Dow Jones Adds Keynote Speaker for Global Compliance Symposium

NEW YORK, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones has added a new keynote speaker to its Global Compliance Symposium (http://gcs.dowjones.com) conference program: Lanny Breuer, assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, will discuss the impact and future of FCPA enforcement. As head of the Criminal Division, Mr. Breuer oversees nearly 600 attorneys who prosecute federal criminal cases across the country and help develop the criminal law.

The Dow Jones Global Compliance Symposium joins compliance officers, general counsels, ethics officials and outside legal professionals from around the world to share their experiences and insights into key trends and issues in governance, risk and compliance so that organizations can avoid and mitigate the risks of doing business in the global marketplace. The conference will take place March 31-April 1, 2011, at the Park Hyatt in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Breuer joins a mix of regulators, influencers and top corporate compliance officers who will discuss the most pressing issues facing compliance professionals. The other featured keynote speakers include Lorin Reisner, deputy director of enforcement, Securities & Exchange Commission; Dabney Friedrich, commissioner from the U.S. Sentencing Commission; and Jerry Seib, Washington bureau chief, The Wall Street Journal. Additional keynote speakers include Vivian Robinson, general counsel from the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office; Georg Kell, executive director of the UN Global Compact; Stephen Reynolds, general counsel, Alcatel-Lucent; and Arlen Specter, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. Among the keynote panelists will be Sharon Zealey, chief ethics and compliance officer, Coca-Cola; Neville Tiffen, global head of compliance, Rio Tinto; and Donna Grier, chief compliance officer, DuPont.

The Global Compliance Symposium is guided by editors and reporters from Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal. PricewaterhouseCoopers is a platinum sponsor of the event, and gold sponsors include Ethics Metrics, Kroll, Hogan Lovells, Nardello & Co. and DLA Piper.

To register, learn more and get information about the Global Compliance Symposium, visit http://gcs.dowjones.com, call 212-416-2951, or email [email protected]. Full-time journalists and members of the traditional media can request a press pass by contacting Shannon Sullivan at (609) 627-2312 or [email protected].

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