
Cartana Consulting
CellTrust Corporation
CeriFi
Charles Schwab
Compliance Risk Concepts
ComplianceEdge
eflow Global
ExamFX
FirmScribe
FMG
Global Relay
Greenboard
Hadrius
Hilltop Securities Inc.
Kaplan
Knopman Marks Financial Training
Kroll
LeapXpert
MirrorWeb
MCO (MyComplianceOffice)
n-Tier
Norm Ai
Proofpoint
Quest CE
Red Oak Compliance
RegEd
RegVerse
Saifr
Smarsh
Solidus Labs
StarCompliance
STC
Theta Lake
Turnberry Solutions
WebCE
Withum