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Accordingly, Institutional Investor’s 3rd Annual Board Member/CFO Symposium will continue its tradition of offering board members the knowledge they require to do their jobs better while adapting to the changing needs of the companies they serve. Developed and guided by an Advisory Board of leading board directors, this year’s agenda will offer the information board members need to respond to the challenges presented by:

  • Implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  • War stories: Lessons learned from tough encounters
  • This Year’s Insight into Washington
  • From Awareness to Action: Assessing the Impact of IFRS on US Firms
  • Trends in Relating to Investors
  • Coordinating and implementing international accounting standards
  • Reputation and career risks
  • Shareholder engagement
  • Redefining compensation: A discussion
  • Conversations with Charlie Rose
  • A Federal Prosecutor’s Perspective on Corporate Fraud
  • The tyranny of locale
  • Expressing your unique viewpoint without gaining a reputation as a maverick

Advisory Board

Blythe J. McGarvie
Chair, Investment and Capital Markets Committee, Travelers Companies
Board Member, Viacom
President and Founder, Leadership for International Finance

John F. Levy
Chief Executive Officer, Board Advisory Services
Chairman , Audit Committee, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

Andrew P. Hines
Chair, Audit Committee,, Superior Essex Inc.
Founder and Managing Partner, Hines & Associates, LLC

Danita K. Ostling
Partner, Ernst & Young

Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)
Chairman, Financial Services Committee, United States House of Representatives

Jeffrey D. Morgan, CAE
President & Chief Executive Officer, National Investor Relations Institute

Robert H. Herz
Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

Michael Levy
Partner, McKee Nelson LLP

Hal Chefitz
Chair, Compensation Committee, Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Rich Ferlauto
Director, Corporate Governance
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO

Hye-Won Choi
Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF

Charlie Rose
Host, Charlie Rose Show

Kenneth D. Marshall
Chairman, Americas IFRS Markets Leader, Ernst & Young

John J. Gasparovic
Vice President and General Counsel, BorgWarner Inc.

Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg
Board Member, General Mills
Board Member, Harvard Management Company
Board Member, McGraw-Hill Companies
Board Member, World Bank/International Monetary Fund Credit Union