Dear Financial Advisor: This year marks our 11th year in Chicago for The Financial Advisor Symposium, co-produced by InterShow and Financial Advisor magazine, to be held October 13-16 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. Our pre-symposium intensive seminars, interactive panels and workshops, and state-of-the-art exhibit hall (featuring 80 of the top companies offering products and services to the financial advisor industry) will help you to discover new tools and strategies for growing your business and your clients’ portfolios in the current market environment. Plus, you’ll find great networking opportunities with your peers and industry insiders at the networking receptions, breakfasts, and lunches during sponsor presentations. We have structured this year’s Symposium around three main themes: Client Acquisition & Retention Managing Client Portfolios in the Current Environment Retirement Issues This will enable you to select and follow a themed track of workshops, thus focusing on the area most critical to your own business and development. I think that you will be impressed and pleased by this year’s roster of speakers, which includes some new faces, as well as popular participants of previous Symposia.We’ve put together programming to address today’s most critical subjects to you—managing retirement assets in choppy markets, tax implications of the upcoming Presidential elections, how to grow your business during these uncertain times, and many more. The constantly changing market environment continues to present many challenges for financial advisors. Our goal, as always, is to provide you the opportunity to get a leg up on the competition, and earn continuing education credits while you’re at it. Nowhere else will you find a more elite gathering of industry giants, with over 80 displays in the exhibit hall and more than 50 experts featured in keynotes, workshops, and panel discussions. And don’t forget, your admission fee is waived with the purchase of a pre-symposium intensive seminar. We hope you’ll join us in Chicago for an exciting three days that will help you steer your business and your clients’ goals to greater success. I urge you to attend and look forward to seeing you there. Sincerely, Charles E. Githler Kim K. Githler Evan Simonoff Chairman InterShow President InterShow Editor-in-Chief Financial Advisor Magazine