Dealing with the Mounting Pressures
September 9th, 2008 - One-day event
Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC
Knowledge remains the foremost key to success, no matter the factors reshaping the world around us. Therefore, spend one day at <em>Institutional Investor’s</em> <b>Board Member/CFO Symposium</b>, sharing experiences and expertise with your peers — board directors and CFOs from the larger US firms — and learn how board members can deal with the mounting pressures facing themselves and their companies.
If you are a board member or a CFO with an avid interest in becoming a board member and would like immediate details on attending this symposium as our guest, please contact Nancy Kidd at (212) 224-3832 or via email at NKidd@iiconferences.com.
The pressures confronting board members, and the corporations they direct, are increasing in both scope and severity. As a result, directors need to increase their knowledge base as never before to include quite advanced financial expertise along with proficiency of the risks facing their firms as well as regulatory and governance concerns, and the all-important “people” issues. As importantly, directors must increase their ability to manage their time, gain new expertise in different and developing areas, and maintain ethical and procedural standards.
Accordingly, Institutional Investor’s 3rd Annual Board Member/CFO Symposium will continue its tradition of offering board members the knowledge they require to do their jobs better while adapting to the changing needs of the companies they serve. Developed and guided by an Advisory Board of leading board directors, this year’s agenda will offer the information board members need to respond to the challenges presented by:
- enterprise risk management
- dealing with new and unexpected challenges
- reputation and career risks
- corporate acquisitions and divestments
- aligning and managing corporate values
- compensation
- best practices for triaging the electronic world
- managing increasing demands on your time and schedule
- effective board assessment
- evaluating strategic challenges in corporate structure and financing
- auditors’ perspective vis-à-vis the board’s perspective
- expressing your unique viewpoint without gaining a reputation as a maverick.
- preparing to adopt and implement IFRS effectively
