6th OffshoreAlert Financial Due Diligence Conference - 'The Unexpurgated Offshore'
WHEN: Sunday - Tuesday, April 13 - 15, 2008
WHERE: Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.
Bringing the Offshore and Onshore worlds together through education and dialogue.
PROGRAM OVERVIEWIf you work, invest, or conduct any type of business in offshore financial centers or regulate those that do, regardless of where you live, you should not want to miss the 6th OffshoreAlert Financial Due Diligence Conference - 'The Unexpurgated Offshore', which will take place on April 13-15, 2008 at the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
For the first time in its six-year history, our conference will be devoted entirely to the subject of OFCs, which is one of the most dynamic areas of global finance. This will include analyzing products, scrutinizing jurisdictions, and looking at key issues such as laws, regulatory regime, quality of civil and criminal justice, niche segments, transparency, political stability, corruption, fraud, money laundering, tax exchange information agreements, mutual legal assistance treaties, international reputation, cost, infrastructure, work permits for expatriates, telecommunications, and a lot more.
Most importantly, we will show you what is considered to be legal by major countries like the USA, the UK and Canada - and what is not!
OffshoreAlert will deliver comprehensive, independent, and unfettered information about every important aspect of the complex world of offshore banking and finance, so that you may reduce your business risk, improve the efficiency of your capital, and make important new relationships with people of influence, expertise, and wealth.
This year's conference - entitled 'The Unexpurgated Offshore' - is aimed at everyone who works, invests, or conducts any type of business in offshore financial centers or regulate those that do, regardless of where you live.
General sessions include a keynote debate between pro-offshore and anti-offshore parties about the role OFCs play in the global economy, while another debate will ponder the statement: 'My Way or the Highway: The United States is Regulating Itself into Economic Decline'. Other general sessions will inform attendees 'How to Utilize Offshore Financial Centers WITHOUT Breaking the Law', and go into 'Steps OFCs Must Take to Thrive in the Modern Era'.
Sunday, April 13, 2008 4:00 - 5:30 PM - Early Check-in 5:30 - 7:30 PM - Welcome Cocktail Reception
Monday, April 14, 2008 7:30 - 8:20 AM - Continental Breakfast & Check-In 8:20 AM - 6:00 PM - Conference Sessions 5:30 - 7:30 PM - Networking Cocktail Reception
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:30 - 8:30 AM - Continental Breakfast 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM - Conference Sessions
Track OverviewIn order to maximize content for attendees, much of the conference will be taken up with three concurrent tracks, entitled 'Offshore Compliance 101', 'Offshore A-Z' and 'Jurisdictions 360 °', including a key-note debate between pro-offshore and anti-offshore parties about the role offshore financial centers play in the global economy and another debate on the statement that 'My Way or the Highway: The United States is Regulating Itself into Economic Decline'.
The 'Offshore Compliance' track is aimed at financial institutions and others conducting cross-border transactions which are required to comply with laws that are becoming increasingly harsh on transgressors. It will show financial institutions how to set up and implement a system to meet international compliance standards and reduce general business risk.
This track is chaired by leading Offshore Compliance Specialist Nancy J. Saur, CAMS, FICA. Founder of the Cayman Islands Compliance Association, Ms. Saur has nearly 30 years of experience in international finance.
The 'Offshore A-Z' track will concentrate on offshore products, such as trusts, hedge funds, Special Purpose Vehicles, and insurance/reinsurance products; asset recovery, liquidations, and investigations.
The 'Jurisdictions 360°' track will take an in-depth look at five of the most significant offshore financial centers that service the biggest corporations and wealthiest high net worth individuals domiciled in the world's richest countries, plus one jurisdiction that has the potential to compete with the best of them: the Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Panama, and Cuba.
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INTELLIGENT DEBATESOffshore Financial Centers – Are They Healthy for the Global Economy? A debate between pro-offshore and anti-offshore factions on whether OFCs play a positive or negative role in world finance. Yes, they are:
No, they are not:
PREVIEW Read an interview conducted by OffshoreAlert with Dan Mitchell and Richard Murphy on 'The Big Debate', a preview of what can be expected when economist Dan Mitchell & Richard Hay will go head-to-head with Jack Blum & Richard Murphy for the first time ever in a public forum to openly debate whether offshore financial centers are good or bad for the global economy.
My Way or the Highway: The United States is Regulating Itself into Economic Decline? A debate on the effects that bureaucracy and financial regulations within the United States are having on its economy and whether they are driving business to other countries and are, in fact, key reasons why offshore financial centers not only exist but thrive.
Yes, it is: Burke Files, Principal, Financial Examinations & Evaluations, Inc.
No, it isn't: Jack Blum, Ex-United States Senate Staff Attorney.
POWER PANELSHow To Utilize Offshore Financial Centers Without Breaking The Law The world's biggest corporations and wealthiest high net worth individuals routinely use OFCs in an attempt to improve their bottom line. However, there is a thin, movable line between what is legal and illegal in the eyes of major countries like the United States.
Some of the offshore world's most experienced practitioners explains how stay on the right side of the laws in your home jurisdiction when utilizing offshore structures to reduce your overall business risks and improve the efficiency of your capital.
Steps Offshore Financial Centers Must Take To Thrive in the Modern Era
Onshore and offshore countries are engaged in a continuous game of cat and mouse, one in which the goal-posts are constantly changing. Our panel looks at what OFCs must do to become accepted as team players in the international financial world and the existing and new areas of business that will make this possible.
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Dan Mitchell
Cato Institute 
Richard Hay
Jack Blum, Ex-US Senate Counsel 
Richard Murphy, Tax Justice Network
Hotel Information
All Conference Sessions & Functions will take place at:
Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club
1881 SE 17th St
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 US
Phone: 1 (954) 463-4000
Phone: 1 (888) 554-2131
GROUP BOOKING CODE: OFF6
Renew your body and spirit at Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club – a proud member of The Hilton Family. Surrounded by the grandeur of ocean vessels and shrouded in refined elegance this destination provides a soothing unhurried pace in a chic waterfront setting.
OffshoreAlert's Room Block Cut-Off Date is Monday, March 31, 2008.
OffshoreAlert has reserved a limited number of guest rooms at the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club at the special discounted rate of $229 per night plus taxes. The rate is guaranteed through March 31, 2008 but the room block may sell out at any time. Please call the Fort Lauderdale Grande at 1-888-554-2131 or 1-954-463-4000 to make your reservations today!
Poised at the edge of the splendid Intracoastal Waterway, the Fort Lauderdale Grande offers guests refined elegance, a dynamic location, and impeccable service. As a proud member of The Hilton Family, enjoy the unsurpassed benefits of the renowned Hilton Hotel Corporation programs, as well as all the truly unforgettable amenities including a 33-slip marina and dining at their waterfront restaurant, China Grill Fort Lauderdale.
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Your Conference Pass Includes entrance to all sessions & exhibitor hall; entrance to networking cocktail receptions; entrance to continental breakfasts, networking lunches and refreshment breaks; course materials and certificate of attendance.
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If you attend on April 14-15, 2008 at the beautiful, yacht-filled waterways of Fort Lauderdale and do not consider it to be one of the finest conferences on international financial crime that you have ever attended, OffshoreAlert will refund 100% of your ticket price.
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