Keynote Speakers
Featured Speakers
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Madeleine Albright
FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE
Madeleine K. Albright is chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm, and chair of Albright Capital Management LLC, an investment advisory firm focused on emerging markets. Albright was the 64th Secretary of State of the United States. In 1997, she was named...
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James Burkhard
MANAGING DIRECTOR, IHS CERA GLOBAL OIL GROUP
James Burkhard leads the team of IHS CERA experts that analyze and assess upstream and downstream market conditions and changes in the oil and gas industry's competitive environment. He also leads...
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James Carville
POLITICAL STRATEGIST
James “The Ragin’ Cajun” Carville is America’s best-known political consultant. His long list of electoral successes evidences a knack for steering overlooked campaigns to unexpected landslide victories and for re-making political underdogs into upset winners.
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Daniel Coleman
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GETCO
Daniel Coleman is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and leading the strategic direction of GETCO, a global market maker in fixed income, FX, equities and commodities. Coleman joined GETCO in 2010. He served as global head of equities and global head of client...
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Martin Dickson
U.S. MANAGING EDITOR, FINANCIAL TIMES
Martin Dickson oversees the North American print and online editions of the Financial Times. He has been with the publication since 1976, starting out as Africa editor covering African and diplomatic affairs...
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Jeff Jennings
MANAGING DIRECTOR, CREDIT SUISSE
Jeff Jennings is the Managing Director of the Investment Banking division at Credit Suisse. He is the Global Head of Prime Services Listed Derivatives, OTC Derivatives Clearing and FXPB. Previously, he had served as the Global Head of Listed Derivatives for Lehman Brothers...
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Richard Kauffman
SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE U.S. SECRETARY OF ENERGY
Richard Kauffman joined the U.S. Department of Energy in September 2011, as a Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Prior to joining the Department, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Good Energies, Inc., a leading investor in...
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John Kingston
DIRECTOR OF NEWS, PLATTS
John Kingston oversees the news operations of Platts’ numerous editorial areas of coverage, including oil, natural gas, electric power, petrochemicals and metals. Prior to that, he had been Platts’ global director of oil, managing the worldwide oil reporting team.
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Ted Koppel
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST
In March 2012, the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University named Ted Koppel one of the “100 Outstanding Journalists in the United States in the Last 100 Years.” During his 42 years at ABC News, he became the longest-serving news anchor...
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John Lipsky
FIRST DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR, IMF (2006-2011)
John Lipsky's steadfast leadership at the International Monetary Fund coincided with the most challenging era for the global economy in the past 70 years. Today, Lipsky serves as co-director of the Aspen Institute’s Program...
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Michael Mackenzie
U.S. MARKETS EDITOR, FINANCIAL TIMES
Michael Mackenzie oversees coverage of U.S. stocks, bonds, commodities, foreign exchange, derivatives, wealth management and fund management for the Financial Times...
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Edgar Perez
AUTHOR, THE SPEED TRADERS
Edgar Perez is widely regarded as the preeminent global expert in high-frequency trading. His book has been published in four languages, and he is now the course director of The Speed Traders Workshop 2012: How High Frequency Traders
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Richard Prager
MANAGING DIRECTOR, BLACKROCK
Richard Prager is head of the Trading & Liquidity Strategies Group at BlackRock. He is responsible for overseeing the firm's trading functions and the Cash and Securities Lending business.
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Raghuram Rajan
PROFESSOR OF FINANCE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Raghuram Rajan is the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business...
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Karl Rove
FORMER U.S. DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
Karl Rove, an iconic political strategist, served as Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush from 2000–2007 and Deputy Chief of Staff from 2004–2007. At the White House he oversaw the Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political Affairs...
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Jimmy Wales
FOUNDER, WIKIPEDIA
2012 CME Group Fred Arditti Innovation Award Recipient
Jimmy Wales is an Internet entrepreneur, wiki pioneer and technology visionary. He is best known as the founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia...
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Jerry Webman
CHIEF ECONOMIST, OPPENHEIMER FUNDS
As Chief Economist at Oppenheimer Funds, Jerry Webman brings nearly thirty years of financial and economic expertise to the financial advisor and investment communities.
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Zhou Yuan
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, CHINA INVESTMENT CORPORATION (CIC)
Prior to his current role as chief strategy officer, Zhou Yuan served as head of alternative investment department, special investment department, and asset allocation and strategic research department of CIC.
