Global Corporate Treasurers Forum - 2011

Opening Keynote Address - A Macroeconomic Outlook: Where Might We Be Headed? 

As economies everywhere begin to recover, the question is where might we be headed? Hear a renowned economist discuss the economic outlook and how global financial reform might impact business. The address will consider the rate of recovery in various regions of the world and provide insight and perspective into the current global economic environment.

Roundtable - Investment Strategies & Policies: Commonalities & Discrepancies  

Presuming that interest rates have begun to make an incremental rise, learn what investors are doing now to earn a little extra yield while still maintaining safety of principle. Share alternative investment strategies and see what adjustments other corporates are making to their investment portfolios? Are Boards giving Treasury more leeway to take on more risk?

Luncheon Keynote Address - Global Financial Regulatory Reform & Fed Policy 

As regulatory and financial reforms begin implementation around the world, hear the president of the Chicago Fed shed light on where they stand on rule making for all their initiatives as well as provide an outlook on broader financial reform globally. Also as a member of the FOMC, Mr. Evans will opine on his view regarding the dual mandates of the Federal Reserve with special emphasis on quantitative easing.

Roundtable - Business Continuity Planning: Maintaining Operations 

Given the disasters in Japan, are you prepared for a calamity of that size? Airlines have a whole host of risk management issues regarding disaster recovery. With the recent issues with air traffic control, hear what other organizations are doing to ensure continuity of operations during such disasters.

Roundtable - Accounting Update  

With FASB constantly updating the accounting rules, it is seemingly impossible to stay current on all of the new regulations impacting treasury and finance professionals. In this roundtable, explore what adjustments corporates need to make in order to remain compliant.

General Session: Journey into Operations 

As more and more CFOs require Treasury to increase its involvement in the business, Treasurers must find a way to provide support beyond their traditional activities. Hear from diverse corporates as they discuss their tactics for making their role a more strategic one within the organization. How can Treasury positively impact the company, especially given the new financial reforms?

Roundtable - Treasury's Role in Capital Allocation 

With an improving economy in 2011, many companies are moving forward with capital expenditures that were on hold for the past 18-24 months. Long-term value creation will be dependent on successfully allocating capital between the organization's portfolio of strategic business units (SBUs), regions, product lines, projects and/or investment options each of which have different risk and return profiles. Hear how your colleagues are approaching the incorporation of risk-return decision-making into capital allocation decisions.

Roundtable - The Treasurer’s Broader Role in Risk Management across the Corporation 

Risk is still one of the key issues facing Treasurers today. It permeates every aspect of a business. Join this roundtable to explore the many ways in which Treasury plays an important part in managing risks of all types, including FX, commodities, and counterparty risk.

Closing Keynote Address - Outlook on Corporate Growth  

As economic activity begins to pick up across the globe and businesses begin to expand, many companies are looking to raise equity in the IPO market. The pipeline for listings on NASDAQ is a good harbinger of that economic and business activity. Hear from NASDAQ’s New Listings lead as he speaks to the current and future outlook for corporate growth.