Presentation and Panel Discussion: The Automated Trader 2011 Algorithmic Trading Survey. Results, Expert Analysis and Insight.

Event Chairman:

Bob Giffords, Independent banking and technology analyst.
Bob is a regular speaker, event chairman and panel moderator, as well as a frequent contributor to Automated Trader. Bob has been instrumental in the design of the structure and questions for both this and last year's survey, and has taken a leading role in the analysis of the survey data.

Our Panel:

Natan Tiefenbrun, Commercial Director, Turquoise.
Natan joined the London Stock Exchange Group in January 2009 to work on the launch of a dark pool, and was subsequently appointed Commercial Director at Turquoise after its transaction with LSEG closed in February 2010. He has extensive expertise in the business and technology of electronic trading platforms and algorithmic trading. Natan spent 12 years with Instinet, managing the firm's algorithmic trading, dark pool equity crossing, portfolio trading, execution management and transaction analytics products and services. Natan is a regular speaker at industry conferences and writes a provocative blog on market structure.

Dr Sonia Schulenburg, CEO, Level E Capital Ltd.
Sonia founded investment vehicle Level E Capital SICAV and its flagship quantitative absolute return fund, The MAYA Fund. The Fund uses a quantitative and systematic approach, backed by extensive artificial intelligence research and novel concepts of continuous-learning methodology. Execution is fully automated. Turn to page 24 of the Q3 2011 issue of Automated Trader or click here for more information about Sonia's approch to markets.

Alasdair Moore, Fixnetix.
Alasdair has more than 25 years' experience in the financial services industry Previously, Alasdair was a director of Tullett Liberty Securities & Tullett Liberty Equities. During this period and following the ISD2 regulatory changes in Europe he was instrumental in building the largest network of stock exchange memberships of any independent stockbroker in Europe. In 1999 Alasdair also built the first team of quants to code execution algorithms offering algorithmic execution services at any agency broker in Europe.

Fixnetix provides outsourced managed services across multiple asset classes for ultra-low latency trading, market data, hosting and infrastructure connectivity, as well as risk management solutions to leading global banks, hedge funds and proprietary trading groups. The company is in 29 co-location centres and proximity hosting centres across Europe and the US and offers both raw and ultra-low latency normalised market data as well as low latency trading for member firms and sponsored trading access to over 73 markets.

Lilia Severina, Proximity Hosting Director, Interxion.
As Proximity Hosting Director at Interxion, Lilia Severina is responsible for business development in the Financial Services Sector and spearheads the expansion of Interxion's financial services community within its 27 data centres across Europe. Interxion's Financial Hubs host an extensive trading community including exchanges, MTFs, sell-side and buy-side institutions, high-frequency trading firms, market data vendors and specialised service providers. Lilia has over 10 years experience in the trading & technology sector and is a qualified and experienced equities and futures day trader. Her technical, business and direct trading experience allow Lilia to tailor Interxion's solutions to its clients' requirements. Lilia has studied linguistics, business, philosophy and psychoanalysis at London School of Economics and Donetsk University.