Roundtable and Other Events
Saturday, September 24, 2005
11:00 AM-5:00 PM Intermodal Facility Tour
Visit the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railway facility at Logistics Park in Chicago. Limited to 25 participants. International Roundtable members register by July 31; tour open to other annual meeting attendees after that date. Bus will depart from the hotel at 11:00 AM. Box lunch provided. Return to hotel at 5:00 PM. See registration form to sign up or put your name on a wait list. Sponsor: International Roundtable
Monday, September 25, 2005
7:00-7:45 AM Manufacturing Roundtable Breakfast (MRT members only)
Monday Evening Small Dinner Events
Sign up to attend a no-host Monday night dinner event with eight or nine of your colleagues. We’ll contact you about the topic or themes to be discussed at each dinner, and you can make a selection. The Chicago Association for Business Economics will select the restaurants.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
3:00-4:30 PM Visit to Chicago Mercantile Exchange
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For more than 100 years, futures and options trading occurred on the floors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Today, electronic trading has taken hold, as currently over 70 percent of trades at CME take place via a computer somewhere around the world. NABE conference participants can visit CME on Tuesday, September 27 at 3 p.m. to learn how technology has transformed CME into the largest diversified financial exchange in the world. Space is limited, so please reply as soon as possible.
Limited to 25 participants. Technology Roundtable members register by July 31; tour open to other annual meeting attendees after that date. Sponsor: Technology Roundtable
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