Dr. Michael Turner will be presenting at the National Association of Credit Management's Credit Congress 2009. He will focus on the positive effects of utilities reporting customer payment information to credit reporting agencies. For more information, or to attend, please see NACM's conference website at creditcongress.nacm.org.

Dr. Michael Turner will be presenting on credit reporting standards in the Asia-Pacific region on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Credit Coalition at the Second APEC Business Advisory Council meeting in Brunei Darussalam.

Dr. Michael Turner will be presenting on cross-border data access for lenders and third-party credit providers at FairIsaac's InterACT 09 Conference. Dr. Turner will review current legislation to create better credit markets through data sharing, as well stress the importance of positive data.

InterACT 09 is FairIsaac's annual risk conference. To register for the event, or to view the latest agenda, please go to the InterAct 09 home page.

PERC President Dr. Michael Turner will be attending the next meeting on the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) held in Wellington, New Zealand. Dr. Turner will be participating in dicussions about financial identity and credit reporting systems as part of a larger, APEC-wide financial inclusion agenda. For more information, please visit the ABAC website at www.abaconline.org.

PERC President Dr. Michael Turner will be speaking at the NMSDC Petrochemical & Energy Industry Group Procurement Connections Forum. He will discuss Recovering But Not Recovered, PERC's latest research publication on small business recovery in the Gulf Coast. The Forum seeks to introduce minority and women business enterprises to the benefits of certification, identify high potential MWBEs to support the energy industry, and to provide capacity building opportunities for MWBEs.