Prominent Figures From Harvard Law School and U.S. SEC to Join 70 Other Luminaries At Dow Jones Global Compliance Symposium

NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Additional distinguished experts have joined the lineup at the Dow Jones Global Compliance Symposium (http://gcs.dowjones.com), including: Ben Heineman, senior fellow from Harvard Law School; George Canellos, regional director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Suzanne Rich Folsom, chief regulatory & compliance officer and deputy general counsel of ACADEMI; and Jon Shapiro, assistant vice president program management at Aon Corporation. The conference will take place March 27-28 at the Park Hyatt in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Heineman will share his views on creating an ethical business culture and how his team is dealing with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), insider trading and more. Mr. Canellos, during his featured interview, will discuss new rules set forth by the SEC, how those rules will be applied and enforced, and ways for companies to remain compliant. Ms. Folsom and Mr. Shapiro will offer a joint presentation on maintaining an ethical corporate culture.

These featured presentations are in addition to more than 70 other distinguished speakers, including:

• Michael B. Mukasey, former U.S. attorney general
• Odell Guyton, senior corporate attorney, director of compliance, Microsoft
• Jeanine M. Jiganti, vice president, chief compliance officer, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America
• T. James Min II, vice president, international trade law & corporate compliance, DHL Americas
• Jay Martin, vice president, chief compliance officer & senior deputy counsel, Baker Hughes Inc.
• Ashley Watson, vice president, chief ethics and compliance officer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Through interviews and sessions led by editors and reporters from Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal, the Global Compliance Symposium offers compliance officers, general counsel and other legal, compliance and ethics professionals strategies for creating successful compliance programs. Conference attendees can also earn CLE credits.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is a platinum sponsor of the event; gold sponsors include Global Compliance, Guidepost Solutions, Hogan Lovells, Kroll, Morgan Lewis, Nardello & Co., Red Flag Group and SAI Global.

To register and learn more about the Dow Jones Global Compliance Symposium including the full lineup of speakers, visit http://gcs.dowjones.com, call 212-416-2951 or email [email protected]. Full-time journalists and members of the traditional media can request a press pass by contacting Shannon Sullivan at (609) 627-2312 or [email protected].

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