Wednesday, May 4                  Thursday, May 5                   

Sessions listed by track

Continental Breakfast 

507-What’s Fair About This Value? Derivative Valuations
Regulators and auditors have fought to bring more transparency to the derivative marketplace. One significant outcome from the desire for increased transparency has become the requirement for reporting fair values. Understanding the mechanisms for pricing derivative instruments alleviates much of the confusion that can arise. As a treasury professional, it is important to know    . . ..  more

606-Managing Accounts with Fewer Dollars and Greater Efficiency
“Cumbersome, paper intensive and time consuming” – that’s how many would describe managing their bank accounts, especially globally. Businesses want to reduce end-to-end processing and support costs associated with managing their global accounts, as well as streamline the entire process. Hear how companies are reducing costs and boosting efficiencies using electronic bank account management (eBAM).   . . . more

709-Cash Management Risk: Are YOU the Weakest Link?
When it comes to avoiding risk for cash management products, you can't to be "one bulb short of a chandelier". In this fun and interactive session, we will examine the risk issues regarding cash management applications, such as ACH and wire transfers, the trends concerning risk responsibilities both at the corporate customer and financial institution levels, and how the delivery of Internet-based products affects risk, both perception and reality. . . .  more

801-Bolster your Career with Thought Leadership
  You ARE a thought leader. Now you want to practice thought leadership. All you need to do is follow these 3 steps:
1. Because it is such a powerful force, thought leadership should be considered as part of your (company's) overall brand. Does your brand accurately reflect who you are? Ask yourself how you ultimately want to be viewed by your key constituents. Then think about what piece of knowledge  . . .  more

CTP9 - Information Technology in Treasury  - E-Commerce
This session is part of the CTP Examination Review Track. It is designed as a comprehensive, in-depth review for those who will be taking the exam, but may be attended by anyone looking to brush up their skills in the topic area.  . . . more

 Coffee Break

 

210-What on Earth is ISO 20022 and Why Should I Care?
This session will feature a discussion on the ISO 20022 international standard, levering SWIFT capabilities and melding payments and their associated remittance data. The co-presenter will be a seasoned treasury professional from a corporation with global payment and financial information needs that has successfully implemented ISO 20022 at their organization . . . more

309-Managing Counterparty Risk: Treasury and Financial Reporting Considerations 
  The collapse of Bear Stearns and the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers have shown a spotlight on the counterparty risks that can be created through derivative contracts. Collateral was comingled with other funds and even moved to other countries. Downgrade criteria were triggered, technically events of default occurred; however remedies were not economically feasible. We will present the lessons . . . more

410-Managing Emerging Market FX Risk
This session will provide a comprehensive overview of major issues facing multinational corporations in transacting in emerging market currencies. Included in the discussion will be a market overview, EM FX trading conventions, and risk management best practices using Non-deliverable forwards.  . . . more

608-Calculating the ROI on a Treasury Management Solution 
 This session will address various hard and soft benefits of treasury automation that should help practitioners in preparing their case for investing in a TMS. Although ROI will vary from one company to another, the efficiencies brought by automation should be experienced by all.    . . .  more

703-Sales Strategies: Growing Your Cash Management Customer Base 
Financial institutions are looking to increase non-interest fee income, increase deposits, and create stickier customer relationships. And there is a huge market segment of small businesses that are not paying for services today. The effort to increase cash management sales to new customers and to cross sell services to existing customers requires internal focus as well as focus on the marketplace. We'll talk about how to make both the internal and external . . . more

808- Treasury Management 2020
Treasury Management services need no longer take the back seat to traditional banking services. It is high time industry practitioners and those who support them position themselves as facilitators of business and demand the respect they deserve. Founded in the very principles of successful businesses: maximizing working capital and minimizing risk, treasury management has never been more applicable or necessary to organizational and leaders  . . . more 

CTP10 - Governance, Ethics - Pension Fund Management and Bankruptcy
This session is part of the CTP Examination Review Track. It is designed as a comprehensive, in-depth review for those who will be taking the exam, but may be attended by anyone looking to brush up their skills in the topic area.  . . . more

Box Lunch