2014 Global Regulatory Conference

Schedule of Sessions and Special Events

Wednesday October 15, 2014
07:30 am - 05:30 pm	DSA Registration Open - Ballroom Foyer
08:00 am - 08:45 am	Breakfast - Ballroom Salon
08:45 am - 09:45 am	Welcome & General Session I: Priorities of the Federal Trade Commission - Ballroom
	Mr. Joseph N. Mariano President and Chief Executive Officer Direct Selling Association (DSA) Biography
	Ms. Monica Vaca Assistant Director, Marketing Practices Division Federal Trade Commission Biography
09:45 am - 10:30 am	General Session II: Inside the Securities and Exchange Commission - Ballroom
	Mr. Stephen Cohen Associate Director, Division of Enforcement Securities and Exchange Commission Biography
10:40 am - 11:40 am	Breakout Session: Doing Business In Canada - Balcony
	Mr. Ken Mulhall President Biography
	Eamonn J. Flaherty Partner Miller Thomson LLP Biography
	Laura Gomez Lawyer (Partner) Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP Biography
	Ms Wendy Hulton Senior Attorney Dickinson Wright LLP Biography
	Mr. Robert G. Kreklewetz Partner Millar Kreklewetz LLP
	Breakout Session: Policing Online Sales - Ballroom
	Karen O'Neill Manager, Business Conduct & Rules Amway Biography
	Mr. Gary VanderVen Director, Global Business Conduct & Rules Biography
	Breakout Session: The Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act - Whitehall Room
	Jonathan Kutner General Counsel Biography
11:50 am - 12:50 pm	Lunch: Independent Contractor Status - Ballroom
	Mr. Russell A Hollrah Executive Director Coalition to Promote Independent Entrepreneurs Biography
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm	General Session: Prosecution of Pyramid Schemes - Ballroom
	Mr. Joseph N. Mariano President and Chief Executive Officer Direct Selling Association (DSA) Biography
	Corey Roush Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Biography
	Dr. Chetan Sanghvi Senior Vice President NERA Economic Consulting Biography
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm	General Session: General Counsel Roundtable - Ballroom
	Mark Friedman General Counsel Biography
	Mr. Jason L. Groves Esq. Chief Legal Officer Medifast Biography
	Michelle Leetham Chief Legal Officer & Secretary Biography
	Ms. Allison E. Levy Biography
	Mr. Frank Messana VP & General Counsel - North America Biography
	Ms. Keri Coleman Norris Chief Legal Officer LegalShield Biography
03:10 pm - 04:10 pm	Breakout Session: Current Issues in Latin America - Balcony
	Ms. Adriana Bueno Buitrago Legal Manager Yanbal International Biography
	Mr. Francisco Ortega Gaxiola Partner Turanzas, Bravo & Ambrosi Biography
	Mr. Jeffrey Reigle Chairman of the Board Biography
	Breakout Session: To Shred or Not to Shred? - Ballroom
	Mr. Brenton Kugler Partner Scheef & Stone, LLP Biography
	Breakout Session: Your Distributors and the IRS—Changing our Industry Image - Whitehall Room
	Mr. Joe DePetris, Jr. Certified Public Accountant One Source Tax Management LLC Biography
04:20 pm - 05:20 pm	Breakout Session: Enforcing the Unenforceable? New Strategies in Digital Compliance - Ballroom
	Mr. Jonathan Gilliam CEO Momentum Factor Biography
	Mr. Seth Hopson General Counsel North American Power
	Breakout Session: Expanding into China - Balcony
	Mr. Ruben Duran Senior Manager, China U.S. Chamber of Commerce
	Mr. Tim Wineland Deputy Assistant, Office of China Affairs United States Trade Representative
	Breakout Session: State Tax Overview - Whitehall Room
	Jeremy Richmond Tax Consultant Biography
05:30 pm - 06:00 pm	General Session: Election 2014 - A Forecast - Ballroom
	Mr. Bo Harmon Senior Vice President, Political Affairs BIPAC
06:00 pm - 07:00 pm	Networking Reception - Ballroom Foyer
Thursday October 16, 2014
07:30 am - 12:00 pm	DSA Registration Open - Ballroom Foyer
08:00 am - 08:45 am	Breakfast - Ballroom Salon
08:45 am - 10:00 am	General Session: A View from the Council of BBBs - Ballroom
	Mr. Rod Davis Senior Vice President, Marketing, Programs and Partnership Council of Better Business Bureaus Biography
10:10 am - 11:00 am	Breakout Session: Creating a Comprehensive Trade Compliance Program - Whitehall Room
	Mr. Timothy Larsen Tax Director Biography
	Breakout Session: Roundtable with Leading Legal Minds - Ballroom
	Mr. Jeffrey A Babener Principal Attorney Babener & Associates Biography
	Ms. Jane D. Fergason Partner Foley & Lardner LLP Biography
	Mr. Richard Waak Attorney at Law Nehra & Waak, Attorneys At Law Biography
	Mr. Jeffrey James Hunt Attorney Parr Brown Gee & Loveless Biography
	Breakout Session: Understanding European Opportunities - Balcony
	Mr. Maurits Bruggink Executive Director Biography
	Mr. Jonathan Riley Partner Gowling WLG Biography
	Mr. Richard Strulson EVP, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Biography
11:10 am - 12:00 pm	General Session: Working with the Internal Revenue Service - Ballroom
	Ms. Barbara Fiebich Director, Operations Support IRS SB/SE Biography
	Mr. Nick Wyatt Professional Staff Member U.S. Senate Finance Committee
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm	Boxed Lunches - Ballroom Salon