Passau University, Germany, the home of the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, hosts the 1st Passau Anticorruption Symposium on October 10-11, 2008. The event brings together distinguished speakers from the private and public sector. If you are not already registered, please do so.

Speakers at the symposium include Wolfgang Schaupensteiner (Deutsche Bahn AG), Wolfgang Hetzer (OLAF), Prof. Dr. Martin Paldam (Univ. Aarhus), Michael Hershman (Fairfax-Group), Prof. Dr. Dr. Friedrich Schneider (Univ. Linz), Peter Y. Solmssen (Board Siemens).

As a special guest to the symposium, Joe Pistone, also known as Donnie Brasco, will give a dinner presentation on October 10 about his four years living undercover with the New York Mafia.