Forex Network Chicago 2009

Forex Network Chicago: “2010: A Forex Odyssey”

September 23-24, 2009
The Mid-America Club, AON Center
200 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, IL

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

DAY 1

8:30 Registration & Morning coffee

9:00 Keynote Address : “Risk Management Now”
Craig Donohue – CEO – CME Group

9:30 Panel 1: “Brother Can You Spare a PB Line?”
Sponsored by J.P. Morgan

• The cost of credit
• How to retain PB business
• Servicing managers of all sizes
• Re-shaping the PB industry

Nicholas Britell - Portfolio Manager and Principal - Covepoint Capital Advisors LLC.

Andrew Coyne - Managing Director, Head of FX Prime Brokerage - Citi Group

Daniel Goldman – CEO - Ketch Capital Management LLC

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

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Snapshot: “Back to Front”

Patrick Philpott - President - DealHub USA

11:15 Panel 2: Proprietary Algorithmic Trading in Foreign Exchange
Sponsored by ICE

Moderator: Ray McKenzie – Vice President, US Futures Product Sales – ICE Futures US

Greg Ingrassia – Head of FX -The Hanley Group

Aaron Lebovitz - Managing Director, Algorithmic and Event Driven Trading - Infinium Capital Management

Erik Lehtis - Head of FX Trading - Wolverine Trading LLC

12:15 Lunch

1:00 Snapshot

Nick Dyne - Head of Business Development and Founder - Logicscope Limited

1:15 Panel 3: Which Way is Up? Where Now for the Dollar?

• The dollar post- credit crunch
• Where is the value in currencies?
• Best trade – worst trade
• Is Carry dead?
• New sources of Alpha in currency

David Gilmore - Partner - Foreign Exchange Analytics

Adrian Schmidt – Head of Research – C-View

Jules Staniewicz – CEO - Dostan LLC

2:15 Coffee

2:45 Panel 4: “The Strip: Can currency optioHighlighted Textns still be sexy?”

• Nearly 30 years since inception, currency options are facing a crisis of confidence – what will it take to grow volume?
• The technology challenges facing the industry
• Evolving trading venues
• Differentiating oneself beyond the price
• Online execution/offline service

Simon Ho – Executive Director, Founding Partner– Triple 3 Partners

Craig LeVeille – Director, FX Products - CME Group

Austin Weigel - Trader - Citigroup Derivatives

Michael O’Keefe - Director, Head of G10 FX Options - Barclays Capital

Josh Piedstrup - Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager - Vara Capital Vara Capital

3:45 Coffee

4:15 Panel 5: “Understanding how the buy side thinks”

• Compartmentalizing risk
• Solutions for managing VaR
• Identifying areas of liquidity
• Does the buy side want OTC clearing?

Moderator: John Netto - President - M3 Capital

John R. Annicelli –Chief Operating Officer - Xplor Capital Management, LLC.

Simon Ho – Executive Director, Founding Partner– Triple 3 Partners

Greg Ingrassia – Head of FX -The Hanley Group

Bob Marcellus – President, Founder - Richmond Group Fund Co. Ltd.

5:30 Closing Cocktails sponsored by CME at the Park Grill, Millennium Park

8:30 - After Party sponsored by ICAP at The Lux Bar, 18 E. Bellevue on Rush Street, Concludes at 23:30

DAY 2:

9:00 Morning coffee

9:30 introductory address
David Poole - COO - Client Knowledge

10:00 Panel 6: “The Dating Game: Finding the Right Match”

• The ECN industry in 2010
• Are the big getting bigger
• Can niche venues survive
• Protecting against falling trade volumes
• Differentiating your platform

Moderator: David Poole - COO - Client Knowledge

Paul Buckley –Director - Credit Suisse

Chip Lowry – COO - Currenex

Matt O'Hara - Senior Vice President, Head of Treasury - Thomson Reuters

Dan Torrey - Head of New Business – Americas - ICAP EBS

Philip Weisberg - CFA , Chief Executive Officer - FXall

11:00 Coffee

11:30 Panel 7: “The Buffet: Picking the Right Mix”

• Benefits of trading FX as an asset class
• Areas of opportunity
• Importance of retail in FX markets
• Can any lessons be learned from other markets?
• Managed currency funds
• Retail FX
• Determining the right mix of currency managers in a currency-only FOF
• What is the right portfolio mix for pension funds?

Joe Conlan - Global Head of FX Sales - FC Stone, LLC

Stephen A Jury - Chief Investment Officer - Tradex Capital Markets

Jon Stein – Managing Director – Parker Global Strategies

Betsy S. Waters - Global Director dbFX - Deutsche Bank

12:30 Lunch

1:15 Panel 8: Forex Network Showcase - New Companies and Technologies

• New technology trends
• Is low latency technology spend on the rise?
• What can FX learn from Equities low latency trading ?
• “Latency I’m Loving it” - are we facing FX Arbitrage 2.0 ?
• What affect will high speed FX have on counterparty relationships ?
• The do’s and don’ts of ‘Around the World in 80m/s”

Sponsored by FXecosystem, Hibernia Atlantic

Moderator: Jon Vollemaere - Managing Partner Europe & Co Founder - FXecosystem

Kelly Adams - Chief Technology Officer -FX Concepts Inc

Joseph Hilt - VP of Sales North America- Hibernia Atlantic

Darren M. Jer - Co-Founder, Head of Sales and COO- MarketFactory, Inc

2:15 Coffee

2:45 Panel 9: The Think-Tank: Regulation or Self-Regulation - Dealing with the remaining risks in the FX market

• OTC and the Exchange
• What products work where?
• Mixing post-trade services
• Dealing with the threat of greater oversight
• How can self-regulation in FX help avoid forced rules?
• How can the FX industry ensure the market can grow in line with regulator's wishes?

Jonathan Butterfield – CLS Group

Derek Sammann – Global Head of FX – CME Group

Gavin Wells – Consultant - LCH.Clearnet Limited

3:45 Closing Cocktails sponsored by Wall Street Systems at the Mid America Club

*The definition of "Buy side" firms encompasses investing institutions such as mutual funds, pension funds, insurance companies, independent traders, hedge funds, CTAs, asset managers, and corporates.

Vendors or consultants supplying technology or services to the buy side will be treated as non-exhibiting vendors.

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