Featured speakers from SEC, NIRI, NYSE Euronext, Reuters, DTCC, SWIFT, Citi and others

What:

One day conference will kick off an initiative to drive adoption of the ISO 20022 standard for public companies and the use of XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) for the entire corporate actions process from issuer to investor. The conference will present the business case for using data and technology standards to streamline the delivery of corporate event information from issuer to investor and will unveil a corporate actions digital dictionary prototype for mergers. Conference highlights:

• Speakers will include:
  • Alfred R. Berkeley, CEO and Chairman, Pipeline Trading
  • David Blaszkowsky, Director, Office of Interactive Disclosure, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Anthony DePalma, Senior VP, Brown Brothers Harriman
  • Donald Donahue, Chairman and CEO, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
  • Craig S. Dudsak, Managing Director, Global Transaction Services – Global Custody, Citi (Chair-Elect, Association of Global Custodians)
  • Ernesto Lanza, General Counsel, Municipal Securities Regulatory Board
  • William Lutz, Deputy Director of the Office of Interactive Disclosure, Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Karla McKenna, Director, Citi, Chair, ISO TC68, Financial Services
  • Jeff Morgan, President and CEO, National Investor Relations Institute
  • John Nordstrom, Director & Chief Representative, Euroclear
  • Campbell Pryde, Chief Standards Officer, XBRL US
  • Jack Reerink, Global Company News Editor, Reuters
  • Jamie Shay, Head of Standards, SWIFT
  • Julie Warren, Senior Managing Director, NY Life Investment Management
  • Jon Wisnieski, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Sessions will cover:
  • International solutions for processing of securities using data standards
  • XBRL reporting implementations in place today, results and challenges
  • Detailed business case analysis of all stakeholders including issuer, filing agent, stock market, custodian, transfer agent, investor.

When: May 28, 2009, registration begins at 8am EDT

Where: The Westin Hotel at Time Square, 270 West 43rd Street, New York, NY

How: For reporters, to obtain a free media pass, contact Lynne Hasluck, lynne.hasluck@xbrl.us, 917 572 8264.

For more information about the conference and for general registration, go to http://www.soforum.com/conferences/corporate-actions-2009-improving-issuer-investor-communications.agenda-990174.htm

About XBRL

XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) is a royalty-free, open specification for software that uses XML data tags to describe business and financial information for public and private companies and other organizations. XBRL benefits all members of the information supply chain by utilizing a standards-based method with which users can prepare, publish in a variety of formats, exchange and analyze business and financial statements and the information they contain.

About XBRL US

XBRL US is the non-profit consortium for XML business reporting standards in the United States and is a jurisdiction of XBRL International. It represents the business information supply chain, including accounting firms, software companies, financial databases, financial printers and government agencies. Its mission is to support the implementation of XML business reporting standards through the development of taxonomies relevant for use by US public and private sectors, working with a goal of interoperability between sectors, and by promoting adoption of these taxonomies through the collaboration of all business reporting supply chain participants. XBRL US has developed taxonomies to support U.S. GAAP and common reporting practices under a contract with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The XBRL US GAAP Taxonomies are available for review at http://xbrl.us/pages/us-gaap.aspx.