Education

For a copy of any of the sessions listed please contact Chris Banas, Educational Programs Administrator at 301.961.8816. 

8:30 - 10:00 am

Opening Panel - Challenging Assumptions: How the CFO Is Dealing with the "New Normal"

Hear the CFOs of different companies discuss their approaches to managing up and down within their organizations. What issues are being raised by the CEO, the Board and its committees? What business imperatives are driving the company? Determine what expectations finance chiefs have for treasurers and the treasury they manage.

Moderator:
Julia Kirby
Editor at Large
Harvard Business Review

Speakers:
Gordon Stetz, Jr., CPA
EVP & CFO
McCormick & Co.

Ben Teicher
CFO
Ratner Companies

Ira Birns, CTP, CPA
EVP & CFO
World Fuel Services Corporation

10:30 - 12:00 pm

Concurrent Roundtables

Governance, Risk and Compliance

After the past two years, the Board and its committees' focus has shifted toward governance and risk management. Hear from an expert in the GRC field as to how some best-in-class companies are handling this. Learn how some of the new (or revised) governance processes are affecting the treasury profession.

Facilitator:
Brian Barnier
Principal
ValueBridge Advisors

Counterparty Risk: Evaluating Partners

Counterparty risk has become top of mind for treasury. Find out how companies can utilize that systems and the reporting process to increase existing and potential risk visibility across all types of counterparties. Determine which steps treasury must take to protect its organization from counterparty risk.

Facilitator:
Robert Ceske
Associate Principal       
McKinsey & Company

Operating Treasury in the New Normal: Expectations and Goals

Operating in the "new normal" presents many challenges for every aspect of treasury. Discuss how treasury is "re-educating" itself to operate efficiently and effectively by utilizing resources and increasing productivity. Evaluate all treasury functions including operations, bank relationship management, investments, and FX and interest rate risk management to determine where improvements can be made in your department.

Facilitators:
Steve Klueg
Vice President & Treasurer
World Fuel Services Corporation

Kerry D. Biggs
Treasurer
Global Container Terminals

12:45 - 1:30 pm

Luncheon Address - The New Shape of the Legislative Regulatory Landscape

Explore the new and proposed legislative regulations and determine how they will positively or negatively shape treasury and finance. As we emerge from one of the worst financial crises in history, Mr. Olson will focus on how companies' risk management initiatives will be affected

Speaker:
Mark W. Olson
Co-Chairman
Corporate Risk Advisors, LLC

1:30 - 2:45 pm

Concurrent Roundtables

Risk Agility: Giving Life to the Process of Risk Management

The importance of risk management has become an integral part of the daily activities for not only the finance department, but also for the entire company. How is risk being handled throughout the organization? How do you quantify other (read new) risks? Has risk become engrained in the company's culture?

Facilitator:
James Lam
President
James Lam & Associates

Global Expansion - New Business Opportunities

Once your company has made the decision to expand, how do you prepare treasury for the shift toward globalization? How do you compete with those who have already established themselves? What challenges exist in foreign markets? Hear how the "treasury, tax and legal" team from a large multinational worked together to consolidate and revamp their processes as they enter new countries.

Facilitator:
Mark Glenn
Vice President, Treasury
EMC Corporation

Investing in the New Economy

How are companies with excess liquidity managing their portfolios? How are they investing in the short term? In the long term? Hear insights on investment opportunities and strategies in the current economic climate. Share best practices in liquidity management and discuss pitfalls to avoid along the way.

Facilitator:
Brad Airing, CFA
Managing Director
Banc of America Securities, LLC

3:15 - 4:30 pm

Concurrent Roundtables

Roundtable Hot Topics Discussion: Global Cash and Treasury Management

Two of the most knowledgeable experts on global cash and treasury management will discuss their views on the complexities and potential solutions in managing cash and establishing a treasury operation on a global basis. During the roundtable, share your experiences and knowledge gained with your peers.

Facilitators:
Mich�le Allman-Ward, CTP, Cert ICM
Managing Director
Allman-Ward Associates, Inc.

Ron Chakravarti
Managing Director, GTS
Citi

Roundtable Hot Topics Discussion: Investor Relations

With the most active SEC in place in several administrations, and with a potentially far-reaching financial regulatory bill moving through Congress, companies are bracing for further significant reform. Discuss financial reform as it relates to corporate governance and related disclosure, shareholder communications and proxy voting, financial communications including corporate website use and social media, and other areas.

Facilitator:
Matt Brusch
Vice President, Communication
National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)

Open Roundtable Discussion

With a format similar to a CTC Treasurers Roundtable, establish the agenda to discuss topical and timely issues in global corporate treasury.

Moderator:
Craig N. Martin
Executive Director
Corporate Treasurers Council

8:30 - 9:30 am

Keynote: Perspectives of World-Class Corporate Treasury

Results of McKinsey & Co. 2010 Corporate Treasury Survey: Discuss the findings as they provide insights into what best practices have contributed most to the success of world class treasuries and what opportunities exist for treasury departments to provide additional value to their organizations.

Facilitators:
Kevin K. Laczkowski
Associate Principal
McKinsey & Company

Ishaan Seth
Principal
McKinsey & Company

9:45 - 11:15 am

General Session Panel: Short Term Liquidity vs. Long Term Capital Needs

There continues to be a need to maintain short term liquidity especially given the uncertainty still underlying the economy. However, as it begins to improve and companies turn their attention to growing, the question also turns to longer term capital needs. With bank lending still tight and yet the capital markets opening up, combined with the steepness of the yield curve, the big question treasurers face is what, when and where to finance?

Moderator:
Laurie Campbell
Managing Director, Debt Capital Markets
Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Panelists:
Anita M. Prasad, PhD
General Manager, Treasury Capital Management
Microsoft Corporation

Stanley Pasternak
Senior Vice President & Treasurer
Canadian Tire Corporation, Ltd.

Laura B. Smith
Vice President & Treasurer
Plum Creek Timber Company

11:30 - 12:30 pm

Closing Keynote Address: OTC Derivatives - Transparency & Trading

With financial reform being hotly debated among various factions including the White House, Congress and financial institutions, the most important issue for corporate treasury and finance professionals is the impact on derivatives. Properly managing risk through the use of certain derivative instruments is critical to global businesses, whether those risks manifest themselves in the form of foreign exchange, interest rates or commodities. Hear from one of the key players in this debate, Gary Gensler, Chairman of the CFTC, as he opines on the issues and delivers his own perspective.

Facilitators:
Gary Gensler
Chairman
Commodity Futures Trading Commission