NEWTON, Mass.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Now in its seventh year, the 2009 MIT Sloan CFO Summit will take place November 19 at the Boston Marriott Newton, and bring together more than 500 CFOs and senior financial executives from around the world.

This theme of “Thriving in the New World Order” will drive discussions on the future of finance, accounting, and strategic business initiatives. The Summit also offers attendees the unique opportunity to hear MIT Sloan academicians and successful business leaders explore these critical issues together.

“The world is changing, and so is the role of the CFO,” said Jeremy Seidman, Co-Chair of the MIT Sloan CFO Summit. “We understand the day-to-day pressures they are under in these uncertain times. The goal of our Summit is to provide a one-day forum that arms CFOs with practical insights and strategies to face today’s volatile global economy and keep them well-positioned for success when the economy flourishes again.”

The Summit’s opening keynote session, “Strengthening your Competitive Position in an Economic Downturn,” will be moderated by FOX Business Network's Dagen McDowell. Panel speakers include Joe Capezza, CFO, Health Net; Kurt Kuehn, CFO, UPS; Gunter Niederhuder, CFO, BMW (North America); and David Goulden, CFO, EMC. The featured luncheon keynote speaker is the U.S. Department of Energy CFO, Steve Isakowitz, who will discuss “Financing a New Generation of Clean Energy Technologies.”

Other workshops and panels during the day are “Evolution of M&A”; “Today’s Stimulus Recipient is Tomorrow’s Winner”; “Social Networking for the CFO,” whose panel will feature 38 Studios’ Founder and Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling; “Strengthening Competitive Position in an Economic Downturn”; “Fiscal Fitness”; “Strategies for Reducing Corporate Fraud”; and “Investor Relations for a New Age.” Click here to see the agenda.

“Since 2003, the CFO Summit has brought together leading CFOs from around the nation and the world. We are thankful for their insights, participation and willingness to impart their wisdom to our attendees,” said Jack McCullough, Co-Chair of the MIT Sloan CFO Summit.

For more information and registration detail, please visit www.mitcfo.com.

About the MIT Sloan CFO Summit

The MIT Sloan CFO Summit is the nation’s premier CFO event. Each year, the event offers a day of cutting-edge programming that addresses the changing role of the CFO. The event is rich with opportunities for practical education and peer networking in a time-efficient format.

The summit is part of the CXO Series produced by the MIT Sloan School of Management, one of the world’s leading academic sources of innovation in management theory and practice, and the MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston. The annual events are organized 100% by alumni volunteers. By promoting the MIT philosophy of “mens et manus,” or “mind and hand,” they are able to bring together the academic research from MIT Sloan with today’s corporate financial leaders to foster debate and provide informative discourse.

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