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• DAY 1: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
• DAY 2: Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

7:30 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:20 AM

Welcome Remarks

8:30 AM

Panel Discussion

Compliance 2010 – What’s Next?

New challenges abound amid advancing best practices, not to mention the continually escalating rate of enforcement both by U.S. regulators and overseas officials. What’s on the horizon for compliance? This roundtable discussion comprised of leading ethics and compliance officers will share their insight into what’s next, how to be prepared, and their own seasoned advice on how corporate executives can keep their organizations from making headlines for compliance or ethics transgressions.

Moderator:

• David G. Barry, Managing Editor, Dow Jones Conferences

Panelists:

• Genie Gavenchak, Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer & Deputy General Coun, News Corporation
• Peter Jaffe, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, AES
• Haydee Olinger, Corporate Vice President & Global Compliance Officer, McDonald's
• Grace Renbarger, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Dell Computer

9:20 AM

Keynote Interview

Working Toward a Healthier Organization: Pfizer’s Compliance Program

There are a number of challenges associated with maintaining integrity as a top priority in a highly competitive global business. But sometimes, despite company's most earnest efforts to effectively implement compliance metrics and an ethical culture, things can go wrong and subject a company to governmental scrutiny and penalties. Join us as Pfizer’s ehief compliance officer Douglas Lankler candidly discusses this reality and how corporate leaders handle the challenge of compliance in a global setting—and how to effectively address and rebound from cases on noncompliance.

Keynote Speaker:

• Douglas M. Lankler, Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Pfizer

Moderator:

• Timothy P. Erblich, Executive Vice President, Ethisphere Institute, Ethisphere

9:45 AM

Networking Break

10:05 AM

Keynote Interview

Tone at the Top: The Board's Role

Understanding and supporting a prudent ethical and compliant tone throughout an organization is a core responsibility of the board of directors. Board actions are more transparent than ever to employees, investors, regulators, media and the general public. This session will discuss the challenges and keys to success for today's boards. What are the responsibilities and associated liabilities of the Board for a company's compliance? How can a board become actively involved in assuring employees, stakeholders and regulators that their organization is being proactive about ethics and compliance?

Keynote Speakers:

• Thomas O'Neil, Advisor, WellCare Health Plans
• C. Turney Stevens, Dean, College of Business, Lipscomb University

Moderator:

• TK Kerstetter, President & CEO, Corporate Board Member

10:35 AM

Panel Discussion

Doing More with Less: Compliance During Tough Economic Times

Let’s face it: compliance is usually seen as a cost center. While there’s been some good and interesting research about the positive impact on the business of a good ethical culture and brand, that message has not permeated everywhere. So in tough economic times, those responsible for their company’s compliance programs are forced to do more with less. How do you work with a smaller budget without sacrificing the quality or effectiveness of your efforts? And what are the best companies doing to demonstrate the value of and return on their own efforts?

Moderator:

• Ronnie Kann, Managing Director, CELC, Corporate Executive Board

Panelists:

• Keith Abrams, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Bayer NA
• Dean Krehmeyer, Executive Director, Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
• Jeremy Wilson, Senior Manager, Ethics Office, Cisco Systems
• Alexandra Wrage, President, Trace International

11:25 AM

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Presentation

Global Insights into the Anti-Corruption Landscape

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance presents the results of a recent survey of current anti-corruption regulation, emerging trends and the impact on corporations around the world.

Panelist:

• Rupert de Ruig, Managing Director, Risk and Compliance, Dow Jones & Company

11:45 AM

Panel Discussion

Training a Diverse Workforce: Best Practices

Having a code of ethics is not enough to ensure compliance. Training is the vital step that brings these standards to life—effective training helps ensure that key tenets are retained and applied. While organizations need to take every measure to ensure that employees take training principles and apply them to everyday situations, this oftentimes is easier said than done. What are the best practices in workforce training employed by leading organizations and their training providers? What are they training on, who’s being trained, and how is this training being delivered, communicated and tracked?

Moderator:

• Erica Salmon Byrne, Assistant General Counsel & Managing Director, Compliance Advisory Services, Corpedia

Panelists:

• Loren Becher, Manager, Compliance Training and Communications, American Express
• Stella Raymaker, Director, Ethics & Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance, Waste Management
• Howard Sklar, Anti-Corruption Counsel, Hewlett-Packard

12:30 PM

Lunch & Keynote Interview

Don’t Be Evil: Imagination at Work with Google and GE’s Compliance Programs

General Electric and Google are two very different, yet equally substantial powerhouses with varying businesses to each company’s name. Ensuring compliance with U.S. and foreign regulations while maintaining Google and GE’s respective competitive edges in today’s increasingly complex and competitive marketplace can be daunting, to say the least. Brackett Denniston, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for GE, and Andy Hinton, Chief Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel for Google, compare notes about how each company tackles critical issues, what has worked and what hasn’t and what issues most concern them going forward.

Keynote Speakers:

• Brackett Denniston, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, General Electric
• Andy Hinton, Chief Compliance Officer & Associate General Counsel, Google

Moderator:

• Stephen Martin, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Corpedia

2:00 PM

Panel Discussion

Transparency –What, How Much and When?

How much should a company be disclosing to shareholders, investing communities, regulatory authorities and customers about its compliance program and other ethics-related activities? What risks does a company shoulder when it takes a more transparent approach than not, and what are the risks associated with non-disclosure? And, when a possible transgression has been uncovered, when and how is disclosure appropriate, what are the benefits to the company of disclosure in this case, and how should third parties (such as outside counsel) be engaged when doing so?

Moderator:

• Alex Brigham, Executive Director, Ethisphere Institute, Ethisphere

Panelists:

• David Andrews, Board Member, Union Bank of California
• Nancy Zucker Boswell, President & CEO, Transparency International USA
• Wendy Hallgren, VP, Corporate Compliance, Fluor
• David Howard, Partner, Dechert

2:50 PM

Panel Discussion

When the Government Comes Knocking: Trends and Tips for Dealing with Regulators and Enforcement Officials

What’s the best course of action when addressing a regulatory inquiry? Many have suggested that having a better than average compliance program to showcase will certainly help your case. But what are some strategies for engaging with your lawyers in these unique cases? And how distant or directly should a company be involved in the discussions with DOJ or other regulators?

Moderator:

• Ty Cobb, Partner, Hogan & Hartson

Panelists:

• Eric Feldman, Senior Advisor to the Director for Procurement Integrity, National Reconnaissance Office
• Hank Bond Walther, Assistant Chief, U.S. Department of Justice

3:40 PM

Networking Break

4:00 PM

Panel Discussion

Does Compliance Matter?

When trouble arises, one of the factors prosecutors consider during an investigation is the existence of a strong compliance program. Recently proposed amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines would formally lower the sentencing range for companies with certain compliance mechanisms in place. But is there enough incentive for companies expending resources, particularly in tough economic times, or will they just get in trouble anyways? And at a time when a company's brand value is increasingly dependent on intangible assets such as reputation, what are the financial repercussions on compliance? Do companies with ethical reputations really outperform those not known for their good behavior?

Moderator:

• Joan Meyer, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP

Panelists:

• Jeffrey Benjamin, Vice President & General Counsel, Novartis
• Charles Elson, Director, HealthSouth
• Patricia Nazemetz, Chief Ethics Officer, Xerox
• Gregory S. Nixon, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Compliance O, DynCorp International

5:00 PM

Networking Cocktail Reception

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

8:00 AM

Registration & Networking Breakfast

8:45 AM

Welcome Remarks

9:00 AM

Keynote Interview

Critical Enforcement Updates from the U.S. Department of Justice

Fighting international corruption has become one of the foremost priorities of U.S. and international regulatory officials, and as a result has garnered attention at the highest levels of multinational companies around the globe. For the fourth time in the past five years, there were more FCPA prosecutions by the SEC and DOJ than in any prior year in the FCPA’s history. Mark Mendelsohn, Deputy Chief of the Fraud Section in DOJ's Criminal Division and the government's top criminal FCPA enforcer, laments on another record-setting year and his predictions for 2010.

Keynote Speaker:

• Mark Mendelsohn, Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

9:35 AM

Panel Discussion

Picking Your Partners

In today’s “just in time” environment, suppliers, joint venture partners, distributors and resellers and other third party agents create tremendous opportunities for the organizations employing their services. Unfortunately, these groups can also create potential risks for those organizations, as many are liable under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-bribery conventions for their suppliers’ transgressions. In choosing your partners carefully, what should you look for—and what should you steer clear of? How much effort should you make to push ethics and compliance down through your supply chain, and what does a supply chain compliance program entail?

Moderator:

• Erica Salmon Byrne, Assistant General Counsel & Managing Director, Compliance Advisory Services, Corpedia

Panelists:

• Jeremy Cole, Partner, Lovells
• Scott Moritz, Executive Director, Daylight Forensic & Advisory
• Gordon Repp, Deputy Global General Counsel, Jones Lang LaSalle
• Helge Seefeld, Senior Manager, Compliance Global Governance, Siemens

10:25 AM

Networking Break

10:50 AM

Keynote Interview

The Role of Business Ethics in Organizational Culture

A company should seek constant improvement in the way it conducts business, and commitment to integrity is no exception. Parsons chairman and chief executive officer Chuck Harrington sits down for a keynote interview to discuss how Parsons has developed and maintained an ethical culture and its six core values, how these values are communicated throughout the organization, and how Parsons leadership is directly involved in the company’s ethical performance and goal setting.

Keynote Speaker:

• Charles L. Harrington, Chairman & CEO, Parsons

Moderator:

• Alex Brigham, Executive Director, Ethisphere Institute, Ethisphere

11:25 AM

Keynote Interview

The Global Compact: Progress and Challenges

The UN Global Compact is the world's largest voluntary corporate citizenship initiative, with more than 6200 participants from 120 countries subscribed to its principles, and has raised awareness on a number of issues including anti-corruption. As the Global Compact celebrates its 10th anniversary, Mr. Kell reflects on the positive impacts and changes catalyzed by the Global Compact and the challenges he anticipates for the Global Compact in the years ahead.

Keynote Speaker:

• Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact

12:00 PM

Panel Discussion

Emerging Markets – Opportunities, Challenges and Obligations

The reality of being a multinational organization is that sometimes the best opportunities present themselves in the most challenging places. How do you structure your ethics and compliance efforts to deal with those challenges? What are some of the more challenging areas to have business operations in, and how are the best companies mitigating the risks associated with those areas?

Moderator:

• William B. Lytton, Executive Chairman, Center for Trade Integrity

Panelists:

• Sharie Brown, Partner, DLA Piper
• Jeffrey Harwin, Director, Global Monetary and Financial Control Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Brady K. Long, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Pride International
• Andrés Otero, Managing Director, Kroll

12:50 PM

Lunch & Keynote Interview

Delivering The Importance of Sustainability To Employees: Why It's Critical To A Corporation's Financial & Ethical Makeup

Every corporation wants their employees to do the right thing, to avoid situations that are going to get either the employee or the corporation into trouble. As a result, it is imperative that corporations set the right tone by what they are doing as well as what they are saying in ethics, compliance and corporate responsibility. One corporation seen as a leading example of this is FedEx Corp., specifically related to its sustainability initiatives. The company is focused on cutting emissions by 20 percent by 2020 and improving fuel economy of its vehicles by 20 percent by the same time. Mitch Jackson, the company's director of environmental affairs and sustainability, sits down to talk about those initiatives, how FedEx is seeking to get the message out and how it ties into the company's broader effort at ethics, compliance and corporate responsibility.

Keynote Speaker:

• Mitch Jackson, Director, Environmental Affairs & Sustainability, FedEx

Moderator:

• David G. Barry, Managing Editor, Dow Jones Conferences

2:25 PM

Conference Concludes

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