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The Fifth Annual Financial Reporting Conference
AGENDA*
May 04, 2006
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST - 7:30 to 8:15 am
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION - 8:15 to 8:30 am
KATHLEEN WALDRON - President, Baruch College
NORMAN N. STRAUSS - Ernst and Young Executive Professor-in-Residence, Baruch College
OPENING REMARKS - 8:30 to 9:15 am
ROBERT HERZ - Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
SCOTT TAUB - Acting Chief Accountant, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
PANEL 1: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AT THE SEC - 9:15 to 10:40 am
SCOTT TAUB - Acting Chief Accountant, SEC
SUSAN G. MARKEL - Chief Accountant, Division of Enforcement, SEC
CRAIG OLINGER - Deputy Chief Accountant, Division of Corporation Finance, SEC
COFFEE BREAK - 10:40 – 11:00 am
PANEL 2: CURRENT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS - 11:00 am to 12:25 pm
MARK BIELSTEIN - Partner, KPMG LLP
JAMES JOHNSON - Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
ROBERT LAUX - Director of Technical Accounting & Reporting, Microsoft Corporation
LESLIE SEIDMAN - Board Member, FASB
LUNCHEON ADDRESS - 12:25 to 2:00 pm
CHARLES NIEMEIER - Board Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
THOMAS RAY - Chief Auditor, PCAOB
PANEL 3: FASB’S MOVEMENT TOWARD FAIR VALUE - 2:00 to 3:40 pm
JAMES W. BARGE - Senior Vice President and Controller, Time Warner
RAYMOND J. BEIER - Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PATRICIA McCONNELL - Senior Managing Director, Bear Stearns
LESLIE SEIDMAN - Board Member, FASB
COFFEE BREAK - 3:40 to 4:00 pm
PANEL 4: PENSIONS & LEASES: Are They Going on the Balance sheet? - 4:00 to 5:15 pm
RECEPTION - 5:15 to 6:00 pmROBERT HERZ - Chairman, FASB
RICHARD JONES - Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
PATRICIA McCONNELL - Senior Managing Director, Bear Stearns
CONNIE D. McDANIEL - Vice President and Controller, The Coca-Cola Company
*All speakers are tentatively scheduled