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Webcasts of the Week

 Defining and Executing Systematic, Risk-Based Third-Party Due Diligence for FCPA Compliance
Sponsored by The Steele Foundation

Help Wanted: Ad of the Week

 Compliance Education & Communications Mgr.
Submitted by Oracle

Event of the Week

 Corporate Governance Programs
Courtesy of Harvard Business School

Thought Leadership of the Week

Access Management: Efficiency, Confidence, Control
Courtesy of SAP

The Resource Exchange

Code of Conduct
Submitted by BP

Sample Risk Acceptance Request
Submitted by Circuit City

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GRC Illustrated Series

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Industry Conferences & Events

September

September 13-15
Las Vegas, NV
Information Security and Risk Management Conference
ISACA’s conference focuses on the fundamentals of information security management and information security practices. The event will cover elements related to information security business, the impact of risk management, as well as program and technical issues.

September 13-17
Orlando, FL
ISACA Training Week
ISACA’s Training Week is an educational event designed to give you the tools you need to revamp your IT assurance, audit, governance, and security skills. This program uses a combination of lecture, class discussion, group exercises, and case studies to explore and enhance your professional development. Attendees will learn about proven strategies and techniques based upon best practices and lessons learned from the ISACA community.

September 20-23
Washington, DC
Derivatives Accounting Boot Camp
This four-day intense training workshop will take you through the often complex rules for derivatives accounting, giving you the confidence to manage journal entries, financial statement geography, required disclosures for your company’s derivatives accounting program, and more.

September 21-23
Boston, MA
Audit World 2010
The MIS Training Institute presents this 3-day conference to cover a multitude of subjects pertinent to audit professionals. Topics to be addressed range from making hard ethical decisions to leveraging data mining to gain insight and efficiency in audit, and many others.

September 23
Arlington, TX
Accounting Marketing 1-Day Workshop
This accounting marketing seminar focuses on practice marketing and provides you with numerous tried-and-true methods for generating more clients and revenue for your firm. Learn cost-effective ways to grow your business and keep your company running smoothly with the means to success presented in this seminar.

September 23-24
Washington, DC
SEC Conference: An Accounting & Reporting Update for Public Companies
This two-day conference from the Center for Professional Education will help keep you current on updates in SEC accounting and reporting developments. The event features ample networking opportunities and an overview of new government regulations for SEC compliance. Hot-button topics on the agenda include: proxy access, credit crisis developments, SOX optimizations, accounting for derivatives, understanding and surviving the SEC process, audit process and compliance, IFRS vs. U.S. GAAP, and more.

September 23-24
Lucca, Italy
Tagetik User Conference 2010
Learn how to manage real business performance by integrating collaborative technologies into your existing corporate performance management and business intelligence processes. At this conference you will gain the knowledge necessary to facilitate collaborations between workgroups and create a common understanding of shared objectives, as well as improving operational and strategic decision-making for your business.

September 24
New York, NY
Codes of Conduct and Corporate Social Responsibility: Global Strategies for Global Compliance
This workshop focuses on the issues multinational employers face regarding global codes of conduct and corporate social responsibility initiatives. Topics to be discussed include: making the business case for human rights, crafting a viable multinational agenda, international codes of conduct, and more.

September 24
Charlotte, NC
Accounting Marketing 1-Day Workshop
This accounting marketing seminar focuses on practice marketing and provides you with numerous tried-and-true methods for generating more clients and revenue for your firm. Learn cost-effective ways to grow your business and keep your company running smoothly with the means to success presented in this seminar.

September 26-28
Washington, DC
Capitalize on Compliance
Designed to help chief compliance officers, compliance managers, and executive officers manage their investment firms successfully; this conference underscores the importance of strong compliance by emphasizing effective monitoring in your financial business. Ascendant brings the analysis, experience, and answers you need to strengthen regulatory and operational issues, and help your business run effectively.

October

October 5-7
Boston, MA
2010 Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Summit
At this conference you will learn how to utilize GRC to effectively execute corporate strategy, mitigate systemic risk to navigate today’s challenging economy, develop an ERM program that meets the needs of both senior leadership and your board, and much more. Gain the comprehensive knowledge you will need to maximize business value and efficiency potential in today’s complex global market.

October 6-7
New York, NY
Outstanding Directors Exchange Conference
At this Outstanding Directors Exchange conference catered specifically to directors, you will learn how to navigate through some of the most pressing issues facing boards today. Some agenda topics include: identifying, understanding, and prioritizing risk; cultivating healthy CEO/board communications; due diligence checklist; and more.

October 6-8
Boston, MA
ISACA’s IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Conference
This conference, presented by ISACA and the IT Governance Institute, provides frameworks, best practices and guidance related to IT governance, risk and compliance to better prepare you for today’s regulatory environment. In this program you will learn how to enhance the value that IT provides your business, and gain insights from others who have implemented these approaches.

October 11-15
Indianapolis, IN
ISACA Training Week
ISACA’s Training Week is an educational event designed to give you the tools you need to revamp your IT assurance, audit, governance, and security skills. This program uses a combination of lecture, class discussion, group exercises, and case studies to explore and enhance your professional development. Attendees will learn about proven strategies and techniques based upon best practices and lessons learned from the ISACA community.

October 15
Dublin, Ireland
Corporate Treasury and Cash Management Conference 2010
At the Corporate Treasury and Cash Management Conference you will have the opportunity to hear from leading industry expert speakers on key areas of innovation, join in the popular Treasurers Debate - a challenging interactive discussion panel featuring treasurer representatives from Ireland's top 1000 companies, as well as meet with other treasurers, finance directors, sponsors, and more during the many networking opportunities.

October 25-28
Chicago, IL
Fraud Auditing Boot Camp
This intense four-day conference from the CPA Training Center will help keep you current on updates in fraud auditing and compliance developments, and provide the knowledge and techniques required to implement effective fraud prevention and detection measures into your audit plan. The event features in-depth analysis of fraud definitions and risk assessments at both the enterprise and audit level. Hot-button topics on the agenda include: the legal implications of fraud auditing, misappropriation of assets, updates on professional standards, financial statements, and more.

October 29
Santa Ana, CA
Accounting Marketing 1-Day Workshop
This accounting marketing seminar focuses on practice marketing and provides you with numerous tried-and-true methods for generating more clients and revenue for your firm. Learn cost-effective ways to grow your business and keep your company running smoothly with the means to success presented in this seminar.

October 31- November 5
Stanford, CA
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
This program emphasizes learning in action and provides tools, time, and structure for you to apply this knowledge to your own business situations. Learn practical approaches to analyze and design a comprehensive strategy, innovative frameworks and models to meet business challenges, and interact with leading researchers and practitioners in the area of organizational change and renewal.

November

November 5
Houston, TX
Houston Regional Compliance Conference
This conference, from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, provides a forum to interact with local compliance professionals and share information about challenges and successes within the compliance industry. The agenda will address such topics as data and privacy protection, effective communications to the board, federal sentencing guidelines and the good practice guidance by the OECD, and more.

November 7-10
San Antonio, TX
AFP Annual Conference
Learn best practices from top experts in corporate treasury and finance, and attend over 100 sessions and workshops covering topics such as: cash and liquidity management, trade and supply chain finance, cash flow forecasting, accounting and more.

November 7-10
Las Vegas, NV
CRA & Fair Lending Colloquium
Learn how to protect your institution from compliance risk in the current regulatory climate at this content-rich consumer compliance event. This event provides opportunities to speak with experts in CRA, HMDA, and fair lending about the latest trends and changes in the regulatory environment, and presents strategies for success.

November 8-11
Orlando, FL
Compliance Academy
This event, from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, provides multiple methods for implementing and managing compliance programs based on the Seven Element Approach. You will gain knowledge in compliance and ethics program administration, risk assessment, response and investigation, discipline and incentives, and more.

November 10-13
Boston, MA
Making Corporate Boards More Effective
This program from Harvard Business School provides information on how boards of leading companies work successfully with their management teams, with a focus on teamwork, processes, and strategies in the boardroom. Joined by a select group of peers—including board members and chief executive officers—you will be exposed to the most recent philosophies on the multifaceted functions, working relationships, and best practices of corporate boards and management teams.

November 12
Addison, TX
Accounting and Financial Reporting Update
The University of North Texas College of Business (UNT) and the Professional Development Institute (PDI) present this conference which delves into important financial reporting developments. This event is designed to give you the information needed to understand current accounting and reporting issues relevant to financial executives, accountants, organization managers, CPAs, financial analysts, attorneys, and others interested in accounting and financial reporting issues. Hear speakers from the FASB, the DOJ, the SEC, the PCAOB, and other organizations. Also provided are ample networking opportunities for interactions between business and accounting professionals, policy makers and the private sector.

November 15-17
Boston, MA
Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance
This program, presented by Harvard Business School, prepares audit committee members and chief financial officers to navigate complex new accounting regulations and operate effectively in a strained credit environment. Attendees will learn the latest strategies for strengthening financial proficiency and responding to the demand for greater oversight and compliance with regulatory rules and standards.

November 16-17
Philadelphia, PA
2010 Conference on Revenue Recognition: Current Industry Trends & Strategies in Financial Reporting
Revenue recognition remains one of the most problematic topics in financial reporting and one of the foremost causes of SEC enforcement actions. Learn how to apply the rules to your company’s reporting situation from revenue recognition experts- including SEC experts. Hot button topics to be discussed include software revenue recognition, materiality, technical accounting and implementation, and more.

November 16-18
London, England
2010 FIMA Conference
The 8th annual Financial Information Management for Professionals conference gathers Senior-Level Reference and Market Data Management Executives to debate, discuss and share strategies. Learn the art and craft of effective, successful, and profitable data management in a financial institution. Key topics to be discussed include data governance and structure, effective vendor relationship management, data quality improvement and management, measuring data impact on the bottom line of your organization, and more.

November 17-19
Boston, MA
Compensation Committees
Harvard Business School presents this program, specifically designed for directors of public company boards and other members of compensation committees, which focuses on the design and development of compensation plans that identify and address the concerns of shareholders while linking executive rewards to company goals.

November 18-19
Phoenix, AZ
SEC Conference: An Accounting & Reporting Update for Public Companies
This two-day conference from the Center for Professional Education will help keep you current on updates in SEC accounting and reporting developments. The event features ample networking opportunities and an overview of new government regulations for SEC compliance. Hot-button topics on the agenda include: proxy access, credit crisis developments, SOX optimizations, accounting for derivatives, understanding and surviving the SEC process, audit process and compliance, IFRS vs. U.S. GAAP, and more.

December

December 6-10
Las Vegas, NV
ISACA Training Week
ISACA’s Training Week is an educational event designed to give you the tools you need to revamp your IT assurance, audit, governance, and security skills. This program uses a combination of lecture, class discussion, group exercises, and case studies to explore and enhance your professional development. Attendees will learn about proven strategies and techniques based upon best practices and lessons learned from the ISACA community.

December 13-14
New York, NY
SEC Conference: An Accounting & Reporting Update for Public Companies
This two-day conference from the Center for Professional Education will help keep you current on updates in SEC accounting and reporting developments. The event features ample networking opportunities and an overview of new government regulations for SEC compliance. Hot-button topics on the agenda include: proxy access, credit crisis developments, SOX optimizations, accounting for derivatives, understanding and surviving the SEC process, audit process and compliance, IFRS vs. U.S. GAAP, and more.

December 13-16
Houston, TX
Derivatives Accounting Boot Camp
This four-day intense training workshop will take you through the often complex rules for derivatives accounting, giving you the confidence to manage journal entries, financial statement geography, required disclosures for your company’s derivatives accounting program, and more.

December 13-16
Orlando, FL
Fraud Auditing Boot Camp
This fast-paced four-day conference from the CPA Training Center will help keep you current on updates in fraud auditing and compliance developments, and provide the knowledge and techniques required to implement effective fraud prevention and detection measures into your audit plan. The event features in-depth analysis of fraud definitions and risk assessments at both the enterprise and audit level. Hot-button topics on the agenda include: the legal implications of fraud auditing, misappropriation of assets, updates on professional standards, financial statements, and more.

December 14-15
Los Angeles, CA
SEC Conference: An Accounting & Reporting Update for Public Companies
The Center for Professional Education presents this two-day conference which will help keep you current on updates in SEC accounting and reporting developments. Topics on the agenda include: proxy access, credit crisis developments, SOX optimizations, accounting for derivatives, understanding and surviving the SEC process, audit process and compliance, IFRS vs. U.S. GAAP, and more. The event also features ample networking opportunities and an overview of new government regulations for SEC compliance.

January

January 16-22
Boston, MA
Finance for Senior Executives
This week-long leadership training program from Harvard Business School provides critical insight into the strategic level of corporate finance by examining the techniques of successful companies worldwide. Topics to be covered in-depth include capital markets and investment opportunities, cash flow, performance metrics, and more.