2012 AFP Annual Conference Itinerary Planner
Full Program
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AMConcurrent Sessions
- 8:00 AM - 9:30 AMCTC Breakfast for Treasury and Finance Leaders
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM2012 AFP Benchmarking Survey Results
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMAFP's Washington Update: 2012 Election Analysis and Corporate Treasury
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMGlobal Liquidity Management: Pursuit of Zero Cash Subsidiaries
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMHeroes Among Us: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMImpact of USPS Network Consolidation Upon Remittance Mail
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMMaking Strategic Planning Work
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMManaging Bank Counterparty Risk
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMManaging Disparate Regional Treasury Operations
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMSolutions to Manage Pension Risk in a New Era
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMSuccessful Tips on Networking
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMThe 2012-13 Guide to Money Market Fund Investing in a Post-Crisis Environment
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMThe Global Payments Frontier: How to Focus in this Changing Environment
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMThe U.S. Credit Market - What Might Lie Ahead
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMTreasury Trading on Electronic Portals: How They Can Help and How to Make Sure They Do
10:30 AM - 11:45 AMConcurrent Sessions
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMA Corporate Analyzes the Pros and Cons of Hyperion Strategic Finance in the Evolution of Long-Term Planning
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMAccounting Debrief
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMBalancing Both Customer Credit Risk and Supplier Risk
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMCash Flow Forecasting Dedication and Discipline of Metrics Yields Improvements
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMCybercrime: Are Businesses and Banks on the Same Team?
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMDemystifying the Private Placement Debt Market
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMFast, Furious, Gone: The New Faces of Fraud and How to Thwart Them
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMGenerating Alpha in Separately Managed Accounts
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMMobile Payments for Corporations: Should You Care?
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMNew Treasury Solutions for RMB: Analysis on RMB Cross-Border Services
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMRoundtable: Making your eBAM Project a Reality: A Journey to Practical Implementation
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMStreamlining Bank Relationships: Learning from "Uncle Sam"
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMUnderstanding the Changing Landscape of Account Analysis
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMUsing Scenario Planning to Become Future Ready
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMWhat Does the Proposed Corporate Tax Reform Mean for Treasury?
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMWhen Will Cash Recover from the Crash? Ideas for Overcoming Low Rates and Reduced FDIC Coverage
12:00 PM - 1:30 PMConcurrent Sessions
1:30 PM - 2:45 PMConcurrent Sessions
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMA Roadmap to Fully Implementing and Utilizing your Treasury Management System
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMAlone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMAlternative Payment Networks: Putting Your Commercial Transactions in the Fast Lane
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMBeating the Odds: Achieving Success by Learning from Failure in Strategic Decision Making
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMBest Practices in Corporate Financial Risk Management: Market Study and Case Study with Pepsi
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMBeyond Payments Electronification: Consolidating Payments with a Single Provider
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMBusiness Continuity: A Corporate-Bank Dialogue on Planning, Prevention and Protagonism
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMDynamic Financial Planning: Connecting the Information Silos
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMeBAM, a Tool for Bank Account Management
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMImpact of Pending Hedge Accounting Changes On Treasury
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMLeveraging Netting, Pooling and an In-House Banking
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMNuances of the Game: Strategies to Manage Card Interchange
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMRoundtable: Bolder Thinking, Better Outcomes for Short Term Cash Investing
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMSetting Hurdle Rates that Encourage Growth
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMSWIFT Implementation: The Coca Cola Company and Intel Experience
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMU.S. Corporations' Exposure to European Pensions Harmonization
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMWhen Cash Isn't King: How Financial Industry Reform is Reshaping Corporate Liquidity Management
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PMWorkforce Solutions in the Age of Regulatory and Compliance Upheaval
4:00 PM - 5:00 PMConcurrent Sessions
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMCross-Border Acquisitions: FX and Interest Rate Risk Issues and Obstacles to Hedging
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMCurrency Hedge Policy Implications of European Debt Crisis
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMExploring the Opportunities and Challenges in Doing Business in Brazil
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMInformation Highways and Byways
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMInnovative Financing: Pushing Beyond Best Practice
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMMaturing Capital Planning with Portfolio Management
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMNo Decision is Still a Decision: Interest Rates Won’t Be Zero Forever
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMProject Management for Treasury Professionals
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMSpinoffs and Integrations Impacts to Treasury
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMStreamlining Electronic Payment Processing by Integrating ACH Payments into Automated Receivables Posting
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMThe ACH Network: Optimizing Opportunities and Benefits for Corporates
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMThe Critical Importance of Effective Visibility and Forecasting
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMThe Eurozone: Coping With Crisis and Regulation, a Practical Guide
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMThe Evolution of LDI Strategies in a Low Interest Rate Environment
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMWhat is the Board and your CFO Looking to Treasury to Deliver?
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMWhen the Going Gets Tough, Companies Turn to A/R to Get Going
- 4:00 PM - 4:45 PMWhy the CTP?
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMWire Transfers: Extended Remittance Information and Payment Notification
8:30 AM - 9:30 AMConcurrent Sessions
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMCFO Liability and Pension Plan Governance and Risk Management
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMChallenges of Cash Forecasting with Diverse Revenue Streams
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMDe-Risking Financing: Capital One's Approach to Financing the ING Direct Acquisition
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMEnhancing the Working Capital Cycle Across Central and Eastern Europe
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMExpediting Your Business Case for SWIFT
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMGot SWIFT. Now What?
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMInnovation in Treasury
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMISO BSB Electronic Billing Statement
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMKeeping Your Treasury Operation Running Smoothly After an Acquisition
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMManagement and Governance Credit Factors
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMProposed Changes in Accounting and Financial Reporting for Private Companies
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMRoundtable: RFP’s for Treasury Professionals
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMSinging the Praises of How BMI Streamlined its Receivables Processes
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMStrategy for Success in a Global Treasury Project
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMWhat Credit Ratings Tell You About Investment Credit Quality
10:30 AM - 11:45 AMConcurrent Sessions
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMCollective Trusts: Making Investors and Themselves Victims of Their Success
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMCombating Money Laundering: Are You Managing Your Company's Risk?
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMDeveloping the Right Risk/Return Management Framework for Short Term Cash Investments
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMeBAM: From Paper to Pilot to Production
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMEconomic Outlook 2013
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMElectronic Payments and Remittance Data
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMEvolution of Discovery Communications' Capital Structure
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMExamining the Culture of Risk
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMExploring TIAA-CREF'S Approach to Enterprise Planning
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMHow Treasury Can Increase its Organizational Influence
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMInternationalization of RMB, Cash Optimization and Lessons Learned in China
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMManaging Volatile Commodity Prices: If I Only Had the Right Model
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMOvercoming Jurisdictional Complexities While Establishing Strong Banking Relationship
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMRaising the FBAR
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMRoundtable: SEPA 2014 Compliance: The Time to Act is Now
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMThe Battle Against Payments Fraud: Practitioner Best Practices
- 10:30 AM - 11:45 AMWhat You and Your Bank Can Do for Each Other
12:00 PM - 1:45 PMConcurrent Sessions
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMConcurrent Sessions
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMChanging Business Environment: Impact on Stakeholders and the Future of the Audit
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMEvaluating Credit, Counterparty, and Market Risks in Money Market Funds
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMFrom Data to Intelligence in a Simple Step
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMGlobal Account Structures from Bank Selection through Implementation
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMHow Delta Air Lines Rebuilt its Currency and Check Depository Procedures to Improve Working Capital
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMHow to Segment Your Cash
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMMaximize Your Professional Brand and Minimize Social Media Risk
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMNissan Uses Paperless Invoice Processing and Trade Financing for Significant Cost Savings
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMOwning your Voice
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMPost Durbin: A Year in the Life of a Merchant
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMProving ERM Value through Objective Measurement
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMRisk Budgeting for a Defined Benefit Plan
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMRoundtable: Key Dodd-Frank Issues for Corporate End Users of Derivatives
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMSoftware Selection: Fast Tracking and Doing It Right
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMStrategies and Considerations for Deep ePayments Penetration in Your Payments Operation
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMThe Benefits of a Global Approach to Letter of Credit Management
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMTrends, Impacts, and Practical Advice on the Life Cycle of Doing Business in China
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMWhy the Financial Planning and Analysis Credential?
8:30 AM - 9:30 AMConcurrent Sessions
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMConvergence in the Global Economy and Investment Trends in Emerging Markets
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMDealing with Non-Compliant Payments: Addressing Global Payment Issues
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMEverything You Want to Know About Asset-Based Lending
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMFinancial Planning and Analysis: The Latest Trends
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMManaging Treasury Through Dashboards: How to Achieve Flawless Execution
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMMastering the Matrix
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMMobile Banking Comes of Age
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMMobile Payments and More–Using "On the Go" Technology to Connect with Customers and Facilitate Financial Processes
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMOvercoming the Hedge Accounting Challenge: A Treasurer's Perspective
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AMRationalizing SOX Controls
9:45 AM - 10:45 AMConcurrent Sessions
9:45 AM - 10:45 AMConcurrent Sessions
9:45 AM - 10:45 AMConcurrent Sessions
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AMDebt Structure: Selecting the Right One
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AMEffective FX Strategies for Managing Currency Exposure
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AMFinding Your SWIFT Soul Mate: A Sure Fire Way to Choose the Right Service Bureau Partner and Get the Most from the Relationship
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AMImplementing SEPA and Other International ACH/GIRO Systems for a North American Corporate
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AMManaging Your International Bank List
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AMMastering the Challenge of Managing Offshore Cash
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AMWhen Fraud Strikes, Do You Know What to Do?







