Sep. 28, 2009 (PR Newswire) -- Speakers include: SCCE Advisory Board Co-Chairs Odell Guyton, Director of Compliance, Microsoft Corporation and Daniel R. Roach, Vice President, Compliance & Audit, Catholic Healthcare West; MeritCare Compliance Officer Julene Brown, President, Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) and HCCA 1st Vice President Jennifer O'Brien
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Setting the standard for compliance education, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) announced today it will hold its Upper Midwest Regional Compliance and Ethics Conference on October 9, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport in Bloomington, MN.
The SCCE Upper Midwest Regional Conference will bring together compliance and business ethics professionals from across the region and from across various industries to hear from key industry experts and compliance colleagues. SCCE Advisory Board Co-Chairs Odell Guyton, Director of Compliance, Microsoft Corporation and Daniel R. Roach, Vice President, Compliance & Audit, Catholic Healthcare West, along with MeritCare Compliance Officer Julene Brown, President, Health Care Compliance Association and HCCA 1st Vice President Jennifer O'Brien, will offer their perspectives and experience on a variety of compliance concerns.
Program Agenda and Speakers
-- The Effective Ethics & Compliance Officer: Strategies for Engaging
Boards and Management -- presented by Daniel R. Roach, Vice President,
Compliance & Audit, Catholic Healthcare West;
-- Internal Investigations: Do's and Don'ts -- Moderated by Keith
Halleland, Founding Partner of Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, PA, with
panelists Don Lewis, Dean and Professor of Law, Hamline University, and
Gabriel Imperato, Managing Partner, Broad and Cassel;
-- Compliance as a Moving Target: The Growth of the Profession, Enforcement
Trends, and Industry Updates -- Moderated by Jennifer O'Brien with
panelists Julene Brown, Compliance Officer, MeritCare, Odell Guyton,
Director of Compliance, Microsoft Corporation, and Dan Skaar, President,
Midwest Reliability Organization;
-- Interactive Workgroup: The Next Major Compliance Issue -- presented by
Adam Turteltaub, Vice President of Membership Development, SCCE;
-- Anti-Corruptions Issues -- presented by Odell Guyton;
-- Maximizing Resources in Challenging Times presented by Laurie Olson,
Principal, Attorney-Employment Law, ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
"Increased enforcement activity and an uncertain economic climate has greatly increased the pressure on compliance and ethics professionals," said Roy Snell, Chief Executive Officer of the SCCE.
