Futures & Options Expo

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8:00 a.m.  
Registration Opens

 

Arrival Coffee 

Co-sponsored by DTCC and OCC

9:15 a.m. - 9:35 a.m. 
Exchange Leader Fireside Chat

Walt Lukken sits down with Eurex's Michael Peters to discuss challenges and opportunities for exchange-traded markets and the role of their respective organizations in the coming years.

Moderator:

• Walt Lukken, President and CEO, FIA

Speaker:

• Michael Peters, Chief Executive Officer, Eurex Frankfurt AG

9:35 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. 
Commodities Markets – The Impact of Geopolitics

Commodities markets have been caught in the middle of the fallout of recent developments, including the Covid recovery and, more significantly, the war in Ukraine. Energy and agriculture futures have been particularly impacted leading to challenges to liquidity and margin requirements. This discussion will assess the lessons learned and what may emerge in the future.  

Moderator:

• Rob Creamer, President & Chief Executive Officer, Geneva Trading 

Speakers: 

• Brad Giemza, Chief Risk Officer, R. J. O'Brien & Associates 
• Peter Keavey, Managing Director and Global Head of Energy and Environmental Products, CME Group
• Summer Mersinger, Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
• Edward Monrad, Head of Market Structure, Optiver 
• Ram Vittal, CEO, Marex North America 

10:00 a.m.  - 5:30 p.m. 
Exhibits Open

 

10:25 a.m.  - 10:45 a.m. 
Networking Break

Co-sponsored by DTCC and OCC

10:30 a.m.  - 11:30 a.m. 
Innovators Pitches 

Startups: 

• 10:30 a.m. – Floating Point Group: Prime brokerage platform for crypto
• 10:45 a.m. – Hxro: Infrastructure for onchain derivatives
• 11:00 a.m. – Kemet Trading: Infrastructure for trading crypto derivatives
• 11:15 a.m. – ZeroBeta: Cloud-based risk and collateral management platform

Judges: 

• Marianna Lopert-Schaye, Principal Investing, Goldman Sachs  
• Barney Alderson, Product Manager, Prime Services, Barclays 
• Tim Perevozchikov, Vice President, Digital Assets, Two Sigma 
• Tito Shirley, Head of Cleared Derivatives, FIS 
• Kyle Zasky, Chief Executive Officer, LayerOne Financial

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 
Keynote Address - What's Next for Commodities Markets

Recent geopolitical developments – ranging from the Covid pandemic and supply chain issues, to the war in Ukraine and the downturn in economic growth – have had a significant impact on global commodities markets. Natasha Kaneva will provide her valuable insight on the current situation and views on what lies ahead. 

• Natasha Kaneva, Head of Global Commodities Research and Head of Oil Research, J.P. Morgan 

11:30 a.m.  - 12:20 p.m. 
Responding to Sustainability 

Futures markets are responding rapidly to the call for solutions to manage global climate change with the development of products such as carbon, biofuels, renewable energy and sustainable agriculture derivatives. Exchanges and industry firms will look at how these new products are faring and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

Moderator: 

• Erin Eckenrod, Senior Director Environmental Products, AES Clean Energy

Speakers: 

• Trabue Bland, SVP, Futures Exchanges, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 
• Suyash Paliwal, Director, Office of International Affairs, Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
• Daniel Scarbrough, Co-Founder, President & COO, IncubEx
• Dr. Guy Wolf, Global Head of Market Analytics, Marex 

11:30 a.m.  - 12:30 p.m. 
Law & Compliance - Enforcement

This session will survey recent developments and enforcement trends for commodities market participants, including benchmark and cross-market manipulation, pre-hedging and the misuse of confidential information, as well as the scrutiny of CTAs and risks of trading via an unregistered SEF and enforcement authorities’ recent focus on text messages and ephemeral messaging applications and discuss their implications for firms’ trading and compliance practices.

Moderator:

• Kathleen McArthur, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell 

Speakers:  

• Cynthia Cain, Associate General Counsel, NFA 
• Harris Kay, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine 
• Casey Khan, Counsel, Sidley Austin 
• Andrew Vrabel, Managing Director & Chief Regulatory Officer, CME Group 

12:00 p.m.  - 12:20 p.m. 
Fireside Chat

John Davidson, CEO of the world’s largest options derivatives clearing organization will discuss his views on the biggest challenges facing the OCC as well as current hot topics in the derivative industry.  

Moderator:

• Jacqueline Mesa, Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President of Global Policy, FIA 

Speaker:

• John Davidson, Chief Executive Officer, The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)

12:30 p.m.  - 1:30 p.m. 
Networking Lunch 

Co-sponsored by DTCC and OCC

1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 
Innovation – The Evolution of Post-Trade Technology

A range of developments are promising to change the way post-trade operations function in the futures industry – from the radical to more evolutionary approaches to streamline key functions. Operations specialists will review the key trends and their potential impact.

Moderator:

• Jon Schlamp, SVP Commodities & Global Markets, Macquarie Futures USA 

Speakers: 

• Robert Costick, Director, New Business Initiatives - ETD & Securities, OSTTRA 
• Mark Davis, SVP - Head of Strategy, FIA Tech
• Jeremiah DeNonno, VP Global Product Development & Strategy, Citi
• Dana Stopczynski, Head of Post-Trade Product for North America, Cleared Derivatives, ION Markets 
• Kyle Tobolik, Vice President - Futures and Derivatives Clearing Operations, J.P. Morgan Securities 

1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. 
Law & Compliance - Hot Topics

This panel will examine legal and regulatory issues that have been the focus of FIA’s Law & Compliance Division and ongoing efforts to address such challenges. Topics will include the latest US legislative and regulatory developments affecting crypto, event contracts, SEC treasury clearing proposal, and debate around the scope of CFTC registration categories.

Moderator:

• Ruth Arnould, MD & Associate General Counsel, Bank of America 

Speakers: 

• Kara Dutta, Assistant General Counsel, ICE 
• Steve Humenik, Global Head of Derivatives Legal, Crypto.com 
• Neal Kumar, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher 
• Sarah Riddell, Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 

1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 
Sponsored Session:  Gen 3.0 Crypto Exchanges: The Evolution of Crypto Exchanges & What The Future Holds

Overview of the evolution of crypto exchanges from a structural perspective and how traditional market participants can best position themselves to take advantage of future growth.

Presented by Crypto.com

Speaker: 

• Karl Turner, VP of North America, Crypto.com

2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. 
Exchange Leader Fireside Chat

Walt Lukken sits down with CME Group's Terry Duffy to discuss challenges and opportunities for exchange-traded markets and the role of their respective organizations in the coming years.

Moderator: 

• Walt Lukken, President and CEO, FIA

Speaker: 

• Terry Duffy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CME Group

2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. 
Women In Listed Derivatives: A Conversation with Women on the Rise

WILD is hosting a panel with women who have recently expanded their roles or taken on new challenges during a time when their resilience and leadership has been needed the most. We will tap into what influenced them and motivated them, as well as how they garnered support and what advice they might have to empower others to do the same.
 

Moderators: 

• Maura Durkin, Compliance Advisor, RPTA Crude, BP & Board Member of WILD
• Lisa Campbell, Director, Corporate Goals & Strategy Planning & Board Member of WILD, CME Group

Speakers:

• Simta Gupta, Senior VP-Global Head of Operations, ADM Investor Services & President of WILD 
• Kaitlin Meyer, VP, Marketing & Sales, MIAX Exchange 
• Kelsey Stokes, Director, Multi-Asset Index Sales, S&P Dow Jones Indices
   

2:50 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. 
Networking Break

Co-sponsored by DTCC and OCC

3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
Markets of the Future 

A new breed of exchange is emerging, promising features such as 24/7 trading and direct access. Even establishment players are embracing new technologies like the cloud. As with anything new, there are risks and opportunities. We bring together today's biggest names, as well as some of the next generation, to sketch out what the exchange of the future could look like.

Moderator:

• Kim Taylor, Eventus  

Speakers: 

• Alicia Crighton, Co-Head of Global Futures, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 
• Simon Johansen, COO, Jump Crypto
• Travis McGhee, SVP, Head of Crypto.com Derivatives North America, Crypto.com 
• Jamil Nazarali, CEO, EDX Markets 
• Julie Winkler, Chief Commercial Officer, CME Group

4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. 
Innovators Award Ceremony 

Join FIA for the announcement the 2022 FIA Innovator of the Year Award as selected by the judges following a series of pitches during Expo. FIA will also announce the winner of this year’s ‘people’s choice’ award, determined by votes cast by Expo attendees.

4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 
Exhibitor Happy Hour  

Toast to a successful conference completion with networking and refreshments among conference colleagues and exhibitors.
 

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 
Great Tastes of Chicago benefiting the Greater Chicago Food Depository (separate ticket required)

Wrap up your Expo 2022 experience by giving back! FIA is hosting the Great Tastes of Chicago benefiting the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Make the most of this final networking opportunity at Expo 2022 while providing valuable financial support to address the root causes of hunger in Cook County.  This year's event has a carefully crafted tasting menu plus entertainment from our very own industry band - Pork Belly & The Out-Trades. Featuring FIA's very own Walt "Pork Belly" Lukken on trombone, the band is uniting for the first time since Expo 2019. A must-see whenever they gather, Pork Belly & The Out-Trades rounds out its lineup with executives from leading firms in the industry.  Purchase your ticket. 

 

Schedule subject to change. 

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