Kathryn M. Kaminski, PhD (CIO, Alpha K Capital; Visiting Lecturer, Stockholm School of Economics; Visiting Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management) 

1. Volatility investment fundamentals: A review of instruments commonly used to trade volatility

Jerry Haworth (Co-Founder & CIO, 36 South Capital Advisors LLP) 

Juergen Michels (Lead Euro Area Economist and ECB Watcher, Managing Director, Economic and Market Analysis, Citigroup) 

1. Outlook for volatility in 2012

Panelists:

• Bart Baum (Co-Founder, Portfolio Manager & CIO, Ionic Capital Management LLC)
• Brice Perin (Portfolio Manager, Acropole Asset Management)
• David Pitcairn (Managing Director, Vulpes Investment Management) Nelson Saiers (CIO, Alphabet Management LLC)

Moderator: Torbjörn Hamnmark (Senior Strategist, Strategic Asset Allocation, AP3 – Third Swedish National Pension Fund) 

Panelists:

• Kirill Ilinski (Founding Partner & CIO, Fusion Asset Management)
• Julia Kung (Product Specialist, Equity Strategies, Amundi Asset Managment) Anthony Limbrick (Principal & Portfolio Manager, 36 South Capital Advisors LLP)
• Nikhil Mankodi (Co-Head of Asian Trading, Pine River Asset Capital Management LP) 

Moderator: Chris Greer (Managing Director, Head of Global Capital Introduction, Citigroup)

Lee Robinson (Director, Altana Wealth Management) 

1. Inflation - the greatest of all risks?

Loriana Pelizzon (Associate Professor of Economics, University of Venice) 

1. Crisis, hedge funds and the role of volatility

Anthony LaPorta (Head of Risk for Prime Finance and Futures, Citigroup) 

1. Managing tail risk in a global multi strategy portfolio

Panelists: 

• Arie Aboulafia (Senior Portfolio Manager, Capstone Investment Advisors) Jerry Haworth (Co-Founder & CIO, 36 South Capital Advisors LLP)
• Rupert Mathews (Co-Founder & Lead Investment Manager, Ferox Capital LLP) 
• Vaughan Robinson (Head of Quantitative Research, Bennelong Asset Management) 

Moderator: Ouaile El Fetouhi (Senior Analyst, Aberdeen Solutions) 

Phil Atkinson (Head of Member Sales and Relationship Management, LCH CLEARNET)