Compliance Week's `Compliance Solutions' Conference to Focus on Best Practices for Public Company Executives.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2003 October 8-9, 2003 in Boston; Event to Feature Country's Most Distinguished and Knowledgeable Experts on Securities Law and Governance Matters Compliance Week, a 30,000-circulation newsletter on 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. and compliance issues, announced that it will host "Compliance Solutions," a two-day conference on "best practices" and practical recommendations for complying with the latest securities and governance regulations. The website for the conference is at http://www.csboston.com. Compliance Solutions, to be held at the Hynes Convention Center The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston's Back Bay has 193,000 square feet (0 m) of exhibit space and can accommodate up to four concurrent events. in Boston, MA on October 8 & 9, brings together top regulators, corporate executives, governance experts and compliance providers to outline best practices and practical recommendations for complying with the latest public company regulations. The conference comes on the heels of a highly-acclaimed national series of Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Workshops, hosted by Compliance Week and featuring enforcement officers from The Securities and Exchange Commission and leading governance experts. "Our goal has always been to help our subscribers and their peers comprehend and comply with the latest regulations," said Scott S. Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , editor of Compliance Week. "Compliance Solutions will bring together all the constituents in the compliance equation: those who are writing the regulations, those who enforce them, those required to comply with them, and those who provide services and software to facilitate such compliance." Workshop sessions at Compliance Solutions have been crafted for senior finance, legal, investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , audit and IS executives responsible for compliance and disclosure at U.S. public companies. Among dozens of sessions are the following topics: -- Internal Controls Best Practices, from Documentation to Monitoring -- Information Dissemination Under Reg. G: A Step-by-Step Approach -- Transformation Through 404: A Long-Term Approach -- Records Management, Retention, and Enterprise Controls -- Communication and Disclosure in the Post-SOX Era -- Audit vs. Non-Audit Services: Navigating the Fine Line Confirmed speakers for the workshop include some of the country's most distinguished and knowledgeable experts on securities law and governance matters, including -- Members of the regulatory community, like Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB PCAOB Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ) board member Bill Gradison, -- Standard setters, like Richard Steinberg, developer of the COSO COSO Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission COSO Church of Spiral Oak COSO Corporate South COSO Class of Service Override COSO Combat Oriented Supply Operations (USAF) internal auditing standard and former Corporate Governance Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers; -- Corporate executives, like Paychex audit committee member and former Thomson Financial Thomson Financial A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings 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. David Flaschen, and Tiffany VP Investor Relations Mark Aaron; -- Organizational leaders, like Financial Executives International (FEI FEI Fédération Équestre Internationale. ) President and CEO Colleen Sayther, and National Investor Relations Institute The National Investor Relations Institute, known as "NIRI", is the professional association for investor relations professionals in the United States. NIRI was founded in 1969 and has more than 4,500 members, both from the United States and other countries. (NIRI NIRI National Investor Relations Institute NIRI Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Mississippi) NIRI Near Infrared Imager NIRI National Institute on Recreation Inclusion NIRI New Ideas Research Institute ) President and CEO Lou Thompson. -- Regional experts, like Scott Harshbarger, former Massachusetts Attorney General and governance advisor to corporate boards; -- Other executives, regulators, and expert advisors. Compliance Solutions will also feature an exhibitor pavilion, which will showcase solutions for public companies to help them comply with the regulations. Featured exhibitors include Deloitte & Touche, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , OpenPages, FileNet, and many others. Details and registration information for can be found at http://www.csboston.com. For more information contact Frank Hertz at 888-519-9200 or fhertz@complianceweek.com. About Compliance Week Compliance Week is a newsletter on corporate governance and compliance that reaches over 33,000 financial, legal and investor-relations executives at U.S. public companies every Tuesday. Compliance Week is an independent, unbiased publisher that does not provide any consulting, software or other services that could negatively impact its ability to serve its subscribers. The publication is therefore uniquely positioned to host a compliance conference without any hidden agenda. |
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