Sunday 11-Oct-09 6:30 PM to Wednesday 14-Oct-09 12:00 PM EDT

Details for "SIFMA IAD's 2009 Annual Conference"

We are pleased to invite you to the 28th SIFMA/IAD Annual Conference. The Conference will be held Sunday, October 11 through Wednesday, October 14 at the Marco Island Marriott, Marco Island, Florida.

Pre-Registration for this event has closed, we WILL be taking On-Site registration for this event.

The following forms and information are available by clicking on the appropriate link:

Hotel Reservation Information & Online Reservations

Airline and Auto Rental Information

Program and Agenda
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For Sponsorship Information, please click here.

This year’s conference theme is “Unprecedented Market Conditions and their Impact on Internal Audit”. As we navigate through this economic crisis, Internal Audit functions need to refocus their approach to risk in order to provide optimum effectiveness and value to key constituents, including the Audit Committee, Executive Management and Regulators. We have assembled some of the industry’s top speakers to discuss many of the key risks and challenges facing our organizations and the Financial Services industry overall. The format of the conference has been revised, adding scheduled sessions for Monday and Tuesday afternoons to cover additional topics in these challenging times. The 2009 SIFMA/IAD Conference is the Must-Attend Event of the year for internal auditors in the Financial Services industry.

Topics and panels at this years conference include

Organization Downsizing- Impact on Audit and Controls.
Macro Economic Issues.
Increased Fraud Risk in the Present Enviornment-What to look for.
Enterprise Risk Management.
Regulatory Panel (SEC, FINRA and Federal Reserve).
Reinventing the Internal Audit Department.

Speakers will include:

Ellen Beeson Zentner – Senior U.S. Macro Economist, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Bonnie Howard, General Auditor, Citigroup
David DeMuro –Senior Counsel, Securities Enforcement and Regulatory Counseling Group, O'Melveny and Myers
Grace Vogel, Executive Vice President, Member Regulation, FINRA
John Rostern, Director, Technology Risk Management, Jefferson Wells International, Inc.

PRICING
The conference fee for all three days is only $1,100 per person for IAD members and $1,375 per person for non-members. Guests of members are $275 and $325 for non-member guests.

Take advantage of special EARLY BIRD PRICING going on now and save! IAD members register for $925.

We encourage you to bring a guest to enjoy the many amenities of the Marco Island Marriott and surrounding areas. We provide a hospitality suite for your guests to meet each other and look forward to having them join us at our lunches, cocktail receptions and events.

IAD members register right now for $925. Register now by clicking on the registration link above. Alternatively, you can print the registration form, complete it, and FAX the form along with your credit card information to Lisette Rios, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association 212-313-1353.

Please note that all registration fees must be paid in advance of the conference. If paying by check, please make it payable to “Internal Auditors Division” and mail it to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Attn: Lisette Rios, 120 Broadway, 35th floor, New York, NY 10271 along with your conference registration form. Forms submitted without payment will be returned.

Make your hotel reservations directly with the Marco Island Marriott Resort by following the instruction on the hotel information page located online at Hotel Reservation Information.

The 2009 Annual Conference is a great place to network with colleagues from large, regional and small securities and financial services institutions as well as from our key regulatory agencies. We are very excited about the 2009 Conference program and look forward to seeing you in Florida. Should you have any questions regarding this years IAD Annual Conference please feel free to contact Mark Pappas for content information at 212-276-3028 or Lisette Rios for registration information at 212-313-1210.