World Congress 1999 CFO Summit


REGISTER NOW	summit overview agenda speakers registration information sponsorship information	Concurrent Summits at WEDC99: CEO Summit CFO Summit Telecom Summit Integrated Energy Summit Infrastructure Finance Water & Wastewater Summit

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	Determining Optimum CFO Strategies For the Internet Economy Provoking Actions Defining Strategies Predicting Trends Thinking Globally The role of the CFO and structure of the finance department is rapidly changing in response to their increasing responsibilities in determining corporate strategy, evaluating risks and ensuring value creation. IT and the Internet are ensuring that the CFO increasingly ‘connected’ not just internally to business units but externally to investors, clients and suppliers. As a result the CFOs must re-think their strategies and re-shape their department and corporate infrastructure in order to respond more effectively to these constituents and ensure an increased ROI. "The use of corporate intranets to gather and disseminate information is generating returns on investment of better than 1000%." The 1999 CFO Summit will evaluate drivers of change and determine the best-practice strategies that CFOs will need to implement in order to stay competitive. Furthermore specific sessions of the Summit will bring together CFOs and CEOs to focus on strategies for implementing change and driving growth and increasing share-holder value. Who Will Be There? CFOs, treasurers and finance directors from the world’s most dynamic companies, including Fortune & Global 2000, Fast-Growth and leading Emerging Market Corporations. Participants will exchange experiences, learn from case studies and brainstorm new corporate finance strategies based on the impact of the Internet. Furthermore, bringing together CFOs and CEOs for parts of the Summit will facilitate a stimulating cross-fertilization of ideas. Honorary Chairman: George P. Shultz, former US Secretary of State Confirmed speakers for the 1999 Congress include: Marc Andreessen, CTO, Netscape Joyce Chang, Head of Emerging Market Research, Merrill Lynch & Co. Daniel Case, Chairman & CEO, Hambrecht & Quist Group Domingo Cavallo, Publisher, Forbes Global Stanley Fischer, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF Charles Frank, First VP, EBRD Goran Lindahl, President & CEO, ABB George Mu�oz, President, OPIC Stimulating Format The varied and dynamic program will stimulate creative business thinking: Interactive panel debates on the critical issues of the day Focused roundtable ‘think-tank’ sessions on specific challenges for CFOs In-depth interviews with the world’s most successful corporate leaders Networking and doing business in the Congress hospitality hub Recurring questions In order that the critical issues addressed in the summit are tied back to the core concerns of all CEOs, the following Recurring Questions will be asked by the Summit chairperson and moderators in order to synthesize value-added action plans that you can take away and implement. Financial Organizational Structure – How do I reduce costs and improve efficiencies? Enterprise Resource Planning – How do I evaluate and increase ROI? Risk Management – How do I improve risk evaluation and reduce risk management costs? International Markets – How can I more accurately forecast the macroeconomics of emerging markets? Investor Relations & Regulatory Governance – How do I capture and communicate better data? Banking - Am I getting the best deal? Y2K - Am I really ready for it?
top of page	cfo summit agenda Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Thursday agenda Friday agenda	9:00am – 4:00pm Executive Briefings on Infrastructure Finance Special Cross-Industry Panel Discussions on: STALLED PROJECTS: HOW TO RESTART THEM AND LESSONS LEARNED FOR YOUR FUTURE PROJECTS In Strategic Partnership with: MDC Systems Panelists Include: Robert McCue, President, MDC Systems William Wheatley, Executive Vice-President, MDC Systems C. Stephen Heard, Partner, Whitman Breed Abbot and Morgan Naresh Mahtani, Partner, Alban, Tay, Mahtani & DeSilva Jonathon Rosshandler, Partner, Nabarro Nathanson Herbert Sears, Chairman, General Environment Corp. ECAs and Multilaterals: How to Optimize ECA and Multilateral Participation in Your Projects in Order to Mobilize Private Capital Panelists Include: Adiwarman Idris, Private Sector Group, Asian Development Bank Johan Bastin, Director: Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure, EBRD Barbara O’Boyle, VP Project Finance, Export-Import Bank of the United States Plus participation invited from: The World Bank, IFC, Coface, JEXIM, ECGD, EDC, HERMES, MIGA, IDB, AfDB, EIB, and CDC Special Networking Luncheon - with senior representatives of the leading multilateral, bilateral and export credit agencies Special Luncheon Address: James Harmon, President & Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States Project Finance: Future Options for Capital Markets Financing, Project Finance and Local Finance for Infrastructure Projects In Strategic Partnership with: Centre Panelists Include: Thomas Dickson, Chief Underwriting Officer, Centre Jan Prins, Managing Director and Head of Special Industry and Project Finance, ABN AMRO Bank Risk Management: Optimize Political and Currency Risk Mitigation and Insurance to Achieve Attractive Long-term Economics for YourProjects 5:00pm - 6:00pm - WEDC ’99 Opening Keynote Session: ASSESSING THE IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE GLOBAL INTERNET ECONOMY ON YOUR BUSINESS Presented by: George P. Shultz, former US Secretary of State Bill Joy, CTO, Sun Microsystems 6:00pm - 7:30pm - Congress Welcoming Reception
top of page	cfo summit agenda Thursday, September 23, 1999
Wednesday agenda Friday agenda	9:00am - 10:00am - WEDC ’99 Keynote Session 2: REPOSITIONING YOUR GLOBAL INVESTMENT, BUSINESS AND RISK PORTFOLIO: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis Presented by: Stanley Fischer, First Managing Director, IMF G�ran Lindahl, CEO, ABB Moderator: Paul Steiger, Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal 10:00am - 10:30am Networking Break 10:40am - 12:30pm Session A: Interactive Panel Discussion Managing Connectivity: Determining the Optimum Structure and Functionality of Your Finance Department for the Information Ae Evaluating New Models For Finance Department Structure And Connectivity With Employees, Customers, Suppliers And Shareholders Craig MacDonald, President, World Research Advisory / KPMG Case Study: Examining Best Practices In I.T. Deployment, Structures And Strategies To Optimize Internal And External Communications And Reduce Costs Maximizing cost savings through intranet and internet deployment Case Study: Examining Best Practice E.R.P. Strategies And Determining The Role Of Intranets In Resource Planning Case Study: Evaluating Optimum Treasury Management Systems Case Study: Determining Best Practices In Procurement And Supply-Chain Management Interactive Discussion on: Harnessing The Internet To Develop Efficient Finance Operations And Information Management Systems For Competitive Advantage Led by: Craig MacDonald, President, World Research Advisory 12:30pm – 2:00pm Luncheon Address Effectively Utilize OPIC Support in Your Infrastructure Projects Plus an Update on New Policy and Infrastructure Finance Initiatives George Mu�oz, President & CEO, OPIC 2:00pm - 4:15pm Session B: Interactive Panel Discussion Improving Risk Evaluation and Reducing the Cost of Risk Management OPERATIONAL RISKS Operational risks represent up to 90% of any corporations risk profile. Speakers will examine how the Internet can be used to better identify and measure these risks and how they can be mitigated and insured against Case Study: Facilitating Internet Based Initiatives To Identify And Measure Operational Risks Determining the benefits of allowing employee and customer access to corporate intranets to facilitate risk management initiatives Assessing new methods for gathering data on operational risks using the Internet Using the internet to support economic modeling Scott Lang, former CFO, Microsoft Examining New Options For Mitigating, Hedging And Insuring Against Operational Risks e.g. AIG / Chubb Assessing Opportunities For Risk Trading Online Global Market Risks Emerging Markets Case Study: Assessing When And To What Extent Emerging Markets Will Recover Examining the market evaluation strategies of leading global corporations Assessing the future potential for long-term investment in emerging markets Determining how to allocate global capital expenditure for growth Identifying successful strategies for currency risk management e.g. Shell / Ford / Chrysler / GM / Philip Morris / McDonalds / Coca-Cola Europe Case Study: Evaluating The Potential Of The New European Market Y2K Risks Final Check Case Study: Examining New Information On Y2k Bug Prevention Initiatives And Drawing-Up A Final Check Strategy Interactive Discussion on: Reducing The Cost Of Risk Management 4:15pm - 4:30pm - Networking Break 4:30pm - 5:30pm - WEDC ’99 Keynote Session 3: KEY TECHNOLOGY DRIVERS THAT WILL SHAPE YOUR BUSINESS LANDSCAPE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM In Strategic Partnership with Telcordia Technologies Speakers: Marc Andreessen, Cofounder, Netscape and CTO, AOL William Kennard, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission Moderator: Casimir Skrzypczak, Corporate Vice President and Group President, Professional Services, Telcordia Technologies
top of page	cfo summit agenda Friday, September 24, 1999
Wednesday agenda Thursday agenda	8:30am - 9:30am - WEDC ’99 Keynote Session 4: DETERMINING YOUR STRATEGIES FOR TRADE IN THE ATLANTIC ECONOMY, EUROPE, ASIA AND EMERGING MARKETS Presented by: Sir Peter Bonfield, Chief Executive, British Telecom Kenneth Lay, Chairman & CEO, Enron Corp. Lawrence Summers, Deputy Secretary, US Treasury Moderator: Robert Thomson, US Managing Editor, The Financial Times 9:30am - 10:00am - Networking Break 10:00am - 11:30am Session C: Interactive Panel Discussion Examining New Strategies in Corporate Finance and Banking and Assessing the Impact of the Internet Identifying Who The Future Players Will Be In Corporate Finance And Banking Services And Determining What You Should Expect From Them Capital Markets Financing Determining Options For Utilizing The Internet To Access Capital Markets For Debt, Equity And Syndicated Loans Placing bond issues online Distributing shares via the internet Examining the cost savings and risks Banking Determining The Future For Corporate Banking Via The Internet Trading Utilizing Online Trading And Exchanges To Lower Transaction Costs And Improve Efficiency Reducing the time of price discovery and negotiations 11:30am - 12:00pm Special Interactive Discussion Session: Identifying Opportunities for Reducing the Cost of Banking and Corporate Finance Services 12:00pm – 1:30pm - Luncheon Address: How to Effectively Utilize Multilateral Agency Support in Your Infrastructure Projects Plus an Update on New Policy and Infrastructure Finance Initiatives from EBRD Charles Frank, First Vice-President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1:30pm – 2:45pm Session D: Getting the CFO, CTO, COO Perspectives Implementing New Strategies in Your Organization to Drive Growth This session will bring CEOS together with leading CFOs, COOs, and CTOs from the world’s leading corporations to plan solutions for implementing new business strategies that will harness the opportunities of the Internet economy. Structuring Your Internal Organization to Enhance Your Connectivity and Responsiveness to Customers John Alden, Vice Chairman, UPS Examining New Guidelines on Corporate Governance and How They Impact Your Ability to Attract Institutional Investors Charles Valdes, Chairman of the Investment Committee, CalPERS Corporate Culture and Infrastructure Re-Engineering Business Process and Knowledge Management Business Strategies in the Age of E-Business Fending Off the Invasion of Non-Traditional Competitors 2:45pm - 3:00pm Conclusions & Recommendations for Action 3:00pm - 3:10pm - Networking Break 3:10pm - 3:45pm - Keynote Session 5: GLOBALIZATION AND THREATS TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER 3:45pm - Close of Congress

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	John Alden, Vice Chairman, United Parcel Service of America, Inc. Richard Allen, SVP & CFO, J.D. Edwards James Burns, Assistant Treasurer, Engelhard Corporation David Cureton, Head of Innovation, Global Cash Management & Trading Services, Citibank Alex Davern, CFO & Treasurer, National Instruments Corporation Nancy De Lisi, Vice President & Treasurer, Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Joseph Euteneuer, VP & Controller, Comcast Corporation Steve Fong, EVP & CFO, Sonnet Financial Services Stephen Key, EVP & CFO, Textron, Inc. Timothy Ling, Executive Vice President & CFO, Unocal Corporation Donald Platt, EVP Strategic Planning, US Office Products Company Juan Romero, CFO, Petroleos Mexicanos Leslie D. Shroyer, CIO, Motorola, Inc. John Simpson, EVP & CFO, Dana Corporation Charles Valdes, Vice President of the Board, CalPERS Mark Zorko, CFO/CIO, Network Services Company

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