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Waters Europe 2007 is the industry forum in which CIOs, CTOs, and senior IT managers of the major commercial and investment banks, asset management firms, hedge funds and other financial institutions can share ideas on meeting the challenges presented by an increasingly dynamic and regulated financial IT market.

Richard Semark
Managing Director – Client Trading and Execution,
UBS

Franck Sidon,
Chief Information Officer,
JEFFERIES INTERNATIONAL

Alain Benoist,
Debt & Finance Chief Information Officer
– Corporate and Investment Banking,
SOCIETE GENERALE

Andrew Mullock,
Chief Information Officer –
United Kingdom,
BNP PARIBAS

David Holcombe,
Head of E-Trading, Fixed Income,
DRESDNER KLEINWORT

Gabriel Sallah,
Grid/HPC Architect,
BARCLAYS CAPITAL

Steven Grill,
Chief Architect of Corporate,
Investment Banking and Markets,
HSBC

Juan Carlos Nieto,
Global Head of Business Development,
RABO SECURITIES

Sabrina Belkadi,
Executive Director, Co-Head – Global
Futures Product Development,
GOLDMAN SACHS

• Attend our exclusive CIO roundtable discussion to find out what the top goals will be for CIOs and CTOs in 2008, where technology investment will be focused, and how to support existing business strategy with long term strategic goals
• Participate in a series of interactive panel discussions covering the latest advances in algorithmic trading, high-performance computing, latency reduction in market data management, and transaction cost analysis
• Network with leading technology professionals from the world’s largest banks, asset managers and financial services firms during the breaks, lunch and the cocktail reception
• Learn how to transform your operations to a shared infrastructure via service oriented architecture in an exclusive presentation by HSBC
• Visit the Waters exhibition of leading service providers to learn about the latest information technology solutions available on the market

DELEGATE QUOTES FROM PRIOR WATERS EVENTS:

“Very good insights on future trends in technology – overall a great networking event.”
Gabriel Sallah, BARCLAYS CAPITAL

“The Waters congress is a dynamic, brilliant and engaging forum in which the industry’s leading figures show the way to the future of business and technology.”
Juan Carlos Nieto, RABO SECURITIES

“Excellent format, content and speakers. Very relevant topics and discourse.”
Rod Najimian, MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS

“The speakers were very knowledgeable and prepared to share key learning points”
Elmarie Van Breda, STANDARD BANK

“The conference was very informative. It covers interesting topics that are critical issues in the success of the business”
Jane Shi, WACHOVIA SECURITIES

 

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