National Investor Relations Institute, Wednesday, June 29, New York City

What: This forum will be a free-flowing, moderated discussion involving industry experts with strong opinions on the future of corporate reporting as a means for restoring investor confidence, driving value and emphasizing long-term investment potential. Topics will include: transparency and the quality in business reporting to help restore investor confidence; non-financial value drivers and their place in the future of corporate reporting; the future of XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language), a method for labeling and communicating business data.

When: WED., JUNE 29 FROM 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M.

Where: NEW YORK CITY - Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue at 24th Street, Rm. 14220, NY, NY (646) 312-3201

Participation: THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEDIA AND THE AUDIENCE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE PANEL. The session will be moderated by Peter Wallison, resident fellow with the American Enterprise Institute.

RSVP: To reserve a seat to this FREE symposium or for further information, contact Susan McGuire (smcguire@niri.org) or Heather Sieber (hsieber@niri.org) at (703) 506-3570). Or register on-line at NIRI.

Webcast: The audio portion of the symposium will be available, free of charge courtesy of Thomson Financial, through the sponsors' Web sites at http://www.niri.org and http://www.cfacentre.org. Listeners should go to the home pages of either site at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the event to register, download and install any necessary audio software. For those unable to attend the live webcast, on demand replay will be available beginning approximately 10 minutes after the conclusion of the symposium.

Participating Panelists

Moderator:
Peter J. Wallison, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Panelists:
Jane B. Adams, Managing Director, Maverick Capital

Suzanne Bielstein, Director, Major Projects & Technical Activities,
Financial Accounting Standards Board

Baruch Lev, Ph.D., Philip Bardes Professor of Accounting & Finance,
New York University, Stern School of Business

Steven B. Lilien, Weinstein Professor of Accountancy and Chair, Stan
Ross Department of Accountancy, Zicklin School of Business at Baruch
College

Rebecca McEnally, CFA, Ph.D., Director, Capital Markets Policy Group,
CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity, CFA Institute

Ned Regan, University Professor, The City University of New York

James R. Ryan, Vice President, Investor Relations, Lockheed Martin
Corporation

Mike Starr, National Managing Partner of Public Policy and Strategy
for Grant Thornton LLP and Worldwide Director Risk and Regulatory
Matters, Grant Thornton International

Louis M. Thompson, Jr., President & CEO, National Investor Relations
Institute

Mike Willis, CPA
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Founding Chairman, XBRL
International

A Representative from the Securities and Exchange Commission (TBD)

NIRI is the professional association of corporate officers and
investor relations consultants responsible for communications among
corporate management, shareholders, security analysts and other
financial publics. NIRI's 4,300 members represent over 2,100 publicly
held companies in the United States.

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