2018 Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference
Protecting America's Agricultural Markets: An Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Center for Risk Management Education and Research at Kansas State University will jointly host, “Protecting America’s Agricultural Markets: An Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference,” on April 5 – 6, 2018, in Overland Park, Kansas. This first-of-its-kind conference will include robust presentations and discussions on current macro-economic trends and issues affecting American agricultural futures markets and the importance of these markets for managing risk and protecting participants from manipulation, fraud, and other unlawful activities.
“It is both fitting and appropriate to hold our first conference focused on derivatives-markets issues impacting the agricultural community in America’s Heartland. I look forward to this opportunity to join our partner, Kansas State University, to learn more about these vitally important issues and listen to the concerns of this community,” said CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo. “One of our main priorities at the CFTC is to ensure regulatory barriers do not stand in the way of long standing hedging practices of American farmers and ranchers, who depend on our markets.”
“Kansas State University is pleased to partner with CFTC on this important and timely conference addressing issues affecting market performance, as well as the value of our commodity futures markets in managing risk,” said Dr. John Floros, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of Kansas State University Research and Extension. “This conference complements our Land Grant Mission and Global Food Systems initiative by advancing knowledge discovery and dissemination to the agricultural community. The need to effectively manage risk in commodity markets has never been greater, and this conference provides a forum for open dialogue about critical futures market issues.”
Date
Thursday, April 5, 2018 1:00 p.m. - Friday, April 6, 2018 2:00 p.m. (CT)
Location
Overland Park, Kansas
Registration is closed. Conference is at capacity.
No registration refunds after April 3, 2018
Program
Thursday, April 5
12:00 p.m. | Registration Opens |
1:00 - 1:10 p.m. | Conference OverviewThe Honorable J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman |
1:10 - 1:20 p.m. | Welcome RemarksDr. John Floros, Dean, Kansas State University College of Agriculture and Director, Kansas State University Research and Extension |
1:20 - 1:40 p.m. | KeynoteThe Honorable Pat Roberts, U.S. Senator, Kansas, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee |
1:40 - 3:25 p.m. | Irrational Exuberants, Liquidity Providers, or Both? |
3:25 - 3:45 p.m. | Break |
3:45 - 5:30 p.m. | How High Frequency Trading Has Changed the GameModerator: Chuck Marvine, Regional Administrator and Deputy Director, Division of Enforcement, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Social- Cottonwood Ballroom corridor |
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. | Pre-Dinner DiscussionDaniel Gorfine, Director, LabCFTC Topic: The Intersection of Blockchain Technology and Agriculture Dinner with Special Guest SpeakerThe Honorable William Northey, Under Secretary |
Friday, April 6
7:15 - 7:45 a.m. | Continental Breakfast and Market UpdateAndy Busch, Chief Market Intelligence Officer |
7:45 - 8:00 a.m. | KeynoteThe Honorable Jerry Moran, U.S. Senator, Kansas |
8:00 - 9:45 a.m. | A Different Animal: Futures Contract Design, Hedging Effectiveness, and Transparency in Thinly Traded Cash Markets for Cattle and HogsModerator: Randy Blach, Chief Executive Officer, CattleFax
Panelists:
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9:45 - 10:00 a.m. | Break |
10:00 - 11:45 a.m. | Trilogy for Troubleshooting Convergence: Manipulation, Structural Imbalance, and Storage RatesModerator: Todd Kemp, Senior Vice President, National Grain and Feed Association
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11:45 - 12:45 p.m. | LunchThe Honorable Brian Quintenz, Commissioner |
12:45 - 1:45 p.m. | Division of Market Oversight Presents: Protecting Customers Through Oversight of Agricultural Futures ContractsModerator: Daniel O'Brien, Extension Agricultural Economist, Kansas State University Panelists from the CFTC's Division of Market Oversight:
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1:45 - 2:00 p.m. | Concluding RemarksThe Honorable J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman |
AgCon2018 is being presented by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Center for Risk Management Education and Research at Kansas State University
Press Inquiries, Contact
Donna Faulk-White | CFTC
DFaulk-White@CFTC.gov
Jennifer Merrill | Kansas State University
jlmerrill@ksu.edu
Questions, Contact
Jennifer Merrill | Managing Director
Center for Risk Management Education & Research | Kansas State University
jlmerrill@ksu.edu | (785) 532-4075