The 2011 Financial Executive Conference will cover a wide variety of current financial issues and challenges facing the supermarket industry’s upper-level financial management. Informal discussion groups enable executives to discuss financial issues and concerns with their peers. (Closed to the press.) 

Topics on the agenda include: 

• Accounting and Tax Updates 
• IT Audits 
• Achieving Better Operating Results via Vendor Collaboration 
• Lowering Credit Card Transaction costs 
• Mergers and Acquisitions 
• Hedging for Retail 
• Credit Markets 
• Cloud Technology 
• Ethics 
• Health Care Reform 

PLUS 

• Admittance to all sessions at the FMI Internal Auditing Conference 

FEATURED SESSIONS 

TAX UPDATE: What’s New, What’s Next…and What to Do about it NOW 

New tax legislation, new tax guidance – it’s been a busy year. What does it all mean for financial executives? What were the significant tax developments in 2010 and what are some of the emerging tax trends and tax policy debates? Find out what’s in store in 2011 and beyond. 
Nancy C. Wertheim, National Tax Managing Partner, Retail Deloitte Tax LLP 

HEALTH CARE REFORM: BENEFITS AND COSTS, TODAY AND BEYOND 

The retail grocery industry is already paying more in health care costs than what is often reflected in the bottom line. Learn how changes mandated in the health care reform bill enacted in 2010 will further impact your business. Hear what companies are doing to proactively manage increasing costs in anticipation of changes required by the new law and discover potential methods for mitigating future cost increases. 

Brigen Winters, Principal, Groom Law Group, Chartered 

HEDGING FOR RETAIL: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO USING TOOLS TO REDUCE RISK 

Delve into the logical reasoning and tools available to set up a hedging program. Understand the documentation and credit requirements necessary to get started. 

Peter Andersson, Vice President - Commodity Derivatives, Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking 

EIGHT SLIPPERY SLOPES TO UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR 

Have you ever driven over the speed limit or perhaps downloaded music and not paid for it? If so, you know firsthand how hard it is to always stay within the law. This powerful business ethics presentation revolves around the thought processes that lead to unethical behavior. Kuhse uses his compelling life story to illustrate the eight critical thinking errors that lead to his becoming an international fugitive. Discussing each of these in-depth, he provides insight into common ethical dilemmas faced in business today. 

Patrick Kuhse, Internationally Recognized Business Ethics Authority 

NEW in 2011! 
For the first time, FMI’s Financial Executive Conference will be co-located with the 2011 Internal Auditing Conference. While each conference will have its own comprehensive, targeted agenda, several joint sessions will be offered. The new format will give internal auditing professionals and c-suite financial executives in the grocery industry unparalleled access to both conferences and a more comprehensive educational experience, in addition to providing more valuable and diverse networking opportunities. 

For more information regarding program and sponsorships please contact Amanda Bond-Thorley at 202.220.0606