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The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that the next event in its university outreach program, The Road to Wall Street: Analyze Your Options, will be at the Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago for college students and faculty from IIT as well as the Chicagoland area on Friday, November 2.
OIC’s Road to Wall Street program, which began in 2010, partners with a university to educate students about options and careers within the options industry. The informative half-day events are designed for students and faculty featuring successful exchange leaders, options traders, technology experts and other industry professionals. Topics covered include experiences from the field, how the listed options markets work, where the industry is headed, and how to get started in the options business.
Registration for the IIT event opens at 8:15 a.m. and the program starts at 9:00 a.m. with opening remarks followed by "Experiences from the Field" with guest Michael Cahill, President and COO of OCC and then a panel discussion on how the listed options markets work. The second half of the program includes the panel discussion, "Getting Started in the Options Business" and concludes with "Experiences from the Field" featuring OptionsCity CEO Hazem Dawani.
OIC's Road to Wall Street events are open to all college students currently enrolled in a 2- or 4-year undergraduate or graduate degree program. Registration is now available http://www.stuart.iit.edu/cffm/events.shtml.
