DATE: October 31 - November 1 2006
LOCATION: New York Marriott Financial Center

Today, the twin one-day conferences, FAO World and The CRO announced headline-grabbing speaker lineups to appear at the Marriott New York Financial Center.

The two conferences can be attended independently, but are held together by the market reality that today, business process outsourcing is a major enabler of corporate compliance and transparent governance. In addition, the corporate decision makers for both FAO and Corporate Responsibility-related services are often the very same individuals.

At the CRO Conference November 1, ‘The Wall Street Journal’s Alan Murray and Bloomberg News’ Marty Schenker lead off with the HP governance dust-up, stock option scandals, the Sarbanes-Oxley reform controversy and much more. Then Timberland’s market leader Mike Harrison tells how sustainability and responsibility are today’s brands of choice. Next, Vice Chair Lewis Kaden sheds light on the values revolution in corporate governance at Citigroup.
At lunch, ‘Triple Bottom Line’ author Andy Savitz covers the new financial logic of responsibility and sustainability. After lunch, the corporate responsibility leaders of Xerox and Mattel tell-all about their future plans.
In the afternoon’s headline-making one-on-one event, corporate responsibility activist, Def Jam hip-hop entertainment and Phat Farm fashion giant Russell Simmons brings corporate responsibility from the street to the street. And to round it off, Wall Street’s hottest analysts reveal secrets behind the ‘Business Ethics’ 100 Best Corporate Citizens list and CRO’s increasing capital markets role.

At the FAO World Conference October 31, the lead-off is the man behind the business process benchmarking craze, Hackett Group’s Wayne Mincey, with ‘$116 million reasons to believe the world is flat’. Then Cargill Global Corporate Controller Galen Johnson reveals for the first time ever the secrets behind the BPO sourcing strategies of America’s largest private company. Next, for the first time ever on stage, two of FAO’s biggest customers, Wachovia and Cadbury appear with their entire buying teams to describe their record-setting FAO journey. Lunch speaker is BPO’s most-popular analyst and futurist, Phil Fersht on the rapid maturation of the industry. Case studies from 6 of America’s top companies rush in after lunch. And to round it off, the famous Presidential Big Issues Debate, featuring the 8 leaders of the FAO market’s largest firms facing off against each other.

Online registration for FAO World is easy at www.FAOWorld.com.