Global industry experts confirmed to speak so far include

Sir Mark Weinberg, Chairman, Pension Corporation

Colin McLean, Managing Director, SVM Asset Management

Richard Lacaille,
Head of Global Active Equities, State Street Global Advisors

Desmond Fitzgerald,
Chief Executive Officer, Equitable House Investments

Edwin Meysmans, Managing Director, Pensioenfonds KBC

Jayesh Bhansali,
Head of Derivatives Strategy and Trading, TIAA-CREF

Gerald Blundell, European Director of Strategy and Research, LaSalle Investment Management

Marlies van Boven,
Head of Quantitative Analysis, Baring Asset Management

Francesco Sandrini,
Head of Institutional Portfolio Managers and Financial Engineering, Pioneer Investments

So why attend this Derivatives Summit?

Unique in its depth of reasoning, Risk magazine's Derivative Summit is a wholly new type of conference. It is geared at those on the buy–side of Europe's financial markets who are comfortable with the use of derivatives as part of their investment strategy but are interested in getting the best value out of these products:

Risk Magazines assurance:
The organisers of the 2008 Derivatives Summit are committed to creating a unique forum for those fund mangement practictioners who are serious about getting the most out of derivative instruments, therefore... Attendance is limited to the buy–side