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April 2007
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2	3 Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) Fair Value Modeling and Model Validation: Issues, Considerations, and Techniques Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) State Sales Tax Exemption Certificates: Taming the Sales Tax Beast	4 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Corporate Social Responsibility: Trends, Challenges, and Potential Benefits HR Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Universal Health Care Coverage: Back to the Front Burner and Hotter Than Ever	5 Public Sector (2:00 PM EDT) Identity Theft: How Vulnerable is Your Organization?	6	7 8
9 Energy & Resources (2:00 PM EDT) Energy Policy: The Impact of the New Congress Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Fraud Risk Management: Whose Job Is It Anyway?	10 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Quarterly Accounting Roundup: An Update of Important Developments Life Sciences & Health Care (2:00 PM EDT) The NAIC Model Audit Rule and Implementation: Will the Road Be Bumpy or Smooth?	11	12 China Issues (11:00 AM EDT) Business and Tax Planning for China Tax Reform Manufacturing (1:00 PM EDT) The Global Factory: Merge Your Manufacturing and Sourcing Strategies for Global Opportunity	13	14 15
16 TAX DAY	17 Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) Accelerating Risk Management Practices: Applying Insights from Leading Global Institutions Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Federal Tax Business Hedging: Why You Need to Get on Top of IRS Rules Now	18 4/18/2007 Financial Executives (3:00 PM EDT) Tax Spotlight: Creating Value by Including Your Tax Department in Business Decisions	19 Consumer Business (11:00 AM EDT) Supply Chain Risk Management: Is There a Cost for Improved Efficiency?	20	21 22
23	24 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Accounting for Convertible Instruments: An Overview	25 China Issues (11:00 AM EDT) M&A in China: Decision-Making in China’s Less than Transparent Deal Environment TMT (1:00 PM EDT) The Future of Media: Profiting from Generational Differences	26 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) The Next Stage of Section 404: Opportunities for Management to Optimize Efforts	27 Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Federal Tax Business Hedging: Why You Need to Get on Top of IRS Rules Now	28 29
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May 2007
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	1 Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) Unclaimed Property Compliance For Financial Services Companies Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Illinois: Riding Out the Storm of Tax Changes in the Prairie State	2 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Diversifying the American Board: Considerations for Joining a Board of Directors HR/Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Equity Incentives: The Effects of Corporate Life Events	3 Financial/Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Corporate Governance in Private Companies: The Value of a Board of Directors Public Sector (2:00 PM EDT) Major Construction Projects: Improving Governance and Minimizing Risks	4	5 6
7	8 Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Loss Disallowance Rules: The IRS Clears the Air – Or Does It?	9 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Government Investigations: Cooperation Without Surrender HR/Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Equity Incentives: The Effects of Corporate Life Events	10 Manufacturing (1:00 PM EDT) Achieving Profitable Growth in Emerging Markets: Stacking the Deck to Your Advantage Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Transfer Pricing Audits: Surviving the Inevitable	11	12 13
14	15 Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) E-Mail, Instant Messaging, and Records Management for Insurers: Dispose at Your Peril Life Sciences & Health Care (2:00 PM EDT) Value-Based Pricing Strategies: Navigating in the Age of Transparency	16 Financial Executives (3:00 PM EDT) Strategic Uncertainty: A New Risk Management Paradigm for CFOs	17 Consumer Business (11:00 AM EDT) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: The Best Defense is a Good Offense	18	19 20
21	22 Real Estate (11:00 AM EDT) Brazil: Is Now a Good Time to Invest?	23 China Issues (11:00 AM EDT) M&A in China: Structuring and Compliance Considerations TMT (1:00 PM EDT) The Race to Connect the Unconnected: How Human Resources Can Help You Win	24 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Governance, Risk, and Compliance: Evaluating Strategy, Structure, and Costs Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Intercompany Services: A New Playing Field	25	26 27
28 HOLIDAY	29	30	31 HR Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Talent Management: Why Connections Count So Much in a Wired World

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June 2007
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4	5 Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Using Partnerships in a Corporate Structure: Do You Need to Rethink Your Approach?	6 HR/Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Follow the Money – Will Congress and the President Turn to Compensation and Benefits for Revenue?	7 Financial/Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Executive Compensation in Private Companies: Strategies for Attracting, Retaining, and Motivating Top Talent	8	9 10
11	12 Life Sciences & Health Care (2:00 PM EDT) Innovation in the Life Sciences Industry: Igniting an Innovation Explosion Public Sector (2:00 PM EDT) Enterprise Identity Management: The Real ID Opportunity	13 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) SFAS 141R: Why a Valuation Perspective Is Critical Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Transfer Pricing and Customs: Beware of the Overlaps	14 China Issues (11:00 AM EDT) China Tax and Regulatory Update Manufacturing (1:00 PM EDT) Growing a Lean, Green, Earning Machine – The Sustainable Enterprise HR Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Where HR Is Going: How the C-Suite and Board Are Driving Change	15	16 17
18 Energy & Resources (2:00 PM EDT) Low-Cost Country Sourcing: A Strategy to Improve Operational and Financial Performance	19 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) EITF Roundup: Highlights of the June Meeting Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) Tax Traps of Public-Private Partnerships	20 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) The Latest Trends in Corporate Governance Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Compensatory Partnership Interests: Planning Opportunities and Issues	21 Consumer Business (11:00 AM EDT) The Travel, Hospitality, and Leisure Industry: What to Expect in 2007 and Beyond	22	23 24
25	26 Real Estate (11:00 AM EDT) SFAS 157 and Real Estate Firms: Here We Go Again Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) Subprime Mortgage Industry: Riding Out the Storm	27 TMT (1:00 PM EDT) Competitive Preparedness: Is Your Company Ready for the Next High Tech Market Change? Financial Executives (3:00 PM EDT) Overhaul Your Financial Close and Reporting Process Without Turning Your Company Upside-Down	28 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Section 404: What does the New Guidance Mean to You? Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) International Tax Compliance: Mid-Season Update on Tax Year 2006 Reporting	29	30

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July 2007
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9	10 Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) Alternative Asset Management: Legislative Outlook on Compensation	11 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Highlights from Proxy Season 2007: Executive Compensation and Other Hot Topics HR/Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Global Compensation and Benefits: A Controls Approach to Reducing Risk	12 China Issues (11:00 AM EDT) Private Equity Investment in China Manufacturing (1:00 PM EDT) Integrating Your Service Business: A Quick and Lasting Source of New-Found Profits?	13	14 15
16 Consumer Business (11:00 AM EDT) Sustainability: Why Being Responsible is Good Business	17 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Quarterly Accounting Roundup: An Update of Important Developments Life Sciences & Health Care (2:00 PM EDT) Is Your Provider Organization Ready for a Tax-Exemption Challenge	18 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Mergers and Acquisitions: Using More Sophisticated Due Diligence for Competitive Advantage Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Post-Transaction Adjustments: Managing Your Global Transfer Pricing While Minimizing Ripple Effects	19 Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) German Tax Reform and UK Tax Update	20	21 22
23	24 Real Estate (11:00 AM EDT) 2007 Global Commercial Real Estate Capital Flows: Attractiveness Remains, but Will the Pace Continue? Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) Insurance Technology Strategy and Service-Oriented Architecture: Adding Speed and Agility While Reducing Costs	25 TMT (1:00 PM EDT) Global Trends in Venture Capital Financial Executives (3:00 PM EDT) Finance and Accounting Outsourcing: Creating Business Value beyond Labor Arbitrage	26 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Governance, Risk, and Compliance Strategies: Update from the Field Public Sector (2:00 PM EDT) Security Management: Confronting the Insider Threat	27	28 29
30	31 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Accounting for Convertible Instruments HR Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Tapping Techno-Savvy New-Hires to Boost Loyalty and Performance

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August 2007
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		1 Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Multistate Income and Franchise Tax Developments: Are We in for a Bumpy Ride?	2 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Private Company Information Security: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You Public Sector (2:00 PM EDT) Applying Leading Customer Management Practices to the Public Sector	3	4 5
6	7 Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) Hedge Fund Risk Management: The Challenge of Managing Operational Risk and Addressing Transparency	8 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Measuring Corporate Culture: Enhancing the Board’s Understanding Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Transfer Pricing of Intercompany Loans and Guarantees: Still No Easy Answers	9 China Issues (11:00 AM EDT) China Tax and Regulatory Update Manufacturing (1:00 PM EDT) Managing Retiree Medical Costs: Addressing a Growing Dilemma in Health Care	10	11 12
13	14	15 Energy & Resources (2:00 PM EDT) Renewable Portfolio Standards, Renewable Energy Credits, and Carbon Offsets Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Cyber Crime: Fending Off Corporate Raids from Within and Outside	16 Consumer Business (11:00 AM EDT) Identity Theft: Addressing Privacy Protection and Incident Response Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) FIN 46(R): An Overview of Consolidations	17	18 19
20	21 Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) Insurance Operations Outsourcing and Offshoring: Ready for Take-Off Life Sciences & Health Care (2:00 PM EDT) Strategic Flexibility for Health Plans: Surviving in an Uncertain Market	22 TMT (1:00 PM EDT) Risk Intelligence in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Industries Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Industry Issue Focus: The New Approach to IRS Examinations	23 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) IT as an Enabler of Governance, Risk, and Compliance Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) International Partnerships: Structures and Issues	24	25 26
27 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) International Financial Reporting Standards: Evaluating the Implications of Recent SEC Activity	28 HR Executives (2:00 PM EDT) The Next Wave of Talent Management: Linking Business and Talent Strategies	29 Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Final Corporate Estimate Tax Regulations: Is There Any Good News?	30	31

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September 2007
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3	4	5 Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) Evolving Models of Retail Banking Distribution HR/Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Rewards Transformation: Why a Tax Perspective is Critical	6 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) The Private Company Financial Reporting Committee: Are You Tuned In? Public Sector (2:00 PM EDT) Finance Transformation: Implementing a Consistent Vision Across Agencies	7	8 9
10	11 Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Debt and Taxes: What Every Tax Department Should Know About Today’s Debt Instruments	12 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) The “G” in Governance, Risk, and Compliance: What’s the Board’s Role? Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Canada: The Empire Strikes Back?	13 China Issues (11:00 AM EDT) M&A in China: Post-Merger Integration Manufacturing (1:00 PM EDT) Integrated Supply Chain: Orchestrating Multiple Business Models to Improve Business Performance	14 Life Sciences & Health Care (2:00 PM EDT) “Search” and Development: The New Paradigm for Life Sciences R&D	15 16
17 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) EITF Roundup: Highlights of the September Meeting	18 Financial Services (2:00 PM EDT) An Option You Can’t Ignore Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) State Credits and Incentives: Control Steps to Retain Funding	19 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Valuation in Emerging Market M&A: Why Traditional Approaches May Be Dangerous Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) The IRS Office of Appeals: Deciphering Who Has Settlement Authority	20 Consumer Business (11:00 AM EDT) Immigration Laws: Why Supply Chain Compliance Should Be a Priority Energy & Resources (2:00 PM EDT) Managing Capital Project Risk in the Power and Utilities Sector	21	22 23
24 Financial/Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) FIN 48: Setting Your Sights on the Long Term	25 Real Estate (11:00 AM EDT) Going Green: How To Do It Responsibly and Profitably	26 TMT (1:00 PM EDT) The Best of Both Worlds: Integrating Your Organization’s On-Premise and On-Demand Applications Financial Executives (3:00 PM EDT) Beyond Information Quality to Information Value: Making the Business Case for a New Information Strategy	27 Financial Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Compliance Evolution: Automated Continuous Controls Monitoring and Testing	28 HR Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Mass Career Customization: Aligning Your Workplace With Today’s Nontraditional Workforce	29 30

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October 2007
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1	2 Private Equity, Hedge Funds, & Mutual Funds (2:00 PM EDT) International Large Position Reporting for Global Asset Managers Multistate Tax (2:00 PM EDT) FAS 5: Sales and Use Tax Contingencies – How to Stay Out of Hot Water	3 Compensation & Benefits (2:00 PM EDT) Informal Funding of Deferred Compensation Arrangements: Quantifying the Financial Statement Impact Sarbanes-Oxley (2:00 PM EDT) Section 404 for Non-Accelerated Filers: How to Implement a Top-Down, Risk-Based Approach	4	5	6 7
8	9 Financial Reporting (2:00 PM EDT) Quarterly Accounting Roundup: An Update of Important Developments	10 Federal & State Government (2:00 PM EDT) State-Led Health Reform: Emerging Trends and Innovations Transfer Pricing (2:00 PM EDT) Transfer Pricing and FIN 48: It’s a Whole New Ballgame	11 China Issues (11:00 AM EDT) The Board’s Changing Role in China’s Strategy Automotive (1:00 PM EDT) M&A Transition Services: Planning and Managing Complex Carve-Out Transactions	12 Tax Executives (2:00 PM EDT) Canada-U.S. Tax Treaty Update: Is Your Business Prepared for the Impact of the New Protocol?	13 14
15	16 Real Estate (11:00 AM EDT) Real Estate Finance Transformation: Is It Time to Shift Away From Outsourcing? Banking & Securities (2:00 PM EDT) Consolidation in the Banking Sector: Bigger and Bolder But Not Always Brighter	17 Health Care Providers (2:00 PM EDT) Medicaid and Medicare Billing Compliance: Managing Your Risk Driving Enterprise Value (3:00 PM EDT) The CFO’s Next Challenge: Applying Finance Talent to Create Enterprise Value	18 Consumer Business (11:00 AM EDT) Mergers and Acquisitions: Exploiting the M&A Jungle Power & Utilities (2:00 PM EDT) Post-Merger Integration Factors to Consider Before the Deal	19	20 21
22	23 Transactions & Business Events (2:00 PM EDT) Intellectual Property Infringement in Emerging Markets: Identifying and Managing the Risks HR Executives: Organization and Change (2:00 PM EDT) Organization Design: Creating Real Value in a Constantly Changing Enterprise	24 Technology, Media, & Telecom (1:00 PM EDT) Interactive Advertising: Managing Risks to Create Opportunities International Tax (2:00 PM EDT) European Tax Update: Spotlight on the Netherlands, Belgium, and Other Key Countries	25 Sarbanes-Oxley (2:00 PM EDT) Section 404 for Non-Accelerated Filers: How to Identify and Evaluate Controls	26	27 28
29	30 Financial Reporting (2:00 PM EDT) Accounting for Convertible Instruments: Puts, Calls, and Contingent Payments	31 Federal Tax (2:00 PM EDT) Fright Fest? Preparer Penalties Scare Up New Disclosures, New Debates

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November 2007
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			1 Private Companies (2:00 PM EDT) Strategic Sourcing for Private Companies: The Sky’s the Limit?	2 Sarbanes-Oxley (2:00 PM EDT) Section 404 for Non-Accelerated Filers: How to Conclude and Report on Control Effectiveness	3 4
5	6 Insurance (12:00 PM EST) Insurance Anti-Money Laundering Compliance: An Update on IRS Examinations Multistate Tax (2:00 PM EST) State Apportionment Update: Are All Roads Leading to the Sales Factor?	7 Corporate Governance (2:00 PM EST) Shifting Your Focus to Long-Term Performance Compensation & Benefits (2:00 PM EST) Executive Compensation: Will Your Program Withstand Scrutiny?	8 China Issues (11:00 AM EST) Contract Risk and Compliance: More Than a Matter of Trust Manufacturing (1:00 PM EST) Finance Transformation: Is This the Secret Sauce for Improved Manufacturing Performance?	9	10 11
12	13 Oil & Gas (2:00 PM EST) Capital Asset Efficiency: Managing the Big Spend Life Sciences (2:00 PM EST) External Manufacturing: Why Emerging Markets Require a Secure Value Chain	14 Transactions & Business Events (2:00 PM EST) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Why Heightened Vigilance Can Be Critical Transfer Pricing (2:00 PM EST) Transfer Pricing Across Europe: Supply Chain Initiatives a Growing Target	15 Retail (11:00 AM EST) Enterprise Asset Management: Uncovering the Hidden Value Federal & State Government (2:00 PM EST) Looming Fiscal Challenge: Preparing Today for Tomorrow’s Budget Crunch	16	17 18
19	20 China Issues (11:00 AM EST) China Tax and Regulatory Update Banking & Securities (2:00 PM EST) Gen Y Consumers: A Significant Opportunity	21	22 Thanksgiving Holiday	23	24 25
26	27 HR Executives: Talent Management (2:00 PM EST) Talent Acquisition and Development: Time to Turn the Page? Federal Tax (2:00 PM EST) Section 355 Spin-Off Update: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, or Is It?	28 Technology & Media (1:00 PM EST) The Upside of IP: A Little Exploitation Can Lead to Significant Revenues Driving Enterprise Value (3:00 PM EST) Integrated Performance Management: A Critical Lever, But Not as Easy as It Looks	29 Real Estate (11:00 AM EST) Real Estate Talent Management: Attracting the Next-Generation Workforce Sarbanes-Oxley (2:00 PM EST) The Supply Chain Side of Governance, Risk, and Compliance	30

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December 2007
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3	4 Multistate Tax (2:00 PM EST) State Information Sharing: Who Is Telling What to Whom – and Why You Should Care Financial Reporting (2:00 PM EST) EITF Roundup: Highlights of the December Meeting	5 Corporate Governance (2:00 PM EST) Setting Strategy: How Should the Board Be Involved? Compensation & Benefits (2:00 PM EST) 401(k) Investment Fee Disclosure: Are You Protecting Yourself and Your Company?	6 Federal & State Government (2:00 PM EST) Breaking Cycles and Smashing Silos in Public Benefits Financial/Private Companies (2:00 PM EST) Preparing for an IPO or Strategic Sale: Make a Strong First Impression	7	8 9
10 Financial/FAS 109 (2:00 PM EST) FIN 48 and FAS 109: Bringing Disclosure and Transparency into Focus	11 China Issues (11:00 AM EST) 2008 China Outlook: Another Momentous Year? Private Equity, Hedge Funds, & Mutual Funds (2:00 PM EST) Internal Audit: The Growing Importance Within Asset Management Firms	12 Transactions & Business Events (2:00 PM EST) Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Compliance: Looking Beyond Borders Health Plans (2:00 PM EST) Health Care Consumerism: Emerging Segments, Important Opportunities	13 Retail (11:00 AM EST) Gift Cards, Money Laundering, and Fraud: Protecting Against the Perfect Holiday Storm Manufacturing (1:00 PM EST) Managing Risk in the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise	14	15 16
17	18 Insurance (2:00 PM EST) Contingent Commissions: Growth and Distribution for Insurance Companies Federal Tax (2:00 PM EST) R&D Tax Credit Update: What’s in Store for 2007-8?	19 Technology, Media, & Telecom (1:00 PM EST) The Wireless Broadband Marketplace: Managing the Customer Experience International Tax (2:00 PM EST) International Tax Treaty Update: Which Way is the Wind Blowing?	20 Sarbanes-Oxley (2:00 PM EST) The Impact of Governance, Risk, and Compliance on IT	21	22 23
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