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Conference Program 1 2016 Nact Fall Treasurers Conference H F A L L TREASURERS CONFERENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM 1 2016 NACT FALL TREASURERS CONFERENCE H TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Conference Agenda 5 NACT Board of Directors 6 Moderators and Speakers 8 Corporate Sponsors H H H H H CONFERENCE AGENDA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 6:30-8:30 pm Opening Networking Reception Conference Center Foyer As you arrive in Chicago, please join us for an evening networking reception with treasurers and representatives from our valued corporate sponsor companies. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 8:00 – 8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast Conference Center Foyer 8:30 – 10:15 am “Vegas Rules” Open Forum Midway MODERATOR | RUUD ROGGEKAMP Assistant Treasurer, Corporate Finance & Banking The Boeing Company MODERATOR | PETER SEREDA Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. A time for treasurers to choose the topics and issues for an open and candid discussion – an important, confidential exchange that is a traditional part of every NACT conference, where the focus is always on “Treasurers Talking to Treasurers.” 10:15 – 10:30 am Morning Refreshment Break Conference Center Foyer 10:30 – 11:45 am Open Forum (Continued) Midway 11:45 – 12:00 noon Break 12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch & Introduction to Bitcoin O’H Private Dining Room SPEAKER | MICHAEL CASEY Senior Adviser, Digital Currency Initiative, MIT Media Lab & Co-Author of The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order 3 H H H H H What is Bitcoin, and does it have a future in the world of payment systems? Will Blockchain technology be used in other applications, such as supply chain management or security clearing? How are fortune 500 corporations racing to develop these technologies today, to solve real business issues? And what will treasurers have to understand in order to help their companies take advantage of these developments? To answer these and other questions, we have invited Michael Casey, a recognized expert in the field, to address our group. 1:30 – 1:45 pm Break 1:45 - 3:15 pm Presidential Election Wrap-Up Midway SPEAKER | TOM BEVAN Co-Founder & Publisher, RealClearPolitics The conference will be held just after the results of the election are known. How will we interpret the results? What should we expect from the next president and the next Congress? What will their priorities be? Joining us for this session will be Tom Bevan, expert political commentator, co-founder of one of the most important and influential commentary sites on the web, and the innovator behind the “RealClearPolitics Average,” which has quickly become the go-to standard as a poll aggregator in the U.S. 3:15 – 3:30 pm Afternoon Refreshment Break Conference Center Foyer 3:30 – 5:00 pm Cyber and Financial Crime Midway SPEAKER | DONALD GOOD Director, Information Security Practice, Navigant Consulting Formerly Deputy Assistant Director of Operations with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division What are the latest developments in the world of cyber and finan- cial crime? Who are the bad guys, and how are they changing their tactics? And what are the practical steps treasurers need to take in order to protect their corporations from cyber-crime? We have invited one of the nation’s foremost authorities to share his war stories and insights from a career in law enforcement at the highest levels. 5:00 – 5:30 pm Closing Reception O’H Private Dining Room 4 2016 NACT FALL TREASURERS CONFERENCE H H H H H NACT BOARD OF DIRECTORS (JULY 2016-JUNE 2017) The NACT Board is comprised of member treasurers and acts in the best interests of the membership. All Board members are accessible to the NACT membership and feedback is welcomed on all NACT topics. In recent months, the Board has approved two advocacy positions urging restraint on proposed regulations for the money market fund industry and OTC Derivatives, and Board Executive Committee Officers have parti- cipated on Washington task forces to further this message. The NACT Chairman also represents the organization at the Annual Conference of the International Group of Treasury Associations, a global forum to share information on issues that impact the treasury and finance professions. CHAIRMAN Thomas C. Deas, Jr. Bradley Fox Otis Otih Vice President & Treasurer Vice President & Treasurer Global Treasury Director (Retired) Safeway Inc. Mars Incorporated FMC Corporation Allen A. Geller Mark W. Peterson PRESIDENT Executive Vice President Corporate Treasurer Joseph C. Sullivan & Treasurer Corporate Treasurer Raines International, Inc. Susan Plotzky Corporate Treasurer EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Gerard A. Halpin, III To Be Determined President & Chief William M. Rigger Executive Officer Assistant Treasurer SECRETARY/TREASURER Siemens Capital Company LLC Willis Towers Watson Ruud Roggekamp Assistant Treasurer, Corporate Bjork Hupfeld Peter L. Sereda Finance & Banking Global Treasurer Senior Vice President – The Boeing Company The Hershey Company Finance & Treasurer Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN Kimberly A. Hunter Ramon Yi Treasurer & Vice President, Thomas Waters Senior Director, Treasury Investor Relations Corporate Treasurer Port Of Houston Authority Libbey Inc Michael R. Williams BOARD MEMBERS Richard Laiderman Senior Vice President Nicholas Bijur Managing Director & Treasurer Vice President & Treasurer Promontory Financial Group, Orbital ATK, Inc. Pacific Gas & Electric LLC Corporation Kevin Wilson Karen N. Latham Vice President & Treasurer J. Gregory Coffey Corporate Treasurer Ingredion Incorporated Vice President & Treasurer Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. Robert T. Marley Ted E. Yerdon Assistant Treasurer Vice President & Treasurer Donald Cook Enersys Steel Partners Holding LP Vice President & Treasurer Hanesbrands Inc. Colleen O’Connor Vice President & Treasurer The Chamberlain Group, Inc. 5 H H H H H MODERATORS & SPEAKERS TOM BEVAN Co-Founder & Publisher, RealClear Politics Tom Bevan is the co-founder and publisher of RealClearPolitics. In addition to overseeing the editorial staff and writing regular features for RCP, Tom’s work has appeared in numerous publications and he is featured frequently as a political analyst on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and the BBC. Tom hosts a weekly radio show on politics on 89 WLS in Chicago and co-hosts RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM’s POTUS channel. He is also the co-author of two eBooks on the 2012 election: The Battle Begins and A Time for Choosing. MICHAEL CASEY Senior Adviser, Digital Currency Initiative, MIT Media Lab Michael Casey is a Senior Advisor for the Digital Currency Initiative at MIT’s Media Lab. A writer and researcher in the fields of economics, finance and digital-currency technology, most of Casey’s career was spent as a journalist. That includes 18 years at the Wall Street Journal, where he was a senior columnist covering global economics and mar- kets and where he and colleague Paul Vigna launched the influential BitBeat column on digital currency trends. In the summer of 2015, Casey left the Journal to to join MIT. He is the author of four books, including The Age of Cryptocurrency, which he co-authored with Vigna, and The Social Organism: A Radical Understanding of Social Media to Transform Your Business and Life, which he wrote with Oliver Luckett and will be published two days before the NACT conference. DONALD GOOD Director, Information Security Practice, Navigant Consulting Donald (Don) Good is a Director in the Global Legal Technology Solutions, Information Security sub-practice. Don has an extensive cyber security background, having held a number of positions in the government and private sector. Prior to joining Navigant, Don was with the FBI for over 20 years where he held several executive leader- ship positions. Most recently, Don was the Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division where he was responsible for the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force, global cyber intelligence, investigative matters, and engagement with the private and public sectors as well as the United States Intelligence Community. 6 2016 NACT FALL TREASURERS CONFERENCE H H H H H RUUD P. ROGGKAMP Assistant Treasurer, Corporate Finance & Banking, The Boeing Company Ruud Roggekamp is Assistant Treasurer for The Boeing Company. In this role, Ruud is responsible for capital structure strategy, debt and equity funding, dividend policy, board communications, Financial Assurance/Letters of Credit, investment and commercial banking relationships, rating agency relationships, fixed income investor relations, corporate and intercompany guarantees, business unit financings and Treasury financial planning & analysis. Ruud, a chartered financial analyst (CFA), has a Masters Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from the Erasmus Rotterdam School of Management/Northwestern’s Kellogg School. Ruud, his wife Deanne and three children live in the Chicago area. PETER L. SEREDA Senior Vice President – Finance & Treasurer, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Peter L. Sereda is senior vice president – finance and treasurer of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS], a diversified telecom- munications corporation headquartered in Chicago. He is responsible for long- and short-term financing, stock repurchase, equity capital markets transactions, cash management, short term investments, commercial and investment banking relationships, risk management and pension/401K management. Sereda joined TDS in 1998 as vice president and treasurer. Prior to joining TDS, Sereda was
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