Forex Network Chicago 2008

Forex Network Chicago 2008 September 24-25

This event is free for delegates from buy side firms

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DAY ONE

9:00 Registration & Morning coffee - (sponsored by Integral)

9:30 Keynote
Jeffrey C. Sprecher - Founder, Chairman & CEO - IntercontinentalExchange (ICE)

10:00 Panel One - Gateways: FX Market Access & Distribution

Moderator: Colin Lambert – Editor – Profit & Loss

Brian B. Duff Jr. - Head of FX Prime Brokerage Sales for North America - RBS Global Banking & Markets

Dave Reid – Director, FX Prime Brokerage, Citi

Eddie Wen – Global Head of Rates and FX eCommerce – JP Morgan

Paul Buckley –Director - Credit Suisse

11:00 Coffee Break - (sponsored by Integral)

11:30 Panel II - Second Generation: The evolution of Trading Platforms

Moderator: Colin Lambert – Editor – Profit & Loss

Chip Lowry - Chief Operating Officer – Currenex

Edward Brown - Executive Vice President of Business Development and Research - ICAP EBS

Josh Levy - Executive-director - Tactical Group Holdings LLC

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

Philip Weisberg - CFA, Chief Executive Officer – Fxall

12:30 Lunch - (sponsored by GFI Group)

13:30 Snapshot – FXSettle

Rick Sears - President and Chief Sales Officer - FXMarketSpace

13:45 Panel III - Exchange Traded: the Future of FX on the Exchange

Moderator: Colin Lambert – Editor – Profit & Loss

David Schulz - Director, CME FX Products - CME Group

Patrick Lahey - Managing Director - WH Trading UK

Ray McKenzie - Vice President - ICE Futures US

14:45 Coffee - (sponsored by Integral)

15.05 Panel IV - Perspectives: FX in 2008

Moderator: Colin Lambert – Editor – Profit & Loss

Daniel Goldman – CEO - Ketch Capital Management LLC

George T. Dowd, III, Director - Newedge USA, LLC

Harpal Sandhu – CEO - Integral

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

16:00 Panel V - Retail Radar

• Importance of retail in forex markets
a) estimated size
b) trading activity

• Why approach/service retail markets?

• Issues/problems with retail traders. High churn? Credit issues? Profitability?

• Where do you find them? How do you “grow” them?

Moderator: Ginger Szala - Publisher/Editorial Director - Futures Magazine Group

Albert Maasland – Senior Executive Director, Head of Europe – Saxo Bank

Glenn Stevens – CEO - GAIN Capital Group

Tom Ryan – Director, BARX Sales - Barclays Capital

17:00 Close

17:30 - Cocktail Reception (sponsored by CME Group)
Being held at The Plaza at Park Grill in the Millennium Park, 11 North Michigan Avenue (located directly across the street from the Aon building). Concludes at 20:00

20:30 - After Party (sponsored by ICAP)
Being held at The Lux Bar, 18 E. Bellevue on Rush Street. Concludes at 23:30

DAY TWO

9:00 Morning Coffee

9:45 Panel VI - Multi Asset Class Trading
– making the most of the opportunities through efficient middle and back office process

Moderator: David Setters - Senior Associate - Contango Markets

Alun Green – General Manager, GMI and Octagon – SunGard

Ann Marie Davis – Managing Director, Global Head of Operations - Citadel Solutions

Robert Gaffney – Chief Operating Officer, ETD - UBS

Tim Doar - Managing Director, Risk Management - CME Group

10:45 Coffee Break

11:15 Snapshot - Timing Is Everything

James Sinclair – CEO - MarketFactory, Inc

11:35 Panel VII - Commodities: New Markets or Old?

Moderator: Julius A. Staniewicz – CEO - Dostan LLC

Christopher M. Strong, Ph.D. - Director of Research - Liberty Funds Group, Inc.

Patrick Birley - Chief Executive Officer - European Climate Exchange

Patrick Catania - Head International Relations - National Commodities & Derivatives Exchange, India (NCDEX)

12:45 Lunch

13:45 Snapshot - Overcoming FX Volume Constraints while remaining CLS compliant

Patrick Philpott - President – DealHub (USA)

14.00: Panel VIII - Currency Management in 2008

Moderator: Colin Lambert – Editor – Profit & Loss

Frederic Bettan - Managing Partner & CEO - Swing Capital Inc.

James F. Lubin - Principal & Director - Hyman Beck & Company, Inc

Jonathan Webb - Portfolio Manager - C View

15:00 Coffee

15.30 Panel IX - The Think Tank: The Future of the FX market

Moderator: Colin Lambert – Editor – Profit & Loss

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

Erik Lehtis - Head of FX Trading - Wolverine Trading LLC

Jacqueline Liau - NA Head of FX and Rates PB, Fixed Income Prime Brokerage - Deutsche Bank

16:30 - Close

*Programme is subject to change