November 17 – 18 | New York City

STAY CURRENT – INFORMED – PREPARED – COMPETITIVE
November 17 – 18 | New York City
Financial Executives International is providing
exclusive access to today’s foremost financial
thought-leaders. Attend and gain perspectives on
the latest accounting and reporting developments
from the FASB, PCAOB and SEC.
ZACHARY KARABELL
President
River Twice Research
MARCI ROSSELL
Former CNBC Chief Economist
Co-Host of SQUAWK BOX
Revenue Recognition | 2013 Revised COSO Framework | Disclosure Simplification
Year-End Reporting Trends | Audit Committees’ & Controllers’ Roundtables
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SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE
FEI would like to thank the following 2014 sponsors and
exhibitors for their support and participation.
PLATINUM SPONSORS
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Monday, November 17
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ELITE SPONSORS
CORPORATE SPONSOR
*
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5:30 pm
Registration
7:30 am
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8:30 am
Sponsored Breakfast Sessions
8:40 am
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8:55 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:55 am
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9:45 am
Opening Keynote Address
9:45 am
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11:00 am
General Session
11:00 am
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11:30 am
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
11:30 am
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12:45 pm
General Session
12:45 pm –
2:00 pm
Luncheon in Exhibit Hall
2:00 pm
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3:15 pm
General Sessions
3:15 pm
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3:45 pm
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
3:45pm
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5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
5:00 pm
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6:15 pm
Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Sponsored by Deloitte
Tuesday, November 18
EXHIBITORS
Advanced Business
Solutions
American Appraisal
Bloomberg BNA
Becker Professional
Education
Compliance Week
Crowe Horwath, LLP
DataTracks
Deloitte, LLP*
DisclosureNet
6:30 am
Duff & Phelps
EASI
Equity Methods
Excel4apps
EY*
Intelligize
KPMG, LLP
Merrill Bridge
Microsoft*
PwC, LLP*
Resources Global
Professionals
Robert Half Management
Resources*
SEC Professionals Group
The Siegfried Group
SmartPros Ltd.*
Solium
Vertex
Workiva Wdesk
6:30 am
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2:00 pm
Registration
7:30 am
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8:30 am
Breakfast Sessions
8:40 am
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8:50 am
Opening Remarks
8:50 am
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9:40 am
Morning Keynote Address
9:40 am
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10:55 am
General Session
10:55 am
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11:25 am
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
11:25 am
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12:40 pm
General Session
12:40 pm –
1:40 pm
Luncheon in Exhibit Hall
1:40 pm
2:55 pm
General Session
3:00 pm
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Closing Remarks
For information about exhibit or sponsorship opportunities please contact
Jason Cohen at jcohen@financialexecutives.org or 973.765.1096.
Exhibitor and Sponsor Listing as of September 10, 2014
*Denotes FEI Strategic Partner
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
ZACHARY KARABELL
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
President, River Twice Research
Authority on Politics, the Global Economy,
and International Relations
MARCI ROSSELL
Former CNBC Chief Economist
and Co-Host of SQUAWK BOX
Whether we feel optimistic or pessimistic about the future is often determined by
Marci Rossell electrifies audiences nationwide, speaking on the nexus of
the numbers we read about in the news – GDP, inflation, unemployment, and trade.
economics, politics, culture and the media. Her animated style was honed when
Zachary Karabell – author of The Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers
she served as the popular, lively Chief Economist for CNBC in the months
That Rule Our World – tackles the limitations of these metrics and taps into the
immediately following September 11. Rossell takes complex economic issues,
power of data to answer the important questions about our economy. In a world
often dull in the button-down business press, and makes them relevant to
saturated by bad news and press, he offers a tour de force of how these numbers
people’s lives, families, and careers.
shape our world, presenting an optimistic view of what’s to come and showing that
optimism is a vital ingredient in capitalizing on current economic opportunities.
From the interconnectedness of the world’s financial markets all the way down to
how fiscal policy affects American business, Karabell addresses the trends that will
most affect our economy and lives in the years to come and challenges common
assumptions in the discussion of global economics.
Prior to her career in broadcast journalism, Rossell served as Corporate Economist
and Investment Spokesperson for OppenheimerFunds, one of the nation’s largest
mutual fund companies. Before moving to Wall Street, she was an expert witness
for Deloitte and Touche in court cases involving economic issues. She began her
career as an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. She has served as a
visiting professor at DePaul University.
Karabell is president of River Twice Research and River Twice Capital Advisors,
where he analyzes economic and political trends. Previously, he was the executive
vice president and chief economist at Fred Alger Management and president of
Fred Alger and Company. A recognized authority on the emergence of China in the
global economy, he served as the portfolio manager of the China-U.S. growth fund,
which won a five-star designation from Morningstar. He was also executive vice
president of Alger’s Spectra Funds, which launched the Spectra Green Fund based
on the idea that profit and sustainability are linked.
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THOUGHT-LEADERS
THOUGHT-LEADERS
KENNETH BEMENT, CPA
Director, Financial Reporting and Corporate Accounting
Raytheon Company
ARNOLD HANISH, CPA
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (retired)
Eli Lilly and Company
FRANK BROD, CPA
Corporate Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Accounting Officer
Microsoft Corporation
STACY HARRINGTON
Director of Corporate Revenue Assurance
Microsoft Corporation
NERI BUKSPAN, CPA
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
MARSHA HUNT, CPA
Vice President - Corporate Controller
Cummins Inc.
JEFFREY BURGESS, CPA
National Managing Partner Audit Services
Grant Thornton LLP
DAVID KANE
Partner, Professional Practice
Ernst & Young LLP
JENNIFER BURNS
Partner, Regulatory and Public Policy Group
Deloitte LLP
LORETTA CANGIALOSI
Senior Vice President and Controller
Pfizer, Inc.
PETER CARLSON, CPA
Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
MetLife, Inc.
WAYNE CARNALL
Partner, National Professional Services Group
PwC, LLP
COLLEEN CUNNINGHAM, CPA
Vice President and Controller
Zoetis, Inc.
NICK CYPRUS, CPA
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (retired)
General Motors Company
RONALD EDMONDS, CPA
Vice President and Controller
The Dow Chemical Company
SAM ELDESSOUKY
Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Tyco International
MARIE GALLAGHER, CPA
Senior Vice President and Controller
PepsiCo Inc.
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JON LUKOMNIK
Managing Partner
Sinclair Capital LLC
DAVE MIDDENDORF
National Managing Partner – Audit Quality & Professional Practice
KPMG, LLP
THOMAS OMBERG
Partner
Deloitte LLP
JAMES QUIGLEY
Chief Executive Officer (retired)
Deloitte LLP
LAWRENCE SALVA, CPA
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
Comcast Corporation
ADEMIR SARCEVIC
Vice President, Corporate Audit
Pentair Inc.
JEFF SHEPHERD
Assistant Controller
General Motors Company
JAMES TURLEY
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired)
Ernst & Young LLP
MICHAEL WIDGREN
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Visteon Corporation
LINDA ZUKAUCKAS
Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller
American Express Company
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BREAKFAST SESSIONS
BREAKFAST SESSIONS
1 additional CPE credit per session
1 additional CPE credit per session
Monday, November 17 | 7:30 am – 8:30 am
Tuesday, November 18 | 7:30 am - 8:30 am
Combining Two Companies: A Challenging Multi-disciplinary Exercise
Valuation Hot Topics
Sponsored by EY
Achieving integration success after a merger or an acquisition is a complex undertaking involving
all functional and business components of an organization. Finance professionals are often asked to
help align the business strategies of the enterprises, realize synergies in the finance and accounting
departments, account for and report the acquisition in the financial reports.. Join EY for a session
highlighting these and other post-closing challenges and solutions and best practices that have been
informed by many past transactions. Our panel will include finance executives who have completed a
major acquisition integration.
Revolutionize Your Financial Processes: Change the Way You Drive
Corporate Performance
Sponsored by Microsoft
Join the Microsoft Finance team as they share their best practices and strategies for real-time business
analytics. Learn how the $86 billion company gets immediate answers to questions, accelerates the
close process while giving leadership the tools needed to direct corporate strategy. These are the
tools you need to achieve instant transparency into revenue and spend that will translate into greater
performance and growth.
Transforming the Finance Function
Sponsored by Duff & Phelps
This breakfast session will review an array of current valuation issues in financial reporting, including
business combinations, goodwill impairment, fair value and cost of capital.
Financial Carve Outs – Not Just a Tactical Process
Sponsored by KPMG, LLP
Complexities of financial statement carve-outs for spin-offs or divestitures are often overlooked as
companies plan to execute such transactions. The preparation of financial information related to
these transactions can delay timelines and lead to value leakage. Join KPMG’s Accounting Advisory
professionals during this informative roundtable session as they provide insights and best practices
for the execution of carve-out exercises.
The Impact of Regulators Increased Scrutiny of Internal Controls
Sponsored by SmartPros, Ltd.
Recent statements by the Chief Accountant of the SEC and board members of the PCAOB confirm that
regulators are increasing their scrutiny of documentation and testing of internal controls. This scrutiny
has resulted in the PCAOB requiring that audit opinions be withdrawn subsequent to filing with the
SEC and comment letters from the SEC questioning internal controls. This panel will discuss effective
strategies and tactics to ensure that companies’ documentation and testing will withstand this scrutiny.
Sponsored by PwC, LLP
What will your role look like in five years? At a time when growth opportunities are hard to identify and
execute, the finance function is increasingly challenged to provide their organization with a strategic
edge. Challenges from new and existing stakeholders around external communication and reporting
are also putting increased pressure on finance at a time when minimizing costs is important. Given these
challenges, is your finance function ready for the future?
By sharing lessons learned from global companies, and discussing our expectations for the future, this
session examines how finance’s role is changing and how creating the right operational model: (e.g.,
outsourcing / shared services, operational controllerships, etc.) can enable finance to deliver on the
needs of the business more effectively and efficiently.
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS
GENERAL SESSIONS
Please select one session per designated time.
Monday, November 17 | 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Monday, November 17
COSO 2013
FASB Update
With less than a month before its December 15, 2014 effective date, COSO’s 2013 Framework
supersedes the ground-breaking 1992 Framework. In this panel discussion, you will learn
how leading companies are handling the transition to the COSO 2013 Framework and the
implementation issues they may encounter as year-end approaches. Large, small and mid-size
companies can gain valuable insights from larger companies that are further along in their
implementation.
9:45 am – 11:00 am
Panelists will discuss current and ongoing Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) projects
including the converged revenue recognition transition, simplification, lease accounting and other
initiatives.
Revenue Recognition
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Improving Efficiency in the Financial Reporting Process
This session will address ways on how to increase efficiency within the financial reporting process
and evaluate potential options such as centers of excellence and shared services. Companies may
need to respond to SEC comment letters and/or audits periodically as the compliance environment
changes in response to PCAOB inspections. In this session, you will learn best practices that leading
companies have put in place to navigate this landscape successfully.
Following the issuance of the converged revenue recognition standard, what should companies be
focusing on today? This session will explore emerging interpretive and implementation issues and
regulatory requirements.
Audit Committees’ Roundtable: Evolving Role of the Audit Committee
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
This session will cover the key issues challenging audit committees today, including: Views on
identifying and assessing risk, communication with management and auditors, compliance issues
such as SEC pre-clearance; and the many challenges ahead.
Disclosure Simplification
This session will focus on, from both a preparer and legal perspective, strategies to improve the
effectiveness of communicating what’s most important to users of an entity’s financial statements
and accompanying disclosures.
Tuesday, November 18
Emerging Trends for Year-End Reporting
9:40 am – 10:55 am
With perspectives from preparers and auditors, this session will cover what CFOs and Controllers
should be aware of heading into year-end reporting, as well as, emerging financial reporting
trends.
Update and Q&A with the PCAOB and SEC
11:25 am – 12:40 pm
In this session, the PCAOB’s current initiatives and their impact on companies, auditors and audit
committees will be discussed. You will also learn about the recently released guide for audit
committees. Senior members of the SEC staff will also discuss proposed new rules, common
issues noted in reviews of SEC registrant filings, as well as, the SEC’s leading accounting and
disclosure projects.
Controllers’ Roundtable
1:40 pm – 2:55 pm
Companies are faced with competing controllership priorities as they work to enhance individual,
functional and corporate performances. Controllers from several leading companies will highlight
and debate on key controllership issues they are addressing in the current environment.
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VENUE
NETWORK WITH PEERS
EVENING RECEPTION
Monday, November 17 | 5:15 pm – 6:30 pm | Westside Ballroom
Sponsored by
Network with exhibitors as they share their products, services and solutions during
this event. Connect with colleagues and peers over hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and
entertainment.
HALL OF FAME GALA
Monday, November 17 | 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Gotham Hall
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Cocktail Reception
New York Marriott Marquis
1535 Broadway (Between W. 45th & 46th Streets)
New York, New York 10036
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
FEI has arranged for a group block of rooms at a rate of $375 single / $405
double plus tax and services. The Marriott requires a one-night credit
card deposit upon making reservations. To ensure a full refund the hotel
cancellation policy requires 72 hrs. notice. FEI and the Marriott are unable to
guarantee room rate if reservation is made after the cut-off date of Monday,
October 20 or if the room block sells out earlier, whichever comes first.
Reservations can be made by calling 877.303.0104 (mention FEI’s CFRI
conference). To reserve a room online, please visit:
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** Less expensive room rates may be available through third-party Internet brokers such as hotels.com; priceline.
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considerable restrictions and in some cases are non-refundable. FEI cannot intervene on your behalf for early or late
check in or if your travel plans change. FEI respectfully requests that you notify us in the event you do book your room
via a discount online broker to enable us to track attendance.
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8:00 pm – 11:00 pm | Dinner followed by Induction Ceremony
In its ninth year, the FEI Hall of Fame continues to provide recognition to senior-level
financial executives who have epitomized the performance, leadership and integrity of
the most exemplary financial professionals throughout their careers and in doing so, have
made significant contributions to the betterment of their respective organizations and to
the profession as a whole.
The 2013 inductee class will be formally honored during an induction ceremony at
the Hall of Fame black-tie gala on November 17 at Gotham Hall in New York City, in
conjunction with FEI’s 33rd Annual Current Financial Reporting Issues (CFRI) Conference.
This year’s inductees include:
Robert T. Blakely
former CFO
WorldCom
Gaylen N. Larson
former Chair
COSO
Robert L. Ryan
former CFO
Medtronic
For more details about this year’s inductees and the FEI Hall of Fame
please visit www.feihall.org.
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November 18) and the Exhibit Hall Evening Reception (Monday, November 17).
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