* Program subject to change
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
8:00 AM—11:00 AMRegistration and Coffee
 
8:45 AM—11:00 AMOpening Remarks
 
9:00 AM—11:00 AM
New York, New York

Chair:
John Damgard, President, Futures Industry Association

Speakers:
Bo Collins, President, New York Mercantile Exchange
Harry Falk, President and CEO, New York Board of Trade

 MARQUIS C
New York exchange leaders discuss their plans for 2004 and answer questions from the audience.
9:30 AM—11:00 AM
What's Next?

Chair:
Frank Perrone

Speakers:
John Davidson, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Yew-Meng Fong, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Futures Inc.
Ron Hersch, Senior Managing Director, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Ira Krulik, Director, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Michael Schaefer, Managing Director, Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 MARQUIS C
FCM business leaders discuss the future of the industry and how operations staff needs to support the business going forward.
10:45 AM—11:00 AMCoffee
 
11:15 AM
FIA Law & Compliance Division presents Hot Topics

Chair:
Thomas Hayes, Senior Vice President, Man Financial Inc.

Speakers:
Scott Diamond, Senior Vice President, Prudential Financial Derivatives, LLC
Tim O'Neal Lorah, Vice President, Morgan Stanley
Brian Regan, Vice President and Counsel, New York Mercantile Exchange
Howard Schneider, Partner, Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman

 MARQUIS C
This session will cover new NFA rules regarding Forex trading, recent CFTC enforcement decisions in the energy markets, Nymex Clearport and other Nymex issues, plus anti-money laundering and the CFTC Part 30 rule proposal.
 
FIA Chicago presents Underneath the Hood

Chair:
Bernard Sapato, Managing Director, Bear, Stearns Securities Corporation

Speakers:
Stephen Auerbach, President, SunGard Futures Systems
John Davidson, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Wendell Kapustiak, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch
Frank Perrone
Robert Sylverne, Chief Executive Officer, Rolfe & Nolan
Didier Varlet, Chairman, Ubitrade

 MARQUIS A/B
New exchanges, new products, and new technologies are good for the industry, but create operational risks and challenges. This panel will discuss the impact of changes in the landscape on settlement, margining, collateral, options exercise and assignments, balancing, and costs. How do operational professionals juggle all of the behind-the-scenes activity to present a seamless view to the client?
12:30 PM
Ask Your Regulator Luncheon

Chair:
Gary DeWaal, Senior Executive Vice President, Director, Global and Legal Compliance, Fimat USA, Inc.

Speakers:
James Carley, Director, Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Audrey Hirschfeld, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, New York Board of Trade
Thomas LaSala, Senior Vice President, New York Mercantile Exchange
Dean Payton, Vice President, Office of Investigations and Audits, Chicago Board of Trade
Michael Piracci, Associate Director, National Futures Association
Eric Wolff, Managing Director, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

 MAJESTIC COMPLEX
2:00 PM—11:00 AM
New Dimensions in Clearing

Chair:
Wendell Kapustiak, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch

Speakers:
Mark Baumgardner, Vice President Product and Business Development, The Options Clearing Corporation
George Haase, President, New York Clearing Corporation
Thomas LaSala, Senior Vice President, New York Mercantile Exchange
Leonard Musso, First Vice President, Lehman Brothers Inc.
Bernie Sapato, Managing Director, Bear, Stearns Securities Corporation
Don Sternard, Vice President, Client Marketplace Services, The Clearing Corporation
Kimberly Taylor, Managing Director and President, Clearing House Division, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

 MARQUIS C
New clearing systems, clearing links, changes in acceptable collateral, new protocols and new products are demanding unprecedented resources for cleaing. How are these projects faring? Are we seeing the payoff yet for these investments? What changes do clearinghouse leaders see for the balance of the year?
 
FIA Information Technology Division presents Be Careful What You Wish For

Chair:
Jerry Tellefsen, Chairman, Tellefsen Consulting Group, Inc.

Speakers:
Charles Bebel, Vice President, Clearing Operations, New York Mercantile Exchange
Sam Gaer, Chief Information Officer, New York Mercantile Exchange
Richard Hughes, Director, Operations, UBS Securities LLC
John Munro, Senior Vice President Product Design, Rolfe & Nolan
Brian Sayler, Vice President, New York Clearing Corporation
Reggie Shivers, Vice President Operations, Fimat USA, Inc.
David Sternberg, Director, Clearing Technology, New York Board of Trade

 MARQUIS A/B
You may get it! The New York exchanges are making dramatic changes in the way they deliver clearing services. The clearing and technology professionals from the New York exchanges will bring you up-to-date on what they are doing and when.
3:15 PM—11:00 AMCoffee
 
3:45 PM—11:00 AM
Vendor Solutions

Chair:
Leonard Musso, First Vice President, Lehman Brothers Inc.

Speakers:
Stephen Auerbach, President, SunGard Futures Systems
Rose Baumann, Vice President, WTD Consulting, Inc.
Anne Byerwalter, Senior Account Manager, Ubitrade
Mark Connelly, Senior Manager, American Express Tax and Business Services Inc.
Jose Lopez, Vice President, GL Trade
Christine Show, Senior Vice President, Fimat USA, Inc.
Robert Sylverne, Chief Executive Officer, Rolfe & Nolan

 MARQUIS A/B
Automation is good, but we're still a long way from STP. Firms have contracted with a variety of vendors to try to address problems in the system. No one vendor offers a seamless solution. Managing interfaces between vendors who don't use the same protocols, pricing codes, and product codes is challenging. What is the solution?
5:00 PM—11:00 AMReception
 

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