San Francisco, CA

How do winning companies harness technology for strategic impact? Get it right and you can transform the enterprise. (Those who have got it wrong know the hard consequences.) Now you can give yourself a head start — by registering today for a crucial gathering this fall: The CFO Technology Summit.

	Mastering the Hype Cycle: How to Choose the Right Innovation at the Right Time Jackie Fenn VP & Gartner Fellow Gartner
	When Good Enough Isn't: How to Execute an Integrated Security Strategy Jeffrey Bardin Director, Risk Management EMC Corporation
	Case Study: The PG&E Sweet Spot - Making the Connection Between Energy and IT Christopher Johns SVP, CFO and Treasurer PG&E Corporation
	Keynote Address: Avoiding Financial Myopia Jeff Sampler Fellow in Strategy and Technology Said Business School, Oxford University
	Driving Best Practices in Technology Assessment Ian Campbell President and CEO Nucleus Research
Hub and Spoke: Innovating Foreign Exchange Technology at Boeing Randall Durling, Director International Finance & Treasury Operations, Boeing
Panel Discussion: What CFOs Should Know About XBRL David Blaszkowsky, Director, Office of Interactive Disclosure, US Securities and Exchange Commission John Stantial, Assistant Controller - Financial Reporting and Analysis, United Technologies Corporation Mike Willis, CPA, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Founding chairman, XBRL International
Panel Discussion: Social Networking - Secrets for the Uninitiated John Wilson, President and CEO, J.C. Wilson Associates, LLC Ben Golub, President and CEO, Plaxo, Inc. Geoffrey Rayner, CFO, Flock
Plus a half-day pre-conference workshop Business Technology Convergence: Measuring Innovation and Growth Against the Bottom Line Michael Fillios, Chief Solutions Officer, BTM Corporation Faisal Hoque, Founder, Chairman & CEO, BTM Corporation

ERP and other Implementation Nightmares: How to Recognize Them; How to Fix Them; How to Avoid Them (panel discussion)

• Lori Calabro, Editorial Director, CFO Conferences
• Ken Taylor, Enterprise Program Director, Resources Global Professionals
• John Colbert, VP Research & Analysis, BPM Partners
• Charles Schley, Founder, ERP Implementation Consulting Group
• Vinnie Mirchandani, Founder, Deal Architect

Getting the most out of your technology investments has never been so important — or so difficult. Join us at CFO's annual Technology Summit for the latest insights into how today's tools and techniques can reduce decision-making complexity and jumpstart growth.

In case-study-based sessions tailored especially for senior financial executives, you will hear the latest thought leadership in areas such as IT integration, data security, and analytics. We'll also explore how to extract the potential of innovative technology — a key component in fully realizing your company's strategy and achieving genuine business transformation.

And armed with best practices for leveraging the latest trends, you'll be equipped to maximize not only the elusive hard-dollar ROI of IT in these challenging times, but even more importantly, the vital strategic payoff.

The CFO Technology Summit Mission Critical: How finance executives can take control of their IT investments September 7-9, 2008 Grand Hyatt San Francisco Register Now and Save! Early Bird: Take advantage of our Early Bird discount — a savings of $400 — if you register by August 18, 2008. Alumni Discount: Attendees of earlier CFO Conferences are eligible for both our alumni discount and our early bird discount for a total savings of $500, if you register by August 18, 2008. Team Discount: Since you will get the most value out of this event if you come with your finance team, we have a special early bird group rate of $795 for each registration received by August 18, 2008 — that's a total savings of $700.