“PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner to Keynote at the 9th ASIS International European Security Conference” Date: Friday, February 19, 2010 Source: ASIS

ASIS International has announced that Manny A. Alas, a Partner in the New York Office of PricewaterhouseCoopers will be a keynote speaker at the 9th ASIS International European Security Conference which will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on 18-21 April 2010.  Mr. Alas has 25 years of professional experience.  He serves as the Global Co-Leader of the Firm's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) practice and New York leader of the Forensic Services practice.  His FCPA expertise includes investigations, compliance programs, controls implementation, pre and post merger due diligence and training programs.  He provides specialised advisory services to attorneys, boards of directors, audit committees, and senior company management.  His area of expertise is FCPA as well as fraud investigations and forensic accounting.  Manny has led a variety of significant international and domestic investigations covering such areas as: accounting fraud, asset diversion, foreign corrupt practice investigations, money laundering and Ponzi schemes. He assists clients and law firms with investigations before the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The conference will feature more than 36 high-level educational sessions for and by international security experts that will cover the entire spectrum of security topics ranging from cyber crime, energy security, piracy, terrorism, intellectual property rights, hotel and building security, and more.  Participants who register before the 28th of February benefit from a discounted rate.  Opportunities for organisations that want to gain exposure and to raise the visibility of their brand, products, or services among key decision makers in the security sector in Europe are still available on the event website. To see the website please click on the link below. ASIS Courtesy of SecurityOracle.com - The Secury Industry's Portal