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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
DMAXX
Horizon Cash Management LLC
New York Board of Trade
Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC

Preliminary Schedule of Events
Sunday, February 11 | Monday, February 12 | Tuesday, February 13

Monday, February 12, 2007

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

2.5K Fun Run on the Beach
Meet at the Fitness Center and the group will be lead on a path toward the light house.
Sponsor: RBS Greenwich Capital

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Registration Open
Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.


Continental Breakfast
Exhibit Hall
Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Managed Futures

9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Chairman's Welcome Remarks
Speaker: Robert Aaron, MFA Chairman
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

General Session - Panel*
State of the Industry - A Regulatory Update
Moderator:
John G. Gaine
, MFA President
Panelists:
Barry Barbash, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Arthur Lev, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Paul Roth, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Sponsor: Horizon Cash Management LLC

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Press Briefing
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Refreshment Break
Sponsor: SSARIS Advisors, LLC
Exhibit Hall
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

General Session - Panel
When does Risk Management Need to be More than Risk Measurement?

Moderator:

Damian Handzy
, Investor Analytics
Panelists:
Richard Horwitz
, Merrill Lynch
Daniel O’Rourke, Swiss Re Financial Products
Jacob Rosengarten
, Goldman Sachs

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Keynote Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Senator John Breaux, Senior Counsel, Patton Boggs LLP
Sponsor: New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Tennis Tournament
Sponsors: Campbell & Company, Inc. and Sunrise Capital Partners LLC
2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.













Concurrent General Sessions Panels
Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan - Operational Solutions that Grow with Your Firm

Panelists:
Kate Dressel
, Strategic Compliance Solutions
Carol Kaufman
, Alternatives TLC


New Trends in Raising Assets for Hedge Funds

Moderator:
Amy Coty, DPM Mellon
Panelists:
Patrick Daly, Park Hill Group
Denise Haymon-Loa, Hamilton Lane, Richcourt
Brian Walls, Calyon Financial

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

MFA Board, Sustaining & Capital Member Reception
(Only open to MFA Board and MFA Sustaining & Capital Members)
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Off-site Cocktail Reception
Pearl Restaurant & Champagne Lounge
Sponsor:
FIMAT Group
Buses leave at 5:30 pm
*For NY attorneys, CLE credit may be available for these sessions.  Application to NYS CLE Board still pending.

Sponsors

Abraham Trading Company Alston & Bird LLP Bode & Associates Inc. Calyon Financial Campbell & Company, Inc. Chesapeake Capital Corporation Chicago Board of Trade Chicago Mercantile Exchange DMAXXDPM Mellon Eclipse Capital Management, Inc. FIMAT Group Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies Group Horizon Cash Management LLC Investor Analytics John W. Henry & Company, Inc. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Man Financial, Inc Morgan Stanley Managed Futures New York Board of Trade New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. Proskauer Rose LLP Rand Financial Services, Inc. RBS Greenwich Capital R.J. O'Brien Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP SSARIS Advisors, LLC Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC UBS Welton Investment Corporation

 
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