This is the Premier CTA Event of the year, with a half day of panel sessions and sponsor exhibits, combined with virtual exhibits that will reside on our Web site for up to a full year.

Sponsors will participate in a lead-generating, Web-based communications tool bar in HedgeWorld.com's electronic Service Provider Directory. The Lipper HedgeWorld Managed Futures & Commodities Investing is designed to bring together CTA professionals who want to meet firms that provide operational and infrastructure support to small, mid-size and large trading advisory firms.

This event will be of particular interest to CTAs, as well as investors in their products, including funds of funds, hedge funds, family offices, foundations and endowments, insurance companies, plan sponsors and the consultants and advisors to these investors. Accountants, administrators, attorneys, prime brokers and technology firms that provide services to CTAs and investors will also find this event useful in identifying trends and new players in the energy and managed futures sectors.

The pre-registered and qualified audience will be attracted by HedgeWorld's history of presenting focused and specialized high-quality events. This unique half-day event in the heart of downtown Chicago will allow the targeted audience of decision makers to:

HedgeWorld is the leading news, research and analysis source for the global hedge fund community. Established in 1999 by a consortium of private investors including Tremont Capital Management, HedgeWorld recently was acquired by Lipper Inc, a global provider of mutual fund information and analysis and a wholly owned subsidiary of Reuters. HedgeWorld operates as a business division within Lipper.

HedgeWorld includes proprietary research products such as HedgeWorld's Inside Edge and The Alternative Advantage and the Lipper TASS database, the leading institutional-quality hedge fund database which covers some 6,900 hedge funds. HedgeWorld.com has one of the hedge fund industry's largest Internet communities with over 65,000 registered members in over 125 countries. It also has the largest and most popular electronic directory of services providers with over 2,100 listings.

The company has offices in New York, Chicago and London.

There are opportunities to become a platinum, gold or silver sponsor.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Sheila Nagorsky at 312-408-8541 or snagorsky@hedgeworld.com.

Exhibit booths are assigned on a first come, first served basis for new sponsors.

Once you choose your sponsorship level, an exhibit booth will be assigned and an invoice will be sent to you. Payment in full must be received within ten business days of receipt of the invoice or your space will be automatically canceled.

Although subject to modification, the Exhibit Hall will be open as follows and all events listed will take place in the Exhibit Hall:

For additional information on sponsorships please contact:

312-408-8541