Time

Auditorium - Presentation

08:30

Welcome and Coffee

09:15 - 09:30

Presentation

Introduction (in German)

• Changes in the Swiss market place in 2008 beyond
• VCA, a high level overview
• glox plans for VCA

George Macdonald, Macdonald Associates

09:30 - 10:20

Presentation

Digital Certificate Services (in German)

• Secure Remote Access for Customer and Partners with digital Certificates
• Secure and reliable Transactions with digital signature
• Preparation and treatment of electronic documents for compliant archiving according Swiss Regulation
• Available Certificate Classes and registration requirements
• Certificate Lifecycle Management

Lorenz Neher, Swisscom

10:20 - 10:40

Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:10

Presentation

Broker connectivity

• Achieving efficiencies though STP
• Algorithmic trading

Edouard Ryst, ULLINK

11:15 - 12:00

Presentation

FIX 5.0 and SP1

• Service Pack 1 has many major enhancements including:
• Improved functionality for exchange quotation models and order routing
• Enhanced Listed Derivatives reference data support for Options, Futures, and Options on Futures
• Application level sequencing with advanced support for market data recovery

Kevin Houstoun, Co-Chair of the FPL Global Technical Committee

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 13:40

Presentation

Technical Challenges Around Liquidity Management

• Smart order routing
• Dark liquidity pools
• Aggregation

David Vincent, Smart Trade

13:45 - 13:55

Presentation

FPL Overview

• FPL Objectives
• Current members and organizational growth
• Benefits of membership
• Achievements and goals

Daniella Baker, FIX Protocol Limited

13:55 - 14:50

Presentation

FAST

FIX Adapted for STreaming

Kevin Houstoun, Co-Chair of the FPL Global Technical Committee

14:50 - 15:10

Coffee Break

15:10 - 15:40

Presentation

Efficiencies in the Fund Market

Jane Sidnell, EMXCo

15:45 - 16:15

Presentation

Europe's ever-changing landscape: exploring trading strategies

• What are the forces at play that challenge traditional infrastructures?
• What is driving the emergence of non-displayed dark venues?
• How do market members navigate these various venues of liquidity?
• What does this mean to the Swiss financial community?

Eugene O'Herlihy, NYFIX

16:15 - 16:45

Questions and Answers

• General SWX Swiss Exchange, VCA, NYFIX and glox questions

Chris Landis, Head of IT SWX Swiss Exchange

Eugene O'Herlihy, NYFIX

George Macdonald, Macdonald Associates

16:45 - 17:00

Presentation

Glox and Macdonald Associates Overview

• Changes in the glox service 2008 and 2009
• New markets being added
• New features

George Macdonald, Macdonald Associates

17:00 - 20:00

Evening Drinks