Anti-Corruption Summit

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The Anti-Corruption Summit

A gathering of leaders in the fight against corruption to discuss and arrive at a consensus upon how to treat the greatest problem facing business and government in the 21st century

Organized by
The International Anti-Corruption Forum
in collaboration with
The International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management
The School of Accounting of Florida International University.

Cosponsors
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Information Agency (USIA)
Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the World Bank
Transparency International/Latin America
Coopers & Lybrand.

April 2-4, 1998
Radisson Mart Plaza Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA

Moderator: Carlos Morelli, Casals & Associates, Inc., Ex-Secretary
General of the VIII International Anti-Corruption Conference, Lima,
Peru, September 1997

Thursday, April 2 8:30am - 5:00pm (continental breakfast from
7:30am, lunch at noon)

- Keynote: Evaluating Practical Measures for Reducing Corruption, Robert
Klitgaard, Dean, The RAND Graduate School

Panels:
+ Organized Global Corruption: Asia Melts, the World
Trembles, Jack Blum, Attorney/ former US Senate Investigator,
Jeffrey Winters, Associate Professor, Northwestern University (plus one
more panelist)

+ Civil Society vs. Corruption: Professional and Non-Governmental
Organization Alliances, Luis Moreno Ocampo, President of Transparency
International /Latin America, Roberto Eisenman*, President, Citizen
Liberty Development Foundation of Panama (plus one more)

+ Government Ethics Codes and Offices, F. Gary Davis, Deputy
Director, US Office of Government Ethics, Hiram R. Morales, Executive
Director, Office of Government Ethics Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
Nora Gorrochategui de Sosa Mendoza, Deputy Director, National Office
of Public Ethics, Argentina

+ The International Conventions: Status and Actions (OAS, OECD,
etc.), Richard Werksman, Assistant General Counsel, United States
Information Agency, Guido Bertuucci, United Nations, Dr. Luis Salas,
Florida International University

Friday, April 3 8:30am - 5:00pm (continental breakfast from 7:30am,
lunch at noon)

Panels:
+ Corruption in Business: Money Laundering, Alan Abel,
Coopers & Lybrand, Washington, D.C., Edsel López, Coopers & Lybrand,
Aruba, Scott Moritz, Director, Investigations Financial Advisory Services,
Coopers & Lybrand, New York

+ Corruption in Municipal Governments, Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, Harvard
Institute for International Development, former mayor of La Paz,
Bolivia, Ileana Colón-Carlo, Central University of Bayamon, former Comptroller
General of Puerto Rico (plus a panelist on City of Miami corruption cases)

A Caribbean Case: International Recovery of Proceeds from Corruption,
Bob Lindquist, Partner in Charge of Forensic Investigations, Price Waterhouse

+ Successful Anti-Corruption Strategies in Latin America, Petter
Langseth, Economic Development Institute of the World Bank (plus two
Latin American National Vice Presidents* and one other)

+ The Media vs. Corruption, Jack Nelson, Chief Washington
Correspondent, The Los Angeles Times (plus two more)

Saturday, April 4 8:30am - 1:00pm (continental breakfast from
7:30am, no lunch)

The Need for a Viable Democracy to Control Corruption, Antonio Sánchez
de Lozada, St. Antony's College, Oxford University, Former Senator,
Comptroller General and Finance Minister of Bolivia

Panels:
+ Academic Colloquium: Educators vs. Corruption, Dr. Michael
Johnston, Colgate University, Dr. Nikos Passas, Temple University,
Dr. Luigi Manzetti, Southern Methodist Univeristy, Dr. Loretta Bruening,
California State University, Hayward

+ Reaching Consensus on Combating Corruption, Jim Wesberry and
Carlos Morelli, Casals & Associates, Steve Berkman, Consultant,
formerly World Bank, Jack Blum, Attorney/ former U.S. Senate
Investigator

Closing Message:
The New War: The Web of Crime and Corruption that
Threatens the World, United States Senator John Kerry*

* Invited, not yet confirmed
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This event is being held immediately following the XII International Conference on New Developments in Governmental Financial Management to be held March 30-April 1. For information on that conference see:
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The Anti-Corruption Forum

Summit Registration Form

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