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Conference Agenda


Monday - July 26, 2010

12:00-6:00 PM Advanced Registration and Exhibitor Booth Setup


Tuesday - July 27, 2010
(Times subject to change)

6:30 AM-4:30 PM

Registration
7:30-8:15 AM
Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:15-8:30 AM
Chairperson Welcome
Marc Zeitoun, Rydex SGI

8:30-9:45 AM
CIO Investment Outlook
Moderator:
Evan Simonoff, Financial Advisor magazine
Panelists:
Chuck Stucke, Guggenheim Investment Advisors
John LaPann, Federal Street Advisors, Inc.
Mark Green, Oxford Financial Group


Qualifies for 1.5 CFP
CE Hours
9:45-10:15 AM Morning Networking Break with Exhibitors

10:15-11:15 AM Breakout Session A
Opportunities In a
Turbulent Real Estate Market

Moderator:
W. Bradford McMillian, Commonwealth Financial Network
Panelists:
Richard Arnitz, Gubb & Ellis Secuirites, Inc.
Trisha Miller, Carey Financial, LLC
Robert Leinbach, Walton USA


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
10:15-11:15 AM Breakout Session B
The Role of Alternatives In
Asset Allocation
Moderator:
Christopher Holt, CAIA
Panelists:
Robert Mileff, Fortigent, LLC
Cleo Chang, Wilshire Associates
Larry Connors, The Connors Group


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
11:20 AM–12:20 PM Breakout Session A
Using Futures and Options
to Control Risk
Moderator:
James Bittman, The CBOE’s Options Institute
Panelists:
Philip H. Gocke, Options Industry Council
Tony Battista, TD Ameritrade
Brian Stutland, The Stutland Volatility Group, LLC


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
11:20 AM–12:20 PM Breakout Session B
Private Equity/Venture Capital
Moderator:
Tom Anderson, PENSCO Trust Company
Panelists:
Jeff Pfeffer, CapX Partners
Robert Worthington, Hatteras Funds
Jeff Joseph, Prescient Capital Partneres
David Mickelson, Mickelson Investments


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
12:20-1:30 PM

Buffet Lunch in Main Foyer Lunch sponsored by Incapital
12:50-1:30 PM

Keynote Address
Tom Ricketts
, Incapital LLC


1:30-2:00 PM

Dessert Break with Exhibitors
2:00-3:00 PM Breakout Session A
Managing Risks with Leveraged ETFs
Moderator:
Tom Lydon, ETF Trends
Panelists:
Joanne Hill, ProShares
Ed McRedmond, Invesco PowerShares Capital Mgmt.
Michael Eschmann, Direxion Shares


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
2:00-3:00 PM Breakout Session B
Managed Futures
Moderator:
Robert Lindner, Lindner Capital Advisors Inc.
Panelists:
Ken Steben, Steben & Company
Ryan Harder, Rydex SGI
Brian Hurst, AQR Capital Management


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
3:00-4:00 PM Breakout Session A
Global Macro and Emerging Markets
Moderator:
Charles Krusen, Krusen Capital Management, LLC
Panelists:
Mark Enman, Man Investments
Jack Dzierwa, U.S. Global
L. Bryan Carter, Acadian Asset Management


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
3:00-4:00 PM Breakout Session B
Accessing and Deploying Alternatives
Moderator:
Michael Reed, Reed Investment Consulting
Panelists:
Don Wilson, Brightworth Wealth Management
Dan Roe, Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.
Stephanie Lang, Homrich Berg Wealth Management


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
4:00-4:30 PM Afternoon Networking Break with Exhibitors

4:30-5:30 PM Breakout Session A
Currencies as an Asset Class

Moderator:
John Labuszewski, CME Group
Panelists:
Carl Resnick, Rydex SGI
Luciano Siracusano, WisdomTree Asset Management
Stuart Thomas, NEXT Investments
David L. Fingold, Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
4:30-5:30 PM Breakout Session B
Hedge Fund Research
Moderator:
Evan Simonoff, Financial Advisor Magazine
Panelists:
Rick Lake, Lake Partners, Inc.
Alan Lenahan, Fund Evaluation Group
Michael Mastey, PNC Capital Advisors


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
5:30-7:15 PM Cocktail Reception with Exhibitors
Reception sponsored by Rydex


Wednesday - July 28, 2010

(Times subject to change)

7:00 AM-12:00 PM
Registration

7:30-8:15 AM Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:15-8:30 AM Chairperson's Recap of Day 1 and Introduction to Day 2
Marc Zeitoun, Rydex SGI

8:30-9:10 AM Investors Attitudes
George Walper, Spectrem Group

9:10-9:50 AM What's the Next Big Short?
David Tice, Federated Investors, Inc.
Harry Rady, Rady Asset Management

9:50-10:30 AM Morning Networking Break with Exhibitors

10:30-11:30 AM Breakout Session A
Understanding Alternative Investment Structures—and Implementing Them In Unexpected Places
Moderator:
Kevin Sanchez, UBS Institutional Consulting
Panelists:
Edwin Kelly, Sterling Trust
Michael Masterson, Goldman Sachs Trust Companies
Theodore Enders, Goldman Sachs & Co.


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
10:30-11:30 AM Breakout Session B
Advisors Explain Their Own Alternative Strategies
Moderator:
Jeff Schlegel, Financial Advisor magazine
Panelists:
Michael Underhill, Capital Innovations, LLC
DeFred "Fritz" Folts, Windward Investment Management
Suzanne Hamilton, Legacy Capital Funds LP


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
11:30 AM–12:30 PM Breakout Session A
Using Commodities in Clients' Portfolios
Moderator:
Catherine Vaughn Deutsch, Highbridge Capital Mgt.
Panelists:
Kenneth Settles, RS Global Natural Resources
Matthew Swanson, Ridgewood Energy
John Brynjolfsson, Armored Wolf LLC


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
11:30 AM–12:30 PM Breakout Session B
New $11 Trillion Asset Class: Residential Mortgage Debt
Moderator:
Warren Paddock, Bluffview Wealth Management
Panelists:
Peter Cook, Performance Trust
Tom Capasse, Waterfall
Chris Skardon, Gorelick Brothers Capital


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
12:30-1:30 PM

Buffet Lunch in Main Foyer

12:50-1:30 PM
Keynote Address
Jon Corzine
, MF Global Holdings

1:30 - 2:00 PM

Dessert Break with Exhibitors

2:00-3:00 PM Breakout Session A
Structured Notes
Moderator:
Mike Tims, mtn-i
Panelists:
Sam Koo, Barclays Capital
Larry Wilson, JP Morgan


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
2:00-3:00 PM Breakout Session B
Life Settlements - Insurance as an Asset Class
Moderator:
David Mickelson, Mickelson Investment
Panelists:
Daniel Sheedy, GWG Life
Luke Rahbari, Peachtree
Brian Casey, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddel, LLP


Qualifies for 1 CFP
CE Hour
3:00-4:00 PM General Session
Liquidity as an Investment Style

Roger Ibbotson, Zebra Capital Management, LLC

4:00 PM Conference Ends