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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

 
 
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
8:00 AM — 5:00 PMRegistration Open
8:00 AM — 5:00 PMExhibit Hall Open
8:00 AM — 9:30 AMContinental Breakfast
Sponsor: Navigant Consulting, Inc.
9:30 AM — 10:45 AM

General Session
Global Sound Practices and an Update to Legislative and Regulatory Issues *
Moderator:
John G. Gaine, Special Counsel, Managed Funds Association
Panelists:
David E. Franasiak, Williams & Jensen, PLLC
David Matteson, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Daniel Ryan, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
David Sawyier, Sidley Austin LLP

10:45 AM — 11:15 AM

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
Sponsor: Winston & Strawn LLP

11:15 AM — 12:30 PM

General Session - Panel
Innovative Solutions to Systemic Risk
Moderator:
Kevin Shannon, Moore Capital Management, LLC
Panelists:
Madelyn Antoncic, Lehman Brothers
Frank De Maria, Deriv/Serv
John Gammer, Eurex Clearing
Kim Taylor, CME Group
Sponsor: Newedge

12:30 PM — 2:00 PM

Luncheon
Keynote Speaker:
Peter Wallison, American Enterprise Institute

2:15 PM — 3:15 PM

General Session - Panel
Risk Matters: Latest Innovations in Risk Management
Moderator:
Carl F. Adams, Capital Framework Advisors LLC
Panelists:
Rae Etherington, ABN Amro
Brett Friedman, Ospraie Management, LLC
David A. Geffen, Barclay's Global Investors
Patrick J. McKenna, Deutsche Bank
Sponsor: Newedge

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
Panelists:
Aleks Kins, AlphaMetrix, LLC
Jay Muthuswamy, Kent State University
Co-Sponsors: Advantage Futures; Eurex

3:30 PM — 4:30 PMExhibitor Reception / Refreshment Break
4:00 PM — 4:30 PMMFA Annual Meeting
6:00 PM — 8:00 PMOff-Site Cocktail Reception
Cafe Brauer
Co-Sponsors: Newedge; Abraham Trading Company; Fortis Clearing Americas, LLC; Alston & Bird LLP; Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC

* 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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