BOSTON, May 19, 2009 – Compliance Week’s 4th annual conference—which HP’s Chief Compliance Officer has called “the ‘Davos’ of Compliance”—will feature a broad array of regulatory and federal officials, including Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden, SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, Department of Justice White Collar Fraud Chief Steven Tyrrell, FINRA Chairman and CEO Richard G. Ketchum plus current and former SEC and DoJ officials, such as former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt, and former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty.

MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA CAN ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AT NO COST. Interviews with speakers can also be arranged; to request a media pass or schedule an interview, please contact Danna Shapiro at (917) 309-1253 or events@complianceweek.com.

Compliance Week’s conference is designed for compliance, risk, finance, legal, and audit executives
at public companies.

Agenda highlights include:

REGULATORY SESSIONS:

• Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden will provide the Closing Keynote Address on Thursday, June 4
• Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General and Baker & McKenzie Partner Paul McNulty on the double challenge of “corporate compliance when enforcement increases and the economy declines”
• SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar on the ever-changing regulatory agenda
• FINRA Chairman and CEO Richard Ketchum on financial reform, the recession, and the importance of compliance programs
• Department of Justice White Collar Fraud Chief Steve Tyrrell on corporate charging decisions
• Former SEC Acting Chief Accountant Scott Taub on common misconceptions (“So You Think You Know the SEC”)
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Vice Chair William Carr on the relevance of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and the impact of the Obama Administration
• SEC 21st Century Disclosure Initiative Director Dr. William Lutz on the SEC’s radical disclosure overhaul
• Former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt on maintaining ethical cultures in a down economy
• FASB Technical Director Russ Golden on the latest critical global accounting developments
• Assistant U.S. Attorney John Roth on compliance programs and enforcement
• SEC Office of Interactive Disclosure Director David Blaszkowsky on the XBRL mandate
• Former SEC Commissioner and Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Cynthia Glassman on risk communication to the board of directors

CORPORATE SESSIONS:

• Dell’s Chief Compliance Officer on evaluating compliance programs
• Fannie Mae’s Chief Compliance Officer on “making due under extreme duress”
• Dun & Bradstreet Chief Privacy and Compliance Officer on balancing requirements and risk in privacy programs;
• Eastman Kodak’s Chief Compliance Officer on starting ERM programs from scratch
• Qwest’s Chief Compliance Officer on internal investigations.
• Yahoo’s and U.S. Steel’s Chief Compliance Officers on “doing more with less”
• PepsiCo’s Chief Compliance Officer and General Auditor on getting Compliance and Internal Audit to work together
• Tyco’s Chief Compliance Officer on third-party risks
• HP’s VP Compliance and Associate General Counsel on conducting compliance risk assessments

ADVISORY SESSIONS:

• Standard & Poor’s Managing Director, Corporate Ratings, Steven Dreyer on the rating of ERM programs
• PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Practice Leader for Privacy Compliance & Identity Theft James Koenig on integrated compliance frameworks for privacy, security, and identity theft prevention
• Ernst & Young Principal Jack Holleran on addressing the effectiveness of compliance and ethics programs
• Paisley’s VP Marketing Mike Rost on embracing an integrated approach to audit, risk and compliance
• Baker & McKenzie Partner Cynthia Jackson on compliance challenges in a down economy
• Sidley Austin Partner Lisa Crosby on compliance, export controls and intermediaries
• Baker Botts Partners Andy Baker and Mary Spearing, with Halliburton’s Deputy General Counsel James Ferguson, on FCPA issues facing multinationals
• CA VP IT Compliance Rob Zanella on the role of IT in effective risk management
• Oracle Senior Director of Product Marketing Karen dela Torre on proactive risk and compliance strategies for uncertain times
• The defense team for former McAfee General Counsel Kent Roberts on structuring internal investigations

Compliance Week’s 4th Annual Conference takes place June 3-5, 2009, at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C.

Prices are held to 2008 pricing: $1,595 (existing Compliance Week subscribers) and $1,995 (nonsubscribers).

Sponsors include PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Paisley, Baker Botts, CA, Oracle and KPMG. The event is co-hosted by the non-profit Open Compliance and Ethics Group.

MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA CAN ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AT NO COST. Interviews with speakers can also be arranged; to request a media pass or schedule an interview, please contact Danna Shapiro at (917) 309-1253 or events@complianceweek.com.

Full agenda details at http://conference.complianceweek.com

About Compliance Week

Compliance Week, published by Haymarket Media, Inc., is an information service on corporate compliance and risk that features a weekly electronic newsletter, a monthly print magazine, proprietary databases, industry-leading events, and a variety of interactive features and forums. Founded in 2002, Compliance Week has quickly become one of the most important go-to resources for public companies; Compliance Week now reaches more than 26,000 financial, legal, audit, risk and compliance executives. Compliance Week is located in Boston, Mass., with correspondents and columnists in Washington, D.C., Chicago, London, Brussels, Hong Kong, and elsewhere throughout the world. Additional information can be found at www.complianceweek.com.