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Wednesday, November 12
FIA Futures & Options Expo l November 10-12, 2008 l Hyatt Regency Chicago
Time 8:00
8:00
W9:00A
W9:00B
W9:00C
10:00
10:15
W10:45A
W10:45B
W10:45C
12:00
W1:00A
W1:00B
W1:00C
W2:15A
W2:15B
W2:15C
3:30
W4:00A
W4:00B
6:00
Program Event
Location
Registration Opens
Grand Foyer North (E)
Coffee sponsored by
International Suites (W)
The Options Clearing Corporation
Washington Outlook Regency A (W)
Chair: John Damgard, Futures Industry Association
Options at the Crossroads
Regency B (W)
Chair: Christopher Nagy, TD Ameritrade
Multi-Broker/Multi-Asset Class Platforms
Regency C (W)
Chair: Matthew Rees, R.J. O’Brien & Associates
Exhibit Hall Opens
Coffee sponsored by International Suites (W)
Chicago Board Options Exchange
Improving Markets: Lehman Lessons
Regency A (W)
Chair: Kenneth Raisler, Sullivan & Cromwell
Options Markets: The View from the Top
Regency B (W)
Chair: Matthew Andresen, Citadel Investment Group
Proprietary Exchange Interface vs. FIX Regency C (W)
Chair: Russell Abramson, J.P. Morgan Futures
Lunch sponsored by Dow Jones
Exhibit Hall (E)
New Concepts in Clearing
Regency A (W)
Chair: Peter Johnson, J.P. Morgan Futures
The Network is the Market Regency B (W)
Chair: Anthony Saliba, LiquidPoint
Beyond Algo
Regency C (W)
Chair: Robert Brown, BGC Partners
Futures of OTC Products
Regency A (W)
Chair: William Metzger, J.P. Morgan Futures
Trading Platforms
Regency B (W)
Chair: Joseph Sellitto, Susquehanna International Group
Crossing the Great Divide
Regency C (W)
Chair: John Rapa, Tellefsen and Company
Coffee sponsored by International Suites (W)
Chicago Board Options Exchange
Accessing International Markets
Regency A (W)
Chair: Nick Ronalds, FIA Asia
Electronic Trading of Options
Regency B (W)
Chair Donald Wilson, DRW Trading Group
FIA Futures Cares Charity Dinner
Hilton Chicago
(requires a separate ticket)
Wednesday Highlights
Washington Outlook
FIA President John Damgard will moderate a wide-ranging
discussion on the political trends affecting the derivatives
industry, starting with the landmark election of Barack Obama
as U.S. President. This panel of experts will also consider how
the new Democratic super-majority in Congress might address
issues of interest to our industry, such as the streamlining of
regulatory agencies, transaction taxes, and the regulation of OTC
derivatives. Panelists include Thomas Davis, an attorney at Davis
& Harman and a veteran observer of the Washington scene;
Terrence Duffy, executive chairman, CME Group; Michael Dunn,
the senior Democratic member of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission; David Keene, a political strategist and chairman
of the American Conservative Union; Johnathan Short, senior
vice president and general counsel at IntercontinentalExchange;
and Michael Stein, managing director of government relations at
Morgan Stanley.
Lehman Bankruptcy:
Lessons Learned
Kenneth Raisler, a partner with the law firm of Sullivan and
Cromwell and a member of the FIA board of directors, will lead
a panel of U.S. and European experts in a discussion on what the
industry has learned from the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
and the impact on Lehman’s clients. The panelists include
Ronald Filler, a former managing director in Lehman’s futures
division; Christopher Jones, head of risk management at LCH.
Clearnet; Edward Rosen, partner at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen &
Hamilton; Kimberly Taylor, president, clearinghouse division,
CME Group; Thilo Schwind, head of clearing and risk operations,
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Today's sessions will be in the
Hyatt's West Tower. Refer to the
back page for a hotel map.
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In the Exhibit Hall
OptionVue — Booth #533
Visit OptionVue Systems in Booth 533 to learn about cuttingedge software that can help you make better options trading
decisions.
Orion Recruiting — Booth #726
Visit Orion Recruiting for a chance to win $5,000!
You will not only find out what makes Orion
Recruiting the best recruiting specialists in the
financial industry, but also have the opportunity
to break into our prize safe by entering the correct
6-digit PIN code. Enter the correct code and win
$5,000! Drop off your business cards for a drawing to
win the 8GB iPOD Touch. Winner will be announced
on Wednesday.
Portware — Booth #211
Come by Booth 211 for an in-depth demo of Portware. Portware
LLC is the financial industry's leading developer of brokerneutral, automated portfolio trading software for global equities,
Redline Trading Solutions — Booth #723
Redline Trading Solutions in Booth 723 will be
discussing our state of the art low latency trading
platform which demonstrates less than 30 microseconds
latency with throughput of more than five million messages per
second. Copies of the STAC Benchmark Report for our InRush
ticker plant with newly released OPRA FAST for Symbology
feed handler will also be available.
Reliance Globalcom — Booth #522
Stop by the Reliance Globalcom Booth 522. Ask us how
you can access over 90 financial exchanges and trading
platform destinations using our layer 2 financial extranet, Yipes
FinancialConnect! And you will be entered to win a WowWee
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Eurex Clearing; and Ananda Radhakrishnan, Director, Division
of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission
The Business of Clearing
Peter Johnson, co-head of global futures and options at
J.P. Morgan Futures, will lead a panel of clearing leaders in a
discussion on new trends in the clearing of futures and options.
The panel will include representatives from CME Group, Eurex,
ICE Clear US, LCH.Clearnet, Liffe and the Options Clearing
Corp.
Options Markets:
The View from the Top
RapiData LLC — Booth #130
RapiData Delivers Lighting-Fast, Algorithmic-Friendly
Economic News Releases. Information is what makes
the market move. Stop by Booth 130 to find out how you
can try RapiData for 30 days – ABSOLUTELY FREE.
RCN Metro Optical Networks — Booth #234
Stop by Booth 234 for a chance to win Bose
QuietComfort® 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling®
Headphones!
Patsystems — Booth #105
Visit Patsystems, Booth 105, to test your trading skills
at the Patsystems TRADING COMPETITION! Each
participant will have two minutes to trade on Patsystems ProMark. The winning trader will be announced on the final day
of the Expo. In addition to the TRADING COMPETITION,
Patsystems will showcase its industry leading trading tools and
risk management products.
Wednesday Highlights
futures, options and FX. Portware provides highly integrated
solutions to streamline workflow and increase operational
efficiencies on trading desks worldwide.
on the financial landscape. What are the prospects for continued
growth in the equity options markets? How are recent exchange
combinations benefiting market participants? What is their
post-election view of regulation of exchange-traded derivatives?
Moderated by Matt Andresen, president of Citadel Execution
Services.
Accessing International Markets
Looking for new business opportunities in foreign markets?
This panel will feature top executives from derivatives exchanges
in Dubai, Japan, Mexico and Russia ready to answer your
questions about connectivity, co-location, omnibus accounts and
more.
Five options exchange leaders will discuss the impact of
recent changes in the equity options world and share their views
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In the Exhibit Hall
Rovio Wi-Fi Enabled Robotic WebCam! Drawing will be held
Wednesday, November 12, at 4:00 p.m. Good luck!
RMMSoft — Booth #431
We are the first high-tech firm ever from Mainland China
appearing at the FIA Expo to present its new generation of realtime margin control and risk management products. Visit us in
Booth 431 to see our amazing products or have a chat regarding
the potential in China, and you may receive a beautiful and
traditional Chinese handcrafted gift.
RTI — Booth #520
In today’s volatile financial markets, successful traders and
asset managers know how to maximize profit and reduce risk
with real-time, continuous market intelligence. Join RealTime Innovations (RTI) and Coral8 in Booth #520 for a
demonstration of Market Analysis, combining RTI’s messaging
middleware and Coral8’s Continuous Intelligence™ to capitalize
on volatility.
SpryWare — Booth #237
SpryWare will be talking about their Market Information
Server (MIS) and some of the new features released with their
fully managed ticker plant technology. With low latency and
data compression being the focus, new topics include CME
FAST certification, a new Java interface, and more. Come visit
SpryWare and get a flashing Super Ball while discussing your
market data needs.
TIBCO Software — Booth #628
Stop by the TIBCO booth 628 at the FIA Futures & Options
Expo to see the new TIBCO Messaging Appliance™ P-7500 and
to enter a drawing for an iPod Touch. And don’t miss the panel
discussion on Crossing the Great Divide with TIBCO’s Spencer
Greene, November 12 at 2:15 p.m.
Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. — Booth #426
TFX’s theme this year is Direct Market Access. At our booth,
staff will be happy to discuss how TFX is taking new measures to
facilitate global access to the TFX market. For more information,
please drop by for a chat and help yourself to some giveaways.
This year we are offering USB memory sticks and other attractive
novelties!
ULLINK — Booth #617
Visit the ULLINK booth for the solutions you need. Hundreds
of financial institutions entrust ULLINK with their connectivity
and trading needs.
Waverules, LLC — Booth #133
See if you can get one of us to drop into our dunk tank by playing
"Stump the Financial Engineer!" Visit Waverules in Booth 133.
Weather Insight — Booth #715
Changes in government weather forecasts actually move
commodity markets. What if you had real-time weather data
and market analytic tools that gave you a four-minute advantage
over traditional weather information? Weather Insight's new
First Insight Trader Dashboard offers the fastest dissemination of
weather forecast data available. The data is presented in a highly
useable format for instantaneous analysis and trade execution.
When combined with other proprietary market indicators,
traders may gain as much as a four-minute advantage over
competitors using the new WxI First Insight Trader Dashboard.
YJT Solutions — Booth #411
At YJT Solutions we know that your technology systems cannot
fail. Our clients understand that leveraging our expertise and
phenomenal track record in turning ideas into business results
is a high-return, low-risk investment. Stop by Booth 411 and
discover how together we can make your business thrive.
Expo On-Site Registration
Registration opens at 8:00 a.m. each day on the Grand
Ballroom level (East Tower) of the Hyatt Regency Chicago,
151 East Wacker Drive. The Exhibit Hall is open today from
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Fees (Member*/Non-Member):
Full Seminar...................$800/$950
Single Day......................$450/$525
Single Session ..............$110/$135
Luncheon ......................$65
FIA/OIC Investor ...........$50
Education Day
Exhibits Only..................$50
*Member rate applies to employees of
FIA member firms.
www.futuresindustry.org/expo
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Wednesday's sessions will take place in the West Tower.
The exhibit hall and registration desk remain in the East Tower.
Coffee Breaks
Today’s coffee breaks will be served at 8:00 a.m., 10:15 a.m.
and 3:30 p.m. courtesy of The Options Clearing Corporation
and the Chicago Board Options Exchange in the West Tower
International Suites (Acapulco, Hong Kong, Toronto).
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Networking Lunch sponsored
by Dow Jones
Join Dow Jones for a complimentary luncheon on Wednesday, from noon - 1:00 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall. Find out how
milliseconds matter on the trading floor and how Dow Jones's
solutions for algorithmic and quantitative trading can make the
difference between profits and lost opportunities. Come join your
peers for an ultra-low-latency lunch with great food and time for
networking courtesy of Dow Jones.
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Expo Highlights...
Exchange leader panel
Acting CFTC Chairman
Walt Lukken
Monday’s opening reception at
The Art Institute of Chicago
Expo Highlights...
FIA/Greater Chicago Food Depository Booth 239
(You still have a chance to win this Smart Car!)
Exhibit Hall
Dow Jones
LCH.Clearnet
Russell CyberLounge