Financial Accounting & Reporting Update (Chicago, United States - October 20-21, 2020) - ResearchAndMarkets.com
Anita Pathy Ernst & Young, Manager
The "Financial Accounting & Reporting Update" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
We are seeing an unprecedented level of major accounting changes from US and international standard-setters. This conference will address the latest developments in key areas. Experts from the Big Four and regional firms will lead the discussion.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the latest accounting changes in key areas
- Recognize the timelines and key factors
- Begin to assess the effects of these standards on your company or clients
Agenda:
Agenda: DAY 1
8:45 - 10:00
- Fraud and Accounting Failures
- Context and perspective
- Examples: Fictitious Sales or Revenue
- Examples: Timing Issues
- Examples: Other Issues
10:00 - 10:10
- Break
10:10 - 11:25
- Hedge Accounting Post ASU 2017-12: Where we Landed and Where are we Headed Next
- Interest rates
- Commodity
- FX
- The risks, the instruments and the accounting-disclosures
11:25 - 11:30
- Break
11:30 - 12:30
- FASB Update
- Recent and Proposed ASUs
- Current Projects
- Disclosure Effectiveness
- Impact of COVID-19
- What to expect in the next 12 months
12:30 - 1:15
- Lunch
1:15 - 2:25
- SOX & Internal Controls Update
- Techniques and methods to cut costs and minimize time spent during a pandemic
- Information Provided by Entity (IPE) Update
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Update
- Latest PCAOB Audit Trends
2:25 - 2:35
- Break
2:35 - 3:45
- Accounting for Leases Update
- Lessons Learned in Initial Implementation
- Impact of project was underestimated
- Some of more challenging areas include: identifying lease population, data abstraction, implementing a platform for ongoing reporting and identifying processes and controls for applying the requirements
3:45 - 3:50
- Break
3:50 - 4.40
- Tax Update
- Interpretations and examples
- Impact of COVID-19
Agenda: DAY 2
8:45 - 10:15
- SEC Update
- SEC Personnel Update
- The Financial CHOICE Act
- JOBS Act Implementation Update
- FAST Act (aka JOBS Act 1.5)
- Form 10Q Efficiencies
- Interim Financial Statements
- MD&A
- Quantitative & Qualitative Disclosures
10:15 - 10:30
- Break
10:30 - 12:00
- Revenue Recognition Update
- Where people are getting stuck within the new model
- Implementation observations
- Beware These Hot Spots - Comment Letters
- Survey results
12:00 - 12:45
- Lunch
12:45 - 2:00
- M&A Update
- Industry Trends
- Recent Activity
- Impact of COVID-19
2:00 - 2:10
- Break
2:10 - 3:25
- Cybersecurity Update
- Protecting personal data
- Smart consumer devices expanding faster than controls
- Personal Health and Medical Devices
- Ransomware
3:25 - 3:30
- Break
3:30 - 4:40
- Treasury Update
- LIBOR transition
- Cryptocurrency update
- The geopolitical landscape - threats to international trade
Speakers
- George Do Equinix, Chief Information Security Officer
- Renton Squires PwC, Principal
- Aleks Zabreyko Connor Group, Partner and Head of Professional Practice
- Anita Pathy Ernst & Young, Manager
- Kim Le A2Q2, Director, Founder & CEO
- Helen Kane Hedge Trackers, President & Founder
- Matthew Nickrent Ernst & Young, Manager
- Ron Kiima Kiima Inc., Former U.S. SEC Assistant Chief Accountant in Division of Corporation Finance
- Amanda McCarty Grant Thornton, Audit Partner
- Kevin Moyers Deloitte, Tax Senior Manager
- Andy Clay Grant Thornton, Senior Manager
- Charlie Steward Deloitte, Accounting Services Senior Manager
- Mark Driessen PwC, Director
- Matt Svetich Effectus Group, Director of Technical Accounting
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