8:00 – 9:00am

Breakfast

9:00 – 9:05am

Opening Remarks

9:05 – 9:35am

David Warren
Chief Financial Officer
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

9:40 – 10:20am

"Interactions of the CFO with the Board"

Session Description:
This panel will be a discussion about best practices for interacting with your company’s board of directors. Discussion points will include, but are not limited to, fielding board questions, managing the finance department with an eye on the fiduciary responsibilities of the board in order to avoid surprises, and how to manage performance pressures in today’s hypercompetitive marketplace.

Moderator:
Lois F. Herzeca
Partner
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Panelists: 
John Gross 
CFO 
Majesco Entertainment

David Oddi
Co-Founder and Partner
Goode Partners LLC

Robert B. Walsh
Chief Financial Officer
Evercore Partners

*Please note this session is closed to the press.

10:25 – 11:05am

Panel Discussion Presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers

"Leadership Views: A Roundtable Discussion on Trends in M&A and Financial Reporting"

Moderator:
Heidi Moore 
Lead Writer, Deal Journal 
The Wall Street Journal

Panelists:
Hyman Buchwald 
Director, Corporate Development 
ITT

Donna Coallier 
Partner 
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Yoav Cohen
CFO
Vision-Sciences, Inc.

Bret Schaefer 
Vice President of Shareholder Value Services 
Sun Microsystems

11:05 – 11:25am

Coffee Break

11:25am – 12:05pm

"Mitigating Risk in the New Economy"

Session Description:
This panel will be a discussion about best practices to control risk exposure in today’s unpredictable market. Discussion points will include, but are not limited to, solutions and tools to better forecast your own business (and competitors’ businesses), implementation of risk metrics, preparation for different types of risk (including compliance, credit, human capital), maintaining effective corporate governance, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and reducing threats to both performance and viability. Effectively managing risk allows for the CFO and management team to more confidently make critical business decisions and improve company competence.

Moderator:
Jim Franklin
Vice President & General Manager
Oracle

Panelists: 
Nancy Cooper 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 
CA, Inc.

Richard Fallon
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
RAND Corporation

Cynthia J. Schmitt
Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management
Pitney Bowes Inc.

12:10 – 12:40pm 

Cathy Ross 
Senior Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer 
FedEx Express

12:40 – 1:40pm

Lunch

1:40 – 2:10pm

Wade Miquelon 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 
Tyson Foods, Inc.

Interviewer:
Vincent Ryan
Senior Editor
CFO Publishing Corp.

2:15 – 2:45pm

John Feehan 
Chief Financial Officer 
Virgin Mobile USA

2:45 – 3:15pm

Coffee Break

3:15 – 3:45pm

"An Inside Look at the Public Policy Debate on Tuition, Financial Aid and Endowments"

Martin Dorph
Senior Vice President for Finance and Budget
New York University

3:50 – 4:20pm

"Building world class technical competencies for finance"

Roy W. Templin 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 
Whirlpool Corporation 

Interviewer:
J.D. Rapp 
Global Director, BPM and Organizational Capability 
Whirlpool Corporation

4:20 – 4:30pm

Closing Remarks

4:30 – 5:30pm

Cocktail Reception

 

*Please note agenda is subject to change