Protiviti Offers Education Day for Atlanta-Area Finance and Audit Professionals to Explore Strategies for Business Success in a

Attendees Eligible for Continuing Education Credits


MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 28  /PRNewswire/ -- 

  WHAT:   Advisors to some of the world's leading companies will share their
          expertise during a special one-day event designed to help local
          professionals meet continuing professional education (CPE)
          requirements while exploring strategies to conquer current
          business challenges.

          Experts from Protiviti, a global business consulting and internal
          audit firm, will address some of the most talked about business
          issues of the day during the Guidance Through Powerful Insights
          Day. Sessions will cover such topics as emerging regulatory
          concerns; fraud risk; IT security and privacy challenges; smart
          approaches to risk and performance management; and optimizing
          costs and working capital.

          Participants will qualify for eight hours of CPE credit (most in
          the accounting & auditing category). The event fee is $125 per
          person (breakfast, lunch and course materials included); groups of
          five or more receive a discount.

  WHEN:   Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 from 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. EDT
          Registration and continental breakfast begin at 7:30 a.m.
          Sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.

  WHERE:  The Westin Buckhead Atlanta
          3391 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30326

  WHO:    Protiviti speakers and sessions include:

          -- Bonnie-Jeanne Gerety, managing director:  Optimizing Internal
             Audit Value in a Challenging Global Economy
          -- Stephen Thwaits, director:  Key Internal Controls around IT
             Security/Privacy
          -- Carl Waller, managing director:  Hot Topics in Finance and
             Accounting
          -- Jay Thompson, managing director:  Protiviti's Performance/Risk
             Integrated Management Model
          -- John Atkinson, director:  Emerging Regulatory Issues and
             Impacts on Internal Controls
          -- Ron Scalzo, managing director:  Cost and Working Capital
             Optimization
          -- Matt McGivern, director:  Managing Successful Large-Scale
             Business Projects
          -- Anthony Chalker, managing director:  Fraud Risk in Today's
             Economic Climate

  HOW:    To register for Protiviti's Atlanta CPE event, please visit:
          http://www.protiviti.com/go/cpe.

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DATASOURCE: Protiviti



CONTACT:  Kathy Keller of Protiviti [phone],





Web Site:  http://www.protiviti.com/ 

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