Fourth Annual Conference
Best Execution
How to Measure It -- How to Achieve It
In a Post-Reg NMS World

January 29, 2008
Bayards, New York City (Map)

 



Preliminary Agenda

8:30      Breakfast with Exhibitors

9:00      Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

 9:15      Opening Roundtable: How to Balance Reg NMS
             Requirements with the Quest for Liquidity
                Moderator:
                 Lloyd Altman, Senior Executive
                 Accenture
                Panelists:
                 Guy Cirillo, AES Manager of Global Strategic Partners
                 Credit Suisse
                 Joseph Wald, Chief Executive Officer
                 EdgeTrade Inc.
                 Diane E. Ambler, Partner
                 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

10:00    Taking Advantage of Market Fragmentation and
             Exchange Consolidation
               Stephen L. Schardin, Managing Director - President
               Charles River Brokerage, LLC
               Ralston Roberts, Senior Vice President, Product Management
               SunGard BRASS
10:30    Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

11:00    Optimizing Dark Pool Liquidity: A Practical Guide
               Kyle Zasky, President
               EdgeTrade Inc.

11:45    Applying New Technologies to Achieve Best Execution

12:30    Luncheon with Exhibitors

  1:30    Compliance with New and Existing SEC Guidelines on Soft
             Dollars and Commission Arrangements (CCAs and CSAs)
                Moderator:
                      Kevin Petrello, SVP - US Head of Commission Management
                 Lehman Brothers
  2:30    Transaction Cost Analysis: Measuring the Total
             Cost of Trading
                Moderator:
                 Bill Conlin, Chief Operating Officer
                 Abel/Noser Corp.

  3:15    Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

  3:30    Best Execution for Options and Other Non-Equity
             Instruments
                Moderator:
                 Abraham Kohen, Director of Quantitative Strategies
                 FlexTrade Systems, Inc.

  4:15    Evaluating Algo Strategies for options, Foreign
             Exchange  and Fixed Income

  4:45    Conference Adjourns