New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/02/2011 -- Building off of the momentum of past conferences in New York City, High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 is gearing up to provide global audiences in Hong Kong, September, 19-21, Chicago, October 3-5, Sao Paulo, October 24-26, and Singapore, November 13-15, the most up-to-date overview of cutting-edge developments and insights to build a competitive advantage in high-frequency trading. Why firms in financial services, technology and consulting would invest in sponsoring High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011? For starters, leaders of the industry will be speaking, including lunch keynote speaker Bart Chilton, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and:

• Mr. Aaron Lebovitz, Managing Director, Infinium Capital Management
• Mr. Adam Afshar, Chief Executive Officer and President, Hyde Park Global
• Dr. Andrew Kumiega, Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago
• Dr. Christian Zimmer, Head for Quantitative Portfolio Management and Research, Itaú Unibanco's Asset Management
• Mr. Christopher Willox, Director of Trading, Fenimore Asset Management
• Mr. Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders
• Dr. Euan Sinclair, Risk Manager, Bluefin Trading
• Mr. James Austin, President, Vertex Analytics
• Mr. James Leman, Principal and Capital Markets Head, Westwater Corp.
• Mr. Jitesh Thakkar, Founder and President, Edge Financial Technologies
• Dr. Jonathan Brogaard, Professor, University of Washington's Foster School of Business
• Mr. Jonathan Kanterman, leading consultant to hedge funds
• Mr. Jonathan Kinlay, Founder and CEO, Systematic Strategies LLC
• Mr. Ken Kinkopf, Founder and President, Kinkopf Capital Management, LLC
• Mr. Louis Mak, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, I-Access Group
• Mr. Marvin Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Quaternion Capital Management
• Mr. Mike Bellafiore, Co-Founder, SMB Capital
• Mr. Milind Sharma is Chief Executive Officer, QuantZ Capital Management
• Mr. Morgan Hill, Founding Partner, Attis Capital LLC
• Mr. Nathaniel Baker, Editor, Bloomberg Hedge Funds Brief, Bloomberg LP
• Dr. Petter Kolm, Clinical Associate Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
• Mr. Will Mechem, Managing Director, Pan Alpha Trading
• Mr. William Kenney, President, Knox Capital Management

Another important reason is the opportunity to mingle with attendees from the top firms in the alternative investments world. Who attends Golden Networking’s forums? The list has no end: Alaris Trading Partners, Algo Engineering, Alyar Global, Avatar Securities LLC, Babson Capital Management, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Basel Asset Management, BATS Global Markets, BlackRock, Bloomberg LP, Blue Star Jets LLC, broadstreettrading, BTIG, Cantor Fitzgerald, Capital IQ, CapitalSource, Christopher Street Capital, Citadel Investments, Citi, Credit Suisse, Crossix Solutions, Deschutes Capital, Deutsche Asset Management, Differential Research LLC, Direct Edge, E and J securities NYSE, EchoTrade, Elk River Trading, Empire Capital Partners, Entrenet Ltd LLC, Equinix, ETR corp., Gerson Lehrman Group, GLC Trading Corp, Goldman Sachs, Guggenheim Securities, Harma Risk Management LLC, HSBC Bank PLC, Infinium Capital Management, Jane Street Capital, LLC, JPMorgan Chase, LEK Securities Corp, Lenox Advisors, Lyxor Asset Management, Madison Trading, MetLife, MF Global Investment Management, Millennium Partners, Morgan Stanley, NY Fed, PK Trading, LLC, Platinum Partners, Prudential Securities, Quantix, Real Time Partners LLC., Reuters, RM Capital, Ropes, Scher Financial Group, Schonfeld Securities, Standard & Poor's, Stepwise Capital, Strategies For Wealth, Summa Capital Corp., Summit Financial Holdings, Sunrise Securities Corp, Synchroneon, Inc., Systematic Alpha Management, Systematic Strategies LLC, The Carlyle Group, Third Wave Global Investors, Three River Capital, Trading Cross Connects, TSIX Trading, UBS, Volant Trading, WJ. Dowd Inc., Wombat Capital, WTS Proprietary Trading Group, and more.

Finance, technology and consulting firms can provide unique insights from their industry exposure to unique audiences looking to maintain their edge in the competitive investment arena. Establishing as subject matter experts in front of an influential audience will give sponsors unique entry points to advance their business development initiatives. Golden Networking’s forums have been known to raise the profile of both established and emerging firms in finance, technology and consulting. Alternative investments analysts, asset managers, automated traders, chief economists, chief investment officers, chief operating officers, chief risk officers, chief technology officers, developers, financial engineering graduates, fund of funds managers, government regulators, heads of trading, hedge fund managers, high-frequency traders, institutional investors, investment professionals, legal advisors, portfolio managers, proprietary traders, quality directors, quantitative traders, risk managers and statistical arbitrageurs are a few of the titles of attendees expected at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011.

Given the well-known challenge of attracting eyeballs from qualified industry professionals, High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 provides a platform for sponsors to build on additional business development sources. Google and Bing searches for subjects related to high-frequency trading will undoubtedly bring results that highlight the sponsors’ participation at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011. Is your firm ready for the challenge?

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Upcoming Golden Networking's Forums and Business Receptions include:

• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour New York (http://www.hfthappyhour.com), August 9th, New York City
• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour Chicago (http://hfthappyhourchicago.eventbrite.com), August 23rd, Chicago
• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour Hong Kong (http://hfthappyhourhongkong.eventbrite.com), August 25th, Hong Kong
• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour Singapore (http://hfthappyhoursingapore.eventbrite.com), August 25th, Singapore
•High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Hong Kong , "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumhongkong.eventbrite.com), September, 19-21, Hong Kong
• High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Chicago, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumchicago.eventbrite.com), October 3-5, Chicago
• High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Sao Paulo, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumsaopaulo.eventbrite.com), October 24-26, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Singapore, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumsingapore.eventbrite.com), November 13-15, Singapore

Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to info@goldennetworking.net. Golden Networking has been frequently featured in the press, including recent articles in The Wall Street Journal, "Happy Hour for High-Frequency Trading", The New York Times, "Golden Networking Helps Job Seekers Make Overseas Connections", Los Angeles Times, "Speed-addicted traders dominate today's stock market", Reuters, "Revamp looms as trading experts huddle at SEC" and Columbia Business School's Hermes Alumni Magazine, "10 Under 10".