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7th Annual OffshoreAlert Financial Due Diligence Conference
April 26 - 28, 2009 at the Eden Roc resort & Spa in Miami Beach, Florida
"Thanks to the high caliber and knowledge of its speakers and organizers, this conference has consistently provided its attendees with a comprehensive overview of the offshore financial world and an superb setting for learning and exchanging ideas. It is a fundamental tool for those who aim at understanding and progressing in this arena."
- Eduardo D'Angelo P. Silva, Chairman, The Cayman Islands Financial Services Association
The 7th Annual Financial Due Diligence Conference specializes in cutting edge information and intelligence on Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax Evasion, Compliance, Risk Management & Asset Recovery as they relate to Offshore Financial Centers.
Building on 12 years of exposing serious financial crime, this year's conference will provide an in-depth analysis of issues affecting business transactions involving OFCs and will equip you with the strategies and techniques to successfully navigate them.
"In the global financial environment of 2009, the need for due diligence and compliance is more critical than ever. Therefore, this year's OffshoreAlert Conference promises to be of great significance. It brings together the right mix of regulators, practitioners and academics to ponder and cover an Agenda that is timely and highly relevant."- Lorna Smith, CEO of LGS & Associates and former Director of the International Affairs Secretariat, Government of the British Virgin Islands
- Hear critical insights on some of the hottest issues in offshore finance, including pending anti-offshore initiatives by the world's major countries and what OFCs can do to navigate the global recession.
- Learn best practices for offshore compliance and how to comply with key Anti-Money Laundering laws that govern offshore transactions.
- Discover the latest legal, regulatory and product developments in the world's leading OFCs, including which are considered to be legal and which are not.
- Techniques to identify fraudulent investment schemes and those who are legally responsible plus how to locate, freeze and seize those assets for distribution to victims.
- Over 50 presenters and panelists who represent the best in the field of international finance.
- Continuing Education Credits (CLEs & CPEs), if you need them.
Read below and click the menu above to learn more about the program.
Cutting Edge Information & Intelligence
- IRS Panel on Offshore Initiatives - Dan Reeves, John McDougal and Tom Kelly, senior officers within the US Internal Revenue Service, will discuss the tax agency's programs that are designed to identify US taxpayers who use offshore structures to avoid or evade US taxes. Learn more about this session...
- The world's major countries and political organizations have upped their assault on OFCs. Jeffrey Owens, Head of Tax at the OECD, will explain how you must adapt to the new political realities. Learn about this session...
- As a US Senator, Barack Obama co-sponsored the 'Stop Tax Haven Abuse Bill'. As US President, what are his plans for you? Learn about this session...
New for 2009 ...
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Ponzi Schemes: We'll show you how to identify fraudulent investment schemes, no matter how complicated they are set up, so that you can avoid the financial and emotional devastation suffered by victims of schemes like the Bernard Madoff & Allen Stanford Affairs. Learn about this session...
- The tax investigations into Switzerland's UBS and Liechtenstein's LGT Bank and their clients are heating up. Learn all about them, along with tips on how you can avoid being next. Learn about this session...
- One sector of the offshore economy is booming. Attend our 'Insolvency & Asset Recovery' sessions and learn how you can legally profit from financial crime – and help victims in the process. Learn about this educational track...
Custimize your Program with Educational Tracks
Personalized Content for a More Valuable Experience…
Offshore Finance is a broad and complicated topic. To ensure you receive useful information that you can apply to your own situation, we’ve grouped content into 3 parallel educational tracks with more than 27 unique sessions presented by industry experts from the world's top organizations.
- Track 1: Compliance
Reduce your risk of losses, fines, penalties and reputational damage by better understanding the key Anti-Money Laundering laws that govern offshore transactions and learning how to comply with them so that you stay on the right side of the law.
- Track 2: Insight & Analysis
Ensure your firm keeps up to date with the latest products and services offered by the world's leading OFCs, including learning which are considered to be legal and which are not, so that you can make better informed business decisions and reduce your risk.
- Track 3: Insolvency & Asset Recovery
Offshore Hedge Funds are collapsing in record numbers and fraudulent investment schemes are being uncovered by the day. Learn how to identify those who are legally responsible for your losses and go about locating, freezing and seizing assets for distribution to victims.
Stay in one track, or move between all three – make sure you get the answers, insights and discussion you need.
And there's much more. You will learn ...
- How to stay on the right side of compliance legislation
- How to choose the best Know Your Customer databases
- How to Identify & Evaluate Risk in complex financial transactions
- Which Offshore Insurance Products are legal – and which are not
- The latest legal, regulatory & product developments in the world's leading OFCs
They're just some of the topics. View the entire program here.
Power Speakers
OffshoreAlert is proud to bring together some of the brightest minds in onshore and offshore finance, compliance, law enforcement and government to discuss all aspects of conducting business internationally at its 7th Annual Conference on Financial Due Diligence.
Jeffrey Owens, Director of the OECD's Center for Tax Policy and Administration, will give a Keynote Address on 'Offshore Financial Centers: Adapting to the New Political Realities'.
Mr. Owens will outline the global political initiatives against OFCs and the consequences of not being an acceptable international player.
Wendy C. Warren, is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Bahamas Financial Services Board, an organization devoted to increasing the quantity and quality of financial services in The Bahamas.
In a Keynote Address, Ms. Warren will outline her vision of the role that OFCs can play in the modern global economy.
Bob Roach, Counsel & Chief Investigator on US Senator Carl Levin's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, will give an insider's insight into the tax investigations against prominent offshore banks and their clients and explain what OFCs can expect from the Senate under a Barack Obama Administration.
Martin Kenney, one of the world's best-known asset recovery attorneys, as evidenced by an appearance on the CBS TV show '60 Minutes', will show you techniques that have helped him successfully locate, freeze and seize concealed proceeds of crime all over the world.
Edward M. Robbins, Jr. (pictured left) and Bob Bernhoft (pictured right), tax attorneys who came to prominence while defending billionaire UBS client Igor Olenicoff and actor Wesley Snipes, respectively, against criminal actions by the IRS, will show you how to defend IRS administrative and criminal investigations, including taking a look at Fifth Amendment implications in offshore investigations, including UBS.
A couple of points to help you budget
I know you're counting every penny you're spending this year, so here are a few reasons why the 7th OffshoreAlert Financial Due Diligence Conference gives you the biggest bang for your buck:
- We pack into 2 days (just 3-4 travel days) 3 customizable educational tracks with more than 27 unique sessions to ensure that you get the answers, insights and discussion you need.
- We limit attendance, so it's all about YOU: your ideas, your outreach, your networking. We want to hear from you! And so do our speakers! And all the other attendees. You'll get to bounce your ideas off the best minds in the industry. Nobody offers a Conference on Offshore Finance as dynamic as this one.
- With more than 10 hours of networking time, we will help you form an international network of colleagues that will keep you inspired, and ahead of the competition, for the coming year.
...You get the idea. But that's just the start. If your Accounting Dept. still isn't convinced, here are a few more reasons why this Conference is one of the most cost-effective investments of the year:
- All registrants get a special reduced room rate at the ocean-side Eden Roc Resort & Spa, next door to the world-famous entertainment and shopping area known as South Beach, if you book your room by April 4.
- OffshoreAlert Subscribers and Government Workers receive a $200 discount.
- Once the conference starts, enjoy your breakfasts and lunches on us, including our relaxed, no-jacket-required Cocktail Receptions.
- Continuing Education Credits (CLEs & CPEs), if you need them.
- 100% Money-Back Guarantee - If you attend and do not consider it to be one of the finest conferences about Offshore Financial Centers that you have ever attended, we will refund 100% of your ticket price. (Some people may think we're reckless to offer a money-back guarantee but we can do so with confidence because we labored for many months to put together original, relevant, insightful, and INDEPENDENT agenda sessions. And then we labored some more to ensure that they will be presented by the best in the field of international finance.)
And if that isn’t enough, there’s one main reason why OffshoreAlert's Financial Due Diligence Conference will be your most cost-effective training choice of the year:
It’s an investment in YOU. What is your organization's most prized asset? We say it's YOU. The new ideas you'll gain at the Conference, and put into play back at work, will help you do business legally, profitably and with reduced risk.
So join us for three days in April, 2009 to mingle with the most influential people in the onshore and offshore worlds to discuss matters of mutual interest.
