WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008

7:30 - 8:30 am  REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
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8:30 - 8:45 am  OPENING REMARKS
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8:45 - 10:00 am  STATE AND LOCAL TAX UPDATE

Panel Chair
Wendi L. Kotzen, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, Philadelphia, PA

Speaker
Peter L. Faber, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY
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10:00 - 10:15 am  NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
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10:15 am - 12:30 pm  CURRENT ISSUES IN CORPORATE TAXATION

Panel Chair
Howard Goldberg, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA

Speakers

Chester Abell, Ernst & Young LLP, Washington, DC
Eric Solomon, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC
Rose L. Williams, Ernst & Young LLP, New York, NY
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12:30 - 2:00 pm  LUNCHEON WITH SPEAKER

Edward Kleinbard, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation, Washington, DC
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2:00 - 3:30 pm  FINANCIALLY TROUBLED COMPANIES / DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Panel Chair
Gary B. Wilcox, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC

Speakers
Patrick M. Cox, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY
Stuart J. Goldring, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY
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3:30 - 3:45 pm  NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
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3:45 - 5:15 pm  TAX DIRECTORS: WHAT SHOULD KEEP THEM UP AT NIGHT?

Panel Chair
Richard J. Landers, Campbell Soup Company, Camden, NJ

Speakers
J. Bradford Anwyll, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Washington, DC
Richard D’Avino, GE Capital Services, Stamford, CT
David Porcello, CIGNA Corporation, Hartford, CT
Diana L. Wollman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY
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5:15 - 6:15 pm  NETWORKING COCKTAIL HOUR
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008

7:30 - 8:30 am  REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
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8:30 - 9:45 am  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION / EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Panel Chair
Joseph Olivieri, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Philadelphia, PA

Speakers
Helen Morrison, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC
William F. Sweetnam, Jr., Groom Law Group Chartered, Washington, DC
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9:45 - 10:00 am  NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
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10:00 - 11:15 am  INTERNATIONAL TAX UPDATE

Panel Chair
Neil Feinstein, Deloitte Tax LLP, Philadelphia, PA

Speakers
Peter H. Blessing, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY
Patricia Brown, OECD, Washington, DC
Michael DiFronzo, IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Washington, DC
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11:15 am - 12:30 pm  CURRENT ISSUES IN PARTNERSHIP TAXATION

Panel Chair
Edward A. Liva, KPMG LLP, Philadelphia, PA

Speakers

Richard Catalano, Clifford Chance, New York, NY
Beverly Katz, IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Washington, DC
James B. Sowell, KPMG LLP, Washington, DC
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12:30 - 2:00 pm  LUNCHEON WITH SPEAKER

Lee Sheppard, Tax Notes / Tax Analysts, New York, NY
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2:00 - 3:30 pm  FEDERAL TAX AUDITS AND CONTROVERSIES

Panel Chair
Christine A. Reuther, McCausland Keen & Buckman, Radnor, PA

Speakers
Jim Dougherty, Deloitte Tax LLP, Washington, DC
Sarah Hall Ingram, IRS Office of Appeals, Washington, DC
Gerald A. Kafka, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC
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3:30 - 3:45 pm  NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
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3:45 - 5:15 pm  CIRCULAR 230 / PREPARER PENALTIES / SECTION 6694 - ETHICS CREDIT REQUESTED!

Panel Chair
Douglas W. Nakajima, Smart Business Advisory and Consulting, LLC, Devon, PA

Speakers
Rita A. Cavanagh, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC
Matthew Cooper, IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Washington, DC
Carolyn H. Gray, IRS Office of Professional Responsibility, Washington, DC
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5:15 pm  ADJOURN