It's a given that corporate compliance departments do not generate revenue. But they can help save companies money – lots of it. Just look, for instance, at how much some companies have had to pay out in legal fees and fines to deal with FCPA charges. But getting that message across is often difficult for compliance officers. Our panel discusses what they do to keep their companies out of trouble as well as how they convey that message to executives and board members.

Speakers:
Haydee Olinger, Corporate Vice President, Global Compliance Officer, McDonald’s Corporation
Michael Shaw, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, North America Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline
Peter Y. Solmssen, General Counsel, Siemens AG

The World Bank Group has stepped up its efforts in recent years to combat corruption. No surprise, given that it allocates more than $50 billion annually to finance projects in developing countries. Stephen Zimmermann, Director of Operations for the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency, sits down to discuss how his team of international investigators operates to detect, investigate and sanction fraud and corruption in World Bank-  financed projects. He’ll talk about the Bank’s efforts to mobilize support from enforcement and other anti-corruption officials around the world in this fight as well as the consequences for companies found to have committed wrongdoing.

Featured Speaker:
Stephen S. Zimmermann, Director of Operations, Integrity Vice Presidency, The World Bank

Cyber Security has become one of the top concerns for corporations and Washington. Corporations must come up with ways to not only thwart such attacks but also cooperate with the government. In this special panel, you’ll hear the steps that companies should be taking, the policies that should be put in place and how they should be working with government officials.

BEST PRACTICES: The Board: What They Want To See & Hear From Compliance Officers
Compliance is an area that boards are having to spend more time thinking and monitoring. In increasing cases, compliance officers report directly to them. But what do these individuals really want to know and hear? What do they need to know about training, dealing with a new rule or, perhaps most importantly, a potentially troubling situation? Our panel gives its take.

THE WORLD: Going Into New Markets; How To Ensure Compliance Doesn't Get Left Behind
It’s one thing to expand into Germany or Japan or even China. But it’s a whole different issue to go into parts of Eastern Europe, or Africa or say Malaysia, especially from a legal and compliance perspective. Our panel will discuss the dos and don’ts in doing into new countries, especially those that would be called emerging or “frontier.” They’ll talk about the steps that must be taken with employees on the ground as well as the training that must take place.

Speakers:
Susan Angele, Vice President and Global Deputy General Counsel, The Hershey Co.
Jon Drimmer, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Barrick Gold
Jean Hacken, Chief of Compliance, International Relief and Development

RISK & COMPLIANCE: Just Who Are We Doing Business With? Tracking Beneficial Ownership
You feel pretty secure in knowing that your company is not directly dealing with Syria, Iran or terrorists. But do you have a true handle on who your customers really are and where their cash is coming from? Hear how to track funds and make sure that you properly assessed not only the regulatory risks, but also the commercial risks. 

Speakers:
Lee Augsburger, SVP, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Prudential Financial

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BEST PRACTICES: Keeping Private Information Private
Making sure that private company information does not become public has become tougher than ever. For starters, companies have to be more concerned about what their employees are saying via social media, whether it’s posting on Facebook or venting on Twitter. And then there’s simply the issue of hackers zeroing in on company data in hopes of getting names and credit card numbers. Our panelists talk about the strategies they are using to keep information that should not get out from getting out.

Speakers:
Jack Yang, Associate General Counsel, Global Privacy Office & Risk, Visa Inc.

THE WORLD: Staying Compliant In China
Keeping up on the latest rules and regulations of China as well as getting clarity on who is and who isn’t a government official is no easy task for the legal teams of corporations. But doing such things are becoming a necessity. Our panel gives their take on the issues that companies doing business in China need to be particularly focused on and aware of.

Speakers:
Vince Draa, General Counsel, International, W.W. Grainger
Susan Ringler, Deputy General Counsel, Xylem Inc.

RISK & COMPLIANCE: The Supply Chain: How To Make It Less Risky
Keeping track of employees is hard enough for companies and compliance officers. But having to also worry about third-party suppliers can be downright challenging if companies do not have the right policies and procedures in place. The panelists discuss some of the steps that they and their companies take to properly work with and monitor the supply chain.

Speakers:
Mike Ward, Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Adobe Systems

BEST PRACTICES: Insider Trading: Ensuring That It Doesn’t Happen At Your Company
The government has been cracking down hard on insider trading offenses in recent years. But despite those efforts, individuals still think that they’ll get away with taking non-public information on a company and trading on it. The damage to the individual as well as a company can be significant. This panel discusses the steps to keep employees from divulging confidential information.

The last thing a corporation wants to see or hear is that the FBI is knocking on the doors of one of its offices. Corporations want to make sure they are doing the right thing and that their employees are doing the right thing.  But what can they do to ensure that and stay out of the FBI’s sights? Ronald Hosko, Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters, discusses the FBI’s approach to combating corruption, how it works with the Justice Department on finding potential FCPA allegations and the message it tries to get across to corporate compliance officials.

Featured Speaker: 
Ronald Hosko, Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Your company suddenly discovers that an employee may have bribed a foreign official. Who should you call? What should you tell employees? What should your media relations team do? This panel will discuss the steps that companies should take or consider taking when facing an FCPA allegation.

The U.S. government is poised to release long-awaited guidance on its enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. But will that action bring clarity to the law? Will corporations do a better job of keeping out of its reach? Will settlements make more sense? Our panel discusses this important topic.

Alberto Gonzales, Former US Attorney General
Mike Koehler, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University School of Law and Author, FCPA Professor Blog
Larry Thompson, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, PepsiCo

Avon Products Inc. has had a tough few years as federal investigators have examined allegations of the company bribing officials in China. Jeff Benjamin, Avon’s new general counsel, sits down to talk about the company’s efforts to deal with these issues, what he learned during a long prior stint at Novartis, and what companies can and must do to put in place effective compliance cultures.

Featured Speaker:
Jeff Benjamin, SVP & General Counsel, Avon Products. Inc. 

The hacking scandal that was disclosed in the U.K. in 2011 has had a significant impact on News Corp, resulting in employees being dismissed, the News of the World publication being shut down, law suits being filed and investigations by government entities. Gerson Zweifach joined News Corp. in 2012 and has been given the task of not only dealing with the fallout from the scandal but also putting in place an ethics and compliance program across the conglomerate that will hopefully prevent future wrongdoing. Gerson sits down to discuss these efforts and some of the steps that the company is taking to drive home the need for improved ethics and compliance.

Featured Speaker:
Gerson Zweifach, Group General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, News Corporation

John Hasnas, director of Georgetown University’s new Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics and a professor at the university’s McDonough School of Business, gives his take on the state of ethics in the corporate world as well as how it is being impacted by public policy. He’ll also discuss the lessons to be learned from corporate ethics as well as the insight that the Institute hopes to gather and disperse.   

Featured Speaker:
John Hasnas, Director, Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, Georgetown University

BEST PRACTICES: The Whistleblower: Getting Them To Report Misdeeds To You, Not The Government
A key component of a strong compliance program is making employees feel comfortable reporting misdeeds.  Our panelists discuss the steps that companies can and should take to prevent retaliation. They’ll also provide insight on things that they and their companies have done to try to get people to come forward to them first with troubling news rather than the government. And they’ll give their take on how the Whistleblower Act is or isn't impacting these efforts. 

Speakers:
Jill U. Edmondson, Manager, Corporate Compliance & Ethics, The Home Depot

THE WORLD: India

Room A: Getting Employees To Really Care About Compliance
Want to make sure that your employees are really focused on compliance and ethics issues? That the message is getting across and that if they face a tough decision they will do the right thing? This session will provide you with some answers and new approaches to those questions.

Room B: The Conflict Minerals Rules: Is Your Company Ready?
The final rules regarding the disclosure of the use of so-called “conflict minerals” have put in place. The fact that such minerals are use in or in the manufacture of a host of electronic products as well as medical devices, airplanes, cars, jewelry and food packaging means that it will have broad impact. And while companies will not need to actually begin reporting until 2014 the need to get prepared is now. This panel will discuss the rules and the steps that companies are taking or need to take.

Huge fines are one price that a company pays for violating rules. Getting lambasted in the press is the other and often more costly result. In this special panel, a group of journalists discuss how they look at corruption charges— What makes a story important or worth continued focus on and what they’d like to hear and see from companies who have allegedly committed wrongdoing.