Webcasts

Thomson Reuters frequently sponsors webcasts. These events provide an excellent opportunity to learn directly from subject matter experts and thought leaders in the industry. We welcome you to share in the expertise and information delivered in these past and future web-based events:

December 3, 2009	Special Report: The Corporate Compliance Maturity Survey Join us for a webcast to review the results of the Corporate Compliance Maturity Survey, conducted by Compliance Week. The study, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, polled executives on how their compliance functions have developed over time and gives data on what specific tools or techniques companies use for compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, import-export law, money-laundering rules, labor law and more.
November 12, 2009	Beyond Workpapers - The Future of Internal Auditing Audit leaders are pursuing a more strategic role in their organization and extending their responsibilities beyond standard operational and financial audits. Attend this Compliance Week hosted webcast to hear experts from Paisley discuss how to evolve your audit department to the next level by combining best practices with technology.
November 5, 2009	Beyond Demonstrating Compliance: The Reinvention of Internal Audit In a recently released benchmark study, Beyond Demonstrating Compliance: The Reinvention of Internal Audit, Aberdeen Group set out to identify how best-in-class internal audit groups are working to increase their relevance to the business. Join this webcast to hear the Aberdeen Group report author, Derek Brink, discuss the strategies of top performing internal audit departments.
October 29, 2009	Practical Guidance: Best Practices in Risk Assessment for Compliance and Internal Audit Professionals The success of effective compliance programs and internal audit processes hinges on a well executed, comprehensive risk identification and assessment process. Attend this webcast to learn how you can maximize the effectiveness of your risk assessment practices.
July 23, 2009	Sarbanes-Oxley for Non-Accelerated Filers-Preparing for 404(b) Join experts from the PCAOB, KPMG and Paisley for this live webcast discussion about PCAOB staff guidance for auditors of smaller public companies, what your company can expect from your 404(b) audit, the key recommendations that KPMG is making to management to streamline implementation and execution of their ICFR process and how to implement best practices of accelerated filers and integrate SOX compliance with other GRC initiatives.
July 16, 2009	Compliance Case Study: Leverage Best Practices to Optimize Your Compliance Management Program Attend a Paisley-hosted Compliance Week live webcast to hear how Lantheus Medical Imaging implemented an enterprise-wide document management program from QUMAS to manage a wide variety of content including policies, directives, protocols, records, regulatory submissions and SOPs to name but a few.
June 16, 2009	Enterprise Risk Management: The Art of Avoiding Unpleasant Surprises Join Paisley and Aberdeen Group for a complimentary webcast to discuss the recently released benchmark study, Enterprise Risk Management: The Art of Avoiding Unpleasant Surprises. In this report Aberdeen Group set out to identify the strategies that top performing companies are employing to realize substantial benefits from their ERM programs.
May 19, 2009	Practical Guidance for Small Filers: Preparing for 404(b) This webcast is designed to help small public companies prepare for and understand the available Section 404 guidance in order to achieve compliance and minimize external audit fees. Topics covered include COSO guidance for smaller public companies, what the SEC wants based on their interpretive guidance, the differences between the PCAOB AS and AS2 and how to really implement a true top-down risk based approach to drive better financial reporting and cut external auditor fees.
March 12, 2009	Practical Guidance: Seven Questions to Ask to Optimize Your Compliance Programs Attend this Paisley sponsored Compliance Week webcast to learn seven questions designed to help organizations understand the general characteristics of an effective compliance program, learn strategies for managing compliance strategically and benchmark against leading compliance practices.
February 19, 2009	Seven Questions about Your Risk Management Practices: A practical approach to understand and improve enterprise risk management Listen to this Paisley hosted webcast to hear seven questions designed to help you assess and improve existing risk management processes and identify, prioritize and report on the most important risks.
November 6, 2008	Optimizing Policy Management and Compliance Processes As policies and procedures multiply with each new wave of regulation, many companies struggle to ensure effective management, communication and enforcement. Attend this webcast to learn how to maximize the effectiveness of policy and compliance program practices.
October 29, 2008	The Strategic Role of Audit in GRC Convergence The current financial crisis and the increased regulations that it will generate have highlighted the importance of taking a more integrated approach to the GRC disciplines of internal audit, risk management and compliance. Join Paisley for a webcast that will address why internal audit is a natural leader of the convergence of these GRC disciplines and how to leverage existing internal audit practices to achieve an integrated approach.
October 23, 2008	Achieving GRC Success: Implementation Case Studies Paisley hosts this free webcast featuring Chris McClean, analyst, Forrester Research. Mr McClean will review the common obstacles and pitfalls of an enterprise GRC implementation, provide case studies of organizations that have successfully implemented GRC, including obstacles, best practices and lessons learned and list the common success factors critical to a successful enterprise roll-out.
October 9, 2008	The Future of GRC Paisley hosts this free webcast featuring John Hagerty, Vice President and Research Fellow, AMR Research, Inc. Mr Hagerty will discuss how the GRC complexion is changing and hear what that portends for the future as GRC stretches and changes to accommodate a changing business and political climate.
September 25, 2008	Practical Guidance: Responding to Standard & Poor's Decision to Apply Risk Analysis to Nonfinancial Corporate Ratings Treasury & Risk hosts this Paisley-sponsored webcast that takes a look at Standard & Poor's decision to enhance their credit ratings process for nonfinancial companies through an enterprise risk management (ERM) review. During the event representatives from Paisley will discuss Standard & Poor's definition of ERM, their plans to phase in ERM analysis and their expectations of and approach to ERM analysis.
September 18, 2008	Fundamentals of GRC Convergence: Mastering Risk Assessment The success of GRC convergence hinges on a well executed, comprehensive risk identification and assessment process. Whether a seasoned audit or risk professional, or a newcomer to GRC, listen to this webcast to learn how you can maximize the effectiveness of your risk assessment practices.
August 21, 2008	Building a Business Case for GRC Convergence This webcast provides a practical understanding of what GRC convergence really means and what problems it will solve, tools to begin a GRC convergence project without a huge up-front investment in a consulting engagement or capital investment in technology and provided insight on how leading organizations are approaching GRC convergence.