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Register By September 16, 2011 And SAVE $300

Network with industry peers and hear from leading trading experts, market operators, monitors, exchanges, and analysts at this year’s Platts 4th Annual Nodal Trader conference.

KEYNOTE — Assessing Market And Credit Risk For FTRs In A Changing Regulatory Environment
Benjamin Preston, Executive Director, Credit Risk Management Group, Macquarie Holdings (USA) Inc.

Learn the latest on the Nodal/Virtual Trading Markets:

• Financial reform legislation and its impact on power trading — How will FTRs in wholesale power markets be treated under new developing rules?

• FERC Credit Reform Order — The impact of new minimum participation requirements

• Trading beyond RTOs/ISOs — When to trade FTRs versus bilateral versus cleared contracts

• Financial players in power trading — Threats associated with market resettlements

• Building blocks and emerging trends for structured products — Meeting the needs of end-users trying to hedge

Speakers Include:

• Michael Rosenberg, Manager,Active Power Investments LLC
• Jared Johnson, Director,Amerex Brokers, LLC
• Margaret Miller, Director, Regulatory Affairs, West,Brookfield Energy Marketing
• Guillermo Bautista, Ph.D., Senior Power System Technology Specialist,CAISO
• Brenda Boultwood, Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer,Constellation Energy
• Veronica Bosquez, Analyst,Customized Energy Solutions
• Dean Wilde, Chief Executive Officer,DC Energy LLC
• Bruce Bleiweis, Director, Market Affairs, DC Energy LLC
• David Hastings, President,DHastCo, LLC
• Pierre Tournois, Vice President, Nodal Trading,EDF Trading North America LLC
• Mike Cleary, Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer,ERCOT
• Michael Cosgrove, Group Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives in Commodities and Energy,GFI Group Inc.
• Harry Singh, Vice President,Goldman Sachs
• Igor Kliakhandler, President,Intergrid Mideast Group
• Marc D. Montalvo, Director, Market Assessment & Investigation, IMM,ISO New England
• James Williamson, Trading Director and Owner, JPTC, LLC
• Todd Ramey, Executive Director, Forward Markets,MISO
• Joseph Bowring, President,Monitoring Analytics
• Sharon Brown-Hruska, Ph.D., Vice President, Securities and Finance,NERA;former Commissioner,CFTC
• Paul Cusenza, Chief Executive Officer,Nodal Exchange, LLC
• Ann Sacra, President and Chief Operating Officer, Nodal Exchange, LLC
• Carol A. Smoots, Partner,Perkins Coie LLP
• Tim Horger, Manager,PJM
• Mike Wilczek, Senior Markets Editor, North American Electricity,Platts
• Beth Garza, Deputy Director, ERCOT IMM,Potomac Economics
• Richard Dillon, Director, Market Development and Analysis,SPP

For more information and speaking opportunities, contact:
Erica Giardina
Tel: 781-430-2115
erica_giardina@platts.com

For sponsorship opportunities, contact:
Lorne Grout
Tel: 781-430-2112
lorne_grout@platts.com

For media inquiries, contact:
Christine Benners
Tel: 781-430-2104
christine_benners@platts.com

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