Academe Meets Practice
Morning Program - The Accounting Review Article of the Year 2004 Baruch Lev of New York University and Doron Nissim of Columbia University will present the results of their paper, "Taxable Income, Future Earnings, and Equity Values." The co-authors will be presented with The Stan Ross Department of Accountancy Prize for Outstanding Academic Contribution to Practice. The co-authors will be joined by a panel of financial executives and regulators to discuss its findings and implications to practice. Afternoon Program - Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance: Costs and Benefits Financial executives, academics and regulators will discuss the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley. Findings from FERF’s report titled Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation: Practices of Leading Companies will also be featured
Program
Welcome and Introductions - 10:00 to 10:20 am
RAJ AGGARWAL, Firestone Chair in Corporate Finance, Kent
State University;
Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF) Trustee
DAN DHALIWAL, Editor, The Accounting Review
JOHN ELLIOTT, Dean, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College
JUDY RAYBURN, President, American Accounting Association
MASAKO DARROUGH, Chair, Stan Ross Dept. of Accountancy, Baruch College
Presentation: “Taxable Income, Future Earnings, & Equity Values” - 10:30 to 11:15 am
BARUCH LEV, New York University
DORON NISSIM, Columbia University
Panel Discussion: Implications for Business - 11:15 am to 12:00 pm
MODERATOR: HUGO NURNBERG, Professor, Baruch College
RAJ AGGARWAL, Firestone Chair in Corporate Finance, Kent State University; FERF Trustee
HALSEY BULLEN, Senior Project Manager, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
MIKE GAYNOR, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
GREG JONAS, Managing Director, Moody’s Investors Service
MARY KAY SCUCCI, Managing Director, Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.
NORMAN STRAUSS, Professor, Baruch College
Question and Answer Session - 12:00 to 12:30
Luncheon - 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance: Costs and Benefits - 1:30 to 3:00 pm
MODERATOR: COLLEEN CUNNINGHAM, President & CEO, Financial Executives International (FEI)
RAJ AGGARWAL, Firestone Chair in Corporate Finance, Kent State University; FERF Trustee
ROBERT COLSON, Grant Thornton
PASCAL DESROCHES, Vice President and Deputy Controller, Time Warner
DANIEL L. GOELZER, Board Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
GREG JONAS, Managing Director, Moody’s Investors Service
STEVEN LILIEN, Professor, Baruch College
JULIANA P. MAGLATHLIN, Director, Financial Projects, Lockheed Martin
SARAH McVAY, Assistant Professor, New York University
JOHN MILLISKI, SOX 404 Process Leader, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
JORGE MILO, PricewaterhouseCoopers
LOU THOMPSON, President and CEO, National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)
Question and Answer Session - 3:00 to 3:30 pm
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Financial Executives International
The American Accounting Society
