2006 FIA BC/DR Industry-wide Testing Briefings

Tuesday, September 12
10:00 a.m. to Noon
New York Mercantile Exchange
One North End Avenue

Wednesday, September 20
10:00 a.m. to Noon
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
20 South Wacker Drive
**This event is not open to the Press.

Participating Exchanges and Clearing Organizations

  • CBOE Futures Exchange
  • Chicago Board of Trade
  • Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  • The Clearing Corporation
  • Eurex
  • Euronext.liffe
  • Kansas City Board of Trade / KCBT Clearing Corporation
  • New York Board of Trade / New York Clearing Corporation
  • New York Mercantile Exchange
  • The Options Clearing Corporation
  • Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
  • Meeting Facilitator
    John Rapa, FIA IT Division Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Committee and President and Chief Executive Officer, Tellefsen & Co. LLC.

    BC/DR Meeting Agenda
    To have preliminary discussions regarding the Industry-wide Disaster Recovery Test planned for Saturday, October 14, 2006. The test will allow firms to check their back-up sites with U.S. exchange back-up sites.

  • Overview of October 14, 2006 test
  • Test plans from participating exchanges
  • Status of Pre-testing(Connectivity/Ping testing)
  • Information update on the Industry-wide test (SIA, BMA, FIA, etc.)
  • Demonstration of common online test registration
  • Pandemic Planning Update
  • Invited Participants
    Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and Business Continuity Planning managers from futures commission merchants, exchanges, clearinghouses and key back office service providers are invited to attend.

    More Information
    Contact: Steve Proctor
    Tel. (202)772-3010
    sproctor@futuresindustry.org