Are you prepared?

September 15-16, 2009
Held at VCU, School of Business, Snead Hall
301 West Main Street, Richmond, Va.

• Over 100 countries now require or permit use of IFRS, including major trading partners of the United States (China, India, Japan and Korea are on their way; Canada and Mexico are going to IFRS by 2011)
• Workshop for executives that need to know IFRS to function in global marketplace
• According to the SEC’s proposed “roadmap”, accelerated filers in the U.S. would be required to convert to IFRS by 2014
• The SEC has proposed requiring three years of audited IFRS information upon first-time adoption
• Conversions approximate 2-3 years and are estimated to cost tens of millions of dollars
• Recommended CPE Credits: 16 (must attend full 2 day session to receive 16 CPE credits)
  

1. Introduction to IASB
2. IFRS Compliance
3. Selecting appropriate IFRS accounting policies
4. Preparing Financial Statements that comply with IFRS
5. GAAP vs. IFRS: recognition, measurement, presentation, variation & disclosure differences
6. Interactive teaching and example-driven approach
7. Conversion Issues
8. Energetic instructors with “real-world” experience using IFRS