Haas School | CFRM and Accounting

Nineteenth Annual Conference on Financial Reporting

Friday, October 24, 2008
Santa Clara Marriott Hotel

About the Conference
Conference Schedule
Speaker Biographies
Registration
Hotel Location, Directions, and Accomodations

About the Conference

This conference brings together accounting standard setters, enforcement officials, corporate financial executives, and professional and academic accountants to discuss current issues in financial accounting and corporate reporting. In today's business and regulatory environment, it is essential that preparers and users of financial statements be current on the latest financial reporting trends and issues.

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Conference Schedule

A schedule for the conference can be downloaded here. PDF File

Time	Event
7:30-8:00am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15am 8:15-8:30am	Opening Remarks Solomon Darwin Executive Director, CFRM, Haas School of Business, Berkeley Award for Distinguished Contributions to Financial Reporting Presented by Richard Lyons Dean, Haas School of Business
8:30-9:15am	Opening Address: The Path to Global Reporting: Opportunities and Challenges Sir David Tweedie Chairman, IASB Robert Herz Chairman, FASB
9:15-10:45am	IASB PANEL SEC Proposal for US Companies' Adoption of IFRS Adoption from US GAAP to IFRS - Challenges, Concerns & Benefits Benefits of Mandatory Vs Optional Adoption for US Companies Special Treatment for Multinationals Vs National/Smaller Companies Timeline and Adoption of Phase 1 FASB's role as US moves to IFRS given the reduced board membership Moderator: Solomon Darwin Executive Director, CFRM, Haas School of Business Panelists: D.J. Gannon National Partner Deloitte & Touche Robert Herz Chairman, FASB Barry Melancon President & CEO, AICPA Sir David Tweedie Chairman, IASB John Whiting Vice President, Finance Genentech
10:45-11:00am	Break
11:00-12:30pm	FASB PANEL Impact of Key FASB Projects and Initiatives on US Entities Revenue Recognition Liabilities and Equity Accounting for Income Taxes Transfers of Financial Assets Consolidation of Special Purpose Entities Business Combinations and Non-controlling Interests (FAS 141R & 160) Moderator: Benjamin Neuhausen National Director, BDO (AcSEC Member) Panelists: Mark Bielstein National Partner, KPMG (Board Member, EITF) Robert Herz Chairman, FASB Bob Laux Director of Technical Accounting and Reporting, Microsoft Conrad Hewitt Chief Accountant, SEC
12:30-1:30pm	Lunch
1:30-2:10pm	Lunch Keynote Speakers Gregory Jonas Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service "Lessons Learned from the Subprime Debacle and Current Credit Crisis"
2:10-2:20pm	Break
2:20-3:30pm	SEC/PCAOB PANEL Impact of Key Regulatory Projects and Initiatives on US Entities Readiness of US Accountants and Auditors to meet the proposed timetable SEC's role as US moves to IFRS given the reduced board membership Impact of IFRS on PCAOB XBRL Project Update - overview and rection to proposed rules and guidelines Benefits, Challenges, and Concerns of XBRL to Businesses Moderator: Cindy Fornelli Executive Director, Center for Audit Quality Panelists: Ken Lewis CFO, Franklin Templeton Christine DiFabio Vice President, Technical Activities, FEI Conrad Hewitt Chief Accountant, SEC David Kaplan National Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Mark Olson Chairman, PCAOB
3:30-3:45pm	Break
3:45-5:00pm	SPECIAL TOPICS PANEL Improvements to Financial Reporting Committee on Improvements in Financial Reporting (CIFR) update Implementation Challenges of CIFR Recommendations Benefits and Effectiveness of CIFR Recommendations Update & IssuesRelating to Financial Statement Presentation - IASB/FASB Joint Project Moderator: Steve Hobbs Managing Director, Protiviti Panelists: James Campbell Vice President & Corporate Controller, Intel Conrad Hewitt Chief Accountant, SEC Christopher Holmes National Director of SEC Matters, Ernst & Young Gregory Jonas Managing Director, Moody's Investors (CIFR Member) G. Edward McClammy CFO, Varian, Inc. (CIFR Member) Sir David Tweedie Chairman, IASB

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Hotel Location, Directions, and Accommodations

Santa Clara Marriott Hotel
Address: 2700 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Phone: (408) 988-1500
Fax: (408) 352-4353
Website: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sjcga-santa-clara-marriott/

Parking is included with your registration. On the day of the event, you will be given a green parking ticket at the registration desk, which will validate your parking.

A limited number of hotel rooms are reserved at the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel, 2700 Mission College Boulevard, for the nights of October 23-26 at $119 per night. Please indicate on the reservation form if you require a room. CFRM will make your reservation for you. Payment is to be made to the hotel upon departure. Room reservations must be made by October 1 to guarantee this rate!

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