Breakfast

• State of the industry presentation featuring data from Vodia Group surveys of institutional investors, asset managers and hedge funds

Keynote: Federal Reserve Policy and the Bear Stearns Acquisition

• What was behind the Fed’s thinking?
• How has current Fed policy changed?
• Could a Bear Stearns crash happen again and what would the Fed do?

Meeting in the Middle: Long Only, 130/30 and Long/Short Asset Management Strategies

• What trends are pushing traditional asset managers and hedge funds toward each other?
• What does this mean for hedge funds, asset managers, prime brokers and custodians?

Moderator
Mike Long, Partner
Short Alert Research

Panelists
Bill Morgan, Director
UBS Asset Management

David Dooley, Director
NY Life Investment Management (NYLIM)

Paul Fleming, Managing Director
State Street Securities Finance

Break

Corporate Governance and Securities Lending

• Proxy voting rules
• Recall policies
• Corporate concerns about securities lending

Moderator
Scott Johnson, Reporter
FundFire

Panelists
Dominick De Robertis, Managing Director
The Altman Group

Roger Glenn, Partner
Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge

Peter Chepucavage, General Counsel
Plexus Consulting Group

Dr. Andrew Clearfield, President
Investment Initiatives
Chairman, International Corporate Governance Network
Securities Lending Committee

Technology for Prime Brokerage and Securities Finance

• What matters for hedge fund and other borrower clients
• Technology for prime brokerage

Dan Matthies, Global Business Leader
Bloomberg LP

Trading in Emerging and Frontier Markets

• Why hedge funds and long-only managers are investing
• Prospects and risks

Winners and Losers in Securities Lending Transparency

• Have electronic exchanges made a difference to securities lending markets?
• Do broker-dealers or their clients care about transparency ?
• The impact on beneficial asset holders

Moderator
Alexander Tallett, Research Analyst
Vodia Group

Panelists
Roy Zimmerhansl, Head of Securities Lending
ICAP i-SEC

David Downey, CEO
OneChicago

Tim D'Arcy, Managing Director
SunGard ASTEC

Speed Networking

Afternoon Keynote: SEC Regulations and the Future of Naked Short Selling

• How has the SEC's focus on naked short selling affected the markets?
• What are the likely short-term and long-term impacts of a market wide ban on short selling?

• How has Prime Brokerage changed since the Bear Stearns acquisition?
• Growth and prospects for securities lending and prime brokerage
• The credit crisis and costs of financing

Moderator
Josh Friedlander, Research Editor
Absolute Return Magazine

Panelists
Rob Genkinger, Director, Delta One Sales and Trading
Global Markets Financing and Services
Merrill Lynch

Ross Moore, CEO
LaBranche Structured Products

Solomon Teller, Head of Investment Analytics
ProShare Advisors

Jeff Kaplan, Partner
Deerfield Partners

Conference Wrap-Up

Josh Galper, Conference Chair
Managing Principal
Vodia Group