NYC | QWAFAFEW

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

A Special Event: “The Inefficient Market for Quantitative Investment Professionals - More Than Just Showing Up”

Venue and Time:
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008, 5:45 - 8:45 pm
Patrick Conway's Pub & Restaurant (downstairs)
40 E 43rd St (between Madison & Vanderbilt), NY, NY

To RSVP: Please e-mail nyc@qwafafew.org and put date of event in Subject Line. Please include the names, phone numbers, Organization Names for name tags, e-mails, and zips for all attending. Please RSVP so we can give Conway’s good estimates and avoid needing to charge a higher fee at the door.

Admission:
$30 for Paid-Up Members of QWAFAFEW-NYC in 2008 (must have already paid dues for 2008 or pay with admission for this meeting)

$40 for Members of the following investing-related organization (any CFA society, CAIA, CQA, FAMMS, PRMIA, or any other QWAFAFEW chapter; members of the financial press and full-time business students also may pay this reduced rate).

$50 for non-members of QWAFAFEW or any of the above affiliates. Dress code and everything else about QWAFAFEW is casual.
 
ONLY cash or check (to QWAFAFEW) can be accepted. NO PLASTIC. Paper receipts are available upon request. Remember, 2008 Membership dues are now $90. Bring a check with you to the meeting, or follow the instructions below.

QWAFAFEW - NYC Chapter, e-mail: nyc@qwafafew.org website: www.qwafafew.org/New York Chapter 

Administrator: Moira Hand, moira727@yahoo.com

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Herb Blank, QWAFAFEW Steering Committee
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708 3rd Avenue, 23rd Floor,
NY , NY 10017
hblank@qwafafew.org; (917) 992-7852

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AGENDA
5:45 - 6:25 pm Registration and Networking

6:25 - 6:30 pm Chapter Business, C. Michael Carty, Chapter President

6:30 - 7.15 pm –
A Play in One Act about the inefficient Market for Smart People written by Brooke Allen, Maple Securities, USA

Smart People like participating in inefficient markets because they are rewarded for their efforts in ways that efficient markets don't permit. We investigate creative ways for Smart People to behave in the marketplace for brains and talent.

Featured players include: Suzanne – Joan Barber; Briana – Erin Cronican; Walt – Dennis Holland; Roger – Richard B. Watson

7:15 - 7.45 - During the break when refreshments will be available as always, we will also partake in “The Game” created by Mr. Allen. Prizes will be awarded to those who qualify.

7:45 – 8:30 - Panel Discussion with Human Resource Experts
Panelists: (partial list)
Sally Eisenberg, AVP of HR and Corporate Accounting, SPARX.
Maria Fornaro, HR manager at a manufacturer in the aviation industry.
Howard Leifman, Ph.D., HR Consultant (www.howardleifman.com)
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About our speaker:
Brooke Allen is Head of the Quantitative Trading Group of Maple Securities USA. He also is an Educator and Guest Speaker at Rutgers Education Technology Center. Brooke has run Maple’s quantitative portfolio continuously since 1996 and spent most of the prior ten years involved in developing and exploring quantitative trading strategies and technologies at major sell-side institutions.

He recently wrote “In Person: Hiring In a Dysfunctional Job Market” for a Career Development section for Science magazine.  He has great interest in being of service to the generations that are coming up behind him and is particularly interested in helping young people first entering the job market and those in mid-life who are facing career changes.

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