Business

The Tenth Annual Financial Reporting Conference provides a forum for interaction between business and accounting executives and policy setters from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

The video is the first part of the Tenth Annual Conference taking place on May 5, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

[Part I -- 41 min.]

Welcome and Introduction

Mitchel Wallerstein - President, Baruch College

Norman Strauss - Ernst and Young Executive Professor-in-Residence, Baruch College

Opening Remarks

Leslie Seidman, Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

Margaret Ann Wood, Professional Standards Partner at Grant Thornton LLP and President of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, delivers the 2011 Emanuel Saxe Distinguished Lecture "Changes in the Regulatory Environment and their Effects on Audits and Auditors" hosted by the Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, Zicklin School of Business.

The event takes place on May 9, 2011, at the Newman Conference Center, Room 750.

The Zicklin School of Business hosts the Teaching Excellence Awards, Sigma Iota Epsilon Student Induction and Beta Gamma Sigma Induction ceremony on April 1, 2011 at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-220.

Program

Welcome

John Elliott, Vice President and Dean, Zicklin School of Business

Greetings

Mitchel Wallerstein, President, Baruch College

Teaching Excellence Awards

Sigma Iota Epsilon Student Induction

Richard Kopelman, SIE Presiding Officer

Professor and Chair, Department of Management

Beta Gamma Sigma Induction Ceremony

Remarks

Elliot Axelord, President, BGS Epsilon Chapter

Professor, Department of Law

Faculty Honoree

Elsie Gottlieb, Professor, Department of Statistics and Computer Information Systems

Alumnus and Faculty Participation

Albert Croker, Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics and Computer Information Systems

Elsie Gottlieb, Professor, Department of Statistics and Computer Information Systems

Helaine Korn, Department of Management

Terrence Martell, Professor of Finance and Director, Weissman Center for International Business

Alex Rothstein, CPA, Alumnus, Class of 1949

Beta Gamma Sigma Alumni Medallions

Phyllis Zadra, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, Zicklin School of Business

Linda Friedman, Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Zicklin School of Business

Keynote Address

Robert J. Bennett, Vice President Human Resources, Chief Learning Officer, Fedex Express

Closing Remarks

John Elliott

Zicklin School of Business hosts a panel discussion on Sustainability and Information Technology. The panel focuses on topics such as the carbon footprint of IT infrastructure, relationship between social sustainability and IT, e-waste, and IT-enabled energy management.

The panel is moderated by Kannan Mohan, Associate Professor of CIS at Baruch. Panelists include:

David Bartlett, Vice President of Industry Solutions at IBM;

Diane Chehab, acting director at NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA);

Balaja Ganapathy, Head of Workforce Effectiveness at Tata Consultancy Services;

Bob Mullen, Vice President of Information Resources of Consolidated Edison.

The event takes place on April 14, 2011 at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-270.

The Statistics and Computer Information Systems (SCIS) Department at the Zicklin School of Business presents a panel discussion on healthcare information technology (HIT). The panel provides an overview of the complex healthcare industry and discusses career opportunities in HIT.

Speakers include Professor Nanda Kumar and Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, Client Solutions, IBM.

The event takes place on March 28, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 14-270.

Harvey Kamil, President and CFO, NBTY, is interviewed by Professor Donald Vredenburgh. Mr. Kamil talks about his leadership experience in the nutritional supplements industry and offers his insights on the qualities of a good leader.

The event takes place on March 16, 2011 at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750, as part of the Zicklin Graduate Leadership Speaker Series.

William L. McComb, chief executive officer of Liz Claiborne Inc., is interviewed by Professor Donald Vredenburgh. Mr. McComb talks about his leadership experience in the apparel industry and offers his insights on the qualities of a good leader.

The event takes place on February 16, 2011 at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750, as part of the Zicklin Graduate Leadership Speaker Series.

Paul F. Velleman, Associate Professor of Social Statistics at Cornell University, gives a presentation on how to teach statistics in business school. Professor Velleman is introduced by Professor Phyllis Zadra, Associate Dean, Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.

The event takes place on January 18, 2011, at the Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 13-150.

"In an interview conducted by Professor Donald Vredenburgh, David B. Henry, President, Vice Chairman and CEO of Kimco Realty Corporation offers his career advice and expert opinions on leadership, management, and organizational change. Contrary to the typical idea of having a plan and mapping out our career paths and goals, he actually points out that more often than we think, we will stumble into our professions. In addition to this, he offers three key pieces of advice: Like what you do; Be fairly compensated; and Be sure it’s meaningful for you to be at your job.

The event takes place on December 8, 2010 at the Baruch College Newman Conference Center, Room 750, as part of the Zicklin Graduate Leadership Speaker Series."

Bruce Rosenstein, author of Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker's Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life, published by Berrett-Koehler (2009), speaks to Baruch community members about Peter Drucker, the father of "modern management."

Professor Rita Ormsby, Information Services Librarian at Newman Library, introduces the speaker and moderates the event.

Donald Vredenburgh, Head of Department of Management at Baruch College, makes the welcoming remarks.

The event takes place on November 10, 2010 at Baruch College Vertical Campus, Room 3-150.