November 18, 2008 IFAC : IFAC's 30th Anniversary

IFAC 2007 Council Seminar


The Financial Reporting Environment in the 21st Century

November 14, 2007 - Mexico City, Mexico

9:00 am-9:30 am

Welcome Address and Overview

Fermín del Valle, IFAC President (Audio)

9:30 am-12:00 pm

Business Reporting Models of the Future

Moderator:

  • Robert Bunting, IFAC Deputy President (Audio)

Speakers:

  • Robert Hodgkinson, Executive Director, Technical, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (Audio | Speech)
  • Bob Laux, Director External Reporting and U.S. Corporate Controller, Microsoft (Audio | Speech)
  • Steve Maslin, Head of External Professional Affairs, Grant Thornton (Audio | Speech)
  • Barry Melancon, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Audio | Speech)
  • Charles Tilley, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (Audio | Speech)

Questions and Answers

12:00 pm-1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm-2:30 am

The State of Financial Reporting in the Public Sector

Speaker:

  • Mike Hathorn, Chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (Audio | Speech)

Commentators:

  • Fayezul Choudhury, Vice President and Controller, The World Bank (Audio | Speech)
  • Maurice McTigue, Director, Government Accountability Project, Mercatus Center of George Mason University (Audio)
  • Richard Neville, Vice-President, Finance and Administration & Chief Financial Officer, Royal Canadian Mint (Audio | Speech)

Questions and Answers

2:30 pm-3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm-4:45 pm

What Makes Good Regulation?

Moderator:

  • Robert Mednick, Chair of the IFAC Compliance Advisory Panel (Audio)

Speakers:

  • Paul Boyle, Chair of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (Audio | Speech)
  • Roel Campos, former Chair of Monitoring Group of Regulators and former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner (Audio | Speech)
  • Stavros Thomadakis, Chair of the Public Interest Oversight Board (Audio | Speech)

Questions and Answers

4:45 pm-5:00 pm

Closing Remarks

Ian Ball, IFAC Chief Executive Officer (Audio)

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