DOUBLE DIAMOND SPONSOR DIAMOND SPONSORS PREMIUM SPONSORS PRIME SPONSORS Advantage Futures
Aviva Capital Management
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE)
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
O'Connor Davies Financial Services, LLC
Rothstein Kass
Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC |
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Schedule at a Glance
| Monday, June 23, 2008 | | 8:00 AM — 5:00 PM | Registration Open | | 8:00 AM — 5:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open | | 8:00 AM — 10:00 AM | Continental Breakfast
| | 9:00 AM — 9:30 AM | Press Briefing (Only open to members of the media) | | 9:45 AM — 10:00 AM | Conference Welcome Remarks
| | 10:00 AM — 12:30 PM | Educational Seminar Series:
MFA's Sound Practices for Hedge Fund Managers
Industry Standards of Excellence | | 10:00 AM — 10:15 AM | Opening Remarks* | | 10:15 AM — 11:30 AM | General Session - Panel 1 *
Sound Practices Highlights & Recent Developments
| | 11:30 AM — 12:30 PM | General Session - Panel 2 *
Investor Disclosure and Due Diligence
| | 12:30 PM — 2:00 PM | Luncheon
| | 2:15 PM — 3:15 PM | General Session - Panel
Un-limited Partnerships: Responsibilities to Investors
| | 3:15 PM — 3:45 PM | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
| | 3:45 PM — 4:45 PM | General Session - Panel
Growing Your Business to Grow Your Portfolio: What are Your Options?
| | 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM | MFA Key Member & Sponsor Reception
(Invitation Only)
| | 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM | Welcome Reception at The Fairmont Chicago
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| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 | | 8:00 AM — 5:00 PM | Registration Open | | 8:00 AM — 5:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open | | 8:00 AM — 9:30 AM | Continental Breakfast
| | 9:30 AM — 10:45 AM | General Session
Global Sound Practices and an Update to Legislative and Regulatory Issues *
| | 10:45 AM — 11:15 AM | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
| | 11:15 AM — 12:30 PM | General Session - Panel
Innovative Solutions to Systemic Risk
| | 12:30 PM — 2:00 PM | Luncheon | | 2:15 PM — 3:15 PM | General Session - Panel
Risk Matters: Latest Innovations in Risk Management
| | 3:30 PM — 4:30 PM | General Session - Panel
The Algorithm is Gonna Get You: An Academic and Practitioner Discussion on High Frequency Trading Methods
| | 3:30 PM — 4:30 PM | Exhibitor Reception / Refreshment Break | | 4:00 PM — 4:30 PM | MFA Annual Meeting | | 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM | Off-Site Cocktail Reception
Cafe Brauer
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| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 | | 8:00 AM — 12:00 PM | Registration Open | | 8:00 AM — 9:30 AM | Refreshment Break
| | 9:30 AM — 10:30 AM | General Session - Panel
The Bottom Line: Valuing Your Assets and NAV | | 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM | Star Search Program and Brunch |
* For NY accountants, CPE credit may be available for these sessions. Applications to NYS CPE Board pending. Delegates wanting CPE credit must sign in and sign out.
SPONSORS |
Abraham Trading Company | Advantage Futures | AlphaMetrix,LLC | Alston & Bird LLP | Arthur Bell, Certified Public Accountants | Aviva Capital Management | Bode & Associates, Inc. | Campbell & Company, Inc. | Chesapeake Capital Corporation | Citco Fund Services (USA) Inc. | CME Group | DLA Piper | DTCC Deriv/SERV LLC | Eclipse Capital Management, Inc. | Eurex | Fortis Clearing Americas, LLC | IntercontinentalExchange | John W. Henry & Company, Inc. | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | MF Global | Navigant Consulting, Inc. | Newedge | New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. | O'Connor Davies Financial Services, LLC | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | Rabar Market Research | Ropes & Gray LLP | Rothstein Kass | R.J. O'Brien | Sidley Austin LLP | Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP | SSARIS Advisors, LLC | Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC | Welton Investment Corporation | Winston & Strawn LLP
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E-BROCHURE SPONSOR
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