Time is running out to register for Crane's Money Fund Symposium, which will be held August 23-25, 2009, at the Renaissance Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island. Crane Data's new annual conference will bring money fund managers, issuers, investors and servicers together to exchange ideas, to network, and to learn about the latest investment strategies, business tactics, and news impacting the money market fund marketplace. Speakers to date include: Crane Data's Peter Crane, Federated Investors' Eugene Maloney and Debbie Cunningham, Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' Dave Sylvester, Standard & Poor's Peter Rizzo and Joel Friedman, ICI's Brian Reid, Treasury Strategies' Tony Carfang, Fidelity's Michael Morin, CacheMatrix's George Hagerman, SSgA's Jeff St. Peters, Western Asset's Kevin Kennedy, UBS's Rob Sabatino, Dreyfus' Colleen Meehan, SVB Asset Management's Joe Morgan, Banc of America Securities' Chris Walsh, JPMorgan's Alex Roever, Capital Advisors' Lance Pan, IMMFA's Travis Barker, Fitch Ratings' Viktoria Baklanova, Moody's Henry Shilling, Reed Smith's Steven Keen, Pricewaterhousecoopers' Tony Evangelista, and more. The event also includes free post-conference online money fund trading portal demos and Money Fund Wisdom software training workshops. Click here for the full agenda or e-mail Pete for the PDF brochure. Registration is just $500 and includes all meals and refreshments. The special room rate at the Renaissance Providence is $169 a night for attendees that sign up before July 29. Money Fund Symposium space is running out, so be sure to register quickly. We hope to see you in Providence!