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Keynote speaker:


  • Jeff Harris, Ph.D., Former Chief Economist, CFTC

Expand your knowledge of enhanced trading and hedging tools as well as integrated risk management and compliance platforms:


  • OTC, exchange trading, and position limits — How big? And by whom?
  • Exemptions — Who should be required to use and what's the execution platform?
  • Requirements for end-users
  • Integrated price/market, credit, operational, and regulatory risk
  • Consistency of hedging policies
  • Margin call management
  • Interaction between fiscal and financial hedges
  • Improved use of VaR, sensitivity analysis, and stress tests
  • Algorithms — Friend or foe?

Featured discussions/debates:


How Should Financial Trades in Commodities be Regulated? OTC, Exchange Trading, and Position Limits

  • John Kingston, Global Director, News, Platts
  • Andrea Kramer, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
  • Doug Hepworth, CFA, Director of Research, Gresham Investment Management
  • Michael Masters, Managing Member, Masters Capital Management, LLC
  • Ike Gibbs, Head, Global Compliance and Regulatory, ConocoPhillips Company
  • Eric L. Foster, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP
  • Todd Creek, Chief Operating Officer, ICAP Energy


Hedging in a Volatile Environment — Handling Complex Hedging Instruments, Implementing Technology Models

  • Chris Thorpe, CFA, Managing Partner, HCEnergy, LLC
  • Michael Baer, Managing Director, Fuel Administration, US Airways
  • Spyros Maragos, Ph.D., Vice President, Refined Analytics, Louis Dreyfus Energy Services LP
  • Karthik Rajan, Senior Director, Strategy, Portfolio, and Risk Management Group, GDF SUEZ Energy North America


High Frequency Trading, Co-Location, and Proximity Hosting — Technology, Risk Management Evolution

  • Greg Wood, Vice President, Advanced Execution Services, Futures and FX Electronic Execution Specialist, Credit Suisse Securities


For more information and speaking opportunities, contact:
James Gillies
Tel: 781-430-2110
james_gillies@platts.com


For sponsorship opportunities, contact:
Lorne Grout
Tel: 781-430-2112
lorne_grout@platts.com


For media inquiries, contact:
Gina Herlihy
Tel: 781-430-2109
gina_herlihy@platts.com

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