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"How do I effectively test my AML monitoring program?"

"How will the NASD/NYSE combination affect my compliance program?"

"What level of due diligence is required for correspondent foreign accounts, and how do I conduct it?"

Like many compliance officers, you might be unsure how to answer these questions. But with the specter of large fines for non-compliance looming over the heads of regional and community financial institutions such as yours, it's imperative to ensure you and your staff can provide the answers before the examiners arrive.

That's why I'd like to invite you to AMLAC WEST, the West Coast-focused version of the longest-running and most prestigious AML compliance conference, which will be held at the luxurious San Francisco Crowne Plaza Union Square from February 26-28, 2007.

You'll hear from more than 30 expert speakers, including:

Gather Insights and Strategies for Managing Your Most Pressing Compliance Issues
AMLAC WEST will feature international, national and regional AML experts discussing concerns that keep compliance officers up at night: How can I ensure that I'm conducting the appropriate level of due diligence with foreign accounts? What actually happens to a SAR once it's been filed? How can I best prepare for an AML program audit? What constitutes a "private account"?

The Ideal Mix of Regulators, Enforcement Agents, Industry Compliance Officers, and Intermediaries
The agenda and speaker roster for AMLAC WEST has been independently prepared to ensure an ideal mix of industry professionals, regulatory and enforcement personnel, and service providers, to ensure a balanced perspective on all of the top issues in AML compliance. In addition to compliance officers from banks, securities firms, insurance companies, investment advisors, and MSBs, you'll hear from top regulators, enforcement agents, and AML solution providers.

Enhance Your Skills by Signing up for our Pre-Conference Workshop or Symposium
We've also incorporated a pre-conference day taken directly from our successful East Coast event, designed specifically for compliance officers and other AML professionals. Our preconference workshop -- Utilizing Risk-Based Strategies to Design an FFIEC-Compliant AML Program – features two modules designed to show you how to develop a risk-based AML program, and how to develop this program to survive an AML examination utilizing the FFIEC Exam manual guidelines.

Our Pre-Conference Symposium – Combating the Financing of Terrorism – was borne out of our popular session from last year's conference, and has been expanded to cover research tools and methods, terrorist financing methodologies, emerging trends, and strategies to ensure you can identify terrorist financing activity and effectively work with law enforcement.

The Premier Annual AML Conference
Each year, the AMLAC Family of conferences attracts the most senior executives from across the globe, with topics customized to provide education at multiple levels of sophistication, covering the full gamut of industries that must comply with complex and ever-changing regulations. To reserve your place at AMLAC WEST, simply call 888-670-8200, fax to 941-365-2507, email register@iirusa.com or visit the conference Web site at www.amlac.com.

NEW!  Be sure to stick around after the sessions end on Tuesday, February 27 for the Networking Cocktail Reception, sponsored by:

I look forward to seeing you in February!

Regards,

Keith Kirkpatrick
Executive Director
AMLAC WEST 2007

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