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8.00 – 8.30 Coffee and Registration  
8.30 – 8.40 Welcoming address Anthony Akiwumi, Stuarts, Cayman Islands
8.45– 9.00 Opening remarks George McCarthy, OBE, JP, Chairman of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
9.00 – 9.50 US Regulation and Legislation – The Macro Picture

Professor Andrew P. Morriss, H. Ross & Helen Workman Professor of Lawand Businessand Professor, Institute for Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois

Dr. Richard Rahn, CATO Institute

Dan Mitchell, CATO Institute

9.50 – 10.30 International Tax developments and implications for internationally based clients – The Macro Picture Joe Field, International Partner, Withers, Hong Kong
10:30 – 11.15 US/EU/UK Regulatory Perspective – Proposed EU and US hedge fund legislation – Drilling down to the Micro

Stephen Ball, Partner, Bryan Cave, London

John A. Brunjes, Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Conn.

11.15 – 11.30 Break  
11.30 – 12.30 Panel Debate – Transparency in the Public Sector – an example to the Private Sector?

Moderator: Timothy Ridley

Panel Members

Nicola Williams, Complaints Commissioner, Cayman Islands

Jennifer Dilbert, Information Commissioner, Cayman Islands

Dan Duguay, Auditor General, Cayman Islands

12.30 – 1.30 W. S. Walker Memorial Presentation - The Limits of Power - US Imperialism and its effect on international affairs Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University, Mass.
1.30 – 2.30 Lunch


2.30 –3.15 International Corruption & Asset Recovery - New Developments

Mark Vlasic, Senior Fellow & Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Univ. Institute for International Law & Politics

Timothy Ridley, Cayman Islands

3.15 – 4.15 Regulatory Developments - How is and should the CI regulatory regime respond and is responding to international regulatory initiatives

Moderator: Lawrence Edwards, STS Capital, Cayman Islands

Panel Members:

Don Seymour, dms Management Ltd., Cayman Islands

Yolanda McCoy, CIMA

RJ Berry, CIMA

4.15 – 5.30 Panel Debate - Transparency in the Private Sector - Cross border discovery and litigation issues uncovered - forced disclosure through litigation

Moderator: Kenneth Krys, Krys & Associates, Cayman Islands

Panel members:

Burke Files, US Financial Examinations & Evaluations, USA

Marc Mukasey, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, NYC

Anthony Akiwumi, Stuarts, Cayman Islands

Margot MacInnis, Krys & Assoc., Cayman Islands

5.30 Closing remarks Anthony Akiwumi, Stuarts, Cayman Islands
5.40 Cocktail reception