Haas School | CFRM and Accounting

Thirteenth Annual Conference on Financial Reporting
Friday, November 8, 2002; San Francisco Marriott Hotel

Introduction
Program Schedule
Organizations Represented
Hotel Location, Directions, and Accommodations

Introduction

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. The format is an open one so that members of the audience can address their concerns to the speakers and panalists.

U.S. Congressman James Greenwood will give the keynote address. Representatives of the Financial Accounting Standards Board will report on current and emerging issues at the FASB and describe the progress toward the resolution of these issues. The Securities and Exchange Commission will be represented at the conference by a former commissioner, the Deputy Chief Accountant, and the Deputy Director, Division of Enforcement, who will report on recent developments and on plans for the future. Members of the Committee on Corporate Reporting of Financial Executives International as well as members of the accounting profession will be involved in these discussions.

This year's conference also includes sessions on stock options and off-balance sheet financing. The accounting for stock options has received heightened attention in recent months; both sides of the debate will be represented here. The session on off-balance financing will review developments that have been in the news lately, including the new Exposure Draft by the FASB on the consolidation of special-purpose entities.

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Program Schedule:

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November 8th, 2002 (Friday)

7:45am. -- 8:30am.	Registration Continental Breakfast
8:30am. -- 8:40am.	Welcome *Rada Brooks* Executive Director; Center for Financial Reporting and Management Haas School of Business
8:40am. -- 9:10am.	Opening Address *Katherine Schipper* Board Member Financial Accounting Standards Board
9:10am. -- 10:35am.	Current Issues at the SEC Members of the Divisions of Enforcement and Office of the Chief Accountant will report on the plans and developments at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Introductory Comments *Issac C. Hunt* Former Commissioner Securities and Exchange Commission Moderator *Rada Brooks* Executive Director; Center for Financial Reporting and Management Haas School of Business Panelists *Scott Taub* Deputy Chief Accountant Office of the Chief Accountant Securities and Exchange Commission *Linda Thomsen* Deputy Director, Division of Enforcement Securities and Exchange Commission
10:35am. -- 10:50am.	Refreshments
10:50am. -- 12:15pm.	Emerging Issues in Financial Reporting and the FASB Agenda This session discusses financial reporting issues on the FASB agenda as well as emerging issues Moderator *Xiao-Jun Zhang* Associate Professor and Co-chair of Haas Accounting Group Haas School of Business Panelists *Phil Livingston* National President and CEO Financial Executives International (FEI) *Andrew M. Mintzer, CPA* Member, Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC) *Edward W. Trott* Board Member Financial Accounting Standards Board
12:15pm. -- 1:45pm.	Luncheon Introduction of Keynote Speaker *John McCaffrey* Managing Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Keynote Speaker James Greenwood U.S. Congressman Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
2:00pm. -- 3:25pm.	Stock Options This Panel will discuss various issues surrounding the accounting for stock options. Moderator *Brett Trueman* Donald and Ruth Seiler Professor of Public Accounting Haas School of Business Panelists *Rich Imrisek* Senior Manager KPMG LLP *Norman N. Strauss* Porfessor in Residence, Baruch College Former National Director of Accounting Standards, Ernst & Young LLP Member, FASB's Emerging Issues Task Force *George Zinn* Assistant Treasurer Microsoft Corporation
3:25pm. -- 3:35pm.	Refreshments
3:35pm. -- 5:00pm.	Off-Balance Sheet Financing One of the newest developments is the Exposure Draft issued by the FASB on special-purpose entities Introductory Comments *Edward W. Trott* Board Member Financial Accounting Standards Board Moderator *Alan Cerf* Professor Emeritus Haas School of Business Panelists *Doug Barton* Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP Merger and Acquisitions Services Former SEC Professional Accounting Fellow *John Hertz* Accounting Policy Controller Intel Corporation *Jeffrey T. Allen* Director PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
5:00pm. -- 6:00pm.	Reception

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Organizations Represented

AcSEC
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Financial Executives International (FEI)
Intel Corporation
KPMG LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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Hotel Location, Directions and Accommodations

San Francisco Marriott: 55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA
Phone: (415) 896-1600, Fax: (415) 777-2799.

Please click here for a map and click here for directions.

A limited number of hotel rooms are available at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel for the nights of November 7-9 at $179.00 for a single room and $199.00 for a double room. 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 17 to guarantee this rate!

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