Forex Network Chicago 2010

Forex Network Chicago

September 22-23, 2010
The Mid-America Club
200 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, IL

This event is FREE to qualifying members of the buy side*

8:30 Coffee & Registration

9:00 Keynote Address

Michael Nelson - Assistant General Counsel and Senior Vice President - Federal Reserve Bank of New York

9:30 Panel 1: The Liquidity Game - sponsored by Integral

• The impact of internalisation
• Re-cycled liquidity
• The impact of new liquidity providers?
• Coping with high frequency traders
• What price Dark Pools?

Paul Ainsworth- Vice President - Barclays Capital

Harpal Sandhu - CEO - Integral Development Corp.

Eddie Wen - Managing Director, Global Head of FX eCommerce - J.P. Morgan

10:30 Coffee Break sponsored by GAIN Capital

11:00 Spotlight

Julian Cook - Head of Quantitative Research - GFI FENICS

11:15 Panel 2: Execution.com - sponsored by ICAP

• The problem with commoditised execution
• Does agency work for the client?
• Buy or build?
• Collaboration between bank and client
• Can we prove best execution?
• The impact of dark pools

Paul Buckley - Director AES - Credit Suisse

Morgan McDonnell - Head, FX Markets and Product- RBC Dexia Investor Services

Dan Torrey - Head of IEB New Business-Americas - ICAP

12:15 Lunch

1:00 Perspectives on the Regulatory Landscape II

Gavin Wells - Financial Market Consultant - LCH.Clearnet

1:15 Panel 3: FX Options: Changing the Game- sponsored by SG

• What are the keys to volume growth?
• What is the next generation of options technology?
• Do we need new, more transparent risk management procedures?
• How can technology improve client relationships?
• The impact of the changing post-trade environment
• Differentiating oneself beyond the price
• Options on the exchange

Julian Cook - Head of Quantitative Research - GFI FENICS

Craig LeVeille - Director, FX Products - CME Group

Evgeni Mitkov - CEO - SurfacExchange

Mark Schlater - Managing Director, COO FX & PM Derivatives, UBS Investment Bank

2:15 Coffee Break sponsored by GAIN Capital

2:45 Spotlight: “What FX can learn from equities – and what it can’t”

Darren Jer - Co-Founder and COO -MarketFactory

3:00 Panel 4: Time to Rebrand? FX Prime Brokerage & the Clearing Debate - sponsored by J.P. Morgan

• What is the future of PB?
• Is there still room for niche players?
• Reaching downstream – how far do you go?
• What are the challenges to the buy side?
• How far do you go to customize technology for clients?
• Added services
• Cross asset class margining

David Faulkner - Global Prime Manager, ICAP

Dave Olsen, Managing Director, Global Head of OTC Clearing, J.P. Morgan

David Reid - Director, FX Prime Brokerage - Citi

Noel Singh - Head of FX Prime Brokerage - SEB

4:00 Coffee

4:30 Regulatory Update

Tom Rogers - Community Manager, Americas Treasury - Thomson Reuters

4:45 Panel 5: Technology and the Buy Side - sponsored by Traiana

• Buy or Build?
• Technology as a differentiator
• The impact of aggregators
• Single or multibank venues?
• Better returns through efficiency

Frederic Bettan - Managing Partner CEO - Swing Capital

Peter Hanson - Managing Partner - Astor Capital Management

Jim Kwiatkowski - Head of Sales – Americas - FXall

Nick Solinger - Chief Marketing Officer - Traiana

5:45 Cocktail Reception

Day 2

9:00 Coffee & Refreshments

9:30 Opening Address

Mike Gill - Senior Policy Advisor - Crowell and Moring

10:00 Panel 6: Proprietary Trading in a Cleared FX World – Sponsored by ICE

Doran Blatt - Head of Algorithmic Trading - DRW

Greg Ingrassia - Senior FX Trader - XR Trading

Ray McKenzie - VP of US Futures Market Development and Product Sales - ICE (Moderator)

Gordon Wallace - FX Asset Class Head - Infinium

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Perspectives on the Regulatory Landscape III

CME Group

11:45 Panel 7: STP: the answer to regulation? - sponsored by Dealhub

• Is the industry up to scratch?
• Post trade services in a regulated world
• Is clearing a panacea?
• Making a client’s life better – in reality
• Do we need a uniform process?
• Achievable efficiencies

Jonathan Butterfield - Director of Communications - CLS Group

Tim Finch - Head of Sales and Marketing- Dealhub

Brian Anderson - Product Manager- Wallstreet ESN- Wall Street Systems

12:45 Lunch

1:30 Panel 8: Survive or Thrive? The future of trading platforms - sponsored by Hotspot FX

• Multilateral competition
• What does it take to succeed? Will this change?
• Is there a role for niche players?
• Are clients really demanding multi-asset class trading?
• Beyond Average Daily Volumes

Phil Harris - CEO, Americas - 360T

Stephane Malrait - MD, Global Head of E-Commerce - Societe Generale

John Miesner - Managing Director, Global Head of Sales, Hotspot FX, LLC

Matt O'Hara - SVP, Head of Treasury, Americas - Thomson Reuters

Derek Sammann - MD, FX & IR Products - CME Group

2:30 Coffee

3:00 Panel 9: The Think-Tank: What is the Next Battleground in Differentiation?

• What will our industry look like at Forex Network Chicago 2011?
• Where are the critical bottlenecks?
• Can we avert over-zealous regulation?
• What is the next generation of trading tools?
• How do you differentiate yourself in a commoditised world?

Stamos Fokianos - MD, Global Head of FX eTrading - RBC Capital Markets

Chip Lowry - COO - Currenex

Jason Vitale - Global Head of FX Prime Brokerage Clearing - Deutsche Bank

4:00 Closing reception

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