Date: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

  Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (EST) 

  Location: Dial-in teleconference

FDA Proposes Major Changes in Food Labels in 2006.

Recently, the FDA has changed many of the rules governing how food is labeled for consumer products. Changes include: listing the amount of trans fat, notification of eight allergen groups, and a new definition of "whole grain". The Global Knowledge Congress has assembled a team of experts to help analyze these changes and their impact on the companies servicing this industry. These experts will present their findings, which include a "best practice" panel at a comprehensive two-hour teleconference scheduled for May 2006.  

Topics:

• FDA's draft guidance on whole grain label statements.

• Allergen & trans fat labeling.

• Nutritional & dietary supplement labeling on websites and third party literature linked to them.

• Obesity Laws and Lawsuits.      

International Tract:

• Economic costs of labeling to US and International markets.

• Role of Labeling in the global food trade.

• Misleading labeling proposals in trading partner countries.

• Role of international bodies in the development of labeling standards.

Date: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (EST) 

Location: Dial-in teleconference

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SPEAKERS:

Speakers:

Phil Lempert, food editor of The Today Show, author of numerous books on food and shopping, TV and radio talk show host.

Fred H. Degnan, Partner, King & Spalding, , 7-year veteran of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and former Associate Chief Counsel for Foods.

Leslie T. Krasny, Partner, Keller and Heckman LLP, Former Vice President and General Counsel of Dole Packaged Foods Company.

Mark Mansour, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, Former Assistant General Counsel and director of global regulatory affairs with the Kellogg Company.

Miriam J. Guggenheim, Associate, Covington & Burling, Miriam Guggenheim, senior associate at Covington & Burling, practicing in the firm's internationally renowned Food and Drug Group.

Benjamin L. England, Partner, Rodriguez O’Donnell Ross Fuerst Gonzalez Williams & England, P.C., A 17-year veteran of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Christine M. Humphrey, Esq., C Humphrey & Associates PA  - 12 year FDA veteran.

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Who Should Attend?

Company Type:

Packaged Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage and Related,  Government Agencies, and Consulting  Groups

Titles:

President/Senior Executive/Managing Director, Marketing/Sales Executive, Legal Executive/GC/Secretary, Operations Director, Any Executive with Food Label Oversight Responsibilities.

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Speaker Bios

Opening Remarks

Respected Food expert Phil Lempert . Food editor of The Today Show, author of numerous books on food and shopping, TV and radio talk show host, www.supermarketguru.com.

Mark Mansour, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Served as the Assistant General Counsel and director of global regulatory affairs with the Kellogg Company, where he led the development and implementation of the company's global regulatory strategy. He also was chairman of a multidisciplinary team that set policies and global strategies in the areas of health and nutrition claims, fortification, packaging, food safety, FDA compliance.

Miriam J. Guggenheim, Associate, Covington & Burling

Miriam Guggenheim is a senior associate at Covington & Burling, practicing in the firm's internationally renowned Food and Drug Group.  Her practice focuses primarily on regulation of the food industry, with an emphasis on food labeling, health claims, and other nutrition-related claims and food advertising.  Miriam has extensive experience assisting companies in developing creative messages about the benefits of their products in a manner that furthers their marketing goals while remaining consistent with applicable regulatory requirements. 

Leslie T. Krasny, Partner, Keller and Heckman LLP

Former Vice President and General Counsel of Dole Packaged Foods Company before entering private practice in food law. Instructor:  "Practical Food Law: The Essentials" and "Practical Food Law: Labeling, Advertising and Promotion. " Leslie specializes in food law, with emphasis on food safety, labeling, and ingredient evaluations for conventional foods and dietary supplements, inspections and recalls, biotechnology, organics, advertising,  California 's Proposition 65, continuing food guarantees, and international trade. Writer, Wellness Foods magazine.

Christine M. Humphrey, Esq., C Humphrey & Associates PA

Having 12 years of Food & Drug Administration (FDA) experience, she has in-depth knowledge, as an FDA investigator and a compliance officer, of FDA food, drug, medical device (Quality Systems Regulations), radiological health, biologics, cosmetics, Investigational Review Boards (IRBs), clinical investigations, and HACCP requirements.

Benjamin L. England, Partner, Rodriguez O’Donnell Ross Fuerst Gonzalez Williams & England, P.C.

Benjamin England is a partner in the Miami office of Rodriguez, O'Donnell, Ross, Fuerst, Gonzalez, Williams & England, and P.C.  A 17-year veteran of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Mr. England focuses his practice on FDA matters, including inspections; risk management with special knowledge related to importing FDA regulated products, regulation and agency guidance development; challenging FDA import alerts; export certification for medical devices, drugs, and foods; and all issues related to the development, interpretation, and implementation of FDA's new bioterrorism rules and initiatives.

Fred H. Degnan, Partner, King & Spalding

Mr. Degnan served for eleven years in FDA’s Office of Chief Counsel where he had substantial FDA litigation and enforcement experience as well as serving as the agency’s Associate Chief Counsel for Foods.  He received the agency’s highest awards. At King & Spalding, Mr. Degnan represents several large multinational food companies, a number of domestic drug producers, several international science-based nonprofit associations, and several biotechnology companies.  Mr. Degnan is also the General Counsel of the Food and Drug Law Institute. In December 2004 he was named by the Washingtonian magazine as one of Washington’s “Best” lawyers and included in the magazine’s list of the leading 21 food and drug lawyers. 

Date: Tuesday, June 20th

Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (EST) 

 Location: Dial-in teleconference

Media Partner:

The USA PATRIOT Act and Anti-Money Laundering

The USA PATRIOT ACT Title III made 52 amendments to the Bank Secrecy Act alone, and reshaped whole sections of the Code of Federal Regulations.  The new regulations are forcing unprecedented increases in software, operational, and independent auditing expenses.   Compliance is challenging and the costs for not effecting a balanced and transparent AML/CFT system is high. Some major financial institutions have paid record fines (In excess of $50 million) for AML non-compliance.  It is clear that the long-standing financial definitions have changed and expanded to include these new elements.  The Global Knowledge Congress has scheduled a teleconference for Tuesday, June 20 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) to analyze this critical legislation and provide the latest updates.

Agenda & Faculty Bios:

Faculty Bios

Who Should Attend?

Company Types:  Commercial Banks, Investment Banks, Investment Services, Consulting Firms, Solutions Providers

Job Functions: Senior Executive, Compliance Office, Legal Executive, Finance, Information Technology, Consultant

Bio:

Connie Fenchel, President, Global Consulting Services

Former Deputy Director, Operations and the Executive Assistant Director of Law Enforcement Policy for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) from 1999-2003

Bio: 

Connie Fenchel served as the Deputy Director, Operations and the Executive Assistant Director of Law Enforcement Policy for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) from 1999-2003.  Ms. Fenchel oversaw the operating programs and regulatory policies of FinCEN and she was responsible for ensuring that FinCEN’s programs and policies effectively supported federal, state, and local law enforcement investigations and initiatives.  She led FinCEN’s effort to administer the recordkeeping, reporting and anti-money laundering provisions of the BSA and USA PATRIOT Act more effectively and efficiently.  Ms. Fenchel reorganized the operational offices within FinCEN to strengthen its partnerships with its stakeholders and customers including the financial supervisory agencies, federal and local law enforcement and the regulated financial community.  Ms. Fenchel conducted numerous training seminars throughout the United States and internationally for law enforcement personnel, and the financial industry on money laundering, the BSA and the USA Patriot Act.  She also led delegations to international conferences and multi-lateral meetings throughout the world.

As the Executive Director of Operations for U.S. Customs Service (USCS), Office of Investigations, Ms. Fenchel was responsible for the direction and oversight of all investigations conducted by USCS Special Agents, including smuggling, illegal export and money laundering investigations.  During her tenure as Director of Operations, Ms. Fenchel directed the largest undercover money laundering investigation in U.S. history.

Bio:

Prior to forming The Dominion Advisory Group in May, 2005, David B. Caruso was the Executive Vice President, Compliance & Security of Riggs Bank NA. In June 2003 he was hired to build a regulatory compliance, investigations, and security department in response to 2003 enforcement action against Riggs. Mr. Caruso led the development and implementation of a BSA/AML program across all consumer, commercial, investment, and international business lines. Mr. Caruso was responsible for reporting on the bank's efforts to resolve its regulatory challenges to the Board of Directors, senior examination and headquarters staff of the OCC and Federal Reserve, senior law enforcement officials and the staff of several Congressional committees.

While at Riggs Mr. Caruso oversaw the investigation of Augusto Pinochet's alleged money laundering and the corruption involving senior government officials of Equatorial Guinea.

Prior to joining Riggs, Mr. Caruso was a director at two big four accounting firms where he led anti-money laundering compliance and fraud investigations practices. Prior to consulting, Mr. Caruso was the manager of the anti-money laundering and enhanced due diligence group at JP Morgan & Company.

Mr. Caruso began his career as a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service where he was assigned to the New York Field Office's Financial Institution Fraud group. He received his BA from the George Washington University.

Ranked #1 Amlaw Top 100 Law Firms 2003, 2004, 2005

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  Jamie Boucher

  Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Bio:

Jamie L. Boucher is a counsel in Skadden’s Financial Institutions Regulatory Group with a principal focus on financial institution mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and enforcement matters. Ms. Boucher represents U.S. and non-U.S. banks, thrifts, insurance, securities and investment companies.

In the last several years, Ms. Boucher has worked on regulatory matters including:

AmSouth Bancorporation in a deferred prosecution agreement and regulatory settlement and combined $50 million forfeiture and civil monetary penalty;

Ms. Boucher regularly represents financial institutions on compliance and enforcement matters, examinations and voluntary disclosures involving federal and state regulatory and enforcement agencies with respect to the bank regulatory laws. With extensive experience in the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), as amended by the USA Patriot Act, and the economic sanctions laws administered by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC), Ms. Boucher has counseled domestic and foreign financial institutions on numerous issues arising under BSA, OFAC and related laws. She has worked extensively with clients to design and implement internal compliance programs, conduct internal investigations, train company personnel, and monitor and improve corporate compliance posture. Ms. Boucher is a frequent speaker at seminars on financial institution compliance and regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions and enforcement matters.
 

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Boucher worked for 12 years in government and the private sector on matters involving international trade and investment regulation. She has served as the legislative advisor for international trade and foreign policy to Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; as an advisor to the American League for Exports and Security Assistance on trade and national security issues; and as a committee staff member on the U.S. Trade Representative-Department of Defense trade policy advisory committee, the Defense Policy Advisory Committee on Trade. Ms. Boucher currently serves as the vice-chair of the American Bar Association Banking Law Committee, Subcommittee on Mergers and Acquisitions. She is a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders.

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1996 (cum laude)

  DR. Kenneth Isaacson

  Managing Director, Complilaw

Bio:

Ken Isaacson is a legal, financial, and business consultant, a BSA/AML legal and regulatory expert, and a BSA/AML Consultant on the USA PATRIOT ACT Title III and the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970. He has twelve years of practical and theoretical knowledge on anti-money laundering. Specifically, to the current BSA/AML landscape, he is an expert on BSA/AML Look-Back Projects with project management, project lead, and analyst capabilities, and specializes on developing risk management strategies for banks, asset managers, and financial businesses in outsourcing/offshoring BSA/AML functions. Prior to becoming a consultant he was the President and Chief Legal Officer of an investment due diligence company that specialized in anti-money laundering due diligence checks as one facet of the company’s core metrics. His expertise extends to the Code of Federal Regulations, OFAC policies, procedures, and practices, and the OCC. He is adept at SEC laws and regulations, NASD, NYSE, and corresponding jurisdictional laws and regulations on the regulation of financial institutions. He has performed compliance checks and developed compliance KPI systems for financial institutions. He is a recognized speaker on compliance, having authored papers on the subject, and has one training manual on compliance in the process of being published.

Kenneth Barden

Acting Director, Bureau of Revenue, Customs and Taxation Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Bio:

Former Acting Director, Bureau of Revenue, Customs and Taxation, Republic of Palau, former Chief General Counsel, Department of Law, City of Dayton, Ohio.

Jeffrey Sklar, CAMS

SHC Consulting Group LLC

Bio:
Mr. Sklar has over 20 years experience in the MSB Industry and has lectured and provided extenstive training to MSB's on AML issues, locally, nationally and internationally. He has been at the forefront of the Independent Reviews for MSB's as well as employee training and developing written internal controls, policies and procedures. He currently chairs the ACAMS MSB Taskforce as is Chair of the Metro NY ACAMS Chapter

Bio:

Mr. Landrum retired as a Special Agent with the IRS Criminal Investigation Division after almost 28 years with the agency.  He conducted numerous investigations of money laundering and financial fraud violations ranging from drug trafficking organizations to corporate officers.  He was also one of a select and highly trained group of agents chosen to work in an undercover capacity which he did for almost ten years, specializing in money laundering activity.  Mr. Landrum worked many years with the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force where he assisted in dismantling major drug organizations by "following the money". 

Throughout his career Mr. Landrum has been recognized by numerous agencies for his work, including the FBI, U.S. Attorney's Offices, IRS and other enforcement agencies.  His experience includes working inside money laundering as an undercover agent, investigating money laundering as a government agent and assisting clients from the defense perspective as a financial crimes consultant.

Robyn C. Mitchell

Founder, Compliance Builders, Inc.

Bio:

Robyn brings a wealth of compliance and legal experience to bear on meeting clients’ needs. She is a former compliance executive with Bank of America, and in-house counsel with two of its predecessor institutions. Regarding anti-money laundering compliance, her areas of focus included consumer and commercial banking, non-bank financial institution such as Money Services Businesses, and higher risk customers. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt in process design and implementation, and is a licensed attorney in four states. Robyn is a former Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice, and a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, assigned to the Presidential Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.

Date:  Thursday, March 30th, 2006* (Concluded Thanks for Participating) 

Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (EST) 

Location: Dial-in teleconference

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Medicare Part D Executive Roundtable Teleconference:

This year, the most sweeping legislation in healthcare in recent history took effect. Medicare Part D is the federal government's solution to rising health care costs in the US. Its implementation has sent ripples throughout every industry that serves the healthcare market. The Global Knowledge Congress has assembled a panel of leading experts to help untangle this critical piece of legislation. Please join us on March 30th for this important event.

Agenda - FINAL

Who Should Attend?

Companies:

PBMs, TPAs, PBOs, Insurance Companies, Pharmacies, DME,  Pharmaceuticals, Biotechs,  Government Agencies, Congress, Social Service Groups, Consulting  & Advocacy Groups, NGOs

Titles:

Ambulatory Services Director/Nursing Director/Managed Care Service Director, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Ethics Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Secretary, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Clinical Coordinator of ER/In-Service Education Director/Nursing Director, Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator Corporate Communications Executive, Corporate Development, Director Nursing & Patient Care, Director of Patient Access, Director of Public Relations, Director Corporate Governance, General Counsel - Corporate Counsel - Secretary, Health Services Director/Provider Relations Director, Health Services Director/Provider Relations Director/Quality Assurance Director, Health Services Director/Provider Relations Director/Quality Assurance Director, Infection Control Director/Social Services Director/Patient Education Director/Infect, In-Service Education Director, Managed Care Director/Manager/Supervisor, Manager Public Affairs & Corp. Communication, Marketing Director/Vice President, Marketing Executive - Sales Executive, Medical Director/Provider Relations Director, Nursing Director, Patient Education Director, Patient Services Director, Pharmacy Development & Training Manager, Pharmacy Director/Manager/Supervisor/Coordinator, Social Services Director, Utilization Review Director, Vice President - Managed/Care, Vice President of Communications, Vice President of Marketing for Life & Health Products, Vice President Patient Advocacy, Vice President-Trade/Managed Care Relations, Vice President-Managed Care, Vice President-Managed Care & Customer Ops, Vice President Marketing-Loss Prevention, Vice President-Patient Care Services

ERISA Teleconference

On August 3, 2006, the Senate passed H.R. 4, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the "Act")1, which provides significant relief from certain of the plan asset and prohibited transaction rules under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This new legislation would allow investment vehicles such as Hedge Funds to manage more assets from pension funds. What does this mean to Hedge Funds? How will employers cope? Where will employees land?

The Global Knowledge Congress has assembled a team of experts, to help analyze this critical piece of legislation. The panel will present their findings at a 2 hour teleconference scheduled for November 2006.

Teleconference Date & Time

Wednesday, November 15th

10:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST)

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Distinguished Faculty:

James E. Lyons

 Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate,

Meagher & Flom LLP

Mark Johnson

Founder

ERISA Benefits

Consulting, Inc.

Patricia A. Shlonsky

 Partner

Ulmer & Berne LLP