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A complete update on US financial reporting from the regulators, other experts in SEC, FASB and PCAOB matters and SOX compliance specialists.

It’s Asia’s premier event for financial professionals serving US listed companies.
 
 
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    Introduction
 
     
 
  Conference Information  
  »  Date:June 7- 8, 2010
»  Venue:Pudong Shangri-La Shanghai, China
»  Language:English,with simultaneous translation in Mandarin
»  ACCA CPD:14 Units
»  IMA CPE:14 Units
 
 
  Attendees  
  »  Financial executives of multi-national corporations
»  Financial managers of Chinese companies that listed abroad
»  Executives of Chinese companies planning to list in the US
»  Professionals interested in latest knowledge updates
 
 
  Speakers  
  Experts from US security and financial regulatory institutions, experts in SEC, FASB and PCAOB matters and SOX compliance specialists  
  Conference Co-Chairs  
  »  James Boynton: James Boynton, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

»  Ian Parker, Partner, Capital Markets Group (China), KPMG LLP.

 

  Key Issues  
 
»  SEC hot buttons
»  FASB and IFRS updates
»  Revenue recognition
»  PCAOB and auditing standards update
»  SEC enforcement review
»  SOX optimization
»  Controls and GAAP conversions
»  Business combinations implementation issues
»  SEC comment letters
 
 
 
   
 
    Agenda
 
     
 
 
Morning June 7, 2010
08:00~08:45

08:45~09:15




09:15~10:30










10:30~10:45

10:45~12:15









12:15~13:15
  Deluxe Continental Breakfast & Registration

Welcome & Opening Remarks
CPE Inc. President Mohamed F. Markar
Co-Chair: Ian Parker from KPMG
Co-Chair: James Boynton from PwC

SEC Hot Buttons I
»  What’s New at the SEC
»  Latest Guidance from the SEC & PCAOB
»  Fair Value: FASB/IASB Guidance
»  Business Combinations
»  Credit Crisis
SEC Staff Review Process
Moderator: Ian Parker KPMG
Speakers: Len Jui from KPMG, Leiming Chen from Simpson Thacher

Break

SEC Hot Buttons II
»  MD&A;
»  FIRE Rules
»  Materiality
»  Restatements
»  Revenue Recognition
»  What is on the Horizon
Speakers: Len Jui from KPMG, Leiming Chen from Simpson Thacher

Luncheon
     
Afternoon June 7, 2010
13:15~14:45





14:45~15:00

15:00~16:15





16:15~16:30

16:30~17:45








17:45~19:00
  FASB Update
»  Responses to Financial Crisis
»  Recent FASB Developments
»  Finalized Guidance
Speaker: Min Xiao from PwC

Break

IFRS Update
»  Latest Timelines
»  Conversion Process
»  Status of Projects and Standards
Speaker: Dora Cheung from PwC

Break

Revenue Recognition
»  Technical Accountng & Implementation Update
»  What to Expect with the FASB/IASB Joint Project
»  New EITF 08-1 on Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables
Speakers: Paul Lau from KPMG

Cocktail Reception
 
Morning June 8, 2010
08:00~08:45

08:30~08:45



08:45~09:45







09:45~10:30









10:30~10:45

10:45~12:00






12:00~13:00
  Deluxe Continental Breakfast & Registration

Recap and Day Two Objectives
Co-Chair: Ian Parker from KPMG
Co-Chair: James Boynton from PwC

Auditing Standards Update
»  New Quality Review Standard
»  PCAOB Enforcement Update
»  What’s on the Horizon at the PCAOB
Moderator: James Boynton PwC
Speaker: Mary Sjoquist from the PCAOB (tentative)

SOX Update
»  SOX 404: Current Statistics and Survey Results
»  Impact on Small Companies
»  Optimization: What Should You Be Thinking About
Moderator: James Boynton PwC
Speaker: Mary Sjoquist from the PCAOB (tentative)

Break

Ontrols and GAAP Conversions
»  Conversion Process
»  Pitfalls and Areas to Avoid
»  Planning from a SOX Perspective
Speaker: Jamie Boynton PwC
Jason Padley from PwC

Luncheon
     
Afternoon June 8, 2010
13:00~14:15







14:15~15:15







15:15~15:30

15:30~16:30






16:30~17:30







17:30
  SEC Enforcement
»  Most Recent Actions Brought
»  Dealing With the SEC
»  Financial Reporting & Issuer Disclosure
Speakers:
Jason Flemmons from SEC Enforcement
Peter Bresnan from Simpson Thatcher

Business Combination Implementation Issues
»  Contingent consideration
»  Contingencies (FASB amendment)
»  Valuation of liabilities
»  Negative goodwill
Speaker: Jacky Lo from E&Y;

Break

SEC Comment Letters
»  Current Trends in SEC Comment Letters
» "Best Practice"Footnote Disclosures
»  Triggers for an SEC Comment Letter
»  Dealing with Auditors and SEC Counsel
Speaker: Ms. Jessie Qian from KPMG

FCPA & Fraud Issues
»  Fraud risk management: drivers and trends
»  Managing risks
»  Case studies
»  Beware of box checking and false comforts
Expert from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Conference Conclusion
 
 
 
   
 
    Workshops
 
     
 
  08:00 – 08:30    Continental Breakfast
   
 








Assessing Internal Controls: A How-To Guide
8:30 – 17:00 June 9, 2010
This workshop will provide you with the baseline elements for multiple internal control frameworks, including modules on US SOX, Chinese SOX (C-SOX) and Japanese SOX (J-SOX). Experts with experience in each of these standards will lead you through the “ins and outs” of implementation. You will learn to:
»    Identify areas of significant internal control risk
»    Use the documentation and testing methods that are right for you
»    Identify, evaluate and communicate deficiencies
»    Discern the key differences among US SOX, C-SOX and J-SOX
   
 






IFRS, US GAAP & PRC GAAP: A Review of the Differences
8:30 – 17:00 June 9, 2010
Despite efforts to harmonize standards, important differences remain between IFRS, US GAAP and PRC GAAP. This cutting-edge workshop enables you to:
»    Clearly differentiate between IFRS, US GAAP and PRC GAAP
»    Interpret financial statements prepared in accordance with each set of standards
»    Identify completed and proposed areas of convergence between the IASB and the FASB
   
 






US GAAP: Hot Topics Workshop
8:30 – 17:00 June 9, 2010
Learn about the latest US rules and regulations affecting financial accounting and reporting at this one-day workshop that:
»    Explains how the latest pronouncements affect your company or clients
»    Analyzes late-breaking and emerging developments
»    Provides a “sneak preview” of where the standard setters are heading
 
   
 
    Speakers
 
     
 
 



James Boynton, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Mr. Boynton currently leads the AsiaPac Internal Control Services of PwC’s Capital Markets Group. He has an extensive background in PCAOB audit and inspection standards, internal control assessments and SEC reporting and disclosures rules for FPIs.
 
 


Peter Bresnan, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and former Deputy Director, Division of Enforcement, SEC.
Mr. Bresnan's practice includes a broad range of business regulatory and corporate governance matters, including representing corporations, financial institutions and individuals in SEC and other regulatory enforcement proceedings.
 
 



Leiming Chen, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Mr Chen works out of Simpson Thacher's Hong Kong office, where he primarily advises on capital market matters.He has worked on a variety of equity and debt offerings, including offerings related to the privatizations of some of the leading companies in China.
 
 

Dora Cheung, Director, Global Capital Markets Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers-China.
Ms Cheung is also a former Practice Fellow and IASB/IFRIC Project Manager for the IASB.
 
 



Stephen Ducker, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers-China.
Mr. Ducker is a partner in the firm's Systems and Process Assurance practice and specializes in internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley and corporate governance related services. He has over 20 years of professional auditing and internal controls services experience and has worked in the UK, Middle East, and now Mainland China.
 
 




Jason Flemmons, Associate Chief Accountant, Division of Enforcement, SEC.
Mr. Flemmons provides technical guidance involving a wide array of accounting and auditing issues on investigations of financial fraud and other violations of the federal securities laws. He has participated in and supervised a prodigious number of investigations resulting in enforcement actions against SEC registrants, senior executives, external auditors and other third parties.
 
 




Len Jui, Partner, Capital Markets Group (China), KPMG LLP and former Associate Chief Accountant, Office of the Chief Accountant, SEC.
Mr. Jui joined KPMG as an audit partner in US National Office in April 2008 and now works for KPMG (China) in Beijing. Prior to joining the firm, he was an Associate Chief Accountant in the SEC's Office of the Chief Accountant, where he focused on international accounting and auditing standards, as well as international audit regulation.
 
 


Ian Parker, Partner, Capital Markets Group (China), KPMG LLP.
Mr. Parker leads KPMG’s Capital Markets Group in China. Previously, he headed KPMG’s London-based US Accounting & Reporting Group. He is an expert on US GAAP, SOX and SEC rules.
 
 



Paul Lau, Partner, Capital Markets Group (China), KPMG LLP.
Mr. Lau joined KPMG China in August 2009. Previously, he spent three years as a partner in the firm's US Capital Markets Group—ASPAC, where he was responsible for reviewing filings of a wide variety of US-listed companies located within the Asia Pacific region.
 
 


Jacky Lo, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young LLP.
Mr. Lo is a specialist in the technology, communication and entertainment (TCE) industries and has provided assurance services to publicly registered and privately held companies, including US SEC annual and quarterly periodic reporting.
 
 



Jason Padley, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Mr. Padley works in PwC's Capital Markets Group and is currently based in Tokyo. He has over 10 years of business process consulting and audit experience across a broad range of industries. Mr. Padley has worked extensively with clients in Asia and North America to help implement risk management and internal control frameworks.
 
 



Jessie Qian, Partner, KPMG LLP.
Ms. Qian is an audit partner in the firm's Huazhen office. She joined KPMG's Information, Communications and Entertainment (ICE) practice in San Francisco in 1997 and relocated to KPMG (China) in 2003. She has more than 11 years of experience providing financial statement and internal control audit services.
 
 





Mary Sjoquist, Special Counsel, PCAOB.
Ms. Sjoquist is responsible for ensuring that all PCAOB communications are consistently and strategically delivered to all of the Board's stakeholders, including investors, auditors, issuers, legislators, regulators, media and board employees. Prior to her current role, she was Special Counsel to Board Member Bill Gradison, where she worked directly with Board Members and senior staff to formulate the rules required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new and revised auditing standards and other policies affecting registered public accounting firms.
 
 



Min Xiao, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers-China.
Ms. Xiao is a partner in the firm's Global Capital Markets Group. She has worked in a number of PwC offices in the US and Europe and is currently based in Shanghai. Ms. Xiao is a subject matter expert in US GAAP, IFRS and SEC registrations and has led many US IPO projects including Tom Online, Ctrip, Home Inns and, most recently, JingAo Solar.
 
 
 
   
 
    Organizers
 
     
 
    EasyFinance Management Consulting Co.,Ltd is committed to stepping up corporations and managers’ financial competences by delivering the best training and consulting services. As an industry leader, we have a professional team of full-time consultants with deep understanding of theory and rich management experience. Our teaching matches real challenges of Chinese clients with international solutions. We have successfully served 4800 MNCs, Fortune 500 and leading domestic companies since our foundation.  
         
    The Center for Professional Education Incorporated (CPE Inc.) is America’s leader in continuing professional education. Founded in 1984, it is committed to providing financial professionals with the best continuing professional education. Every year, CPE Inc. conducts over 2,000 seminars, conferences and webcasts on various financial topics. CPE Inc’s education offerings are developed in accordance with continuing professional education requirements for certified public accountants, and qualify for CPE credits. And thanks to its strong network of contacts among US regulators and the accounting profession, its conferences routinely feature presentations by speakers from SEC, PCAOB and Big 4.  
 
 
   
 
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June 7-9
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(payment before May 21st)
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(payment before May 21st)
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(payment after May 21st)
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