Thursday May 2, 2002
7:00 AM      Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 AM      Welcome Introduction
Dr. Peter D. Maynard: Chairperson
Prof. William H. Byrnes: Co-Chairperson
Dr. Robert J. Munro: Co-Chairperson

9:00 AM   TRACK I:
    Terrorism and the Money Trail; The New USA Patriot Act
Dr. Robert J. Munro, Moderator
Dr. Jaime Ospina
Mr. J. Richard Duke
Dr. Jorge Luciani
Mr. Ross Gaffney
Mr. Alan E. Brill

TRACK II:
    The OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices:  An Update on Its Policies,
    Their Implementation and Their Economic Effects on offshore Jurisdiction
    in the Caribbean and the World
Mr. Howard Bilton, Moderator
Mr. Daniel Mitchell, Ph.D.:
    Update on Implementation of OECD Policies by the Listed Offshore Financial Centers
    and Implementation of Sanctions by OECD Members
Mr. Marshall Langer: Update on Recent U.S. Tax Information Exchange Agreements
Dr. Gilbert Morris: Update on Their Effects on US Investment and the World Financial System

10:30 AM     Tea And Coffee Break

11:00 AM    TRACK I:
    U.S., U.K., Caribbean and Latin America Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture:
    Implications for Onshore & Offshore Jurisdictions and Banks; Detecting & Tracking
    Terrorist Funds; Complying With the New Terrorism Money Laundering Laws
Dr. Robert J. Munro
Mr. Jean-Cedric Michel: European Update
Ms. Victoria H. Figge: Latin American Update
Mr. Andrew C. Ferreira: Caribbean Update

TRACK II:
    Implementation of the OECD Policy on Improving Access to Bank Information
    for Tax Purposes
Mr. Larry Fedro, Moderator
Mr. Marshall Langer:
    Why Bankers Oppose Reporting of Bank Deposit Interest Paid to Non-Residents.
    And, U.S. Policy Initiatives Regarding Exchange of Banking Information for Tax Purposes
Mr. Eric Crutchley:
    Dealing with a Request for Bank Information for Tax Purposes, Including Treaty Requests,
    Foreign Bank Credit Card Information and Other Requests for Tax-Related Information

12:30 PM    Wine and Luncheon, Luncheon Speaker:
The Hon. Carl Bethel, M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of The Bahamas*

2:00 PM    TRACK I:
    The Handling of Suspicious Transactions: Know Your Employee, Your Customer and
    Your Customer's Customer; Lessons for Banks, Financial and Insurance Companies
Dr. Robert J. Munro, Moderator
Mr. Thomas V. Cash
Mr. Phillip G. Gay
Mr. Denis Kleinfeld
Mr. J. Richard Duke

TRACK II:
    Update on the Implementation of the Qualified Intermediary Regulations
Mr. Larry Fedro, Moderator
Mr. Robert F. Hudson, Jr.: Update on Qualified Intermediary Rules

3:00 PM    TRACK I:
    The Prevention of International Bank, Insurance and Corporate Fraud
Mr. Thomas V. Cash
Ms. Elizabeth R. Marchese
Mr. Ross Gaffney

TRACK II:
    Tax Competition or Tax Harmonization: An Update on the Battle Between
    International Bureaucracies and Low-Tax Jurisdictions, and How It Effects
    Proposals Such as the OECD "Harmful Tax Competition" Scheme,
    the European Union's "Savings Tax Directive,"
    and other Initiatives to Restrict Fiscal Competition
Mr. Daniel Mitchell, Ph.D

3:30 PM     Tea and Coffee Break

4:00 PM    TRACK I:
    Latin American and Caribbean Banker’s Compliance and
    Anti-Money Laundering Roundtable 2002
Dr. Robert J. Munro, Moderator
Mr. Clemente Vazquez-Bello, Esq.
Ms. Victoria H. Figge
Dr. Jorge Luciani
Dr. Jaime Ospina
Mr. Eric Crutchley

TRACK II:
    Update on Changes in Offshore Trust Fiduciary Regulation, Jurisprudence and
    the Effectiveness of Asset Protection
Mr. Howard Bilton: Update on Substantial Trust Regulatory Changes in Offshore Jurisdictions
Mr. Thomas V. Cash: The Tracing and Recovery of Assets
Mr. J. Richard Duke: Update on the Effectiveness of Asset Protection Trusts & U.S. Jurisprudence

5:30 PM     Tax Competition Roundtable:
Mr. Andrew Quinlan: Activities of the Coalition for Tax Competition & the Battle to Convince
    U.S. Policy Makers to Oppose Tax Harmonization Initiatives Such as Information Exchange
Mr. Daniel Mitchell, Ph.D.:
    A Defense of Tax Competition, and Why the Success or Failure of the EU Savings Tax Directive
    Will Be the Pivotal Point in the Conflict Between Low-Tax Nations and the OECD

6:30 PM    Adjournment Day One

7:00 PM    Cocktail Reception and Hors d’oeuvres, Location:
Nassau Marriott Resort & Crystal Palace Casino
 

Friday May 3, 2002
7:00 AM     Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM     Welcome Introduction

8:30 AM     TRACK I:
    Staff Training in Compliance, Due Diligence, Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Fraud
Mr. Phillip G. Gay

TRACK II:
    Taxation Is Far Too Important a Matter to Be Left to Philosophers
Mr. Charles Cain

9:15 AM     TRACK I:
    Recent Developments in Compliance for Banks and Financial Institutions
Dr. Robert J. Munro, Moderator
Ms. Wendy C. Warren
Dr. Jaime Ospina
Mr. Philip G. Gay
 Ms. Victoria H. Figge

TRACK II:
    Update on Migration, Economic Citizenship, Expatriation for Europe and The Americas
    After September 11th
Mr. Marshall Langer

10:30 AM      Tea and Coffee Break

11:00 AM     TRACK I:
    Update on Private Banking: The Family Office;
    A Review for Bankers, Tax Counsel and Accountants
Mr. Casimir Wittgenstein

TRACK II:
    Update on Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela Tax Planning
Mr. Juan Calvo

11.30 AM     TRACK I:
    The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) in 2002 and
    The Financial Action Task Force: European and Caribbean Perspectives
Mr. Fitz-Roy Drayton
Mr. Jean-Cedric Michel

TRACK II:
    The Bahamas: Legal Regulatory Developments Affecting Offshore Investments,
    Banks and Other Financial Institutions
Dr. Peter D. Maynard, Moderator
The Hon. Carl Bethel, M.P.
Ms. Wendy C. Warren
Ms. Elizabeth Thompson

12:30 PM      Wine and Lunch,  Luncheon Speaker:
Congressman William Jefferson* Member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the
U.S. House Ways & Means Committee (the Committee charged with writing the U.S. Tax Laws),
New Orleans, Louisiana and office in Washington,  DC USA

2:00 PM     TRACK I:
    Banks, Financial Institutions & Businesses: The Extent to Which the Global Mafias
    and Fraudsters Have Penetrated Markets in the Caribbean, Latin & North America.
    What Can Banks, National Governments and International Organizations Do?
Dr. Robert J. Munro
Mr. Fernando Capablanca*
Ms. Victoria H. Figge
Dr. Jaime Ospina

TRACK II:
    Update on Tax Planning Opportunities for U.S. Persons
Mr. Denis Kleinfeld, Moderator
Mr. Beckett G. Cantley: Update on Administrative and Congressional Attacks
Mr. Walter Haines: Update on Foreign Charitable Foundations
Mr. Robert S. Bloink: Update on IRS Litigation of Structured Financial Transaction

3:30 PM     Tea and Coffee Break

4:00 PM     TRACK I:
    The Roles of the Compliance Officer and the Bank Security Officer
Dr. Robert J. Munro, Moderator
M. Elizabeth R. Marchese
Mr. Philip G. Gay
Ms. Victoria H. Figge

TRACK II:
    Update on Offshore Tax Planning Opportunities for Canada
Ms. Marie-Marthe Gagnon, Moderator
Mr. Alan Ross: For Individuals
Ms. Sian Stephenson: For Individuals
Mr. David Ward: For Corporations
Prof. Brian Arnold: Measures Against the Use of Low-Tax Regimes

5:15 PM     TRACK I:
    Special Highlights: The Implications of September 11th and Terrorism:
    Bank Secrecy, Money Laundering and Tax Planning —
    Issues for Bankers, Attorneys, Tax Planners and Government Officials
Mr. Marshall Langer, Moderator
Mr. Thomas V. Cash
Mr. Alan E. Brill
Mr. J. Richard Duke

TRACK II:
    Update on Offshore Tax Planning Opportunities for the U.K.
Mr. Howard Bilton, Moderator
Mr. Stuart Solomon*: Foreign Insurance and Foreign Annuity Planning
Mr. Rene Valks: Update on Holding Companies and Other Treaties Structures
Mr. Simon Hanley: Update on Foreign Compensation Planning

6:30 PM      Roundtable:
    How the Bahamas can help the US economy without shooting itself into the foot
Ms. Barbara Angus (invited), Mr.Anton Keller, Dr. Gilbert Morris, Dr. Richard Rahn (invited)
(see also: www.solami.com/15February.htm, www.solami.com/memo24march.htm)

7:30 PM      Adjournment Day Two
 

Saturday May 4, 2002
8:00 AM     Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM     TRACK I:
    CyberCrime, Anti-Money Laundering and E-commerce: Potholes on the Information
    Superhighway for Investors, Financial Institutions, Advisors and Governments
Mr. Alan E. Brill
Mr. William Baugh

TRACK II:
    Estate/Gift and Income Tax Planning With U.S and Foreign Insurance;
    Compliance Issues for Insurance Companies
Mr. Denis Kleinfeld
Mr. J. Richard Duke

10:30 AM     Tea and Coffee Break

11:00 AM     TRACK I:
    Financial Cryptography for Bankers, Lawyers, Investors and Accountants
Mr. Alan E. Brill
Mr. William Baugh
Ms. Ana Penn

TRACK II:
    Continuation: Estate/Gift and Income Tax Planning With U.S. and Foreign Insurance
Mr. Fraser Allport
Mr. Peter E. Barnett

12:30 PM     TRACK II:
    Update on U.S. Inbound and Outbound Taxation of Intellectual Property
 Mr. George Summerfield

1:30 PM      The Society of Fellows (S-5) Annual Meeting

2:30 PM      Conference Adjournment: Thanks to All
Dr. Peter Maynard
Prof. William H. Byrnes
Dr. Robert J. Munro
 

Mr. Fraser Allport, Founder, The Constellation Group, Inc.; Founder, The American
Constellation Foundation; Founder, The non-profit National Association for Retirement
Planning; Bloomfield, Connecticut

Ms. Barbara Angus, International Tax Counsel, Department of Treasury, Washington, DC (invited)

Prof. Brian Arnold, University of Western Ontario and Goodmans, LLP, Toronto, Canada

Mr. Peter E. Barnett, Senior Vice President, Wealth Management, Scottish Annuity & Life
International Insurance Company (Bermuda) Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda

Mr. William E. Baugh, Jr., Attorney at Law & CEO, Savannah Technologies, Savannah, Georgia;
Former Assistant Director, FBI, Washington, DC

The Hon. Carl Bethel, M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of The Bahamas, Nassau
(Invited)

Mr. Howard Bilton, Chairman, Sovereign Group, Hong Kong

Mr. Robert S. Bloink, Partner, Cantley, Sedacca, Herzig, LaDow & Bloink, LLP;
Former Senior Attorney, IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Large and Mid-Sized Business Division,
Served as a Liaison Counsel for the Offshore Compliance Techn. Assist. Progr.; Atlanta, Georgia

Mr. Alan E. Brill, Senior Managing Director, Kroll Associates, New York, New York

Prof. William H. Byrnes, Professor of Law and Director, LL.M. Program, International Tax &
Offshore Financial Centers, St. Thomas University, School of Law, Miami, Florida

Mr. Charles Cain, Chairman, Skyefid Ltd., Professor of Economics, Isle of Man International
Business School, Douglas, Isle of Man, British Isles

Mr. Juan Calvo, Vice Chairman, Board of Venepal; President, Asociación Latino Americana de
Industriales (AILA); Director, Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FEDECAMARAS); and Former President, Confederación Venezolana de Industriales, Caracas

Prof. Beckett G. Cantley, JD, LLM, AALS, Graduate Taxation Program (LL.M.),
St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, Florida; Of Counsel, Cantley, Sedacca,
Herzig, LaDow & Bloink, LLP, Attorneys at Law, Miami, Florida

Mr. Thomas V. Cash, Executive Managing Director, Kroll Associates, Miami, Florida

Mr. Eric Crutchley, President, Cayman Islands Bankers Association; President & Chief Executive,
Cayman National, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Mr. Fitz-Roy Drayton, Legal Advisor, Caribbean Anti-Money Laundering Programmer, Trinidad

Mr. J. Richard Duke, Attorney at Law, Duke Law Firm, P.C., Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Larry Fedro, Executive Director, School of Law, Tax Clinic, St. Thomas University, Miami,
Florida; Manager of Appeals, Internal Revenue Service, Atlanta, Georgia

Mr. Andrew C. Ferreira, Associate and Attorney-at-Law, Chancery Chambers, Chancery House,
Bridgetown, Barbados

Ms. Victoria H. Figge, Partner (Socia), BERG Associates (Latin America), Inc.;
Former Head, Financial Intelligence Unit, Panama City, Republic of Panama

Mr. Julian Francis, The Governor General, Central Bank of The Bahamas, Nassau (Invited)

Ms. Marie-Marthe Gagnon, Former Senior Tax Policy Officer, Tax Treaties Section,
Department of Finance, Canada; CGA, M. Fiscalite, LLM Candidate (STU, Miami); Nassau

Mr. Ross Gaffney, Special Agent in Charge, FBI, North Miami Beach, Florida

Mr. Phillip G. Gay, Jr., Senior Vice President, Commercial Bank of Florida, Miami, Florida

Mr. Simon Hanley, Director, Sovereign Group, London, United Kingdom

Mr. Walter Haines, General Counsel, Arts for Peace; and Former Internal Revenue Agent,
Internal Revenue Service, Los Angeles, California

Mr. Robert F. Hudson, Jr., Senior Tax Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Miami, Florida

The Right Honorable Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister, Nassau (Invited)

Congressman William Jefferson, Member, Ways & Means Committee, New Orleans, Louisiana

Mr. Anton Keller, Secretary, Good Offices Group of European Lawmakers, Geneva

Mr. Denis Kleinfeld, Attorney at Law, The Kleinfeld Law Firm, Miami, Florida

Mr. Marshall Langer, Of Counsel, Shutts & Bowen, London, United Kingdom

Dr. Jorge Luciani Gutiérrez, President, Escritorio Jurídico Luciani; Attorney at Law,
Banco Mercantil de Venezuela; Advisor, Venezuelan Banking Association; and
Professor, School of Law, Andrés Bello Catholic University, Caracas, Venezuela

Ms. Elizabeth R. Marchese, Senior Vice President and Director of Security and Loss Prevention,
Union Planters Bank, Miami, Florida

Dr. Peter D. Maynard, Attorney at Law, Dr. Peter E. Maynard & Co.; and
President, The Bahamas Bar Association, Nassau, The Bahamas

Mr. Jean-Cedric Michel, Attorney, De Pfyffer, Argand, Troller & Partners, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Daniel Mitchell, Senior Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC

Dr. Gilbert NMO Morris (Oxon) (FIDSR), Executive Director, Nassau Institute (NI); Chairman,
Security Policy Group International (SPGI); Professor, George Mason University, Washington, DC

Dr. Robert J. Munro, Co-Director, Center for International Financial Crimes Studies,
University of Florida, College of Law, Gainesville, FL; Barrister

Dr. Jaime Ospina, International Consultant; Counsel on Anti-Money Laundering Issues,
Colombian Bankers Association; Founder Member, Ospina & Consultores Asociados Ltda.,
Bogotá and Skol, Ospina, Serna, Specialized Firms on Anti-Money Laundering Programs, Bogotá

Ana Penn, CEO and Executive Director, International Business Law Services (IBLS), Irvine, Cal;
Adj. Professor, On-line MBA, Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business & Entrepreneurship,
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Mr. Andrew Quinlan, President, Center for Freedom and Prosperity, Washington, DC

Dr. Richard Rahn, Chairman, Prosperity Institute, Washington DC (invited)

Mr. Alan Ross, Partner, Tax Department, Bennett Jones, LLP, Calgary, Canada

Ms. Sian Stephenson, Associate, Tax Department, Bennett Jones LLP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Mr. George Summerfield, Attorney at Law, Stadheim and Grear, Chicago, Illinois

Ms. Elizabeth Thompson, Legal Counsel, Finance Intelligence Unit, Attorney General’s Office
of The Bahamas, Nassau (Invited)

Mr. Rene Valks, Partner, Attorney at Law, Loyens & Volkmaars, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Mr. Clemente Vazquez-Bello, Partner, Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. (1995 - to present);
Chairman, Security and Fraud Prevention Committee, Florida International Bankers Association
(FIBA) and Former Chairman, Legal Affairs Committee; Member of the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINcen), Department of the Treasury (1998 - Present); Miami

Mr. David C. Ward, Q.C., Senior Partner, Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg, LLP, Toronto, Canada

Ms. Wendy Warren, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, The Bahamas Financial
Services Board (BFSB), Nassau

Mr. Casimir Wittgenstein, Investment Manager, Pictet Bank, London, United Kingdom
 

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