24th Annual Options Industry Conference To Be Held In South Beach, Florida May 4-6 - U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D.Del) To Be One Of The Keynote Speakers

Nearly 400 options industry leaders are expected to attend the 24th Annual Options Industry Conference to be held on May 4 through May 6 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in South Beach, Florida.

Panel discussions slated for the three-day event will include such topics as prospects and barriers to the future growth of the options industry; the use of institutional options in the marketplace; and the expanding role of electronic trading. There will also be an overview of the future of the options industry with the leaders of the six options exchanges on Saturday, May 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

The keynote speaker on Friday, May 5 at 11:00 a.m. will be Maddy Dychwald, futurist, author and expert on the life style revolution, consumer trends and generational marketing.

Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. will speak on Saturday, May 6 at 11:30 a.m. along with Les Gelb, nationally recognized foreign policy expert and Pulitzer Prize winner.

The American Stock Exchange, the Boston Options Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the International Securities Exchange, NYSE Arca, and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, this year’s host exchange, jointly sponsor the conference.

The complete agenda for the conference is attached.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades 1,950 stocks, 2,213 equity options, 20 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.