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Program

8.00	Registration and breakfast
8.30	Welcome address: Donna Miskin, Editor, WATERS
8.35	Keynote address: Carol Dow, Principal, VANGUARD
9.15	Plenary address: Rajiv Shah, Chief Executive, Securities and Capital Markets, WIPRO
9.40	CIO Roundtable Discussion What are the priorities for CIOs and CTOs in 2008? Examining where new IT investment will be focused over the next year: Balancing the need for tactical solutions to support existing business growth vs. longer term strategic goals Deploying the optimal mix of technology resources within a firm, including employees, contractors and outsourcing Technology innovation: In which areas should we expect significant advances in new technology over the next couple of years? Moderator: Donna Miskin, Editor, WATERS Susan Certoma, Chief Information Officer, WACHOVIA Michael Radziemski, Chief Information Officer, LORD, ABBETT & CO Steven Randich, Chief Information Officer - Citi Markets and Banking, CITIGROUP Steven Rubinow, CIO, NYSE EURONEXT
10.30	Morning break and opportunity to visit the exhibition
	STREAM ONE – On the Floor: How Business Exploits Technology	STREAM TWO – Behind the Scenes: Compliance, Technology and Outsourcing
11.00	Chairperson's opening remarks: Frank Greco, Vice President - Fixed Income Technology and Analytics, LEHMAN BROTHERS	Chairperson's opening remarks: Shankar Krishnamony, Client Partner, WIPRO
11.05	Panel Discussion: Looking Beyond Equities - The Next Phase in Algorithmic Trading? Exploring what algorithms will be developed in the fixed-income space Liquidity Market access Cross-asset trading: Examining the use of multi-asset algorithms Structured products Assessing the impact of MiFID on algorithmic trading Moderator: Brad Bailey, Senior Analyst, AITE GROUP Eric Karpman, Vice President, BNY MELLON ASSET MANAGEMENT Daniel Doscas, Senior Vice President, HSBC SECURITIES Guy Cirillo, Global Channel Sales Manager, CREDIT SUISSE	Panel Discussion: Human Capital Management - Examining Outsourcing Strategies that Work for Your Firm Determining what operations to outsource and what to leave in house Overcoming the inherent risks involved with outsourcing Managing the “politics” of outsourcing Moderator: Phil Albinus, Special Projects Editor, WATERS Rajeev Agarwal, Senior Vice President, IT Strategic Planning and PMO, STATE STREET CORPORATION Andreas Manz, Global Head of IT Centers of Excellence, CREDIT SUISSE Peter Nag, Head of Global Wealth Management – Offshore Initiative, CITIGROUP
11.55	Presentation: Exploring the Feasibility of Multi-Asset Class Trading Systems Straight through processing Examining issues in central counter-party clearing FX Exploring the rise of different asset classes Examining technologies that support all assets Thomas Chippas, Head of Autobahn Equity North America, DEUTSCHE BANK	Panel Discussion: Successfully Implementing Virtualization Across the Data Center Infrastructure Examining virtualization across data centers: compute, storage and networks Assessing the business benefits of virtualization Leveraging data-center virtualization for agility, fast time-to market and dynamic scalability. Moderator: Professor Bernard Donefer, Associate Director – Subotnick Financial Services Center, Wasserman Trading Floor/Adjunct Assistant Professor, BARUCH COLLEGE Vern Brownell, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, EGENERA Ryan Bagnulo, Head of Architecture & Innovation - Corporate Investment Banking Technology, WACHOVIA Dave Leonard, CTO, INFOCROSSING - A Wipro company Head Bubba, VP, IT Research and Development, CREDIT SUISSE
12.45	Lunch
1.45	Panel discussion: Latency Reduction and Data Management for the Enterprise Overcoming speed and volume issues whilst handling market data Reducing latency when accessing market data Futures and options Moderator: Mayiz Habbal, Managing Director, CELENT Scott Atwell, Manager, FIX Trading and Connectivity, AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS Steve Hansen, Vice President, Manager Market Data, SOCIETE GENERALE Patrick May, Director of Sales Engineering, GIGASPACES Sinan Baskan, Director for Financial Markets Solutions, SYBASE David Brukman, Chief Technology Officer, INTERACTIVE DATA REAL TIME SERVICES	Panel Discussion: Examining Issues in Green Computing and the Efficient Management of Data Centers Examining issues in energy consumption and control What technologies support green computing? How green initiatives can add value to the business process Moderator: Christopher Mines, Senior Vice President, FORRESTER RESEARCH Stephen Hilton, Managing Director and Head of Enterprise Servers and Storage, CREDIT SUISSE Rick Jacobsen, Managing Director - Financial Services Sector, INTEL AMERICAS Dick Sullivan, Director of Enterprise Solutions Marketing, EMC Kevin Leahy, Director of Global Technology Services Marketing, IBM Other panelists to be confirmed
2.35	Presentation: Brave New World - Successful Strategies in Derivatives Trading Examining technologies that are optimal for derivatives trading Overcoming the challenges, risks and costs of derivatives trading Using derivatives to generate alpha in the portfolio George Vega, Managing Director - Capital Markets Technology, Corporate & Investment Bank Technology, WACHOVIA	Presentation: Assessing the Convergence and Impact of Grid and Virtualization Analyzing emerging virtualization technologies and trends Low-latency grid solutions Determining the appropriate software for grid applications Examining the benefits of the convergence of grid and virtualization Steven Grill, Architect of Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets, HSBC
3.15	Afternoon break and opportunity to visit the exhibition
3.45	Panel Discussion: Transaction Cost Analysis: The True “Best Execution” Strategies for implementing a cost-effective trading process Enhancing the value of the investment process and aligning trading desk processes with investment goals Moderator: Balaji Adiseshan, Global Product Manager – Risk & Compliance Products, HCL TECHNOLOGIES Robert Kissell, Head of Quantitative Trading Strategy, JP MORGAN CHASE David Depew, Senior Vice President, PUTNAM INVESTMENTS Eldar Nigmatullin, Principal, STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS	Panel Discussion: Cool Chips and Hot Performance - Innovative Solutions for Boosting Processing Power and Achieving High-Performance Computing Hardware acceleration strategies Examining the advantages of multi-core processing Increasing processing power whilst maintaining an efficient level of power consumption Overcoming challenges in memory bandwidth The need for speed: Meeting the challenges associated with the rise in market data Moderator: Kevin McPartland, Senior Analyst, TABB GROUP Thanos Mitsolides, SVP - Fixed Income Technology and Analytics, LEHMAN BROTHERS Steven Grill, Chief Architect of Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets, HSBC Stevan Vidich, Industry Architect, MICROSOFT FINANCIAL SERVICES
4.35	Plenary Panel: Analyzing the Impact of Market Structure Changes as a Result of MiFID and Reg NMS Regulatory change and the fragmentation of liquidity Analyzing the emergence of multi-lateral trading facilities in a post-MiFID world Measuring the impact on algorithmic trading Market access Sourcing pools of dark liquidity Exchange consolidation Moderator: Matthew Simon, Research Analyst, TABB GROUP Joe Gawronski, President/Chief Operating Officer, ROSENBLATT SECURITIES INC. Daniel Doscas, Senior Vice President, HSBC SECURITIES Dave Herron, Chief Executive Officer, CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE
5.25	Chairperson's closing remarks: Frank Greco, Vice President - Fixed Income Technology and Analytics, LEHMAN BROTHERS Shankar Krishnamony, Client Partner, WIPRO
5.30	Waters cocktail reception

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