2023 STA FL Conference Features Resident DJ, DJ Dhave and Guest DJ, DJ Double S
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This year’s conference will feature two DJs providing music for Friday’s Networking Reception and Saturday’s Closing Reception.
For over 20 years, David Luckain has cemented his reputation as an elite DJ by being one of the select few able to take audiences worldwide on a sonic journey through jazz, disco, rock, reggae, pop, hip-hop and many other genres of music.
New York City’s own DJ Double S (Stephen Seidita) has been a resident spinning in almost all the major clubs and lounges in New York. He has also toured and spun in Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Cancun, Toronto, Montreal, and Madrid.
To learn more about this year’s DJs, click here.
STA Florida is pleased to announce Kids Beating Cancer as the 2023 Conference charity organization.
Kids Beating Cancer’s Mission
Every new year is filled with exciting possibilities, and for Kids Beating Cancer, 2022 marks our 30th year!
Thirty years of carrying out our mission of providing children ACCESS to life-saving treatments through the science of cellular therapy and advancing pediatric innovative, novel, research, moving new discoveries to patient care, while supporting the children and their families throughout the journey to a cure. Science is the Cure to Saving Children’s Lives.
Their Philosophy:
Keep Hope Alive
Fight for a Cure for Every Child Keep the Family Together
Their Vision for the Future:
Kids Beating Cancer’s 30th Anniversary vision going forward is to have a place dedicated to curing children by establishing the Kids Beating Cancer Research & Children’s Center. “Our focus today and going forward remains on the belief we all strive for – the day when no child will die before they can experience the joy of life. The Kids Beating Cancer Research & Children’s Center will be a gift to the children of central Florida and beyond, allowing our philosophy: to keep hope alive, to fight for a cure for every child, and to keep the family together, to flourish. Science and treatment will continue to be at the apex, where knowledge, treatment and family support coalesce to cure a little boy or girl,” states Margaret Guedes, founder of Kids Beating Cancer.
To learn more about Kids Beating Cancer, visit their website, download the About Us brochure, or this list of the organization’s accomplishments.
STA Florida is excited to announce the addition of events for kids at this year’s conference. Kids’ Night will allow attendees to leave their kids with Professional Caregivers. A wide variety of activities will be available to kids including toys, crafts, and movies!
To learn more about this exciting event, view our Kids’ Night flyer.
As Raymond James’ chief investment strategist and a managing director of the firm’s Equity Research department, Jeff Saut provides timely and insightful market commentary to Raymond James financial advisors, their clients, portfolio managers and institutional clients through daily strategy calls and weekly written commentary, as well as local and national media appearances.
Meet Jeff Saut
A disciple of the markets for more than 46 years, Jeff possesses a breadth of experience in the field few can match. He was managing director of research at Roney & Co. when it became part of Raymond James in 1999. Prior to that, he was managing director of equity capital markets for Sterne, Agee & Leach. His responsibilities there included equity research, investment banking, institutional sales and syndicate.
After graduating from St. Andrews in early 1971, Jeff began his career on a trading desk in New York, becoming a trading desk manager in 1972. In 1973, he joined E.F. Hutton & Company, where he began following equities and providing research commentary. He subsequently worked as a securities analyst for Wheat First Securities, and then Branch Cabell & Co., where he was director of research and acted as portfolio manager for the firm’s affiliate, Exeter Capital Management. Jeff was also director of research for the regional brokerage firm Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc., where he developed the firm’s research and institutional sales efforts.
Jeff is well known for his insightful and colorful stock market commentary when appearing on various programs on PBS, NPR, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, USA Network and Fox News, as well as various local radio and television networks. He is often quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Barron’s, The Washington Post, BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune and SmartMoney, as well as on websites including thestreet.com and msnbc.com.
Thank you to the following brokers for sponsoring the 2019 Broker Dealers’ Reggae Party.
INTL FCStone Financial Inc.