Wednesday, February 13, 2008
8:00 AM — 2:00 PM	Registration Open
8:00 AM — 2:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 AM — 9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall Sponsor: Bank of New York Mellon
9:00 AM — 10:00 AM	Networking Lounge
10:00 AM — 10:45 AM	General Session - Panel 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 Presenter: Gregory Mocek, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
10:45 AM — 11:15 AM	Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
11:15 AM — 12:30 PM	General Session - Panel Getting to the Tipping Point: Breaking Down Barriers to Future Growth in Managed Futures Moderator: Michael Covel, Author, “Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets” and “The Complete Turtle Trader” Panelists: Salem Abraham, Abraham Trading Company Tony Gannon, Abbey Capital Limited Paul Wigdor, Superfund Asset Management, Inc.
12:30 PM — 2:00 PM	Keynote Luncheon Using Cognitive Neuroscience to Improve Manager Selection in Today’s Volatile Markets: How to Out-Think Your Brain Recent market turmoil has emphasized the importance of proper hedge fund selection, and raised the risk of making the wrong decisions. But why is it so hard to find funds that perform effectively once chosen? Why is it so difficult to outperform industry averages? Through the use of videos, graphics and the latest academic research, the first half of this talk will investigate how the hard-wiring of the human brain creates cognitive biases that can lead us to make incorrect decisions, and how to avoid falling prey to these biases. Have these biases among investors led to increased risk and reduced diversification in hedge fund portfolios? The second half of the talk will discuss alarming trends in hedge fund performance and correlation, and how fund investors can reduce risk and choose managers effectively in a newly volatile world. Keynote Speaker: Roy Niederhoffer, R.G. Niederhoffer Capital Management, Inc. Sponsor: Newedge
1:00 PM — 4:00 PM	Networking Lounge