Thursday, May 17, 3:45-5:00 view all sessions this time
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506-2012 Currency Market Outlook: Seeing Beauty In Chaos:The Global Economy As You’ve Never Seen It Before 
Please join us, as Karl Schamotta, Senior Market Strategist with Western Union Business Solutions discusses the profound changes that are reshaping the world - from a currency trader's distinctively balanced perspective. Karl will turn the complex interactions that govern the financial ecosystem into a series of elegant and explanatory illustrations that will help you to see the deeper patterns that are driving exchange rate volatility. With a unique view on the evolving equilibrium of power between the major economies, he will provide insight into the traumatic realignments that are occurring within the United States and across the financial markets. And he may just change the way you see the global economy itself…
Learning Objectives:
Insight into the changes that are shaking the global economy to its core – and some of the ways that international businesses can turn this chaos into opportunity.
An overview of the vital components required to construct a robust currency risk management program – and some of the trading tactics that can be used to harness volatility
Karl Schamotta, Western Union Business Solutions
Karl Schamotta, Senior Market Strategist for Western Union Business Solutions, has designed and implemented risk management and trading strategies for hundreds of companies, ranging from small businesses to large corporations. As a member of the Business Solutions analytical team, Karl also provides market analysis and strategic guidance on a daily basis for thousands of international businesses. Karl is a regular contributor to a number of international treasury and finance magazines, and his market analyses and forecasts have been widely quoted by such publications as the Washington Times and the Wall Street Journal. 

Karl is a member of the Professional Risk Manager's International Association (PRMIA) and the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), and is President of the Association of Financial Professionals — Calgary.