Options Industry Conference 2024 | The Options Industry Conference | 30 April 2024 | The Omni Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave, Asheville, NC 28804

The conference focuses on the key topics facing the options industry today, from the regulatory shifts in the U.S. and Europe to the technological developments that are driving monumental change in markets around the globe.

The premier annual event for top-level management and trading professionals, the Conference presents content at the intersection of business and regulation, delivering what the industry needs to advance together, year after year.

This three-day event brings together the most diverse and accessible group of key industry professionals, influential speakers, and top-quality content to curate an experience of connecting, learning, and engaging. Whether you seek to expand your network, dive deep into new topics or share knowledge of your own, we provide the forum to achieve it all.

The Options Industry Conference is open to leaders and representatives of exchanges, trading firms, institutional and retail brokerage businesses, professional service providers and financial technology organizations.

2024 Speakers

PANELISTS:

Meaghan Dugan
Head of Options, NYSE

Steve Sosnick
Chief Strategist, Interactive Brokers

Patrick Zielinski
Chief Executive Officer, BOX Options Exchange

Chris Larkin
Managing Director, Head of Trading and Investing, E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley

Joe Mazzola
Director, Trading & Education, Charles Schwab & Co

Greg Stevens
Vice President, Fidelity Investments

Johnathan Hampton
Director of New Sales and Partnerships, Exegy

Jessica Inskip
Director of Education and Product, Options Play

Steve Quirk
Chief Brokerage Officer, Robinhood Markets, Inc

Eric McArdle
Managing Director, Advisor Solutions, Simplify

Eric Metz
President & Chief Investment Officer, SpiderRock Advisors

Megan Morgan
Head of Market Structure, Belvedere Trading

Gregg Berman
Managing Director, Market Analytics and Regulatory Structure, Citadel

Mark Davies
Chief Executive Officer, S3

Jill Sommers
Chair of the Derivatives Practice Group, Patomak Global Partners

Geralyn Endo
Relationship Manager, Options Lead, MEMX

Kevin "Lex" Luthringshausen
Senior Vice President, Chief Content Officer, Tradier Inc, Tradier Hub

Laura Morrison
ETF/Investment Industry Advisor, Former Chief Revenue Officer, Direxion

Dennis Davitt
Chief Investment Officer, Millbank Dartmoor Portsmouth

Geoff Gaiss
Vice President, Global Derivatives, TRAFiX

Jim Toes
President and Chief Executive Officer, Security Traders Association

Lauren Arbid
Director, US Head of Relationship Management, ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC

Mathieu Boivin-Carrier
Director, All Options USA

James Putra
Vice President and Head of Product Strategy, TradeStation

Dr. Randolf Roth
Member of the Executive Boards, Eurex

Andrej Bolkovic
Chief Executive Officer, OCC

Shelly Brown
Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development, MIAX

Sean Feeney
Head of US Options, Nasdaq

Kevin McCarthy
Chief Administrative Officer and Head of Clearing, Clear Street

MODERATORS:

Stacey Gilbert
Chief Investment Officer, Glenmede Investment Management

Steve Crutchfield
Head of Business Development, Chicago Trading Company

JJ Kinahan
Chief Executive Officer, IG North America

Joe Lewis
Head Corporate Hedging & FX Solutions, Jefferies

Steve Luparello
Principal, Gaillard Group LLC

Lule Demmissie
Chief Executive Officer US, eToro

Ellen Greene
Managing Director, Equity and Options Market Structure, SIFMA

David Cross
Co-Head of Options, DASH Financial Technologies

Paul Jiganti
Managing Director, Business Development & Market Structure Strategy, IMC

SPEAKERS:

Ed Modla
Executive Director, Investor Education, OCC

Mat Cashman
Principal, Investor Education, OCC

Mike Hansen
Chief Clearing and Settlement Services Officer, OCC

Henry Schwartz
Vice President, Global Head of Client Engagement, Cboe Global Markets

2024 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• OCC
• Box Options
• Cboe
• MEMX
• MIAX
• Nasdaq
• NYSE Group

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Citadel Securities
• Simplex Trading
• Tradier

SILVER SPONSORS:
• BofA Securities
• Chicago Trading Company
• Dash
• Eurex
• Exegy
• IMC
• Jane Street
• OIC
• Security Traders Association
• Sterling Trading Tech
• SIG
• TRAFiX

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Clear Street
• The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
• Instinet
• Matrix
• Oppenheimer & Co. Inc
• SpiderRock
• Wedbush
• Wolverine Execution Services

SUPPORTERS:
• Devexperts
• S3
• SIFMA