Content Announced for the Compliance Conference & Expo Event Co-Located at the AIIM Conference & Expo; To Take Place May 16-18 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.HUNT VALLEY, Md. & NEWTON, Mass. -- The Institute for Financial Excellence today announced that compliance leaders and executives from around the country will gather at the Compliance Conference & Expo, which is co-located with the AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management International, Silver Spring, MD, www.aiim.org) A membership organization founded in 1943 devoted to creating industry standards and disseminating information about the document management industry. Conference & Expo, to share challenges and successes in addressing various types of compliance including Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, , Basel II Basel II is the second of the Basel Accords, which are recommendations on banking laws and regulations issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The purpose of Basel II is to create an international standard that banking regulators can use when creating regulations , and FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. . Executives from ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. , AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research, The Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW TYO: 4850 ) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan. Overview The Dow Chemical Company is currently the second largest chemical manufacturer in the World (after BASF)[1]. , GE Healthcare GE Healthcare is a $18 billion (USD) unit of General Electric (GE). It employs more than 46,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. GE Healthcare is the first GE business segment headquartered outside the United States. , McCormick & Company and Network Appliance are slated to speak at the event. Designed to facilitate the exchange of information between those who have successfully addressed compliance requirements and those seeking to comply and leverage those efforts into a competitive advantage, the Compliance Conference offers attendees an event that provides real-world, actionable advice. According to John Hagerty, Vice President of Research for AMR Research, in "Spending in an Age of Compliance, 2006," "Compliance is a critical issue facing virtually all companies in ways that permeate every nook and cranny Noun 1. nook and cranny - something remote; "he explored every nook and cranny of science" nooks and crannies detail, item, point - an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" of the business. Companies will spend $27.3 billion in 2006 and nearly $28 billion in 2007 to support necessary programs. Thankfully there's a silver lining: three-quarters of companies will leverage compliance to improve business performance." The Compliance Conference centers on presentations and panel discussions with compliance leaders and Fortune 500 executives. The preliminary conference schedule for Wednesday, May 17, 2006 is as follows: --10:15 - 11:15 am, 'Spending in an Age of Compliance' by John Hagerty, Vice President of Research, AMR Research --11:30 - 12:30 am, 'Global Compliance Challenges,' a panel discussion with Ron Edmonds, Director Global Accounting, The Dow Chemical Company; Kenneth Kelly, Vice President & Controller, McCormick & Company; and Mark Slicer, Executive Financial Advisor & Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Leader, General Electric Company --2:00 - 3:00 pm, 'Navigating Changes in Data Regulation' by Kevin Brown, Vice President of Marketing, Decru, a NetApp Company --3:15 - 4:15 pm, 'ACL Case Study' by Harald Will, President & 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. , ACL Services Additional speaking sessions will be announced. The co-located events will take place at the Philadelphia Convention Center, May 16-18, 2006. To learn more or to register, call 888-824-3004 or visit www.tife.org or www.aiimexpo.com. About The Institute for Financial Excellence The mission of The Institute for Financial Excellence (http://www.tife.org) is to be the organization of choice for Finance Executives that addresses critical finance and accounting issues and produces measurable business results through expert educational programs, focused networking opportunities, and cutting-edge online resources. For more information regarding The Compliance Conference & Expo or The Institute for Financial Excellence, please email info@tife.org. About Questex Media Group, Inc. AIIM is produced by Questex Media Group, Inc. (http://www.questex.com), a global, diversified business-to-business integrated media provider, headquartered in Newton, MA. Questex serves multiple industries including technology, beauty, travel, hospitality, leisure, home entertainment, industrial and specialty services through a range of well-established, market-leading publications, events, interactive media and integrated marketing services. The company's properties include 23 trade publications, 50 websites, 25 conferences and tradeshows. Questex has more than 400 employees in offices throughout North America, South America, Asia and Europe. |
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