Farm Foundation / Commodity Futures Trading Commission / Economic Research Service
Commodity Futures Contract Design Workshop
Agenda
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 – Waugh Auditorium – 1800 M St, NW, Washington, DC |
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1:00 p.m. |
Welcome – Sarahelen (Sally) Thompson, Director, Market and Trade Economics Division, USDA Economic Research Service, and Jeff Harris, Chief Economist, Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
1:15 p.m. |
Opening Remarks - Neilson Conklin, President, Farm Foundation |
1:30 p.m. |
Jeffrey Williams "Whose Markets? Revisited” – University of California, Davis |
2:20 p.m. |
Scott H. Irwin, Philip Garcia, Darrel L. Good, and Eugene L. Kunda “Poor Convergence Performance of CBOT Corn, Soybean and Wheat Futures Contracts: Causes and Solutions “– University of Illinois |
3:10 p.m. |
Break - Refreshments |
3:30 p.m. |
Amit Kumar Vasisht “Contract Design and Trading bans on Indian Futures Contracts– Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
4:20 p.m. |
Samarth Shah and B. Wade Brorsen “Electronic vs. Open Outcry Trading in Agricultural Commodities Futures Markets” – Oklahoma State University |
5:10 p.m. |
Adjourn to CFTC First Floor Hearing Room for Reception |
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
CFTC Reception - 1155 21st St, NW, Washington, DC |
Wednesday, June 10 – Waugh Auditorium – 1800 M St, NW, Washington, DC |
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8:00 a.m. |
Coffee and pastries |
8:10 a.m. |
Roger Dahlgran “Why Is the US Ethanol Futures Contract a Success?” – University of Arizona |
9:00 a.m. |
T. Randall Fortenbery “Designing New Futures Contracts: Experience with Dairy Markets” – University of Wisconsin |
9:50 a.m. |
Break |
10:10 a.m. |
John Roberts “The Role of Actively Traded Multiyear Futures Contracts In Price Discovery” – University of Maryland |
11:00 a.m. |
Panel Discussion - Aaron Smith, U. C. Davis, Robert Hauser, University of Illinois, Virginia France, University of Illinois, and Steven Turner, Mississippi State University |
Noon |
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Last Updated: May 28, 2009