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Friday April
20, 2007
Morning Sessions |
| 8:00 am - 8:15
am |
Introduction
to the Program Georgia Yuan,
President, NACUA
General Counsel, Smith College
Kathleen Curry Santora, CEO, NACUA
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| 8:15 am - 9:30
am.
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01.
Compliance, the President and the Board of Trustees
*Board practices post-Sarbanes-Oxley
*Conflicts of interest of institution and its fiduciaries
*The role of board audit, compensation and executive committees
*State ethics reform and its impact on public colleges and universities
*Best practices and lessons learnedModerator:
Speakers:
Martin Michaelson, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC
Elizabeth Minott, Assistant General Counsel, Rutgers University |
| 9:30 am - 9:45
am |
Break |
| 9:45 am - 11:00 am
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02. Institutional
Hot-Lines: Red Hot, Red Flag...or Both
*Pros and Cons
*Practical Experiences
*Retaliation RisksModerator:
Jeffrey I. Chasen, The AGOS, LLC, Tulsa, OK
Speakers:
James J. Mingle, University Counsel, Cornell University
D. Frank Vinik, United Educators Insurance, Bethesda, MD |
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No Break |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 Noon
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03. Taking Records
Retention Seriously: The Compliant Institutional Records Retention Policy
*Objectives and elements of an effective records retention policy
*Building statutory and regulatory records retention requirements into your institutional
policy
*Dealing with electronic records
*Building litigation holds and discovery requests (including holds on and requests for
electronic records) into your records retention policy
*Compatibility with institution's computer use policyModerator
Martha Munsch, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA
Speakers:
Douglas F. Seaver, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, Boston, MA
Michael D. Sermersheim, Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, University of
Akron |
| 12:00 Noon -
1:30 pm |
Luncheon |
Friday
April 20, 2007
Afternoon - Concurrent Sessions |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
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04A. Compliance for
Information Security and Privacy
*Overview of Sources of Compliance
*Obligations: Federal, State, and Contractual Requirements
*"Industry Standards" for Information Security
*Establishing an Information Security Program: Administrative, Physical, and Technical
Safeguards
*EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Security Task Force Blueprint for Handling Sensitive DataModerator:
Speakers:
Timothy J. Flanagan, Assistant Vice President and Counsel, University of Notre Dame
Rodney Petersen, Government Relations Officer and Security Task Force Coordinator,
EDUCAUSE
04B. Compliance and Foreign Students
and Faculty
*SEVIS and student immigration compliance
*Compliance with H-1B visa rules and restrictions
*Labor certification compliance
*Export controls and deemed exports
*Other key immigration compliance issues
*Best practices and policies
Moderator:
Speakers:
Leigh Polk Cole, Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, Burlington, VT
Jane Etish-Andrews, Director, International Center, Tufts University |
| 2:45 pm - 3:00
pm |
Break |
| 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
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Track 1
05A. Compliance by Affiliated Foundations and Other Related Entities
*How to utilize and appropriately control affiliated entities
*Assuring fiscal integrity
*Tax exemption and corporate issues
*Public records and other state lawsModerator
Leslie J. Winner, Vice President and General Counsel, University of North Carolina System
Speakers:
James M. Carolan, Withers Bergman, LLP, New Haven, CT
Paul J. Ward, Vice President, University Administration and Legal Affairs
Arizona State University
Track 2
05B. Compliance in International Programs
*Overview of compliance issues when operating abroad: business structures, tax
considerations, local counsel
*Engaging U.S., local and third country national employees and contractors abroad -- tips
and traps for the unwary
*Cooperative programming -- templates for developing effective agreements with
host/partner institutions abroad
Moderator:
Peter F. May, Vice President and General Counsel, The School for International Training,
Brattleboro, VT
Speakers:
John Briggs, World Wide Consulting, Taos, NM
James R. Kahn, Deputy University Counsel, Weill Medical College of Cornell University |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30
pm |
Break |
| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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06A. Ethics: Compliance
and the General Counsel--What to do When the Client is Non-Compliant
*Legal and ethical requirements amidst increased scrutiny (and vulnerability) of in-house
counsel
*Lessons learned from other high profile higher education and other industry cases
*Best practices for mitigating risks and managing crises Moderator
William F. Howard, Interim Vice President and General Counsel, The George Washington
University
Speakers:
Barbara Van Gelder, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, LLP, Washington, DC
Lee Dobkin, Deputy General Counsel, University of Pennsylvania
06B. Compliance: One Institution's Story
*Performing an enterprise risk assessment
*Restructuring institutional governance
*Creating Codes of Ethics/Conduct
*Establishing a hotline
Moderator:
Speaker:
Carl (Tobey) Oxholm III, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Drexel University |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
Reception
for Workshop Speakers and Participants |
Adjourn |
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