General Info
About MFA & Network 2008
Deadlines
Delegate List
Future Conferences
Schedule at a Glance
Monday, February 11
Tuesday, February 12
Wednesday, February 13
Speakers
Speaker Bios
Exhibitor Info
Exhibitor Benefits
Exhibit Space Information
Exhibit Hall Schedule
Exhibit Hall Events
Exhibit Booth Fees
Exhibitor List
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship Benefits
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Registration/Housing
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The Ritz- Carlton Amenities
Managed Funds Association
February 11-13, 2008
The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, FL
Network 2008
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Double Diamond Sponsor

Diamond Sponsors

Premium Sponsors

Prime Sponsors

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Navigant Consulting, Inc.

O'Connor Davies Financial Services, LLC

Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC


 
Speakers and Sessions

Salem Abraham, President, Abraham Trading Company
"Getting to the Tipping Point: Breaking Down Barriers to Future Growth in Managed Futures"

J.P. Bruynes
, Investment Funds, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
"Sound Practices Highlights"

Charles Cassidy, Director of Operational Due Diligence, Cambridge Associates LLC
Beyond Returns Workshops: Ready, Set, Disclose - "Due Diligence Questionnaire - How to Fill One Out"

Norman Champ, III, General Counsel, Chilton Investment Company, LLC
"Sound Practices Highlights"

Susanne
Clark, General Counsel, Basso Capital Management
"Sound Practices Highlights"

Michael Covel, Author, "Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets" and "The Complete Turtle Trader"
"Getting to the Tipping Point: Breaking Down Barriers to Future Growth in Managed Futures"

Craig Donohue, CEO, CME Group
Keynote Luncheon - Tuesday

Kate Dressel, President, Strstegic Compliance Solutions, LLC
Beyond Returns Workshops: Ready, Set, Disclose - "Personal Background Checks on Investors"

Marcy Engel, COO and General Counsel, Eton Park Capital Management, L.P,
Opening Remarks

David Franasiak, Partner, Williams & Jensen, PLLC
"State of the Industry - A Legal and Regulatory Update"

John G. Gaine
, President, Managed Funds Association
"State of the Industry - A Legal and Regulatory Update"

Tony Gannon, CEO, Abbey Capital Limited
"Getting to the Tipping Point: Breaking Down Barriers to Future Growth in Managed Futures"

Michael Garvey, Vice President, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Mgt., Inc.
Beyond Returns Workshops: Ready, Set, Disclose - "Operational Due Diligence"

Jay B. Gould, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
"Beyond Returns: What Allocators Want to Know"

Von Hughes, Managing Director, PAAMCO

"Beyond Returns: What Allocators Want to Know"

Cary Klivan, Managing Director, Amber Partners (USA), Inc.
Beyond Returns Workshops: Ready, Set, Disclose - "Operational Due Diligence"

Richard Marshall, Ropes & Gray LLP
"Sound Practices: Investor Disclosure and Due Diligence"


David M. Matteson
, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
"State of the Industry - A Legal and Regulatory Update"

Gregory Mocek, Director of Enforcement, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
"Do You Know if Your Fund's Valuations and Trading of Financials, Futures, and Physical are Simply Aggressive or Illegal - Fraud and Manipulation Traps by the Nation's Top Cop"

Michael C. Neus, General Counsel, Perry Capital LLC
"Sound Practices: Investor Disclosure and Due Diligence"

Roy Niederhoffer, R.G. Niederhoffer Capital Management, Inc.
"Using Cognitive Neuroscience to Improve Manager Selection in Today's Volatile Markets: How to Out-Think Your Brain"
Keynote Luncheon - Wednesday

Marilyn Selby Okoshi, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Beyond Returns Workshops: Ready, Set, Disclose - "Due Diligence Questionnaire - How to Fill One Out"

Anthony L. Perricone, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
"State of the Industry - A Legal and Regulatory Update"

Todd E. Petzel, CIO, Offit Capital Advisors
"Beyond Returns: What Allocators Want to Know"

Russel Read, CIO, CalPers
"Principles and Practices for Hedge Fund Investors: Highlights of Recommendations"
Keynote Speaker - Tuesday

Paul Roth
, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
"State of the Industry - A Legal and Regulatory Update"

Karan Sampson, Director, Hedge Funds, Greenwich Associates
Beyond Returns Workshops: Ready, Set, Disclose - "Communications with the Institutional Investor - Knowing your Audience"

Kevin Shannon
, Executive Vice President, Moore Capital Management, LLC
"Sound Practices Highlights"

Michael E. Singer, Co-President, Ivy Asset Management
"Sound Practices: Investor Disclosure and Due Diligence"

Kenneth S. Springer, President, Corporate Resolutions Inc.
Beyond Returns Workshops: Ready, Set, Disclose - "Personal Background Checks on Investors"

Marshall Terry, Sandelman Partners, L.P.
"Sound Practices Highlights"

James F. Tomeo
, COO & Senior Portfolio Manager, SSARIS Advisors, LLC
"Beyond Returns: What Allocators Want to Know"

John R. Torell, IV, Chief Financial Officer, Tudor Investment Corporation
"Sound Practices Highlights"

Paul Wigdor
, COO, Superfund Asset Management, Inc.
"Getting to the Tipping Point: Breaking Down Barriers to Future Growth in Managed Futures"

Tracy Wills-Zapata, Managing Director - Global Business Development, Campbell & Company, Inc.
Beyond Returns Workshops: Ready, Set, Disclose - "Communications with the Institutional Investor - Knowing your Audience"

 

SPONSORS
Abraham Trading Company | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Alston & Bird LLP | Arthur Bell, Certified Public Accountants | Aviva Capital Management | Bank of New York Mellon | Bode & Associates, Inc. | Campbell & Company, Inc. | Chesapeake Capital Corporation | CME Group | Corporate Resolutions Inc. | Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | Eclipse Capital Management, Inc. | IntercontinentalExchange | Investor Analytics | John W. Henry & Company, Inc. | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | MF Global | Morgan Stanley | Navigant Consulting, Inc. | Newedge | New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. | O'Connor Davies Financial Services, LLC | Quality Capital Management Limited | RBS Greenwich Capital | R.J. O'Brien | Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP | SSARIS Advisors, LLC | Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC | Welton Investment Corporation
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