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2005 Derivatives Forum
Maximizing Returns with State-of-the-Art
Derivatives Investments

November 21, 2005
Bayards, New York City
(Map)

   

Agenda

08:30    Registration/Breakfast

09:00    Chairperson's Opening Remarks
              Jeff Hudson,
Chief Executive Officer
              Vhayu Technologies

09:15    Derivatives-Based Investments: Trends, Challenges
            and Opportunities
             
David Shimko,
President
              Risk Capital

10:00    Risk Management: Economic Derivatives As A
            Case Study For Segmenting Risk And Making
            Risk Transferable

             
Bill Cassano,
Vice President, Economic Derivatives Group
              Goldman, Sachs & Co.

10:45    Refreshment Break

11:00    What Regulations Do We Have to Look Out for Now,
            What's coming Down the Road?
             
Charles Mills,
Partner
              Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
             
Joel S. Telpner, Partner
              Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
             
Anna Pinedo, Partner
              Morrison & Foerster, LLP

11:45    Taxation Update: What Are the Tax Advantages for
            Derivatives-Based Investments, and How Do We Take
            Advantage of Them?
             
David Miller,
Partner
              Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

12:15    Cross-Industry Panel
            How Are Various Players Taking Advantage
            of Derivatives and Structured Products?
             
William Meyers,
Vice President, US Products Group
              Nuveen Investments
             
Laurence Kaplan, Director, Structured Products Group
              RBC Capitak Markets
             
Peter Karpen, Director
              Archetype Risk Advisors
             
Jeff Mehan, Pulp & Paper Risk Management
              Tradition (North America)/TFS


01:00    
Luncheon

02:00    Integrating Multi-Asset Class Products into Your
            Investment Strategy

              Ira Kawaller, Managing Director
              Kawaller Fund
             
Walter Haslett, President & Chief Investment Officer
              Write Capital Management

03:00     Refreshment Break

03:15    What Are the Latest Innovations in Derivatives Products?
             
Jonathan Ende,
Managing Member
              Ende Capital Group

             
Liuren Wu,
Associate Professor of Finance
              Baruch College


04:00    Understanding and Using less Liquid Asset classes
             
Ivan Zelenko,
Head of Derivatives and Structured Finance
              The World Bank Treasury

04:45   Conference Adjourns