2012 Program
  • Pre-Conference Sunday
  • Conference Monday
  • Conference Tuesday
  • Post Conference Wednesday

 

 

Sunday, June 3: Pre-Conference

Breakout Sessions

1:00 – 2:30 pm

P1: Social Media: Improving Communication, Not Losing Control

Sarah Carter, VP, Actiance Inc; Jason Boulette, Partner, Boulette& Golden, L.L.P.

  • Learn how more about the risks of enabling social media and the practical steps you can take to limit them;
  • Find out how to you can moderate posts, filter content and archive everything;
  • State and local regulation – we’ll take a look at what’s in place and how you can effectively implement controls to take account for this

 

 

P2: Compliance 101

Sheryl Vacca, CCEP, CHC-F, CHRC, CHPC, Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance & Audit Officer, University of California

Lynda Hilliard, CHC Deputy Compliance Officer University of California


An in-depth look into the seven elements of an effective compliance program;

  • "How-to's" of designing and implementing an ethics and compliance program from the ground up;
  • A suggested governance structure and program frame-work;
  • Project and program management techniques, systems, tools, etc;
  • Monitoring and follow-up techniques

3:00-5:00

P3: Compliance Officer's Roundtable

Joel S. Mayer, Esq., CCEP, Chief Compliance Officer, NJ Higher Education Student Assistance Authority

  • Bring your compliance related questions to this attendee-driven session
 

P4: Program Integrity: Juggling and Jeopardy

Anna Drummond, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, University of Vermont; Robert Roach, University Compliance Officer, New York University; Larry Plutko, Systemwide Compliance Officer, The University of Texas System

  • New area;
  • Planning is critical;
  • Evidencing of effort is critical
5:00-6:30

Welcome Reception

 

 

 

Monday, June 4: Conference
7:00 am – 6:30 pm Registration Desk
7:15 – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast (provided)
8:15 – 8:30 am Opening Remarks

8:30 – 9:30 am

General Session:

 

 

9:30 – 10:00 am Networking Break (Salon AB)
10:00 – 11:30 am Breakout Sessions

 

 

101: Facebook Compliance - Friending Your Program and Challenges

Joel S. Mayer, Esq., CCEP, Chief Compliance Officer, NJ Higher Education Student Assistance Authority

  • Knowledge Is Power (Ignorance is not compliance bliss);
  • Compliance is Alliances (Developing & leveraging internal and external partnerships to strengthen your institution's compliance program);
  • Regulators, Investigators and Prosecutors - Your Unlikely but Powerful Compliance Partners
 

102: Compliance Issues on the Global Scene

Alveta Knight, Attorney-At-Law, Assistant Legal Counsel and Compliance Officer, The University of Technology Jamaica

  • Complaince in the Caribbean - how to get your insitution in the Caribbean and how to be compliant;
  • Procurement in the Caribbean - how to get your goods and services in these markets;
  • A Caribbean perspective on Higher Education compliance issues
 

103: Government Audits, Investigations, and Reviews: The Role of CCO in Responding, and Reporting to the Board/Senior Management

Anna Drummond, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, University of Vermont; Robert Roach, University Compliance Officer, New York University

  • Achieve consistent and uniform processes and a deliberative approach;
  • Raise awareness of compliance;
  • Diminish risk
       
11:30 am – 12:45 pm

Networking Luncheon (provided)

12:45 – 2:15 pm Breakout Sessions

 

 

201: Maximum Efficiency on a Shoestring Budget: Making the Most of What you Have

Donna S. McNeely, MBA, CPA, CIA, CIG, CFSA, CGAP, University Ethics Officer, University of Illinois

  • Identifying populations and needs - how to tap internal resources and existing data structures to achieve desired results;
  • Identify existing opportunities and resources within your institution and those of your peers that can be leveraged and utilized collaboratively to achieve end results;
  • Molding programs to reach a diverse population of learners by applying best practices for communicating and establishing rapport with all members of the learner population
 

202: Computer Forensics 101 - Proactive Compliance

Michael McCartney, CFCE, President, CEO, DIGITS LLC

 

  • Computer Forensics - Learn about what you can't see on your computer
  • So you think your IT Department can see everything your doing on a computer? - Think again!
  • Proactive Forensics - Learn how to manage and mitigate risk and liability before an ethics violation or litigation arises.
 

203: Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA): Assessing Compliance at the University of California

Peter Cataldo, CCEP, CIA, CFE, Director of Ethics and Compliance, University of California

Linda Morris Williams, Associate Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley

  • Describe the HEOA requirements for colleges and universities, including newly issued reporting requirements, and the difference between disclosure and reporting;
  • Outline the challenges faced in a distributed environment, and the consequences for non-compliance and/or inaccurate disclosures;
  • Discuss methods of assessing compliance, including plan development and the use of surveys, assessments and other validation methods.
2:15 – 2:45 pm Networking Break (Salon AB)
2:45 – 4:15 pm Breakout Sessions

301: Ethics at the NIH

Bruce Androphy, Esq. Director, NIEHS Ethics Programs. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  • Best practices at NIH; the world's largest research institution.
  • Financial disclosure; just don't file the forms away!
  • Ethics training and more training; it can never be enough!
 

302: Intergrated Compliance: Is it Possible in Higher Education?

Marti Arvin, CCEP-F, CHC-F, CHRC, CHPC, Chief Compliance Officer, UCLA Health System

  • Why is it so difficult to create an integrated compliance structure in higher ed?
  • What are the pros and cons to an integrated approach?
  • How can you convince your leadership of the right approach for your organization?
 

303: Tools for Effective HIPAA Risk Assessment & Mitigation

Robin L. Wilcox, CPA, CHC, CCEP, Institutional Compliance Officer, University of Louisville; Marian Hughlett, CHC, CHRC, Privacy Officer, University of Louisville

  • Provides and demonstrates tools for surveying and assessing HIPAA compliance risks and using results to design an audit plan.;
  • Connects HIPAA risk assessments and audit results to an enterprise-wide compliance program.;
  • Demonstrates how to document risk mitigation actions in order to respond to governmental audits/investigations.

 

4:15 – 4:30 pm Networking Break (Salon AB)
4:30 – 5:30 pm

General Session: From Prominence to Prison: Why Smart Leaders Do Dumb Things

Patrick Kuhse, Speaker, Speaking of Ethics

  • Doing the Right Thing: How to balance your pocketbook with your conscience
  • The 8 critical thinking errors that can wreck a career
  • How to deal with the traumas and dramas of an “Everybody’s Doing It” philosophy
     

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Networking Reception

 

 

Tuesday, June 5: Conference
7:00 am – 4:30 pm Registration Desk
7:15 – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 am

General Session:

10:00 – 10:30 am Networking Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Breakout Sessions

401: Federal Sentencing Guidelines

 

 

402: Can You Hear Me Now? Does Your Compliance Message Have Good Reception?

Laura LaCorte, Associate Senior Vice President, Compliance, University of Southern California

  • Learn about one university's approach to integrating ERM in their operations;
  • Share ERM experiences- what has worked and what are the lessons learned;
  • Conduct a mock facilitated ERM survey
 

403: Compliance and Ethics Programming for Small Campuses: Leveraging Resources through Effective Communication across Risk Disciplines

Mark Meaney, Systemwide Director of Ethics and Compliance, University of California, Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services; Barry Long, Director of Internal Audit and Advisory Services at the University of California at Santa Cruz

  • The unique challenge smaller campuses face in developing and implementing compliance and ethics programs;
  • The advantages smaller campuses have in establishing an organizational framework for identifying, communicating, and managing risks as a function of their compliance and ethics programs;
  • A a demonstration of the “Risk, Compliance and Success Cycle” model in showing how smaller campuses can move from risk identification and assessment to senior management reporting and mitigation

12:00 – 1:15 pm

Networking Lunch
1:15 – 2:45 pm Breakout Sessions

501: How to Handle Whistleblower Complaints in Higher Education: What Happens After the Whistle Blows

John A. Lohse, JD, Director of Investigations, University of California
Judith A. Rosenberg Esq. Principal Investigator, University of California

  • Conducting workplace investigations can be a challenging task in a higher education environment where different processes apply for staff and faculty personnel.;
  • Doing it right requires planning, experience and training, while doing it wrong can leave the institution exposed to litigation, loss of employee effectiveness and moral.;
  • This session will focus on tips & techniques for conducting an effective workplace investigation from the experiences of a large public University.
 

502: Online Marketing Compliance and the DOE Regulations: How Lead Generation Has Changed in the Past Year and What the Future Holds

Alex Baydin, CEO and Founder, PerformLine

  • A thorough understanding of the available technologies that aid in achieving EDU marketers’ goals of marketing compliance.;
  • How these technologies have evolved in the year since the compliance regulations went into effect and easy steps to ensure each EDU marketer has a sound online compliance program.;
  • What compliance challenges EDU marketers have faced so far in 2012 and what they can anticipate in the coming year.
 

503: New Compliance Challenges in Higher Education: Coping with a Hyper-Regulated Environment

  • Higher education in the US--how and why is it so heavily regulated?
  • What are the 3-4 most important new rules and what strategies can be used to comply with them?
  • What policy and compliance challenges does the future promise?

Greg Ferenbach, Attorney at Law, DowLohnes PLLC

2:45 – 3:15 pm Networking Break (Salon AB)
3:15 – 4:30 pm

General Session: Behavioral Ethics: Why Good People do Bad Things

  • Behavioral psychology and ethical behavior
  • It’s hard to be the ethical people we want to be
  • We are the lying liars who tell lies…to ourselves

Robert Prentice, Professor of Business Law and Business Ethics in the Business, Government & Society Department, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas

 

 

Wednesday, June 6: Post Conference
7:30 – 11:30 am Registration Desk
7:30 – 8:30 am Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
8:30 – 11:30 am

W1: Ethics in Higher Education

Kimberly Fearney, CCEP, Interim Director of Compliance, Storrs and Regional Campuses, University of Connecticut; Ciarra R. Miles, Corporate Responsibility Regulatory Coordinator, CaroMont Health; Laura M. Schuler, BA, LLB, LLM, ICD.D, President, Schuler Law Group

 

 

W2:

11:30 – 12:30 pm Lunch (on own)
1:00 – 3:00 pm CCEP Exam
Program hotel Cert exhibit register