Overview

Today’s market and economic situation demand enhanced risk management, increased transparency, and improved cost efficiencies. These demands are pressing upon industry business practices in ways that profoundly affect the creation, distribution, and usage of financial information. This conference will allow the global market data community to debate and deliberate toward a better understanding of these forces and the most effective ways to respond.

Join more than 350 market data industry professionals at the 9th biennial World Financial Information Conference (WFIC), the only global conference focused exclusively on the issues associated with the dissemination, management and use of financial information.

Two and a half days of educational sessions, meals and off-site networking events will allow attendees to interact in a neutral environment to develop better communication with the major players in the market data industry. The sessions will include a combination of keynote presentations, panel discussions and case studies tailored to best present the information you need.

Review the 2007 WFIC

Why You Should Attend

WFIC is the only global conference focused on dissemination, management and delivery of financial information. Topics will include:

• Economic & Political Landscape:
• Impacts to the Financial Information Markets
• New Trading Venues and Data Sources
• Changing Markets/Changing Products
• Risk Management and the Back Office
• Cost Management and Commercial Tension
• Consumers’ Response to Evolving Business Models
• Changes in News Content and the Impacts on the Financial Markets

About SIIA & FISD

The Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) Financial Information Services Division (FISD) was established to provide a neutral and balanced business forum for exchanges, third-party providers, market data vendors, brokerage firms, asset managers, and banks to address and resolve issues related to the dissemination, management, administration and use of financial information. Members participate in FISD to exchange ideas, establish new levels of mutual understanding, and improve the business climate associated with the worldwide flow of financial information.

Program Committee

Co-Chairs:

• Ludwig D'Angelo, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Sara Banerjee, SIX Telekurs Ltd.

Committee Members:

• Martijn Groot, Asset Control Systems, Inc.
• Konstantinos Kounadis, Athens Exchange S.A.
• David Anderson, Atradia Consulting
• Sallianne Taylor, Bloomberg L.P.
• Chris Pickles, BT
• Kris Schneck, Dow Jones Indexes
• David MacTavish, Fidelity
• Bryan Chan, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing
• Philip Enness, IBM United Kingdom Limited
• Robert Cumberbatch, Interactive Data Corporation
• Don Finucane, Interactive Data Corporation
• Ana Forssman, JSE Limited
• Jarod Hillman, London Stock Exchange
• Mike Connor, Market News International, Inc.
• Michael Salk, Moody's Analytics
• Surinder Bedi, Moody's Analytics
• Sharla Carey, Morgan Stanley
• Tristan Dehaan, Robeco
• Varghese Thomas, SAVVIS
• Ottavio Gisler, SIX EXFEED Ltd.
• Maria McIsaac, Standard & Poor's Corporation
• Scott Preiss, Standard & Poor's CUSIP Service Bureau
• Jeffrey Hong, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
• Janet Crowley, Sungard Data Management Solutions
• Michael Hodgson, Thomson Reuters