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International Association of Financial Engineers
and</font></blockquote>
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Fischer Black Memorial Foundation are pleased to invite you
to</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial"
size="+2"><b>How I Became A Quant: Boston</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial"
size="+1" color="#000080">Leading Professionals Give Personal Views of
Their Careers in Quantitative Finance</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial"
size="+1" color="#000080"><i>A Panel Discussion for Students
Interested in a Career in Quantitative Finance</i></font></blockquote>
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color="#000000">The recent explosive growth in quantitative finance
has led mathematics, physics, computer science and engineering
students of all levels to wonder whether a career or an advanced
degree in quantitative finance is right for them. With the rapid
increase in sophisticated quantitative and computational techniques
employed in financial firms there has been increasing demand for
students with highly quantitative backgrounds to work in the financial
field and an increase in advanced degree programs covering these
topics.<br>
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These forums are designed to give a personal view of the world of
quantitative finance from the point of view of quantitative finance
professionals with varying specialties. Without formulas or Microsoft
Power Point, our panelists will share their own experiences and engage
in a moderated discussion with plenty of time to answer student
questions. A reception for students and panelists will be held after
the events.</font></blockquote>
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</font><font face="Arial Black"
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size="-1">Wednesday October 4, 2006</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial Black"
size="-1"> Massachusetts Institute of
Technology</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial Black"
size="-1"> 45 Carleton Street </font></blockquote>
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size="-1"> Room E25-11 </font></blockquote>
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color="#000000"> Boston, Massachusetts</font><font face="Arial"
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font face="Arial"
size="-1"><i>5:30PM Registration; 6:00PM Program
Begins</i></font></blockquote>
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size="-1"><i>7:30PM Reception</i></font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>Panelists
Include:</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080"><b>Fredrik Akesson,</b></font><font face="Arial"
size="-1" color="#000000"><i> Credit-Suisse</i></font><font
face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000080"><br>
<b>Dan diBartolomeo,</b></font><font face="Arial"
size="-1"> <font color="#000000"> President,<i> Northfield
Information Services, Inc.</i></font><font
color="#0000FF"><i> <br>
</i></font><font color="#000080"><b>Shane Haas,</b></font><font
color="#000000"><i> Alphasimplex</i></font></font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>Sponsored
by:</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><a href="http://www.northinfo.com"><font
face="Times New Roman">Northfield Information
Servies</font></a></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1"><b>Registration:</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1">Please</font> <a
href="http://www.iafe.org/event_form.php?event_id=3"><font
face="Times New Roman">click here</font></a><font face="Arial"
size="-1"> or visit</font> <a href="http://www.iafe.org"><font
face="Times New Roman">www.iafe.org</font></a><font face="Arial"
size="-1"> to register. Registrations must be received by 5PM
EST Tuesday, <font color="#000000">October 3.</font><font
color="#0000FF"> </font><br>
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This is a free event for students, but we do encourage all guests to
consider membership to the IAFE. Student memberships are only $25 a
year. Please</font> <a
href="http://www.iafe.org/join_IAFE.html"><font
face="Times New Roman">click here</font></a><font face="Arial"
size="-1"> to learn more or to sign up for
membership.</font></blockquote>
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size="+1"><b>Please pass this invitation on to anyone you think might
be interested.</b></font></blockquote>
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