On Tuesday, October 17, 2006, join a special gathering of corporate finance leaders and the editors of CFO magazine for a day of high-level discussion at the Metropolitan Club in New York, entitled CFOs in the C-Suite: Enabling Sustainable Innovation and Profitable Growth. If you are a senior-level finance executive, we invite you to add your thoughts to those of your peers at this behind-closed-doors event. Please note: This event is designed for senior-level finance executives at large and mid-sized corporations. CFO Conferences reserves the right to limit registrations accordingly. Registration is by invitation only. To request an invitation, click here. Presenters and panelists will include: V.J. Govindarajan - Best-selling Author of Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators — from Idea to Execution H. David Sherman - Professor, Northeastern University's College of Business Administration; SEC Academic Fellow in Corporate Finance Division (2004-2005) Al Drewes - SVP and CFO, The Pepsi Bottling Group Joseph Muscari - EVP and CFO, Alcoa Bruce Nolop - EVP and CFO, Pitney Bowes Mike Archbold - EVP, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises Gregory Wright - EVP and CFO, Tesoro Petroleum John Frisbie - President, US-China Business Council Steven Paladino - EVP and CFO, Henry Schein Stef van Aarle - COO, Europe and VP, Services Marketing and Strategy, Lucent Worldwide Services The day will be structured as a series of panel discussion modules: * The M&A Boom — Critical Issues in Financial Reporting Valuation Accounting * China Business — Issues, Challenges, and Blind Spots * How Leading Companies Outsource SG&A Processes and Invest in the Core to Drive Innovation and Growth * Partnering with the Board's Audit Committee to Drive Excellence in Governance and Management Information Reporting * Technology and Business Innovation Today * Converging Communications as Fuel for the Business Improvement Engine To see the complete agenda, click here.