Venue
Hilton Chicago
Hilton Chicago, 720 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, USA

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Event Date Tue Oct 29 EDT - Thu Oct 31 EDT (about 5 years ago)
Location Hilton Chicago
720 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
Region Americas
Details

Join FIA for the 35th Annual Futures & Options Expo. With 4,000+ attendees, Expo 2019 gives you access to industry leaders and cutting-edge solutions for the global futures, options and centrally cleared derivatives community. Make new connections and find business solutions that can help you expand your business. Registration will open next summer. Stay tuned and check out the 2018 highlights.

Experience Expo:
Each year the Futures & Options Expo boasts thousands of attendees, over 100+ exhibitors and top-notch networking opportunities - it is the world’s largest annual gathering of professionals in the listed and cleared derivatives markets.

Whether you’re walking through the exhibit hall or attending one of the more than 30 sessions, get ready for thought-provoking discussions, practical insight you can apply immediately to your own job and the chance to benchmark your activity against other industry professionals. The exhibit hall is filling up with exciting new technology, exchanges from all over the world, and front, middle and back office solutions.

Learn:
The Expo Steering Committees are planning in-depth sessions on execution, clearing and technology for futures, options and cleared swaps. We are delighted to feature key exchange and clearinghouse leaders on the program again this year.

Speakers

2019 Speakers

Walt Lukken
President & Chief Executive Officer, FIA

Heath Tarbert
Chairman & Chief Executive, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Alicia Crighton
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer of Prime Services US Clearing, Goldman Sachs

Thomas Book
Chief Executive Officer, Eurex

Tal Cohen
Executive Vice President & Head of North American Market Services, Nasdaq

Terry Duffy
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, CME Group

Chris Isaacson
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Cboe Global Markets

Jeff Sprecher
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Intercontinental Exchange, Chairman, New York Stock Exchange

Rob Creamer
Chairman, FIA PTG, and President & Chief Executive Officer, Geneva Trading

Dan M. Berkovitz
Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Sharon Bowen
Director, Intercontinental Exchange and Neuberger Berman, & Partner, Seneca Women, Former CFTC Commissioner

Stephen Brodsky
Chief Strategy Officer, R.J. O’Brien & Associates

Bryan Durkin
President, CME Group

David Goone
Chief Strategy Officer, Intercontinental Exchange

Jerome Kemp
Global Head of Citi Futures, Clearing & Collateral, Citigroup Global Markets

Doris Kearns Goodwin
Presidential Historian & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Marti Tirinnanzi
Instructor, The Institute for Financial Markets

Betty Liu
Chief Experience Officer, Intercontinental Exchange & Executive Vice Chairman, NYSE Group

Mariam Rafi
Managing Director, North American Head of OTC Clearing, Citi

Nancy Stern
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Allston Holdings

Ali Wolpert
Executive Director, Global Policy, DTCC

Colin Lloyd
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Bruce Beatus
Director & Associate General Counsel, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Kara Dutta
Assistant General Counsel, Intercontinental Exchange

John McKinlay
Director & Assistant General Counsel, CME Group

Deborah North
Partner, Allen and Overy

Jim Kharouf
Communications Director, IncubEx, and Contributing Global Markets Editor, John Lothian News

Jay Caauwe
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Supercritical LLC

Trabue Bland
President, ICE Futures U.S.

Antonio Cabeda
Senior Product Manager, TMX Markets/ Equity Derivatives

Jim Downs
Chief Executive Officer, Connamara Systems

Julie Lerner
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PanXchange

Mike Walsh
Managing Director of Research & Public Policy, IncubEx

Carl Gilmore
President, Integritas Financial Consulting

Janice Kan
Managing Director, Head of Markets, Equities, Singapore Exchange

Sunny Wang
Head of International Business Development, HGNH International Financial Co. Ltd

Eric Aldous
Managing Director, Head of Futures, RBC Capital Markets

Rostin Behnam
Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Andrej Bolkovic
Chief Executive Officer, ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago

Vassilis Vergotis
Global Head of Product Development & Strategy, Equity, Equity Index and Digital Assets, Eurex

Kimberly Johns
Managing Director & Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs

Laurian Cristea
General Counsel, ErisX

Gary DeWaal
Special Counsel, Katten Muchin Rosenman

Erik Haas
Director of Compliance, Bakkt

Andrew Ridenour
Senior Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Lilya Tessler
Partner, Sidley Austin

Julie Ros
Editor-in-Chief, Profit & Loss

Paul Houston
Global Head, FX Products, CME Group

Leah Mallas
Global Head of FX Prime Brokerage and FX Clearing, J.P. Morgan

Rick Schonberg
Global Head of ForexClear Product Development, LCH

Andrew Stevens
General Counsel, IMC

Stephen Berger
Managing Director, Government & Regulatory Policy, Citadel

Steve Crutchfield
Head of Market Structure & Electronic Trading Strategy, Chicago Trading Company

Chris Edmonds
Senior Vice President, Financial Markets, Intercontinental Exchange

Brian Quintenz
Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Randolf Roth
Member of Eurex Frankfurt Executive Board, Market Design & Delivery, Eurex

Will Acworth
Senior Vice President, Publications, Data & Research, FIA

Andy Bose
Board of Directors, PanXchange

Alli Brennan
Chief of Staff, CQG

Mark Maurer
Chief Executive Officer, INTL FCStone Markets

Aaron Secrest
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Grain Elevator

Michael Vincent
Executive Vice President, FreightWaves

Richard Gorelick
Head of Market Structure, DRW Holdings

Juthica Chou
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder, LedgerX

Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto
Managing Director, Operations, Gemini

Kelly Loeffler
Chief Executive Officer, Bakkt

Tim McCourt
Global Head of Equity Products & Alternative Investments, CME Group

Matt Trudeau
Chief Strategy Officer, ErisX

Julie Bauer
Senior Vice President, Government Relations, OCC

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

Lee Betsill
Managing Director & Chief Risk Officer, CME Group

Fredrik Ekstrom
Senior Vice President & Head of EU FICC, Nasdaq

Nicolas Friedman
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Eileen Kiely
Managing Director, BlackRock

Travis Nesmith
Assistant Director & Section Chief, Quantitative Risk Analysis, Federal Reserve Board

Marnie Rosenberg
Managing Director and Head of Clearinghouse Risk & Strategy, J.P. Morgan

Scott Andersen
Director, Head of Listed Derivatives - Americas, Societe Generale

Phil Cook
Derivative Operations Lead, PPM America

Eric David
Director, NAM Head of Futures, Clearing, Collateral Operations, Citi

Ila Eckhoff
Managing Director, Investment Operations, Blackrock

Steve Mahoney
Senior Vice President, Strategic Innovation, Post Trade Derivatives, FIS

Maria Mancusi
Chief Operations Officer, ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago

Harris Kay
Officer, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale

Ben Morof
Principal & Founder, Benjamin Compliance

Conor Weber
Assistant General Counsel & Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Nathaniel Lalone
Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK

Tim Gits
Senior Vice President, Head of Americas for Fixed Income Trading & Clearing Sales, Eurex

Matt Haraburda
President, XR Trading

Bruce Savage
Head of Europe, FIA

Jason Radzik
Managing Director, Head of Americas Derivatives Execution & Clearing, BNP Paribas

Sunil Cutinho
President, CME Clearing, CME Group

John Davidson
President & Chief Operating Officer, OCC

Matthias Graulich
Chief Strategy Officer & Member of the Executive Board, Eurex Clearing

John Horkan
Group Chief Operating Officer & Head of North America, LCH

Hester Serafini
President & Chief Operating Officer, ICE Clear U.S.

Chuck Mackie
Principal, Fathom Communication

Rick Lane
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Trading Technologies

Nikolai Larbalestier
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Architecture and Performance Engineering, Nasdaq

Shea Lutton
Enterprise Architect, Amazon Web Services

Ari Studnitzer
Managing Director Architecture and Product Management, CME Group

Karl Wyborn
Global Head of Business Development, CloudMargin

Stephen Humenik
Partner, K&L Gates

Antonio Reyes
Americas Head - Futures, Clearing and Collateral, Citigroup Global Markets

Mark Spanbroek
Chairman, FIA EPTA

Karen Buzard
Senior Counsel – US Know How, Allen & Overy

Roy Choudhury
Principal, Financial Services Advisory, Ernst & Young

Baskar Ramachandran
Americas Head of Business Risk – Rates & FX Derivatives, LCH

Richard Sandor
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, American Financial Exchange

Sean Tully
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Financial and OTC Products, CME Group

Ziad Iskandar
Independent Consultant

Silvio Oliviero
Chief Executive Officer, Agency Trading & Processing, ION Group

Joe Pozzi
Global Head of Listed Derivatives Operations, Goldman Sachs

Lou Rosato
Director, Investment Operations, Global Business Strategy and Relationship Management, BlackRock

Bikram Singh
Chief Executive Officer, EZOPS

David Klotz
Vice President, Head of Business Development, Phillip Capital

Nicholas LaMaina
Senior Vice President, Product Management & Strategy, TradeStation Securities

JB Mackenzie
Managing Director, Futures & Forex, TD Ameritrade

Mark Omens
Executive Director, Retail Sales, CME Group

Donald Roberts
President & Chief Executive Officer, The Small Exchange

Sponsors & Partners

2019 Sponsors & Partners

PLATINUM:
• Brazilian Exchange and OTC
• CME Group
• ICE

GOLD:
• Eurex

SILVER:
• ErisX
• Hignh International
• Ion Markets
• OCC

BRONZE:
• Anova Financial Networks
• Itiviti
• Taskize
• Wedbush

PARTNERS:
• Societe Generale
• Wedbush