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Wow - that was great! by the 2015 September Conference Committee


Almost 200 NIBA members attended an education/information/networking packed-day on September 24 at the NIBA Annual Meeting in Chicago. We've received rave reviews for the presenters and the demo room tables from all the attendees.


We want to thank all our speakers and sponsors for their support and for making this event easy to plan and implement. We particularly want to thank CME Group for their primary sponsorship and box lunches, and Blu Putnam for the luncheon speech.


Over the next few weeks, articles written by the conference speakers and sponsors will be posted on the NIBA website and will be included in our newsletter. And you can check out the video recordings made during the meeting right here - right now.

NIBA Chicago: The El Nino Effect Panel

NIBA Chicago: Sources of Volatility Panel

NIBA Chicago: Cybersecurity Panel


Our sponsors included:

Wedbush Securities

Rosenthal Collins Group

Bantix

FC Stone

Midland IRA

CME Group

NADEX

RJ O'Brien

eSentire

Advantage Futures

Michael Coglianese CPA, PC

Greenberg Traurig

Solstice CTA Database


Demo Hall included:

Ascent Technologies

BarChart

CME Group

Michael Coglianese CPA, PC

Delkos Research

Great Lakes Credit Union

OptionsCity Software


Thank you to everyone who made the 2015 NIBA Annual Members Meeting another one to remember! As we kick off our 25th Anniversary Year, we look forward to seeing all the members at our upcoming events.


Committee Members: John Nelson, Tom Sandy, Mark Shore, Mike Burke, Steve Petillo, Mike Coglianese, Barbara Schmidt-Bailey, Holli Kranz, Ralph Preston, and Melinda Schramm

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