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Ensuring Integrity:
The 8th Annual Audit Conference
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Save the date!
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The 13th Annual
Baruch College
Financial Reporting Conference
May 1, 2014
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The conference provides a forum for interaction between business, public accounting, academics, and policy setters from the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). It also examines the current best practices of ethics and independence within the auditing profession. The conference
is organized in partnership with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy's Center for the Public Trust. Up to 8 hours of CPE in Auditing are available upon completion of this program.
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Welcome and Introduction
- 8:45 to 9:00 AM
Professor DOUGLAS CARMICHAEL - Baruch College
ALFONZO ALEXANDER - President, NASBA Center for the Public Trust
What is happening at the Auditing Standards Board? - 9:00 to 9:20 AM
BRUCE WEBB, Chair, Auditing Standards Board; Partner, McGladrey LLP
What is happening at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board?
- 9:20 to 9:40 AM
MARTIN BAUMANN - Chief Auditor & Director of Professional Standards, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
What is happening at the Securities and Exchange Commission?
BRIAN CROTEAU - Office of the Chief Accountant, Securities and Exchange Commission
Enhancing the Auditor's Reporting Model
- 10:00 to 11:10 AM
A comprehensive discussion of proposals to change the auditor's report to include communication of critical audit matters, new elements such as independence
and tenure, and changes in existing report wording, including consideration of the competing concerns of auditors and investors.
Moderated by DOUGLAS CARMICHAEL, Baruch College
GLENN DAVIS, Director of Research, Council of Institutional Investors
Audit Quality Indicators
- 11:25 AM to 12:30 PM
An exploration of the development of key indicators of audit quality and effectiveness and using these measures to strengthen audit quality.
Moderated by Professor ROBERT COLSON, Baruch College
GREGORY JONAS, Director of Research and Analysis, PCAOB
FRANCINE McKENNA, Contributor, Forbes
PHIL WEDEMEYER; Director, Atwood Oceanics
Lunch and Keynote
- 12:30 to 2:00 PM
ARNOLD SCHILDER, Chairman, International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
Internal Control: Implementing the Updated Framework
Panelists will discuss their response to COSO's recently updated Internal Control: Integrated Framework. The session also will include a brief overview
of recent regulatory activity related to internal control over financial reporting.
Moderated by Professor THOMAS RAY, Baruch College
SARAH GLICKMAN, Head of Corporate Audit, Honeywell
CHARLES E. HARRIS, Partner, National Auditing Services, Methods and Tools, PwC
STEPHEN HOMZA, Chief Audit Executive, Legg Mason Global Asset Management
Liability Hot Buttons for 2014
- 3:25 to 4:45 PM
A discussion of the likely liability issues that auditors should be familiar with and that will shape the effect of liability on auditing practice
in 2014.
Moderated by DOUGLAS CARMICHAEL, Baruch College
NOEL ALLEN, Legal Counsel, NASBA
GARY BENDINGER, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
ELIZABETH DAVIS, Director, Berkeley Research Group
HOWARD SCHECK, Partner, KPMG
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Co-Sponsored by
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The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) addresses the issue of ethics and ethical behavior in business, education, public policy and society, while promoting a positive
perspective on activities within the business and accounting communities. The CPT addresses ethics and ethical leadership through co-sponsored events nationally with prominent colleges and universities, firms and other ethics organizations. Learn more at
www.centerforpublictrust.org.
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$435 Single Registration
$3,000 for an eight person table (contact
646-312-3231 for more information)
$195 Academic and non-profit registration fee
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Register online, by phone or e-mail:
After you have registered, please submit the appropriate registration fee via mail or fax.
To pay via mail:
Please make check payable to
Baruch College and send to:
Baruch College - 8th Audit Conference
The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity
55 Lexington Avenue, B11-275
New York, NY 10010
To pay via fax:
Please complete our
credit card payment form and fax to: (646) 312 - 3351
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Baruch College's Newman Vertical Campus
55 Lexington Avenue (enter on 24th or 25th St.), Room 14-220
Thursday, December 5th
8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
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Earn up to 8 CPE Credits in Auditing
Continuing Professional Education Prerequisites and Advanced Preparation: None
Program Level: Overview
Delivery Method: Group-Live
For more information, please contact Matthew LePere at
matthew...@baruch.cuny.edu.
Requests for refunds must be received in writing by November 18, 2013, and will be subject to a $100 cancellation fee. No refunds will be granted after November 18, 2013. For information regarding refunds, complaint and/or program cancellation policies, contact
Matthew LePere.
The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of
continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry
of CPE Sponsors through its website:
www.learningmarket.org.
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The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity
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The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity
is a forum for discussion of a broad range of contemporary issues confronting U.S. corporations and capital markets. Our concerns include: transparency of corporate reporting, corporate
governance, examining legal and ethical corporate behavior, spotlighting executive accountability, corporate responsibility in global business development, risk assessment and amelioration, resolving conflicting corporate stakeholder interests, and evaluating
the role of governmental regulation. Learn more at
http://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/centers/zcci/.
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