SIFMA Launch

Refreshment during Industry Forum – Sold!
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Opening Night Dinner - Four Sold - One Available
$15,000
Two Complimentary Registrations &
Two Seats at a Reserved VIP Table
Co-Hosted by
ADP Brokerage Services Group
BPS
Dow Jones Newswires
KPMG LLP

Trisha Yearwood has been hailed as one of the finest interpretive singers ever by Entertainment Weekly. She has been saluted as among the best vocalists currently working in any genre by The Tennessean. CD Review calls her simply, Nashvilles uber-vocalist. Listeners responded to her lustrous voice from the moment they first heard it 14 years ago. Trisha burst on the radio airwaves with the frisky rocker She's In Love With the Boy in the spring of 1991. The single roared to No. 1, beginning a string of what would become nine No. 1 hits, such as Thats What I Like About You, The Woman Before Me, XXXs and OOOs, Thinkin About You and A Perfect Love. Trisha's 10 albums to date include four Gold Record winners, four Platinum awardees, and a Quadruple Platinum blockbuster. She won back-to-back CMA awards as countrys Female Vocalist of the Year in 1997 and 1998. She has been honored with three Grammy Awards and dozens of other trophies. She has sung at the Academy Awards, the closing ceremonies of the 96 Olympics, The White House and the Library of Congress. In 1999 Trisha Yearwood was inducted into the cast of the Grand Ole Opry. The following year, she starred in the cable television special A&E Live by Request. Yearwood has contributed to strong-selling soundtracks of such films as Hope Floats, Stuart Little, Thing Called Love and Honeymoon in Vegas, as well as to a number of charity CDs.

Ben Stein - A comedian of world-class wit — and financial acumen — Ben Stein is the nation’s self-styled “hope for the new millennium.” His deadpan delivery carries an unexpected wisdom that has made him a national celebrity.
Funny Man: Stein offers laughter, insight and tears as he explores society’s most quirky conundrums. Armed with a curmudgeonly persona and offbeat style, he dissects the economy and helps audiences balance life’s priorities, even as he offers an eye-opening tour of its greatest absurdities. With A Serious Side, Too: An exceptionally gifted economist whose market analysis is sought by companies and organizations across the country, Stein is author of How to Ruin Your Financial Life, Yes, You Can Time the Market! and Can America Survive?: The Rage of the Left, the Truth, and What to Do about It, co-authored with Phil DeMuth. His most recent books are The Gift of Peace: Guideposts on the Road to Serenity, and Yes, You Can Become a Successful Investor! Reaching for Yield in Today’s Market, again co-authored with Phil DeMuth. And a Resume to Envy: An unlikely Renaissance man, Stein’s career achievements range from speechwriter for President Nixon to the pop icon who starred as Ferris Bueller’s teacher. He is, Above all, an expert on bringing meaning to both life and work.

Luncheon Speaker, Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - Two Sold - Two Available
$15,000
Two Complimentary Conference Registrations &
One Seat at a Reserved VIP Table
Co-Hosted by Forbes
National Stock Exchange

Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is a living icon of the battle for democracy, standing with only a handful of female executive leaders who have shaped the global events of the last century.
A Woman of Courage and Conviction
First elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, Benazir Bhutto became the youngest Chief Executive Officer in the world and the first female Prime Minister in the Muslim world. After just 20 months in office, a rival political party unconstitutionally dismissed her government. Undeterred and unwavering in her desire to bring freedom to the people of her country, she was reelected as Prime Minister in 1993.
Heralding Democracy for Pakistan
During her terms of office, Prime Minister Bhutto was faced with an enormous challenge: how to effectively govern a poor, politically fractious, and ethnically diverse nation. Prime Minister Bhutto was praised for moving swiftly to restore the civil liberties and political freedom that were suspended under military dictatorship.

Charles Cook
Charles Cook is Editor and Publisher of The Cook Political Report, and a political analyst for the National Journal Group, where he writes weekly for National Journal magazine and CongressDailyAM. He is widely regarded as one of the most astute impartial analysts of the Washington political scene and is one of the nation's leading authorities on U.S. elections. He is also an analyst for NBC News as well as CNBC and MSNBC, appearing regularly on CNBC's evening program, Capitol Report. As one of the most sought-after political experts, Charlie has appeared on all the major network news shows, including NBC's Meet the Press, ABC's This Week and Nightline, CBS' Evening News with Dan Rather and PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. The New York Times has called Cook, "one of the best political handicappers in the nation" and noted that The Cook Political Report is "a newsletter that both parties regard as authoritative." The Wall Street Journal's Al Hunt has called Cook "the Picasso of election analysis," while David Broder of The Washington Post has written that Charlie Cook is "perhaps the best non-partisan tracker of Congressional races." Cook's speaking topics include a broad overview of upcoming elections, an examination of President Bush's and Congress' agendas, and insights on policy-making in Washington.