Schedule

Vineyard Tour

Viansa Winery & Vineyards, Sonoma Valley, CA  

Idyllically situated on a hilltop at the entrance to the legendary Sonoma Valley, Viansa Winery & Marketplace naturally embodies the proud history of local winemaking. Attendees will enjoy the views, lunch and group activity. * Optional Event/Additional Fee required

Pre-Conference Reception at the San Francisco Press Club, Sponsored by Xignite

Get a jump start on conference networking during this pre-conference reception being held at the Press Club wine bar and lounge which offers California’s finest wines and beers in a sophisticated, social atmosphere.

San Francisco City Tour

Join us and explore this most culturally diverse and beautiful of cities. * Optional Event/Additional Fee required

Market Data Cup: Sponsored by Tullett Prebon Information

Golf Tournament to be held at the Presidio

Speed Networking

This is an efficient and relaxed way to meet fellow conference attendees and industry peers in one session.

Welcome Reception, Sponsored by Bloomberg

Meet and greet colleagues during this opening reception.

Welcome

Sara Banerjee, Conference Co-Chair - Director, Global Data Acquisition, SIX Telekurs Ltd.

Tom Davin, FIA, Managing Director, FISD

Managing the Rebound: Senior Executive Perspectives

Top executives from FISD member firms survey the industry landscape and discuss how their companies are positioning themselves to succeed.  They will discuss the geographic and product opportunities that they face, and identify the major threats to both their businesses and those of other players in the value chain.  They will discuss how regulatory changes, technological developments, and cross-asset class trading affect their customers’ needs and their product development efforts.

Moderator:

Ludwig D'Angelo, Executive Director Worldwide Securities Services, JPMorgan Chase

Panelists:

Thomas Gross, Chief Executive Officer, SIX Telekurs Ltd.

Mark Hepsworth, President, Pricing and Reference Data, Interactive Data Corporation

Daniel Parke, Managing Director, AGENCIA ESTADO LTDA

Jon Robson, President, Enterprise Solutions , Thomson Reuters

FISD Member Forum

This panel discussion will preview the constituent group meetings conducted later in the day by exchanges, vendors, and consumers. FISD's member leadership will discuss critical topics and concerns related to commercial models, best practices, and management of customer relations.

Moderator:

Alex Tait, Director, Head-Market & Reference Data, RBC Capital Markets

Panelists:

Sara Banerjee, Conference Co-Chair - Director, Global Data Acquisition, SIX Telekurs Ltd.

Tristan Dehaan, FIA, Co Chair FISD Constituent Group, Vendor Manager, Robeco

Chris Pickles, Head of Industry Initiatives, BT Global Banking and Financial Markets, BT

Timothy St. George, Executive Director, Information Products Management, CME Group

Break

The Real Economic Crisis in the United States, and What Must Be Done

Keynote:

Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley

MENA Markets In-depth

Middle East and Northern Africa markets operate in a very diverse fashion, and in diverse environments.  Practitioners from the region will take a look at these differences, and the challenges and opportunities that they pose. The panel will look at key issues and concerns:  What business models are used - regional vs. western vs. hybrid? Who is investing in what technology, and why? What is the best approach for success in providing access and transparency? What is the outlook for mergers and partnerships for this region - where are the alliances now and what are the options for the future?  How are intellectual property issues viewed and addressed?  How are the MENA markets positioned for the global stage in the short- and long-term?

Moderator:

Susan Gogus, Deputy Secretary General, Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchange (FEAS)

Panelists:

Ali Al Hashimi, Executive Vice President, Borse Dubai

Rashed Al-Baloushi, Deputy Chief Executive, Director of Operations, Abu Dhabi Securities Market

Maher Asham, Chief Executive Officer, Egypt for Information Dissemination (EGID)

Recep Bildik, Director of Marketing and Product Development, Istanbul Stock Exchange

Michael Hodgson, Head of Global Exchanges, Data Acquisition, Thomson Reuters

Networking Lunch

Constituency Group Meetings

The FISD constituency group sessions provide a unique opportunity to candidly address market data business issues and practices with your colleagues from firms in your same industry segment. Separate sessions will be held for exchanges, consumers, and data vendors.

Workshop: Exchange and Markets - Policies and Practices

An interactive session in which exchanges and markets share and debate information policy approaches and operational practices, discuss common issues and identify areas for potential industry standardization and collaboration.  The session will be enhanced by the participation of an executive representing each of exchanges’ downstream stakeholders – a data vendor and a financial institution that consumes exchange market data.  These downstream stakeholders will serve as a sounding board, providing confidential feedback regarding exchange policies and practices.  This workshop is only open to delegates from exchanges and other non-exchange market operators.

Presenters:

Jarod Hillman, Head of Real Time Data, London Stock Exchange

Issei Iwata, Manager, Information Services, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Daniel Poon, Vice President, Market Data Department, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

Neil Vendeiro, General Manager, Information Product Sales, JSE Limited

Workshops and Roundtables

Roll up your sleeves and finish the first day of the WFIC program by engaging your peers in discussion about a variety of pertinent topics for financial information executives.

Roundtables are informal, small group discussions on key issues for the industry.  Each table will be focused on a different, specific financial information topic. Facilitated by industry experts, these sessions will provide the opportunity to get caught up on the latest developments or take a "deep dive" into an issue with other practioners.

Workshop: What is Proprietary Data (Whose Data is it?)

Participate in a structured discussion on IP issues impacting day-to-day market data management. Topics to include:IP Law vs License Rights & Restrictions and the potential impact of current litigation. This workshop is open to only market data consumers including banks, asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds. 
 

Moderator:

Ken Wasch, President, SIIA

Panelists:

Christopher Gilkerson, SVP General Counsel, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Patricia Sachs, Global Head of Exchange Management, Citigroup

Roundtable 1: Data in the Cloud

Discuss the benefits and challenges being faced by financial services firms as they increasingly look to the Cloud as a scalable, flexible and cost-effective solution to store and manipulate vast and ever-growing amounts of market and reference data.

Facilitator:

Tony Kroell, Vice President, Product Marketing, SAVVIS

Roundtable 2: Entity Data Management - Shifting the Primary Key

Discussion on the collective shift to organize data by entity and how it will provide financial institutions with operational and competitive advantages managing both internal and external content more efficiently.

Facilitator:

Ken Zockoll, Senior VP & Director, Content Development, FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

Roundtable 3: Corporate Actions - The Global Challenge

Discussion focusing on to what an extent the industry can really overcome the standardization and automation obstacles within corporate actions at a global level and what the steps teams should take on to overcome such challenges especially at a time in which efforts vary extensively from region to region.

Facilitator:

Tim Lind, Global Head of Strategy, Enterprise Content , Thomson Reuters

Roundtable 4: Real-Time Fair Value - Supporting Global Equity ETF Trading Decisions

Streaming evaluated prices reflect expectations of where international equity prices would likely prevail during U.S. trading hours following the close of local markets. ETF market participants compare these new data points to current ETF market prices to identify potential trading and investment opportunities.

Facilitator:

Rob Haddad, Director, Interactive Data Corporation

Roundtable 5: The Impact of Global Regulatory Changes on Demand for Financial Information

Will regulatory changes like Dodd-Frank and MiFID II impact the types of data in demand, and open the market to new players? How will buying decisions change in the post Dodd-Frank /MIFID II world? How do the providers need to react?

Facilitator:

Andrew Reeve, Head of Sales, Asia Pacific and Middle East, Tullett Prebon Information

Roundtable 6: LEI - Practical Implementation Issues

The introduction of a standardized Legal Entity Identifier will pose implementation challenges for financial institutions and data distributors. Delegates can share their thoughts on best practices and improvements - the type of infrastructure they will need, how they will prepare their systems for a shift, the likely impediments, etc.

Facilitator:

Cris Coutinho, Open Symbology Project Manager, Bloomberg L.P.

Roundtable 7: Market Sentiment Data

How innovative technologies are using social media and news sources to give traders new ways of gauging market sentiment.

Facilitator:

Oliver Albers, Senior Managing Director, Market Data Distribution, NASDAQ OMX

Roundtable 8: Vendors and Exchanges - Working Together

How can vendors and exchanges facilitate cost-effective provision of market data in the increasingly tough economic climate? A look at how the financial markets can sustain diverse revenue streams while seeking to conserve market presence.

Facilitator:

Sallianne Taylor, Global Manager, Exchange Business, Bloomberg L.P.

Roundtable 9: Data Utilities or Industry Futilities? You decide!

Standardization is a good thing, and data utilities such as the proposed LEI take that to a whole new level. Would the industry benefit from data utilities for a broader range of reference data? Or market data? Or would competitive advantage be lost even as great sums are spent to incorporate new data feeds?

Facilitator:

Barry Raskin, FIA, President, SIX Financial USA Inc.

Roundtable 10: Professional Certification Training and Examination

A discussion of the role that professional certification can play in the financial information industry and practical challenges and opportunities related to training and preparation for the Financial Information Associate (FIA) examination.

Facilitator:

David Anderson, FIA, Program Director, FISD/Atradia

Tee Williams, Jr., Principal, Tee Williams Associates

Lifetime Achievement Award Banquet, Sponsored by BT & SIX EXFEED

Welcome

Tom Davin, FIA, Managing Director, FISD

Ken Napolitano, Global Head, Data Solutions Sales, Bloomberg L.P.

Content Providers - First Link in the Value Chain

Financial content is a rich and dynamic tapestry of varied types of data and information.  In this panel, executives from prominent providers of original content will explore what drives this continuous change. They will review how customers and new regulatory demands influence the process. They will delve into the contentious issues of the commercial framework under which content is supplied and share their concerns on intellectual property issues.   Original content is only part of the broader spectrum of the financial information industry, this panel will also discuss the relative position of originating content compared with consolidation and other forms of value-add.

Moderator:

Steve Listhaus, Market Data Services Manager, Wells Fargo

Panelists:

Frank Desmond, Managing Director, Tullett Prebon Information

Georg Gross, Director, Head of Front Office Data & Analytics, Deutsche Boerse AG

David Raper, General Manager, Electronic Trading Services, Australian Securities Exchange

Mike Salk, Director, Senior Product Strategist, Moody's Analytics

John White, Managing Director, Content Services, FTSE Group

Preview of Index and Real-time Technology Tracks

Co-Chairs of Tuesday afternoon's Index Forum Track and Real-time Technology Track provide an overview of the issues and speakers that will be featured in their respective programs.

Co-Chair Index Forum:

Craig Lazzara, Vice President, U.S. Equities, Standard & Poor's

Co-Chair Real-time Technology Track:

Ganesh Iyer, Senior Manager, Product Marketing, IPC Systems, Inc.

Break

Introduction to Regulation and Commercial Environment

Tim Lind, Global Head of Strategy, Enterprise Content , Thomson Reuters

Improving Terrain: The Commercial Environment

This session examines how customers and suppliers view the commercial environment as the financial information industry emerges from the downturn.  Our panel will address budgetary issues and identify areas of increased spending versus those seeing decreased spending.  Particular focus will be on the impact of ‘enterprise license’ approaches as well as the incongruity of a decreasing number of product providers via mergers and acquisitions yet an increasing number of products being made available to customers.

Moderator:

Cort Williams, Executive Vice President, SIX Telekurs Ltd.

Panelists:

Jarod Hillman, Head of Real Time Data, London Stock Exchange

Donald Madura, Global Head of Real-Time Market Data, Citigroup

Jonathan Reeve, Executive Managing Director, S&P Capital IQ

Mark Schaedel, SVP Head of Global Data Products , NYSE Euronext

50 New Regulations a Day? The Impact on Financial Information Management

That’s what one analyst estimates are being churned out by the global regulatory community.  Whether or not they are all necessary, this surge in rulemaking is creating a substantial burden for the financial industry.  The discussion will focus on key new rules and their impact on data management (at financial institutions) and product management (at data vendors and service providers).  This panel will also consider the potential benefits and unintended consequences of the regulatory requirements, as well as how they are driving the industry towards global standards.

Moderator:

John Mason, Chief Operating Officer, Netik LLC

Panelists:

Robin Doyle, Senior Vice President, JP Morgan Chase

Francis Gross, Head, Division - External Statistics Division, Directorate General Statistics, European Central Bank

Ron Jordan, Chief Data Officer, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

Julia Sutton, Director, Customer Data, Deutsche Bank

Peter Warms, Head of Business Development, Data License and Symbology, Bloomberg L.P.

Networking Lunch

Workshop: Mutual Gains Negotiation - Extracting Greater Value in your Agreements

This workshop focuses on negotiation methods that help optimize agreements to better meet your business needs and explore "how to get more" by finding ways to provide benefits to all parties at the table. The session via the use of real case studies will walk through planning and preparation steps to improve your negotiations as well as practical techniques you can put into use during the negotiation process. The workshop will be led by industry veteran Edmund (Ed) Flynn, from the Flynndex Company.

Index Forum Track

Indexes are an increasingly important segment of the market data industry today.  The number of indices, the amount of trading activity in indices, and the interest in index-related securities have all grown rapidly across the globe in the last few years. This focused track will be an extension of the new FISD Index Forum program in New York and London.  Program content addressing issues such as ETFs, emerging markets, index weighting, and licensing will be addressed and will include the perspectives and commentary of index creators and sponsors, index distributors and users of index data.

Co-Chair Index Forum:

Jacqueline DeSimone, Vice President, Sales, RIMES Technologies

2:00 - 2:45 PM: The Mechanics of Indexing

Our panel will examine the engineering and maintenance of indexes and consider the differences and similarities in the various types of indices.  We’ll view the relationships between indexes and various derivative securities including ETFs and other structured products as well as discuss the rising interest in customized indexes and alternative weighting.

Moderator:

Matt Hougan, Global Head of Editorial, IndexUniverse

Panelists:

Rolf Agather, Director of Research and Innovation, Russell Indexes

Lucas Garland, Global Head of Product, Thomson Reuters

Hartmut Graf, Chief Executive Officer, STOXX Ltd.

Craig Lazzara, Vice President, U.S. Equities, Standard & Poor's

2:45 - 3:15 PM: Featured Speaker

Perspective on the current state of indexes and indexing.

Presenter:

Jim Wiandt, Founder & CEO, IndexUniverse

3:15 - 4:00 PM: The Commercial Aspects of Indexing

The increasing number of indexes coupled with the growing number of investors and firms interested in indexes has fueled the rise in the number of relationships in this field.  The licensing issues and commercial aspects of indexing are more important and complex now than ever before.  Our panel will shed light on the aspects of these issues as viewed from the perspectives of exchanges, index creators, vendors, and end-users.

Moderator:

Michael Connor, President & Chief Executive Officer, Market News International, Inc.

Panelists:

Werner Bürki, Chief Executive Officer, SIX EXFEED Ltd.

John Farris, Executive Vice President, RIMES Technologies

William Kennedy, Vice President, Index Services, Standard & Poor's Corporation

Michael Neff, Market Data Services, Deutsche Bank AG

Christina Young, Vice President, Morgan Stanley

Real-time Technology Track

Technology is an ever more vital element of the real time market data world. This track will focus on some of the current hot topics and thought provoking challenges facing us. We will look deeply into our own back yard but we will also make a point of casting our eyes beyond the immediately obvious. During these sessions expert practitioners from the world of technology will share their thoughts, ideas and experiences with us all - many of us are perhaps less familiar, some of us even less comfortable, with technology but one thing is for sure – technology will only become more important for real time market data in the months and years to come.

Co-Chair Real-time Technology Track:

Melinda Wilson, Product Strategy - Cap Markets, Sybase, an SAP company

2:00 - 2:50 PM: The Impact and Importance of Real Time Technology

This panel will explore how real time technology will continue to play an increasingly important part in providing practical solutions and competitive advantage. Some key trends we see include: Managing cost, staying compliant, getting faster, coping with volume, measuring and monitoring, and finally plugging it all together. Each of these trends alone could be a panel in its own right but here we will illuminate the key points in each of these and look to promote more detailed discussions beyond this conference.

Moderator:

Jeff Wells, VP, Product Management, Exegy Inc.

Panelists:

Jerry Brunton, Marketing Director, BT

Ted Lambrinos, Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Neil McGovern, Director, Product Strategy, Sybase

Tricia San Cristobal, Global Head of Product Development for Bloomberg Enterprise Products & Solutions (EPS), Bloomberg L.P.

2:50 - 3:35 PM: A Look Outside Our World

This panel will take a look outside our immediate area of experience and look towards technology that has not yet been widely deployed in our markets. We will also explore some innovative ways of using technology that we have not seen extensively in the institutional financial markets.

Moderator:

Carl Abrams, Financial Services Sector Business Executive, , IBM

Panelists:

Jeff Clavier, Managing Partner, Softtech VC

Terrence Hendershott, Associate Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley

David Putnam, VP of Product Management, Stocktwits

3:35 - 4:00 PM: Featured Speaker

Bloomberg’s Perspective on Real-time Market Data Technology

Hear Bloomberg’s insight into real-time market data technology. Bloomberg senior executive, Kevin McGilloway, will discuss the increased demand for enterprise market data management services that integrate new real-time data sets, open technology, a robust and proven network and data delivery infrastructure, along with development capabilities that allow for innovation, and operational support.

Presenter:

Kevin McGilloway , Head of Business Development for Bloomberg, Enterprise Products & Solutions (EPS), Bloomberg LP

Who Wants to be Certified? The Financial Information Game

This game show highlights the curriculum of the FISD Financial Information Associate certificate. This will be an opportunity to grab a drink and enjoy a fun session at the end of a busy program day; but it will also be a chance to learn more about the FIA credential - the first-ever certification for the financial information industry. Which team will be victorious: Exchanges? Vendors? Service Providers? Consumers? Join the fun and test your knowledge while networking with colleagues.

Contestants:

Ludwig D'Angelo, Executive Director Worldwide Securities Services, JPMorgan Chase

Jeannie Merritt, Vice President, NASDAQ OMX

Andrew Miller, FIA, Managing Director, Arcontech Limited

Barry Raskin, FIA, President, SIX Financial USA Inc.

Host:

Tim Lind, Global Head of Strategy, Enterprise Content , Thomson Reuters

Off-Site Dinner Event, Sponsored by Deutsche Boerse Group

Welcome

Tom Davin, FIA, Managing Director, FISD

Keynote: Debt and disruption: The Worlds Rolling Financial Crisis

Keynote:

Thorold Barker, Editor, Heard on the Street, Wall Street Journal

Usage and Distribution Policies: Changes Drive Challenges

Key industry players discuss the regulatory and technological developments that are driving new demands for the use and distribution of financial information, and raising new policy questions. The panelists examine the changes in technology that are providing consumers of market data with increased access to information through mobile devices, digital formats, cloud networks, and co-location facilities.  They will then turn their attention to the impact on usage and distribution policies of international regulatory mandates such as Dodd Frank and MiFID II.  Debate will center on how these developments make policy and practice standards more or less plausible and administration more or less possible. 

Moderator:

Kees Brooimans, CEO and Managing Partner, Screen INFOmatch BV

Panelists:

Ottavio Gisler, Head of Market Data Services, SIX EXFEED Ltd.

Bill Lee, Vice President, Exchange Relations, Morgan Stanley

Dara Lyne, Divisional Director, The Macquarie Group

Brian McElligott, Managing Director - Information Products, CME Group

Break

Wall Street Meets Silicon Valley: What's Up with the Cloud?

Leaders from Silicon Valley and Wall Street will discuss the latest technology impacting our industry.  Panelists will explore the impact of cloud computing in the financial markets, discuss what firms are doing today to leverage the cloud for business efficiency and opine on cutting edge applications to provide insight into future opportunities.

Moderator:

Joel York, Popular Cloud Author at Cloud Ave and Chaotic Flow, Chaotic Flow

Panelists:

Ken Comee, President & Chief Executive Officer, Cast Iron Systems

Stephane Dubois, CEO, Xignite

Brian Hyndman, Senior Vice President, NASDAQ OMX

Richard Man, Head, Business Development, BT

Mark Schaedel, SVP Head of Global Data Products , NYSE Euronext

The Shifting Landscape

Industry observers and thought leaders take an outside-in view of our world. From their more independent perspective they will look at the strategic impact on the financial information industry of recent developments in a variety of areas.  Technology has been a major influence on change, but so have micro-market and macroeconomic shifts, and government intervention.  The panel will examine how well we have adapted, the lessons we learned, and whether we’re prepared for the next challenges, trading views on what the future holds for the industry – both threats and opportunities. 

Moderator:

Oliver Muhr, Senior Vice President, MarketMap, SunGard

Panelists:

Peter Appert, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray & Co.

Adam Honore, Research Director, Aite Group

Larry Tabb, Founder & CEO, TABB Group

Douglas Taylor, Managing Partner, Burton-Taylor International Consulting LLC

Farewell Boatcruise, Sponsored by Thomson Reuters

Enjoy phenomenal views of the San Francisco attractions and coastline while enjoying refreshments and post conference banter.