United States Treasurer to Deliver Keynote Address at the 2006 MIT Sloan Chief Financial Officer Summit.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT Sloan School of Management today announced its annual Chief Financial Officers' Summit, which brings together cutting-edge research from MIT faculty and real-world best practices from an international network of financial executives and CFO.

United States Treasurer Anna Cabral will deliver the keynote address on the pressing issue of accountability in the public sector. Other financial industry luminaries slated to speak include:

* Janet Clark, CFO and Senior Vice President, Marathon Oil Corp.;

* Christopher Coughlin, CFO and Executive Vice President, Tyco;

* Steve Isakowitz, former Comptroller, NASA; and

* Fran Shammo, CFO and Senior Vice President, Verizon Business.

Produced by the MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston, the event will be held on Friday, November 17, 2006 from 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST at the Boston Marriott Newton, 2345 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA.

"With very public accounting scandals, compliance requirements, and recent questions over stock compensation, the role finance plays in an organization has never been under more scrutiny," said Jack McCullough, Co-Chair of MIT Sloan CFO Summit and New Ventures Practice Leader at AccountAbility Outsourcing. "The annual MIT CFO Summit brings together leading financial visionaries to discuss these and other hard hitting topics facing today's top financial decision makers with a focus on how to maintain balance and accountability both internally and externally within an organization."

For more information and registration details, please visit www.mitcfo.com. Members of the press can contact Kristin Reeves, [e-mail] for registration details.

About MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston

For over fifty years, the MIT Sloan School of Management has been one of the world's leading academic sources of innovation in management theory and practice. With students from more than 60 countries, MIT Sloan School develops effective, innovative, and principled leaders who advance the global economy.

The MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston conducts a full calendar of events focused on MIT Leadership and Executive Management Best Practices. The events promote the MIT philosophy of mens et manus -"mind and hands" - and involve internationally renowned thought-leaders and practitioners. The club's annual series of public symposia include the Women in Business and Technology Symposium; the CIO Symposium; and the CFO and CMO Summits. Visit http://www.mitsloanevents.com for more information.