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Optimizing Dark Pool Liquidity

March 19, 2008
Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel

             

    

           

 

Preliminary Agenda

 8:30      Breakfast with Exhibitors

 9:00     Chairperson's Opening Remarks
             The Search for Liquidity and the Evolution of Dark Pools
              
Joe Rosen,
President, RKA, Inc.
               Former Managing Director, Trading Technology/Head of
                Technology Marketing, NYSE 


 
9:15     Opening Roundtable
             Dark pools: Where Should You Go First and Why?
                Moderator:
                 J. Mark Enriquez, Managing Partner
                 Pulse Trading, Inc.
                Panelists:
                 Jim Ross, Vice President
                 NYSE Euronext
                
Whit Conary, President
                 Level ATS
                
Vijay Kedia, President
                 FlexTrade
                
Andrew Brenner, Head of ISE Stock Exchange
                 International Securities Exchange

 

 
10:00   Using dark Algorithms to Reveal Hidden Liquidity: Which
             Dark Algorithm Is Best for Your Desk?
                 Brian Gallagher, Executive Director, Electronic Trading
                 Morgan Stanley
                
Dmitry Bulkin, AES Director
                 Credit Suisse
                
Rishi Nangalia, Managing Director
                 Goldman Sachs


 
10:45   Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

 11:15   Darkness vs. Transparency: How Has Reg NMS
             Affected Dark Pool Trading?

             
 Moderator:
                
Andrew L. Kagan,
Vice President, Transparency Services
                 FINRA
               Panelists:
                 Jim Ross, Vice President
                 NYSE Euronext
                
Jay Biancamano, Director, Corporate Strategy
                 Liquidnet


 
12:00   Accessing Fragmented Liquidity through
             Inter-Pool Linkages
             
 Moderator:
                
George Hessler,
Executive Vice President
                 Lime Brokerage LLC

               Panelists:

                 Ted Myerson, President
                 F-TEN, Inc.
                
Michael Barth, Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
                 OES MarketGroup

 

 
12:30   Luncheon with Exhibitors

 
1:30    Speed bumps and potholes on the dark road: Avoiding
             information leakage, adverse selection, underfilling,
             overpaying and other dangers of using dark pools
              
Harish Devarajan, Managing Director
               Deep Value


 
2:15    Best Practices for Maximizing execution Quality
             
 Moderator:
                
Don DeLoach,
President & Chief Executive Officer
                 Aleri Inc.
               Panelists:
                
Ralston Roberts, Senior Vice President
                 SunGard Trading
                
Randy Grossman, Vice President
                 Investment Technology Group
                 Whit Conary, President
                 Level ATS


  3:00    Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

 
3:15    Not Just Equities: Opportunities for Sourcing Liquidity
             in Other Asset Classes

              
Jamie Benincasa, FlexTrade Systems, Inc.

 
3:45    Specialized Dark Pool Trading Venues: The Next
             Generation

             
 Moderator:
                
J. Mark Enriquez,
Managing Partner
                 Pulse Trading, Inc.
               Panelists:
                 Richard A. Holway, Chief Executive Officer
                 1 Globe Trading
                
David Margulies, Head of Algorithmic Execution
                 Weeden & Co.
                
Dave Leone, Consultant
                 NYFIX

 

 
4:30     Conference Adjourns
 





 

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