Ensuring Integrity: The 7th Annual Audit Conference

About the program:

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.

Co-sponsored by:

The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) addresses 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.

Agenda:

Welcome and Introduction - 8:45 to 9:00 AM

Professor DOUGLAS CARMICHAEL - Baruch College
DAVID COSTELLO - Board Member, NASBA Center for the Public Trust

What is happening at the Auditing Standards Board? – 9:00 to 9:20 AM

JENNIFER HASKELL - Member, Auditing Standards Board; Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

ASB Slides

What is happening at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board? - 9:20 to 9:40 AM

JENNIFER RAND - Deputy Chief Auditor/Deputy Division Director, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

PCAOB Slides

What is happening at the Securities and Exchange Commission? - 9:40 to 10:00 AM

BRIAN CROTEAU - Office of the Chief Accountant, Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC Slides

How does that affect my Auditing Practice? - 10:00 to 11:10 AM

Moderated by DOUGLAS CARMICHAEL - Baruch College
LUCIANO CENTANNI - Audit Partner & Intl. Business Center Director, Grant Thornton LLP
ROBERT CHEVALIER - Member, Auditing Standards Board; Partner, Department of Professional Practice, KPMG LLP
BRIAN CROTEAU - SEC
JENNIFER RAND - PCAOB

How will COSO Changes Impact the Audit Profession? - 11:25 AM to 12:30 PM
This panel will examine impending changes to COSO and discuss the implications for auditors.

Moderated by TOM RAY - Past PCAOB Chief Auditor; Consultant on Audit Policy
JENNIFER BURNS - Deloitte
DAVID LANDSITTEL - Chairman, COSO
J. STEPHEN McNALLY - Finance Director and Controller, Campbell Soup

COSO Slides

Lunch and Keynote - 12:30 to 2:00 PM

JAMES DOTY - Chairman, PCAOB

Keynote Text

After 10 Years, have SOX and the PCAOB Improved Financial Reporting? - 2:00 to 3:10 PM
This panel will address questions including: Has 404 improved financial reporting? What was done right?  Where there is room for improvement?  Are we better off today than we were 10 years ago?

Moderated by ROBERT COLSON - Baruch College
JOSEPH CARCELLO - Professor, The University of Tennessee
NICK CYPRUS - VP and Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, General Motors
PHIL WEDEMEYER - Director and Chairman of Audit Committee, Atwood Oceanics

SOX and PCAOB Slides

What are the Liability Hot Buttons for 2013? - 3:25 to 4:45 PM

Moderated by DOUGLAS CARMICHAEL - Baruch College
NOEL ALLEN - Legal Counsel, NASBA
SAMUEL RUDMAN - Partner, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
SCOTT UNIVER - General Counsel, WeiserMazars
MICHAEL YOUNG - Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Registration

Registration Fees:

$395 Single Registration
$3,000 for an eight person table (contact 646-312-3231 for more information)
$145 Academic and non-profit registration fee

Register online, by phone or e-mail:

Complete the online registration form or

Call us at 646-312-3231 or

E-mail us at matthew.lepere@baruch.cuny.edu

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 - 7th 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

CPE:

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.lepere@baruch.cuny.edu.

Requests for refunds must be received in writing by November 18, 2012, and will be subject to a $100 cancellation fee. No refunds will be granted after November 18, 2012. 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.