RMC Agenda
Updated as of October 8, 2024, all times shown in MT
Subject to change
| Time | Description | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | ||
| 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM | Registration | |
| 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM | Academic Roundtable | |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | Lunch | |
| 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Education Session: Digital | Registration Required - Click Here to Register |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Pre-RMC Networking Reception | |
| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Pre-RMC Dinner (Casual) at the Tram Club Bar | |
| Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | ||
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM | Registration | |
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Off-Site Networking Activities | |
| 7:15 AM - 8:45 AM | Networking Breakfast | |
| 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Roundtable: Insurers | |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Roundtable: Product Design | |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00 PM - 4:15 PM | RMC Main Stage Sessions Begin: ETF Panels and presentations sponsored by FTSE Russell & SPDJI | |
| 1:00 PM - 1:05 PM | Kickoff from Emcee | |
| 1:05 PM - 2:10 PM | Panel: Hungry for yield? The Rise of Option-Based Income ETFs | Moderator: • Ryan Sullivan, Head of Buy Side Americas, Index Investment Group, FTSE Russell Panelists: |
| 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM | Break | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM | Panel: Fixed Income Landscape: Electronification, Standardization & Expanding Use Cases for ETFs | Moderator: • Willam D. Campbell, Founder, HB Economics & Lecturer |
| 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Panel: Rates are Moving. What’s next for Buffer ETFs? | Moderator: • Eric Qian, Exchange Traded Products, Cboe Panelists: |
| 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Tram to Summit Opens | **Tram departs every 20 minutes** |
| 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Welcome Reception & Dinner | |
| Thursday, October 17, 2024 | ||
| 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Breakfast | |
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 PM | Registration | |
| 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM | Welcome to RMC | • Catherine Clay, Global Head of Derivatives, Cboe Global Markets |
| 9:10 AM - 9:15 AM | Kickoff from Emcee | |
| 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | Presentation: Trading Volatility Risk Premium Strategies | |
| 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM | Panel: Hedging Reality: Are Traditional Measures of Volatility Too Slow in the 0DTE World? | Moderator: • Nishank Modi, Product Innovation, Cboe Global Markets Panelists:
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| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Networking Break | |
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Panel: Leveraging Derivatives Across Fund Wrappers | Moderator: • Kristin Boyd, Global Head of Derivatives Sales & Distribution, Cboe Global Markets |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Fireside Chat: The Future of Global Retail Client Trading | |
| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM | Panel: Indexing and its Role Innovating the Investment Landscape | Moderator: • Caleb Silver, Editor-In-Chief, Investopedia Panelists: |
| 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | US Politics & Election Outlook Keynote | |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Presentation: November 5th is around the corner… What’s Priced In for US Elections | • Ed Tom, Senior Director, Derivatives Market Intelligence, Cboe Global Markets |
| 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | Networking Break | |
| 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Panel: The Art of Trading Dispersion | Moderator: • Noel Smith, CIO, Convex Asset Management Panelists: |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Panel: Upstairs / Downstairs: How Liquidity Formation Happens Across the US Options Markets | Moderator: • Cem Karsan, Founder & CIO, Kai Volatility Advisors Panelists: |
| 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Networking Cocktail Hour | |
| 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Dinner | |
| 10:00 PM - 11:59 PM | After Party | Seventy-One |
| Friday, October 18, 2024 | ||
| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Presentation: Trading Realized Dispersion | • Rick Sandulli, Co-CEO, Metaurus Advisors |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | The Next Generation of Volatility Products | • Robert Hocking, Global Head of Product Innovation, Cboe Global Markets |
| 10:30 AM - 10:35 AM | Concluding Remarks | |