Utilities & Energy · Compliance & Audit Officer, Univ. of CA; Lynda Hilliard, Deputy Compliance...

This industry-specific conference focuses on bringing more in-depth discussion and education to those working in the utilities and energy industries. In these highly regulated industries, compliance topics can be specific and focused on areas that are not always addressed at the all–industry level. This conference offers attendees the opportunity to discuss these specific content areas in more detail while sharing and exchanging ideas with others facing the same regulations.

Utilities & EnergyCompliance & Ethics ConferenceFebruary 26—29, 2012 | Houston, TexasThe Westin Galleria Houston

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Program at a GlanceSunday, february 26

8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Open

9:00 am – 12:00 pm pre-conference (includes 15 min break)

P1 Compliance Program: Metric Considerations / Sheryl Vacca, SVP/Chief Compliance & Audit Officer, Univ. of CA; Lynda Hilliard, Deputy Compliance Officer, Univ. of CA

P2 Linking Risk and Compliance: Why Risk Management Should Be a Key Component of a Compliance Program / Jana Utter, Director, Corporate Compliance & Risk Mgmt., MISO; Lori Spence, Deputy General Counsel, MISO

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:30 – 4:30 pm

P3 Nuts & Bolts of Overseeing a Periodic Compliance Assessment / Peter C. Anderson, Partner, Anderson Terpening PLLC; William F. Hederman, Director, Regulatory Compliance, Energy and Resources, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Bryan Manges, Manager, Enterprise Compliance, Piedmont Natural Gas; Allen Stewart, Managing Director, Ethics & Compliance, Duke Energy

P4 How to Build a Comprehensive Risk Assessment Process in the New Era of Enforcement / Ryan Morgan, Anti Corruption Specialist, WorldCompliance; Michael Volkov, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

4:30 – 5:30 pm Opening Reception

Monday, february 27


7:30 – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30 am General Session 1: Sustaining a Culture of Trust and Integrity in Challenging Times / Duane C. Woods, Sr. VP, Waste Management

9:30 – 10:30 am General Session 2: The Ethics of Business Continuity Planning / Shane Creel, Dir., Risk Mgmt. & Sustainability, Texas A & M Univ.—Kingsville

10:30 – 11:00 am Networking Break

11:00 am – 12:00 pm 101 The Federal Sentencing Guidelines in Today’s Compliance World / John R. Steer, (Retired) Vice Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission

102 Getting Your Boss to Pay Attention / James Lukaszewski, President, Lukaszewski Group Division

12:00 – 12:45 pm Networking Lunch

12:45 – 1:45 pm 201 How Social Media Compliance Can Grow Your Business / Sarah Carter, VP, Actiance, Inc.

202 Benchmarking & Efficiency / Bob Conlin, SVP of Business Strategy, EthicsPoint; Michael Scheller, Director, PWC

1:45 – 2:15 pm Networking Break

2:15 – 3:15 pm301 Emerging Compliance Issues for Overseas Operations / Eric Morehead, Sr. Compliance Counsel, Corpedia Corp.; Ryan McConnell, Partner, Haynes & Boone

302 NERC Rules Changes: Implications for Participants in Regional Entity Enforcement Actions / Susan J. Court, Principal, SJC Energy Consultants, LLC


3:30 – 4:30 pm401 Information Governance: The Fourth Dimension / Deborah H. Juhnke, Director, Information Management Consulting, Husch Blackwell LLP; Brandon M. Barkhuff, Assistant General Counsel, NV Energy

402 NERC Compliance in Practice / Andrew Gallo, Director, Reliabilty Compliance, Austin Energy

4:30 – 6:00 pm “Center Court” Networking Reception Sponsored by Ethics Point

TueSday, february 28



8:30 – 9:30 am General Session 3: Building Meaningful Incentives Into Your Compliance & Ethics Program / Daniel Roach, VP Compliance & Audit, Dignity Health

9:30 – 10:30 am General Session 4: Compliance Considerations When the World Is Watching / Janet McQuaid, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

10:30 – 11:00 am Networking Break

11:00 am – 12:00 pm 501 Compliance is Not Enough: Changing Daily Behaviors to Create a Welcoming Workplace Culture / Stephen M. Paskoff, President and CEO, ELI, Inc.

502 TBA

12:00 – 12:45 pm Networking Lunch

12:45 – 1:45 pm601 The Impact and Challenges of the Dodd Frank/Conflict Minerals Provision on the Energy Sector / Charles A. Riepenhoff, Jr., Managing Director, KPMG LLP

602 You Are a Monopoly: Why Care about Effective Customer Service? / Jack Matens, Director of Human Resource Services, Russ Blakely & Associates


2:00 – 3:00 pm701 Cutting-Edge Compliance Training & Communications / Courtney McBurney, Compliance Officer, GE Energy Management

702 The Human Factor: Strategies for Addresssing Human Error in Utility Compliance Programs / Mary-James Young, Sr. Compliance and Regulatory Counsel, Vectren Corporation


3:15 –4:15 pm 801 Compliance Convergence: The New Normal / Thomas Fox, Principal, tomfoxlaw.com

802 Beyond the Third-Party Due Diligence Report / Scott A. Lane, Principal & CEO, The Red Flag Group

WedneSday, february 29


9:00 am – 12:00 pm post-conference (includes 15 min break)

W1 Driving Compliance & Ethics Program Effectiveness / J. Christopher Couch, Senior Director, Corporate Executive Board

W2 Sustaining Cyber Security Compliance with NERC CIP Standards, NEI 08-09 and NIST Smart Grid Guidelines, Today and Tomorrow / Anna Wang, Sr. Cyber Security Consultant, Burns & McDonnell

1:30 – 2:00 pm CCEP® Exam Check-In*

2:00 – 4:00 pm CCEP® Exam*

/ *CCEP Exam is optional and requires advance registration and payment separate from the conference registrationnote: agenda subject to change

Sunday, february 26, 2012

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Registration Open

Pre-ConferenCe AM SeSSionS9:00 am – 12:00 pm (includes 15 min break)

P1: Compliance Program: Metric ConsiderationsSheryl Vacca, CHC-F, CHPC, CHRC, CCEP SVP/Chief Compliance & Audit Officer, University of California

Lynda Hilliard, MBA, RN, CHC, CCEP Deputy Compliance Officer, University of California

• Discuss variables which influence the development of Compliance Program metrics

• Discuss with peers different methods of using metrics to establish ROI

• Develop at least 1 tool for use in any setting

P2: Linking Risk and Compliance: Why Risk Management Should Be a Key Component of a Compliance Program

Jana Utter, CCEP Director, Corporate Compliance & Risk Management, MISO

Lori Spence Deputy General Counsel, MISO

• Applying risk management to corporate compliance — Wait! I’m the CCO not the CRO, isn’t risk assessment something for the Chief Risk Officer to manage?

• Strong business processes leads to a strong Compliance Program, assessing risk is key to prioritizing resources: How do process, risk, and compliance effectively integrate?

• An effective compliance program includes an effective risk management program — How are both effectively accomplished?

12:00 – 1:30 pm

Lunch (on your own)

Pre-ConferenCe PM SeSSionS1:30 – 4:30 pm (includes 15 min break)

P3: Nuts & Bolts of Overseeing a Periodic Compliance Assessment

Peter C. Anderson, JD, CCEP Partner, Anderson Terpening PLLC

William F. Hederman Director, Regulatory Compliance, Energy and Resources, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Bryan Manges, CPA Manager, Enterprise Compliance, Piedmont Natural Gas

Allen Stewart Managing Director, Ethics & Compliance, Duke Energy

• Legal and policy background on “effectiveness” criteria and the role of periodic assessments

• In-depth discussion of periodic assessments in the real world: “Best practices, common challenges & lessons learned”

P4: How to Build a Comprehensive Risk Assessment Process in the New Era of Enforcement

Ryan Morgan, AML/CA, CCEP Anti Corruption Specialist, WorldCompliance

Michael Volkov, JD Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

• Beyond FCPA: Keys to structuring a global anti corruption program

• Global Risk Assessment: What is the foundation to a successful strategy?

• Enforcement Trends: What new regulations will have the most affect on your business in 2012?

4:30 – 5:30 pm

Opening Reception

Monday, february 27, 2012

7:30 am – 4:30 pm

Registration Open


8:30 – 9:30 am

General Session 1: Sustaining a Culture of Trust and Integrity in Challenging Times

Duane C. Woods Senior Vice President, Waste Management

• Are you seeing increased compliance or integrity issues in your workforce?

• Are you struggling to identify incentives and metrics that drive performance but also maintain integrity and trust?

• What safeguards and strategies can uncover underlying ethics and compliance problems in your workforce?

9:30 – 10:30 am

General Session 2: The Ethics of Business Continuity Planning

Shane Creel, Ph.D., CCEP Director, Risk Management & Sustainability, Texas A&M University — Kingsville

• Back to business: planning for disaster

• The benefits of desktop procedures

• Disaster recovery: chaotic ethical decisions

10:30 – 11:00 am

Networking Break

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Agenda

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

ConCurrent BreAkout SeSSionS101: The Federal Sentencing Guidelines in Today’s Compliance World

John R. Steer, JD (Retired) Vice Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission

• The federal sentencing guidelines for organizations have been developed and amended over a 20-year period; Here are the highlights

• The guidelines are relevant today as a compliance program model to help businesses avoid trouble and add value

• Recent US Sentencing Commisssion data and current policy issues illustrate a dynamic enforcement and policymaking environment

102: Getting Your Boss to Pay AttentionJames Lukaszewski, ABC, APR, Fellow PRSA President, Lukaszewski Group Division

• How to build your personal and professional influence, respect, and impact

• How to give advice from a management perspective

• Learn the seven powerful disciplines of the trusted strategic advisor

12:00 – 12:45 pm

Networking Lunch

12:45 – 1:45 pm

ConCurrent BreAkout SeSSionS201: How Social Media Compliance Can Grow Your Business

Sarah Carter VP, Actiance, Inc.

• How social media compliance can deliver return on engagement

• How social media issues go beyond data leakage

• How controlling and archiving content can lead to an increase in business

202: Benchmarking & EfficiencyBob Conlin Senior Vice President of Business Strategy, EthicsPoint

Michael Scheller Director, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, LLP

• Demonstrate how efficiency and compliance programs work together by providing increased insight from the data you already collect

• Show how benchmarking can strengthen compliance programs and identify costly waste in the business

• Design compliance programs that fund themselves by taking advantage of ongoing analysis

1:45 – 2:15 pm

Networking Break

2:15 – 3:15 pm

ConCurrent BreAkout SeSSionS301: Emerging Compliance Issues for Overseas Operations

Eric Morehead Sr. Compliance Counsel, Corpedia Corp.

Ryan McConnell Partner, Haynes & Boone

• Overseas compliance issues from the front lines

• Listen to perspectives from those who have been on both sides of the table

• Hear what these experts believe “the next big thing” in overseas compliance might be

302: NERC Rules Changes: Implications for Participants in Regional Entity Enforcement Actions

Susan J. Court, JD Principal, SJC Energy Consultants, LLC

• NERC (proposed) rules changes significantly contemplate significant expansion of third parties in regional reliability enforcement proceedings.

• Entities affected cover the entire chain of activity from notices of possible violations to submissions of Notices of Penalty to FERC.

• Affected entities must understand the implications of these changes to be prepared for meaningful participation in regional enforcement actions.

3:15 – 3:30 pm

Networking Break

3:30 – 4:30 pm

ConCurrent BreAkout SeSSionS401: Information Governance: The Fourth Dimension

Deborah H. Juhnke, CRM Director, Information Management Consulting, Husch Blackwell LLP

Brandon M. Barkhuff, JD Assistant General Counsel, NV Energy

• Learn about the three key foundational elements of a compliant information governance program

• Find out how one large utility company overcame inertia to develop their program

• Understand why tackling information governance is an imperative… that things will not get better with time and search technology is not the answer

402: NERC Compliance in PracticeAndrew Gallo, JD, CCEP Director, Reliability Compliance, Austin Energy

• Assistance in creating an Internal Compliance Program

• Practical advice for how to handle a NERC compliance audit — before, during and after the audit

• Practical advice on how to negotiate a settlement with a Regional Entity


Agenda

4:30 – 6:00 pm

“Center Court” Networking Reception Sponsored by EthicsPoint

TueSday, february 28, 2012

7:30 am – 4:30 pm

Registration Open


8:30 – 9:30 am

General Session 3: Building Meaningful Incentives Into Your Compliance & Ethics Program

Daniel Roach, JD VP Compliance & Audit, Dignity Health

• Why incentives?

• Creating meaningful incentives

• Selling incentives to your board and management

9:30 – 10:30 am

General Session 4: Compliance Considerations When the World is Watching

Janet McQuaid Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

• Shale plays and hydraulic fracturing, East and West

• Developments in environmental laws and regulations

• Enforcement and litigation trends

10:30 – 11:00 am

Networking Break

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

ConCurrent BreAkout SeSSionS501: Compliance is Not Enough: Changing Daily Behaviors to Create a Welcoming Workplace Culture

Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq. President and CEO, ELI, Inc.

• Participants will be given specific skills and tools that are necessary for integrating key behaviors into the utility/energy workplace on a daily basis

• Participants will be interactively taught how to build a framework for development, reinforcement and consistent follow-up for effective compliance training

• Participants will learn how the presented simple yet specific behaviors lead to compliance but also a more efficient, effective and civil workplace

502: TBA

12:00 – 12:45 pm

Networking Lunch

12:45 – 1:45 pm

ConCurrent BreAkout SeSSionS601: The Impact and Challenges of the Dodd Frank/Conflict Minerals Provision on the Energy Sector

Charles A. Riepenhoff, Jr. Managing Director, KPMG LLP

• Recent developments on Dodd-Frank/Conflict minerals Section 1502 in the Energy industry

• Learn how to determine if your company is impacted

• Key components of an effective compliance program around this new legislation

602: You Are a Monopoly: Why Care About Effective Customer Service?

Jack Matens, MS, MBTI, CCEP Director of Human Resource Services, Russ Blakely & Associates

• Understanding the “drivers” of exceptional customer service: your mission, your values, your culture and your customer expectations

• Apply appropriate behaviors in handling discontent customers — of all generations — in person, over the phone, mail, e-mail and social media

• Examine key procedures and behaviors that insure exceptional customer service

1:45 – 2:00 pm

Networking Break

2:00 – 3:00 pm

ConCurrent BreAkout SeSSionS701: Cutting-Edge Compliance Training & Communications

Courtney McBurney, JD Compliance Officer, GE Energy Management

• Revamp your compliance communications

• Learn how to reach key groups

• Be aware of privilege and other legal concerns

702: The Human Factor: Strategies for Addressing Human Error in Utility Compliance Programs

Mary-James Young, JD, LLM Senior Compliance and Regulatory Counsel, Vectren Corporation

• Understand human factor/human error in a compliance context

• Learn strategies for proactively addressing the human factor

• Apply human factor/human error concepts in utility operations

3:00 – 3:15 pm

Networking Break


Agenda

3:15 – 4:15 pm

ConCurrent BreAkout SeSSionS801: Compliance Convergence: The New Normal

Thomas Fox Principal, tomfoxlaw.com

• Compliance Convergence — the New Normal

• Compliance Convergence — an opportunity for greater compliance efficiency

• Compliance Convergence — how the New World Compliance Order affects your business overseas

802: Beyond the Third-Party Due Diligence ReportScott A. Lane, LLB, LLMB, Info Tech Principal & CEO, The Red Flag Group

• Beyond due diligence

• Ongoing monitoring of third parties

• Third party compliance

WedneSday, february 29, 2012

8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Registration Open

9:00 am – 12:00 pm

PoSt-ConferenCe SeSSionSW1: Driving Compliance & Ethics Program Effectiveness

J. Christopher Couch Senior Director, Corporate Executive Board

• Learn how your function’s staffing, spending, risk prioritization, and activities stack up to your peers

• Understand how other C&E officers are measuring their program effectiveness

• Identify where you can make strategic cuts in training

W2: Sustaining Cyber Security Compliance with NERC CIP Standards, NEI 08–09 and NIST Smart Grid Guidelines, Today and Tomorrow

Anna Wang Senior Cyber Security Consultant, Burns & McDonnell

• NERC CIP Standards, NEI 08-09 and NIST Smart Grid cyber security compliance

• Investment in human capital

• Culture of change to sustain continuous compliance

1:30 – 2:00 pm

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2:00 – 4:00 pm

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Exam Location: The Westin Galleria Houston, Houston, TX Exam Date & Time: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 2:00–4:00 pm

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