In our September 2005 print edition, I mentioned that Compliance Week was planning a symposium on governance, risk and compliance. For the event—scheduled for June 7-9, 2006, in Washington, D.C.—we put out a call for feedback, and were inundated with great ideas.

To those ends, I’d like to offer a special thanks to readers who provided input on the sessions, including Gemstar-TV Guide Chief Accounting Officer Peter Halt, R.R. Donnelly Deputy General Counsel Ron Provenzano, Playboy SVP and Corporate Controller Michael Dannhauser, and the dozens of other executives at companies like Raytheon, RCN and Dun & Bradstreet, who took the time to email me with their ideas on how to maximize the value of the event.