Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Keynote Address: 8:15 a.m.

Global Prospects for Emerging Markets
Gregory Fager, Director - Asia Pacific Department, Institute of International Finance

Hear from an expert on the general overview for the emerging markets of China and India, Central Europe and Russia. Learn what the current economic and political conditions and trends are and where they might be heading. What are the general business conditions like? And what can one expect to encounter in terms of the banking and financial markets in those regions of the world?

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Concurrent Session: 10:45 a.m.

Treasury's Role in International M&A
Martin Eng, CFO, Western Technology Investments, Moderator
Jennifer Ceran, Treasurer, eBay, Inc.
Tom Lobene, Treasurer, Americas, WPP Group

The treasury department continues to become more involved in strategic organizational functions, including analytical involvement at the beginning of the M&A process as well as during the integration process. This treasury practitioner panel will share their experience getting the deal done on a global basis-from target identification through implementation, and provide a comprehensive step-by-step approach to integrating treasury functions, including cash management, capital financing, foreign exchange hedging and pensions.

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Concurrent Session: 3:00 p.m.

Rating Agencies' View on Global Companies
Mark Bachmann, Chief Quality Officer for corporate and government ratings, Standard & Poors

This panel discussion will be led by corporate and credit rating agency representatives that will delve into rating agencies' view of global companies. Credit rating agencies continue to fine tune their models as company cash flows become more complex from the global expansion of their operations and markets.

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Changes in Pension Legislation
Carrie Teffner, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Sara Lee, Moderator
Brigen Winters, Principal, The Groom Law Group

Pension laws and funding requirements have been changing as companies find it more difficult to keep these retirement programs alive. The US has seen discount rate and pending pension accounting changes as the specter of an increasing number of pension fund failures haunts the already under funded Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Canada and Europe are responding to the heavy burden on their countries economic growth that their plans currently levy, while Eastern Europe countries continue to push through renovation of their former Communist plans.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

General Session: 10:00 a.m.

Measuring, Monitoring and Managing Global Risk
Geoffrey Bell, Secretary, Group of Thirty, Moderator
Hadrian Tucker, Senior Vice President - Regulatory & Operations Risk, Fidelity Investments
Rob Ceske, Chief Risk Manager - Treasury and Global Funding Operations, General Electric

A panel of practitioners and experts will discuss best practices in measuring, monitoring and managing an organization's risk on a global scale. Risk management becomes far more complex with cross-border operations given the often dramatic differences between countries regulatory, legal and economic environments. The differences further the disparity between risk management products and services available to globally manage these risks.

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