Date:  09/27/2007

Time:   11:30 am Registration and Lunch Noon - 2:00pm Program

Location:   Crowne Plaza Cabana 4290 El Camino Real Palo Alto, Ca 94306

Speaker:   Kirk Hanson, Marc Fagel, Darryl P. Rains, Marty Collins, Steve Almassy, Bruce Wright

Contact:   Tanya Ortiz-Bolhorst

Contact Phone:  650.813.5722

Description:  

Hear from an experienced panel which includes a CFO, Audit Committee chair, outside auditor, inside counsel, outside counsel, and senior SEC enforcement attorney

Topics Include:

• An overview of more than twenty categories of “gatekeepers”
• Changing expectations for internal and external corporate “gatekeepers”—the SEC’s view
• The fiduciary obligations, authority and responsibilities of “gatekeepers”
• Personal risks for “gatekeepers”—loss of reputation, civil exposure, and criminal liability
• How to effectively “man the gate” while limiting your personal, legal, and career risks
• “Doing the right thing” and other ethical dilemmas
• The slippery slope: becoming “part of the problem” rather than “the solution”

Who Should Attend:

Chief Executive Officers; Chief Financial Officers; General Counsel; Controllers/Principal Accounting Officers; Internal Auditors; HR Officers; Compliance Officers; Ethics Officers; Chairs and Members of Audit Committees, Governance Committees, and Compensation Committees of Boards of Directors; Outside Auditors; Outside Counsel

Morrison & Foerster LLP (Provider #2183) certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit by the State of California in the amount of 1.5 hours, including 1 hour of ethics. This organization follows the CE guidelines specified in the California Board of Accountancy Regulations.