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2009 Annual Branch Conference

Our Annual Conference of the USA Branch was held at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington DC, on February 26-27 this year. In spite of the difficult economy, attendance was only slightly down, a testament to Sam Maruca and his team for all their good work in making this happen. The Corporate Program Committee included Peter Barnes of General Electric, David Paul of American Honda Motor, Linda Evans of IBM Corporation, Mike Bernard of Microsoft Corporation, Norm Richter of Textron, Inc., Karen Halby of Sony Corporation, and Judy Zelisko of Brunswick, Inc. The Steering Committee included Peter Barnes of General Electric, Peter Blessing of Shearman Sterling, Steven Cohen of SJC Tax Consulting, Gregory May of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Carol Tello of Sutherland, Roger Wheeler of KPMG, Janice Lucchesi of Akzo Nobel Inc., Linda Evans of IBM Corporation, Michael Caballero of Paul Hastings, Marjorie Rollinson of Ernst & Young, and Chip Harter of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

For the handouts from this meeting, access the website by clicking on this link: U.S. Conference Materials. (This document folder is available to Members Only – contact the office if you need assistance logging into the website)

Thank you to the Sponsors of the 2009 Annual Conference: Thomson Reuters, Ballentine Barbera Group, BNA Tax & Accounting, Covington & Burling, Duff & Phelps, McKee Nelson, Orrick, and Tax Analysts.