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Agenda

May 01, 2008

 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION - 8:15 to 8:30 am

KATHLEEN WALDRON - President, Baruch College

NORMAN N. STRAUSS - Ernst and Young Executive Professor-in-Residence, Baruch College

OPENING REMARKS - 8:30 to 9:15 am

ROBERT HERZ - Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

CONRAD HEWITT - Chief Accountant, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

 PANEL 1: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AT THE SEC - 9:15 to 10:45 am

WAYNE E. CARNALL - Chief Accountant, Division of Corporation Finance, SEC

JAMES L. KROEKER - Deputy Chief Accountant, SEC

SUSAN G. MARKEL - Chief Accountant, Division of Enforcement, SEC

PANEL 2: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
- 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

MICHAEL P CANGEMI - President and CEO, Financial Executive International (FEI)

LESLIE SEIDMAN - Board Member, FASB

ROBERT UHL - Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Member, Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)

LUNCH AND LUNCHEON ADDRESS - 12:30 to 2:00 pm

MARK OLSON - Chairman, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)

PANEL 3: BUSINESS COMBINATIONS AND NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS - IMPLEMENTATION - 2:00 - 3:30 pm

JAMES W. BARGE - Executive Vice President, Controller, Treasury, and Tax, Viacom

DON CHARLES - Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

JAN HAUSER - Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

RONALD MAPLES - Practice Fellow, FASB

PANEL 4: GETTING READY FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS IN THE U.S. - 3:45 - 5:15 pm

GREG JONAS - Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service

JAMES L. KROEKER - Deputy Chief Accountant, SEC

ROBERT LAUX - Director of Financial Accounting and Reporting, Microsoft, Inc.

PAUL MUNTER - Partner, KPMG

LESLIE SEIDMAN - Board Member, FASB