Corporate performance management: what finance must do to move the needle
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Professor Robert Kaplan
Harvard Business School
Co-Developer of The Balanced Scorecard
Free to the first 50 delegates to register:
The new book by Robert Kaplan and David Norton–Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes.
FEBRUARY 8-10 THE PLAZA HOTEL NEW YORK CITY
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2004
Welcome and Introduction
Mary Driscoll–moderator
President and Editorial Director
CFO Executive Programs
Keynote Address–Advanced Financial Performance Management: The Key to Sustainable Profitable Growth
Professor Robert Kaplan
Harvard Business School
Co-Developer of The Balanced Scorecard
Balancing Cost and Value in Finance
Tracy Schmidt
SVP and CFO
FedEx Express
Case Study: The CFO’s Role in Creating Actionable Business Intelligence to Drive Sound Product Positioning and Corporate Profitability
Charles Atwood
CFO
Harrah’s Entertainment
Strategies and Best Practices for Achieving World-Class Finance Performance: A Special Preview of Hackett’s 2004 Finance Performance Study
Richard Roth
Chief Research Officer
The Hackett Group
All delegates will receive an advance preview copy of the Hackett Group’s 2004 Finance Performance Study!
Concurrent Executive Education Workshops
Choose from multiple sessions to customize your conference experience. Details at www.cfo-cpm.com.
CFO Magazine’s Technology Debates: How Far Can Current Technology Really Take the CFO Who Wants to Turbo-Charge Corporate Performance?
Scott Leibs–Debate Moderator
Editor
CFO IT
Debate #1: Does Technology Enable Competitive Strategy?
Nicholas Carr
Consultant, Business Writer, and Author of “IT Doesn’t Matter”
Debate #2: “Pay As You Go” IT–The Next Big Thing?
Bill McNee
Founder and CEO
Saugatuck Technology
Debate #3: BI and CPM Solutions–Why Is It So Hard to Improve Visibility and Forecasting?
Networking Reception
TUESDAY, FEBNRUARY 10, 2004
Case Study: How The CFO Can Use Business Analytics To Drive Fact-Based Strategy Development
Tom Goldstein
CFO
LaSalle Bank
Panel Discussion: Sarbanes-Oxley–Integrated IT Planning and Compliance Management
Richard Roth
Chief Research Officer
The Hackett Group
Tom Manley
SVR Finance and Administration and CFO
Cognos
Supply Chain Management in an Era of Rapidly Changing Costs
Mary Winston
VP and Controller
Visteon
Panel Discussion: Understanding the Challenges of CPM Systems
Scott Leibs–Panel Moderator
Editor
CFO IT
Keith Hall
CFO
LendingTree
Brian Hartlen
VP
GEAC
Craig Schiff
President and CEO
BPM Partners
Case Study: Driving Cultural Change to Get Every Employee to Think in Terms of Cash Flow Performance
Michael Gabaly
Director, Enterprise Performance Management
Lockheed Martin
Driving Value with Your Measurement Systems
Bennett Stewart
Senior Partner
Stern Stewart
Closing Remarks
Mary Driscoll–moderator
President and Editorial Director
CFO Executive Programs
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2004
2:00 pm-5:30 pm–Optional Pre-Conference Workshop: Driving Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley for Optimal Finance Performance
Designed to demonstrate how leading companies are taking regulatory pressures in stride and driving beyond compliance to deliver true business value, this interactive workshop delivers insights into Finance operations at companies like Cisco, FedEx Express, ING Americas, and Principal Financial Group.
Richard de Moll
VP and Solutions Leader, Finance and Employee Transformation
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
FEATURE SPEAKERS:
Tracy Schmidt
SVP and CFO
FedEx Express
Mary Winston
VP and Controller
Visteon
Charles Atwood
CFO
Harrah’s Entertainment
Nicholas Carr
Consultant, Business Writer, and
Author of “IT Doesn’t Matter”
Tom Goldstein
CFO
LaSalle Bank
Richard Roth
Chief Research Officer
The Hackett Group
Michael Gabaly
Director, Enterprise Performance
Management, Lockheed Martin
Bennett Stewart
Senior Partner
Stern Stewart
A conference for finance executives who see that Sarbanes-Oxley presents opportunity to:
* Strengthen finance
* Monitor and protect cash flow
* Align spending with strategy
* Align operations with finance
* Drive organization-wide effectiveness
* Move the needle
Register by January 9 and Save $300–
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