2005 — Agenda
Treasury & Risk's 10th Annual Alexander Hamilton Best Practices Summit — November 2 and 3, 2005

 

November 2, 2005

7:45am - 8:30am
REGISTRATION

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8:30am – 9:15am
OPENING ADDRESS: Becoming the “Go-To” Treasurer - John Weisenseel, Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer, McGraw-Hill Cos.

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9:20am - 10:15am
CASH MANAGEMENT PANEL

• What’s necessary for accurate cash forecasting?
• How visible is your cash flow?
• Automating your cash management: A look at best-practice applications of tools such as commercial cards

Session Chairperson: Dave Costa, Vice President, Visa U.S.A. Inc.

• Allen Braithwaite, First Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, Merrill Lynch & Co.
• Jim Colby, Assistant Treasurer, Honeywell International Inc.
• Robert Fanelli, Investment Manager, EMC Corp.
• C. Talbot Heppenstall, Jr., Treasurer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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10:15am – 10:30am
NETWORKING BREAK

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10:30am – 11:25am
RETIREMENT PANEL

• How robust is your 401(k) plan?
• The future of DB plans: Are we ready for a world without them?
• If you could change U.S retirement policy, where would you start?

Session Chairperson: Kevin Rochford, Senior Vice President and Group Head, Corporate and Institutional Services, The Northern Trust Company

• Peggi Knox, Principal Vice President and Manager, Retirement Plans, Bechtel Corp.
• Michelle Mahaffey, Manager, U.S. Retirement Programs, Dell Inc.
• Stuart Odell, Director, Retirement Investments, Intel Corp.

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11:30am – 12:25pm
FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT PANEL

• Do you really know the value/costs of your hedges?
• Is your risk management strategy ready for a rising interest rate environment?
• Do your risk management strategy and balance sheets play nicely together?

Session Chairperson: John A. Hluck, Managing Director, Global Derivative Products, Bank of America Corp.

• Andrew Logsdon, Director, Risk Management, Alcoa Inc.
• Denise McGlone, Assistant Treasurer, Lucent Technologies Inc.
• Mark Moran, Corporate Vice President of Tax and Treasury, Dade Behring Inc.
• Gideon Yu, Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, Yahoo! Inc.

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12:30pm – 2:15pm
LUNCHEON ADDRESS: OVERALL EXCELLENCE AWARD

• Developing techniques for getting buy-in from everyone from the board of directors to operating units
• You can talk to your banker, but can you talk to your head of sales?
• Strategic treasury in a post-SOX world

Session Chairperson: Dan Rosenstein, Managing Director, Head of U.S. Corporate Sales, Deutsche Bank

• Mark Gibbens, Vice President and Treasurer, Lucent Technologies Inc.
• Ann Marie Petach, Vice President and Treasurer, Ford Motor Co.
• Plus the 2005 Overall Excellence Winner

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2:30pm – 3:30pm
FINANCIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PANEL

• Can technology help you turn compliance into performance?
• Does your data earn its keep?
• Are you trying for just virtually closing or a virtual close?

Session Chairperson: Scott Coffing, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the Americas, SunGard AvantGard

• Joel Bosch, Senior Vice President, Providian Financial Corp.|
• Jeff Carter, Director, Short Term Markets, Toyota Financial ServicesCorp.
• William Faulkner, Manager, Global Treasury Operations, General Electric Co.
• Craig Mondschein, Director, Global Banking and Cash Management, Honeywell International Inc.

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3:30pm – 3:45pm
NETWORKING BREAK

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3:45pm – 4:45pm
CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT

• Automating credit risk
• Is your credit risk strategy really a collections risk strategy?
• Does your credit exposure take the profit out of sales?

Session Chairperson: Joseph Ketzner, Executive Vice President, Euler Hermes ACI

• Marci Carris, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, Sprint Nextel Corp.
• Peter Derrick, Assistant Treasurer, Lucent Technologies Inc.
• Mike Granda, Director, Global Aerospace Credit and Risk Management, Honeywell International Inc.
• Ron New, Vice President, Finance Operations, TELUS Communications Inc.

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November 3, 2005

7:45am – 8:35am
REGISTRATION

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8:00am – 8:40am
CAREER ADVANCEMENT WORKSHOP

• Insights into hiring from employers and prospective candidates
• Boards of directors are looking for a few good executives. Could you be one of them?

Presented by:
Ellen P. Williams, Senior Client Partner, Financial Officers Practice, Korn/Ferry International
Paula Park, Senior Client Partner, Financial Officers Practice, Korn/Ferry International

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8:45am – 10:00am
WOMEN IN FINANCE Address: Jane Nielsen, Vice President, Finance, North America, PepsiBottling Group Inc.

• The gospel according to women who have made it
• It isn’t PC to ask, but do women manage differently?

Session Chairperson: Charles B. “Chuck” Eldridge, Senior Client Partner and Head of Financial Officers Practice,
Korn/Ferry International

• Martina Hund-Mejean, Treasurer, Tyco International (U.S.) Inc.
• Sara Mathew, CFO, D&B Corp.
• Jane Nielsen, Vice President, Finance, North America, Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.
• Irina Simmons, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, EMC Corp.

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10:05am- 11:00am
INSURANCE PANEL

• Are you managing risk or is risk managing you?
• Is it time for you and your broker to get reacquainted?
• How ready are you to explain your risk profile?

Session Chairperson: Steve McElhiney, President, EWI Risk Services Inc.

• Marlene Debel, First Vice President/Co-head Corporate Finance, Merrill Lynch & Co.
• Jim Iervolino, Director, Risk Management, Cendant Corp.
• John Lawson, Director, Risk Management, Key Energy Services Inc.
• David G. Mee, Senior Vice President, Tax and Risk Management, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.

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11:00am – 11:15am
NETWORKING BREAK

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11:15am – 12:15pm
CORPORATE FINANCE PANEL

• With the return of M&A, how can treasury play a strategic role?
• How much back-up liquidity is too much?
• Does your capital structure pass the shareholder value test?

Session Chairperson: Stephen Baird, Senior Manager, Treasury Strategies Inc.

• Allen Braithwaite, First Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, Merrill Lynch & Co.
• Robert Donovan, Treasurer, McDonald’s U.S.A. LLC and Assistant Treasurer, McDonald’s Corp.
• Darren R. Wells, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
• Gideon Yu, Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, Yahoo! Inc.

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12:30pm –2:20pm
LUNCHEON SESSION: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

• Compliance is about regulation; good governance is about changing culture
• Building a structure to change a mindset
• How do you spot an honest company?

The Second Annual Award for Best Practices in Corporate Governance selected by Treasury & Risk Management

Session Chairperson: Jay Cohen, Global Compliance Leader, D&B Corp.

• Martina Hund-Mejean, Treasurer, Tyco International (U.S.) Inc.
• Robert E. Cox, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, PepsiCo Inc.

CLOSING REMARKS