2008 Highlights
View pictures from the 2008 event held at the InterContinental in Chicago, Illinois.
Topics from the 2008 event included:
- Key Oversight Challenges for Today's Audit Committees
- Point/Counterpoint: Who's Responsible for Risk Management?
- Managing Internal and External Auditors
- Audit Committee Structure, Meetings, and Responsibilities
- PLUS Peer Breakouts to Fit Your Size Institution-Large Banks, Public Community Banks, and Private & Thinly-Traded Banks!
2008 Speakers included:
- John Duffy, Chairman & CEO, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
- Don Krahmer, Audit Committee Chair, Pacific Continental
- John Mineo, General Counsel, First Niagara Financial Group
- James Newill, Audit Committee Chair, First Commonwealth Financial Corp.
Testimonials from 2008 Participants:
“An excellent program. Brings together great presenters and informed participants. Nationwide collection of participants.”
Robert Breakfield, Director, Provident Community Bank
“Of all the conferences and the seminars I have attended in 35 years, this conference is the best and most outstanding in quality and quantity of experienced speakers and subjects.”
Jim Newill, Director, First Commonwealth Financial Corp.
“The conference is an important source of information about an important subject. There are not a lot of places an audit committee can go for education, and this conference fills that need!”
Mary Weddle, Executive Vice President, Long & Foster
“An outstanding program. Once again you focused in on the key issues facing audit committees today. All of the sessions were fact-filled and very insightful.”
Charles Thal, Director, The Business Bank of St. Louis
“This conference is the single best opportunity to learn the crucial, up to date information you need to be effective on your audit committee.”
Carter Heim, Director, BankAnnapolis
“This was a fantastic conference that provided an excellent venue for networking and identifying relevant banking hot topics for myself as a CEO. Next year I will bring my entire audit committee.”
Lisa O’Neill, Chief Financial Officer, Bank First National
“I think all audit committee members should try to attend at least every two years. I found out how much I didn’t know.”
Jon Vincent, Director, Crescent State Bank
“Great presentation of a large quantity of relevant material, it sends me home with a long “to do” list for the audit committee.”
Richard Walden, Chairman, Carlinville National Bank Shares Inc.
