2024 DC Update

2024 STA Washington DC Spring Update

Wednesday, April 10

The St. Regis Washington, D.C.

We’re excited to announce our annual Washington DC Spring Update will be held in-person this year at the historic St. Regis Washington, D.C. hotel. This sponsor-exclusive event will feature congressional members and staff, as well as regulatory and business leaders, as they share their perspectives on key issues and proposed reforms.

Tickets are still available to confirmed STA sponsors, based on sponsorship level, at $425 each. Contact STA to register!

Confirmed Speakers

Rep. Bill Huizenga
House Financial Services Committee

Rep. Wiley Nickel
House Financial Services Committee

Rep. Dan Meuser
Member
House Financial Services Committee

Haoxiang Zhu
Director, Division of Trading & Markets
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

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Preliminary Agenda*

9:00 a.m.
Breakfast

10:00 a.m.
Interview With Rep. Wiley Nickel, Member, House Financial Services Committee
Moderated by Nicole Pursley, Director, Public Policy, Cboe Global Markets

10:30 a.m.
Interview With Haoxiang Zhu, Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Moderated by Jim Burns, Partner, Financial Institutions Group, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

11:00 a.m.
Interview with Stephanie Dumont, Executive Vice President, Head of Market Regulation and Transparency Services, FINRA

11:30 a.m.
Retail Trading Fireside Chat
Mark Davies, Co-Founder & CEO, S3
Matt Billings, Vice President of Brokerage, President of Robinhood Financial & Robinhood Securities, Robinhood
Moderated by Dan Zinn, General Counsel and Chief of Staff, OTC Markets Group

12:15 p.m.
Networking Lunch

1:15 p.m.
Buy Side Fireside Chat
Jonathan Clark, Head of Equity Trading, Voya Investment Management
Jason Vedder, Director of Global Trading and Operations, Driehaus Capital Management
Moderated by Ari Burstein, General Counsel and Chief Policy Officer, Imperative Execution

2:00 p.m.
Interview With Lev Bagramian, Director of Investor Protection and Capital Markets Policy, House Financial Services Committee
Moderated by Jim Toes, President and CEO, Security Traders Association

2:30 p.m.
Interview With Rep. Bill Huizenga, Chair, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Moderated by Hope Jarkowski, General Counsel, New York Stock Exchange

3:00 p.m.
Interview With Rep. Dan Meuser, Member, House Capital Markets Subcommittee
Moderated by Chuck Mack, Head of Strategy, North American Trading Services, Nasdaq

3:30 p.m.
Williams & Jensen Washington DC Update
Joel Oswald, Principal, Williams & Jensen
Mahlet Makonnen, Principal, Williams & Jensen
Moderated by Kirsten Wegner, Chief Executive Officer, Modern Markets Initiative

Following the Sessions, Please Join Us for a Networking Reception from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

*Agenda and Speakers subject to change

Don’t forget to save the date for STA’s 91st Annual Market Structure Conference, September 18-20, 2024 at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando!

Want to sponsor STA and get access to this exclusive event? Reach out to dawn@securitytraders.org and read our 2024 Sponsorship Prospectus for more info.