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Financial Services Forum
PROGRAM 

Updated October 20, 2011
Additional speakers to be listed as confirmed.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Directors/Trustees Workshop: Shaping Strategic Plans in a New Environment - The Board's Role
There is an additional registration fee for the November 9 workshop.

9:30 – 10:00 am:  Registration and Coffee 

10:00 – 12:15 pm: Directors/Trustees Program
Balance Sheet Management in a Post-Crisis Environment
James J. Clarke
, Ph.D., Clarke Consulting

The Board's Role in Strategic Planning Post-Dodd-Frank 
Mark W. Olson,
Co-Chair, Treliant Risk Advisors

12:15 – 1:15 pm:  Luncheon 

1:15 - 4:30 pm:  Directors/Trustees Program
Planning for Your Bank's Future Value

Geri Forehand, National Director of Strategic Services, Sheshunoff Consulting + Solutions

Preparing for a New Environment for Compliance & Enforcement
Moderator: Scott Polakoff, Executive Managing Director, FinPro, Inc.
Derrick W. Cephas
, Esq., Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
V. Gerard Comizio
, Esq., Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
Thomas P. Vartanian, Esq., Dechert LLP

5:30 - 7:00 pm:  Chairman's Reception

Thursday, November 10, 2011
7:00 am - 12:00 noon: Registration

7:15 – 8:45 am:  Concurrent Breakfast Workshops

  • Resources for Small Business: Public and Private - Patrick J. MacKrell, Moderator; President & CEO, New York Business Development Corporation; Steven Cohen, Deputy Commissioner, Empire State Development Corporation; Colleen Galvin, Assistant Commissioner, New York City Department of Small Business Services; Jeffrey M. Levy, Executive Vice President & President of Commercial Banking, NBT Bank 

  • Executive Compensation Post Dodd-Frank: Maneuvering through New Regulations and Governance Requirements - Jack H. Webb, Moderator; President & CEO, Alliance Bank, N.A.; Jeremy L. Goldstein, Esq., Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Susan O'Donnell, Managing Director, Pearl Meyer & Partners

  • Risk Management: Moving from a Silo to Enterprise-Wide Approach - Donald J. Musso, President & CEO, FinPro Inc.; Frank Sorrentino III, Chairman & CEO, North Jersey Community Bank

9:00 - 12:15 pm: General Session
Presiding:  John R. Buran
Chairman, New York Bankers Association; President & CEO, Flushing Financial

Economic Issues and Outlook for 2012
Moderator:  Ron Insana,
Senior Analyst and Commentator, CNBC
Dr. Alan S. Blinder
, Professor of Economics, Princeton University; former Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Lawrence B. Lindsey, President & CEO, The Lindsey Group; former Director, National Economic Council

The Future of Housing Finance 
Moderator: Thomas P. Vartanian
, Esq., Dechert LLP
Alfred A. DelliBovi,
President, Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
James B. Lockhart
, Vice Chairman, W.L. Ross & Co.; former Chairman, Oversight Board of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
Dr. Joseph R. Mason, Professor of Banking, Louisiana State University; Senior Fellow, The Wharton School

Financial Services Oversight in New York
The Hon. Benjamin M. Lawsky,
Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services 

12:15 - 2:15 pm:  Luncheon
Invited: The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo,
Governor, State of New York

Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Author of "Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President"

2:30 - 4:00 pm:  Concurrent Workshops

  • The Transformation of Retail Banking - Mary Beth Sullivan, Moderator; Managing Partner, Capital Performance Group; Gregory B. Braca, New York Metro President, TD Bank; Hugh J. Donlon, President, Northeast Region, KeyBank, N.A.; Donald E. Gibson, President & CEO, The Bank of Greene County; David J. Nasca, President & CEO, Evans Bank, N.A.

  • Online Fraud and Cyber Crime: Understanding the Risks and Guidance - Glenn B. Sutherland, Moderator; President & CEO, Catskill Hudson Bank; Paul Carrubba, Esq., Adams and Reese LLP

  • Troubled Debt Restructurings, FASB Rules and Related Guidance - Thomas W. Schneider, Moderator; President & CEO, Pathfinder Bank; Bill Brewer, Partner, Crowe Horwarth LLP; Thomas W. Canfarotta, Partner, KPMG LLP; John J. Doherty, Principal, Wolf & Company, P.C.

Friday, November 11, 2011
7:00 - 10:00 am:  Registration

7:15 - 8:45 am:  Concurrent Breakfast Workshops

  • What's Ahead for M&A? - Catherine A. Lawton, Principal, Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P.; Arthur L. Loomis, II, President, Northeast Capital & Advisory, Inc.; Eric Luse, Esq., Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.

  • Game Changers: New Technologies that are Raising the Bar for Banks - Jack Vonder Heide, President, Technology Briefing Centers, Inc.

  • Stress Testing of Loans and Capital - Robert C. Azarow, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP; Sabeth Saddique, Director, Risk & Regulatory Practice, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Edward P. Schreiber, Managing Director, Financial Industry Regulatory Advisory Services, Alvarez & Marsal

9:00 - 12:30 pm:  General Session
A Veterans Day Salute: USO Liberty Bells

Reflections on Financial Reform and the Future of the Financial Services Industry 
H. Rodgin Cohen
, Esq., Senior Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP  

A New Era of Bank Supervision
Sarah J. Dahlgren,
Executive Vice President & Head of the Financial Institutions Supervision Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

What in the World is Going On?
Michael P. Smith, President & CEO, New York Bankers Association
Frank Newport, Editor in Chief, Gallup

Closing Keynote:  Lessons on Leadership
James Bradley
,
Author, Flags of Our Fathers

  Additional speakers to be listed as confirmed.


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