Protiviti's Texas Professional Education Events for Finance Professionals to Provide Strategic Insight Into Top Business Challenges

WHAT: 

Protiviti (www.protiviti.com), a global consulting firm, is hosting two Powerful Insights events in September for Texas finance professionals designed to help them address some of the biggest challenges that businesses face today, while earning Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits. The day-long events will feature several sessions with experts from across the country, including a special status report on the U.S. economy from Dirk Kempthorne, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, to kick off Protiviti's Dallas event on September 9.  

Session topics, which vary by location, will explore such areas as:

Managing privacy risk in social media

Cloud computing risks and audit considerations

The impact of the Dodd-Frank Act

Public company readiness for pre-IPOs

"Fracking" the leading energy trends

Anatomy of a data breach

WHO: 

Dirk Kempthorne, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, will kick off the Dallas session by sharing his perspective on the U.S. economy. Kempthorne is a member of the Protiviti Advisory Board.

Protiviti speakers will vary based on location and will include:  

Cal Slemp, managing director: Managing Privacy Risk in a Social Media-Driven Society

Dan Reyero, managing director: Cloud Computing: Risks and Audit Considerations

Susan Haseley, managing director: Hot Topics from the Board Room

John Sorrells, managing director: The Dodd-Frank Act: Impact on U.S. Listed Companies

Marcus Delouche, managing director: Public Company Readiness

David Johnson, managing director: "Fracking" the Leading Energy Trends

Joel Wuesthoff, J.D., director: Managing eDiscovery Before It Manages You

WHEN: 

Sept. 9 and Sept. 16, 2011

7 a.m. – 8 a.m. CDT: Registration and continental breakfast

8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CDT: Training (includes lunch)

WHERE:

Dallas:

Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre on Sept. 9

Houston:

The Westin Galleria on Sept. 16

HOW:

Registration fee applies; register four participants and the fifth person can attend for no charge. To register for either of these events, please visit www.protiviti.com/cpe