Save the Dates: March 18-19, 2008 - New York City
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2007 Vision For Tomorrow’s Treasurer Conference Agenda
Day 1 March 27, 2007 (Tuesday)
7:15am – 8:25am (Tuesday) — Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am – 8:35am (Tuesday) — Opening Remarks
8:35am – 9:30am (Tuesday) — KEYNOTE SPEECH: Treasury's Strategic Role in Value Creation
John Tus, Vice President and Treasurer, Honeywell International Inc.
9:35am – 10:30am (Tuesday)— Unlocking Working Capital Through Process Excellence
• There are billions in cash locked in working capital deep inside corporation's order-to-cash, procure-to-pay and forecast-to-fulfill operating cycles due to variety of inefficient and ineffective process steps and often organizational boundaries.
• Unlocking this cash requires a vision for and knowledge of the enterprise's interrelated and interconnected financial and supply value chains. Equallly important it requires the skill of a tactician to link together these value chain elements and institute changes in process, technology and global delivery in order to realize this buried, incremental cash flow.
• This panel will discuss how their organizations have taken this vision, assessed defects in these operating cycles and then instituted changes in order to unlock this working capital
Session Chairperson: William “Bill” Rieke, Vice President of Marketing, Genpact Co.
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Panelists:
James M. Clark, Vice President of Finance, Thomas & Betts Corp.
Afzal M. Modak, General Manager of Finance Simplification, General Electric Co.
Robert J. Vogel, Vice President and Treasurer, Hess Corp.
Robert Warren, Vice President and Treasurer, Diebold Inc.
10:30am – 10:50am (Tuesday) — Coffee Break
10:50am – 11:45am (Tuesday) — The Brave New World of Financial Risk Management
• Approaches to treasury centralization and the effective management of a hedging program.
• Financial risk management philosophies:
• Two sides of the coin - viewing treasury as a profit center or solely as risk mitigators
• The role of treasury technology in a regulatory era
Session Chairperson: Robert L. Richardson, Managing Director and Co-founder, FXpress Corp.
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Panelists:
Dennis Carey, Assistant Treasurer, Hasbro Inc.
Robert S. Hemstreet, Assistant Treasurer, Textron Inc.
Stephen Kapner, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, Time Warner Inc.
Frank Kimick, Vice President and Treasurer, Movado Group, Inc.
Frederick A. Schacknies, Director of North America Treasury, Alcatel - Lucent
12:00pm – 1:30pm (Tuesday) — Luncheon Program Financial Leadership
• What do effective leaders need to know to succeed in today’s environment?
• Educating non-financial business partners about the finance and risk implications of strategies and action plans
• Improving the quality of your staff
Session Chairperson: Diane S. Reyes, Global Cash Management Sales Head and Managing Director, Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking
Panelists:
John Jankowski, Assistant Treasurer, H.J. Heinz Co.
Lawrence Somma, Treasurer, Lennar Corp.
Rochelle Tarlowe, Vice President of Treasury, Avis Budget Group Inc.
1:45pm – 2:40pm (Tuesday) — How the U.S. Fits into the Single Euro Payments Area
• Opportunities and challenges of European harmonization
• Essential preparations for US corporations
• 9 months to go -- Are you ready?
Session Chairperson:
Daniel Rosenstein, Head of U.S. Corporate Sales, Global Transaction Banking-Cash Management, Deutsche Bank
Panelists:
Karoline Von Richthofen, Head of Corporate High Value Payments, Global Transaction Banking-Cash Management, Deutsche Bank
Anthony J. Carfang, Partner and Director, Treasury Strategies Inc.
2:40pm – 2:50pm (Tuesday) — Refreshment Break
2:50pm – 3:45pm (Tuesday) — The Middle Market Mini Multinationals
•Technology Accessibility to Companies with sales volume under $2 billion (ASP, on-demand etc
• The globalization imperative (talking about how no company wants to ignore the promise of both outsourcing and selling overseas and to increasingly remote places
• All the problems of the major multinationals but far fewer resources and special skill-set treasury professionals
Session Chairperson: Bridgit C. Chayt, First Vice President of Corporate Product Management, Comerica Bank
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Panelists:
Timothy Hesler, Director of Treasury and Risk Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Robin Washington, CFO, Hyperion Solutions Corp.
3:45pm – 4:40pm (Tuesday) — Foreign Currency: The Latest Tax and Accounting Considerations
• Introduction - Financial Accounting and Tax Regimes Treat Foreign Currency and Derivatives Transactions Differently
• Contrast Between GAAP and Tax Hedging Rules
• Contrast Between GAAP and Tax FX Translation Rules.
• As GAAP and Tax Rules With Respect to FX Continue to Diverge, Close Teamwork Between Treasury and Tax Functions Will Be Essential
Session Chairperson: George B. Forster, Deputy Tax Leader of Clients, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Panelists:
Cassio A. Calil, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Solutions Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
L.G. "Chip" Harter, Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
John Lawton, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Day 2 March 28, 2007 (Wednesday)
7:15am – 8:30am (Wednesday) — Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:45am – 8:30am (Wednesday) — Business Unit Partnering (Treasury Strategies Inc.)
Corporate treasurers are expanding their roles and responsibilities within their organizations. In many cases, this expansion is taking place through increased interaction and partnership with business units.
• Learn how partnerships are established
• Learn to identify opportunities to expand the role of Treasury
Session Chairperson: Michael A. Gallanis, Partner, Treasury Strategies Inc.
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8:35am – 9:30am (Wednesday) — KEYNOTE SPEECH: Making Investments and Realizing Returns in China and India
Ravi Jacob, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, Intel Corp.
9:35am – 10:30am (Wednesday) — Trading on Better Terms – Optimizing Your Supply Chain
• Learn why supply chain finance strategies are so important to the buyers of goods and services
• Discuss critical success factors to selecting the right supply chain finance solution
• Learn the value of supply chain finance solutions and hear implementation experiences
Session Chairperson: Dan Reiff, Senior Vice President Business Development, SourceNet Solutions Inc.
Panelists:
Kenneth Roche, CEO, Orbian Corp.
Brian Hart, Finance Director and Controller of Snacks, Masterfoods USA
Paul LaRock, Principal, Treasury Strategies Inc.
10:30am – 10:50am (Wednesday) — Coffee Break
10:50am – 11:45am (Wednesday) — Making the Grade as a Strategic Treasurer
Moderator: Michael Fossaceca, Senior Vice President of Large Corporate Sales, JPMorgan Chase Treasury Services
• Service center versus revenue center
• Leading enterprise risk management
• Future challenges and necessary skill sets to meet them
• The new relationship between treasury and its vendors
Panelists:
Jennifer Ceran, Vice President and Treasurer, eBay Inc.
Jeff Lawrence, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Iron Mountain Inc.
Denise McGlone, Treasurer, Lucent Technologies Inc. and North American Treasurer of Alcatel – Lucent
12:00pm – 1:30pm (Wednesday) — Luncheon Program: The New Regulatory Landscape
John White, Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance
1:45pm – 2:40pm (Wednesday) — The Future of Retirement
• The past - Historical approach to plan management
• The present - Changing regulatory environment
• The future - Ideas for better plan management
Session Chairperson: Jonathan E. Cohen, Fixed Income Strategist and Principal, Barclays Global Investors
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Panelists:
Julia Coronado, Senior U.S. Economist, Barclays Capital Inc.
John Por, Founder and President, Cortex Applied Research Inc.
2:40pm – 2:50pm (Wednesday) — Coffee Break
2:50pm – 3:45pm (Wednesday) —Treasury Technology: Considerations and Leveraging Your Investment
• Gain a better understanding of latest technology / product offerings and how they compare to "conventional" applications (client-server) historically utilized by Treasury.
• Learn about the tangible (and intangible) benefits of treasury technology across various functional areas / applications
• Is there a “technology checklist” that every treasury department should have? If so, is there a “threshold” (company size, department size, etc.)
Session Chairperson: Scott Montigelli, CTP, Vice President, Kyriba Corp.
Panelists:
Melissa Cameron, Principal, Capital Markets, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jennifer Ceran, Vice President and Treasurer, eBay Inc.
Craig Mondschein, Director of Global Banking and Cash Management, Honeywell International Inc.
Denise McGlone, North American Treasurer, Alcalet-Lucent
3:45pm – 4:40pm (Wednesday) — Global Liquidity
• The bar is higher in liquidity management
• Do you have enough visibility into your cash?
• How to be clever – but not too clever with short-term assets
• Going beyond the old formula
Session Chairperson: Elyse Weiner, Managing Director, Global Product Head Liquidity and Investments, Cash Management, Citigroup - Global Transaction Services
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Panelists:
Matthew W. Allen, Assistant Treasurer, IAC/InteractiveCorp
Craig A. Jeffery, Managing Director, Practice Lead, Strategic Treasurer LLC
Richard Li, Director of Treasury - Corporate Finance, Moody's Corp.