ABOUT THE SERIES

Optimize Spend | Tuesday, December 16 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. EST
Liam Hogan, Optimize Spend Product Manager 

Recap enhancements from 2025, including smarter contract workflows, automated entitlement updates, and easier allocation management. You’ll see how new features like Shared Assignee Upload and FactSet Auto-Permissioning reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and streamline your daily processes. We’ll then preview what’s ahead, with a first look at initiatives such as PEAR/Spend catalog integration, AI-powered invoice and contract automation, Bloomberg EMRS, and more. Whether you manage contracts, entitlements, inventory, or financial controls, you'll get a clear view of how Optimize Spend is evolving to deliver greater automation, intelligence, and efficiency across your workflows. 

Xmon with AI Assist | Tuesday, January 13 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. EST
Christophe Plouvier, Xmon Product Director

Review 2025’s third-party license liability reporting, and ICE Remote Plus integration. We'll also demo the popular new AI Assist module, which lets you use natural language queries to extract analytics and cost optimization recommendations in minutes. Get your latest cost profile, trend analysis and details of monthly variations, and deliver field-level usage visibility that meet your actual business needs. Then learn what’s on the horizon, including data caching integration with Submarine to facilitate multi-hit cost and back-office file optimization opportunities, action-driven intelligence with AI Assist suggesting new alert rules to create or generate reports, and complete ICE Remote Plus integration with offline analysis reporting. 

PEAR with AI Assist/ACT| Wednesday, January 14 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. EST
Laura Wynthein, PEAR Product Manager and Stephen Crosby, ACT Product Manager 

Get a tour of 2025 updates, including PEAR AI Assist v1 for instant policy and pricing answers, and the new ACT Data Flow Diagram for clearer data lineage and compliance workflows. We’ll also preview 2026, such as PEAR 2.0’s fully redesigned, faster and more intuitive interface with embedded AI Assist, along with ACT’s upcoming redesign focused on improved speed and usability. A major highlight is the deeper integration between PEAR, ACT, and Optimize Spend, which will simplify product and license mapping and create a more connected workflow across entitlement, compliance, and spend processes. If you work with licensing, compliance, or data governance, you’ll see just how we’re advancing these platforms to bring you faster insights, better usability, and a more unified experience.

Our AI Evolution | Thursday, January 15 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. EST
Suzanne Ward, Chief Product Officer 

Join us for a strategic look at how our AI is reshaping the market data industry. We’ll highlight progress made with PEAR AI Assist and XMON AI Assist, which gives users instant answers, faster insights, and more intelligent decision-making. We’ll also will also introduce our broader AI vision for the contract lifecycle, including future capabilities such as Invoice AI and Renewal IQ. Get an exclusive first look at Contracts AI, with a live demo showing how AI can instantly extract key terms and convert complex documents into structured, searchable intelligence. Finally, we will share how our AI strategy is evolving to help you keep pace with regulatory demands, manage increasingly complex data ecosystems, and prepare for what comes next. This session will give you a clear picture of where the industry is heading and how we’re building AI capabilities that support smarter, more efficient operations.