May 13-15, 2009
Gaylord National Convention Center
National Harbor, Maryland

The FIA Law & Compliance Division holds a spring conference on the East Coast each year. Compliance officers, attorneys, and regulators consider issues affecting the legal and regulatory framework of the derivatives industry.

For sponsorship and exhibit opportunities, please e-mail Toni Vitale Chan or call +1.312.636.2919.
For questions regarding registration e-mail Damon Roberts or call +1.202.466.5460.

Keynote Speaker: Mark Halperin, Editor-at-Large and
Senior Political Analyst for TIME

Mark Halperin, editor-at-large and senior political analyst for TIME, covers politics, elections and debates for the magazine and TIME.com. Halperin is also the creator and author of TIME.com’s The Page, a news and analysis tip sheet that gathers and edits the latest political stories, campaign ads, TV clips, videos and campaign reactions from every news source, along with Halperin’s own analysis.

Prior to joining TIME in April 2007, Halperin worked at ABC News for nearly 20 years, where he covered five presidential elections and served as political director from November 1997 to April 2007. In that role, he was responsible for political reporting and planning for the network’s television, radio and Internet political coverage. He also appeared regularly on ABC News TV and radio as a correspondent and analyst, contributing commentary and reporting during election night coverage, presidential inaugurations and State of the Union speeches. Additionally, Halperin founded and edited the online publication The Note on abcnews.com.

Halperin remains a political analyst for ABC News, and is the author of The Undecided Voter’s Guide to the Next President (Harper Perennial, 2007) and the co-author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008 (Random House, 2006).