Hear from these Metro area leaders:FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Kenneth Bond, Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLC

Don Boyd, Senior Fellow, Fiscal Studies Program, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government

John Bryan, CFO, New York State Thruway Authority

Ed Burroughs, Deputy Commissioner of Planning, Westchester County

Robert Dailey, Managing Director, JP Morgan Securities

Kathy Evers, Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

Peter Flynn, Assistant Budget Chief, NYC Office of the Comptroller

Fred Haddad, VP, Credit Risk Management & Advisory, Goldman Sachs

Larry Levitz, Managing Director, MBIA Insurance Corporation

Jeff Scruggs, Managing Director, Municipal Securities Group,UBS Securities, LLC

Scott Trommer, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings

Kim Paparello Vaccari, Transportation Team Leader, Banc of America Securities LLC

Martha Wooding, Director, Merrill Lynch & Co.

Who Should Attend?• Municipal Bond Issuers • Attorneys• Investment Bankers • Credit Rating Agencies• Credit Analysts • Bond insurers • Institutional Investors

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metropolitan region’s transportation network

• Challenges of Financing a “Green” new York

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Dear Colleague,

Everything’s changing in the New York metropolitan area. Join us at The Bond Buyer’s 5th Annual Metro Finance Conference – Thursday, November 15, 2007, at the Hilton New York – to keep on top of all of the latest trends and learn how they will impact the region’s municipal bond market.

• Meet new leaders, like our keynote speaker, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli

• Explore new financing structures, like public-private partnerships, and hear how they might play a key role in meeting the state’s enduring transportation-financing challenges.

• Confront new challenges, like how to accommodate a growing population without crushing the environment.

The New York metropolitan area is The Bond Buyer’s “home town” — almost 40% of all subscribers are in New York alone — and with an impressive roster of decision-makers speaking on the region’s most pressing topics, the Metro Finance Conference will a must-attend for many of them … and you!

Register today and join the region’s leaders on November 15 at the Hilton New York.

Regards,

Mike StantonPublisher, The Bond Buyer

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:Thomas P. DiNapoli54th ComptrollerState of New York

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