The Conference Board Corporate Development Conference to Focus on Enabling the Capital Agenda

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Apr 09, 2010, 10:27 ET

NEW YORK, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As companies turn their attention from weathering the financial crisis to preparing for recovery, most are focusing on capital. The right capital structure and strategy will be a critical determinant of success and growth. This will be examined at The Conference Board 2010 Corporate Development Conference, sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP.

The conference, entitled Enabling the Capital Agenda, will be at The InterContinental The Barclay NY in New York City, April 20-21, 2010.

The Corporate Development Conference offers corporate development professionals and other transaction leaders and team members an opportunity to learn from some of the nation's leading CDOs. They are finding new ways to structure transactions, refine process, add value to their enterprises -- and many are rethinking their roles.

The event's featured dinner speaker is William E. Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission. Kovacic will address mergers and acquisitions (M&A) related topics including anti-trust views and enforcement priorities of Obama administration, attention to foreign vs. domestic buyers in terms of anti-trust and M&A in the US and abroad, and what the US is doing to establish a more coherent international framework.

Steve Krouskos, Global and Americas Accounts & Growth Leader for Ernst & Young LLP's Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice, will kick off the conference and provide introductory remarks on "The Capital Agenda."

Rich Jeanneret, Vice Chair for Ernst & Young LLP's TAS practice will start day two of the conference and discuss the state of the transaction market and its outlook. Christian Plumb, Reuters Editor-in-Charge of Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions will serve as moderator for "Capital Markets, Cash and the Transactions Landscape."

The opening session, Optimizing Capital, will feature a presentation by LeeAnn Easterlin, Director, Corporate Development, Colgate-Palmolive Company; David E. Losch, Executive Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sealed Air Corporation; and Naren B. Srinivasan, Vice President, Corporate Development, Mead Westvaco and Kenneth Myers, Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions, Siemens Corporation.

"Emerging Markets Today" will be addressed by Glenn Emory, Director of Business Development, PrintPack, Inc.; Bob Henning, Corporate Vice President, Corporate Development, FedEx Corporation; Jason D. Rabbino, Vice President and Managing Director, Global Operations ADT Worldwide, Tyco International; and Jacqui Winship, Director, Corporate Strategy & Business Development, Whirlpool Corporation.

Moderated by Plumb, "Capital Markets, Cash and the Transaction Landscape" will include panelists Lance Robinson, Global Controller, Mergers & Acquisitions, General Electric Company; Charles H. Simmons, Vice President, Corporate Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Bobby LeBlanc, Managing Director, Onex Corporation and Ataman Ozyildirim, Economist and Associate Director of Economic Research, The Conference Board.

"Stress-testing the Investment Case" will be addressed by Brian Cook, Director, Corporate Development, Honeywell International Incorporated; Mark Copman, Vice President, Corporate Development, 3M Company; Brian E. Edelman, Vice President, Corporate Finance & Investment Banking, Eli Lilly and Company and Greg Psihas, Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions, Applied Materials.

"Capital Allocation and Portfolio Assessment" will be examined by Trace Harris, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Development, Vivendi S.A.; Scott Lynch, Director, Corporate Development, Pitney Bowes; and James F. Prevost, Vice President, Corporate Acquisitions & Divestitures, The Procter & Gamble Company and Douglas Giordano, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Pfizer, Inc.

"Building the Corporate Development Function of Tomorrow" will include Joseph T. Lower, Vice President, Corporate and Strategic Development, The Boeing Company; James S. Mackey, Head of Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, SAP AG; Robert M. Reardon, Director, Mergers and Acquisitions, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company; and William Striebe, Vice President, Business Development, United Technologies/Carrier Corporation.

Other topics to be explored include: What's Next for Banking and Real Estate; and Stimulus Funds and the Power Sector.

Members of the press are invited to attend this conference without charge. To register, please call (212) 339-0231 or email [email protected]. A full copy of the program is available on The Conference Board website -- www.conference-board.org.

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