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
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