Agenda Announced For Chicago Sarbanes-Oxley Workshop; Grant Thornton CEO To Deliver Keynote Address.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2003 Compliance Week has announced the agenda for its upcoming Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Workshop, to be held at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago on February 26th. The keynote speaker for the event will be Edward E. Nusbaum, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Grant Thornton, the world's sixth largest accounting and auditing firm. Under Nusbaum's leadership, Grant Thornton has emerged as a leader in public company accounting and auditing services in the post-Enron era, guiding clients through Sarbanes-Oxley and increased regulatory scrutiny. "Grant Thornton's international reputation for excellence in accounting and auditing during their 75-year history make Mr. Nusbaum a perfect keynote for the Chicago workshop," said Compliance Week's Frank Hertz. The Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Workshop will also include numerous other experts on securities law and governance matters, including: - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Associate Regional Director of Enforcement, Timothy L. Warren, who oversees the SEC's enforcement program for a nine state region in the Midwest. - Margaret Maxwell Zagel, Co-General Counsel and head of Altheimer & Gray's Corporate Governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. Risk and Crisis Management Group; formerly Special Counsel for Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and Transactions at Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing . - Thomas J. Murphy, partner in charge of the Chicago office of McDermott, Will & Emery's Corporate Department; also head of the Securities Practice Group and the Corporate Responsibility Practice Group. - John L. Tonsick, Managing Director of Citigate Global Intelligence & Security (CGIS CGIS Center for Geographic Information Systems CGIS Center for Government and International Studies (Harvard University) CGIS Coast Guard Investigative Service (US Coast Guard; US Department of Homeland Security) ); also Certified Public Accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. and Certified Fraud Examiner Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) is a designation awarded by The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The ACFE is a 41,000 member-based global association dedicated to providing anti-fraud education and training. with more than 23 years of experience in financial auditing and management, forensic accounting Forensic accounting, sometimes called investigative accounting, involves the application of accounting concepts and techniques to legal problems. Forensic accountants investigate and document financial Fraud and white-collar crimes , business controls, fraud investigation and litigation support. - Richard E. Robbins, partner in Sidley Austin Brown & Wood's Corporate Group specializing in corporate and federal securities law issues, including executive compensation and equity-based employee benefit plans, corporate governance, and disclosure. Registration for the all-day workshop is $695, and includes gourmet breakfast and lunch, parking, and extensive compliance materials. CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment and CLE Cle total elimination clearance. credit is also available. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Workshops will also be held in these other cities in the first half of 2003: San Francisco (March 11), Seattle (April 1), Atlanta (April 22), Dallas (May 6), and Philadelphia (June 3). Details and registration information for can be found at http://www.complianceworkshop.com. For more information contact Frank Hertz at 888-519-9200 or fhertz@complianceweek.com. About Compliance Week Compliance Week is a corporate newsletter serving over 11,000 financial, legal and investor-relations executives at U.S. public companies. Focusing on corporate governance and disclosure issues, Compliance Week is published on Thursdays by Financial Media Holdings Group, Inc. About Business Wire Business Wire's multi-channel delivery network provides real-time, simultaneous access to key audiences--the news media, trade publications, institutional and individual investors, business-to-business decision-makers, and consumers. The company electronically disseminates some 1,000 full-text news releases daily to the news media, the Internet, online services and databases, and the global investment community. 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