IASC Foundation Conferences - Milan, Italy

An International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) Conference was held in Milan, Italy (24 and 25 June 2009) click here for programme guide.

Wednesday 24 June 2009

• Technical Update: IASB progress and plans - Chair: David Tweedie IASB Chairman, IASB members: Mary Barth, Bob Garnett and Jan Engström
• IFRS in Prespective - Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of the AFM Executive Board

Thursday 25 June 2009

• Implementation update: progress and plans Bob Garnett, IASB member and IFRIC Chairman
• Consolidation and Derecognition - IASB members, Warren McGregor and John Smith

Regulatory update

• CESR-Fin - Mario Freire, Chair of European Enforcers Coordination Sessions  
• United Kingdon - FSA Regulatory Update - Richard Thorpe, Sector Leader and Head of Capital Adequacy Policy Financial Services Authority
• Europena Comission - Ulf Linder,  Deputy Head of Unit Financial Reporting

IFRS for SMEs 

• Introduction, IFRS for Small and Medium-sized Entities - Jan Engstrom, IASB Board Member
• IFRS for NPAEs in perspective, Hugo van den Ende Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers, Amsterdam

IFRS for Extractive Activities

• IASBs extractive activities project - Bob Garnett – Member, IASB
• Technical update: joint arrangements - Glenn Brady, Project Manager IASB
• Analytic Perspective, Tim Williams - Director Mining & Metals Ernst & Young

IFRS Teaching and research

• Teaching principle-based standards - Michael Wells, Director, IFRS Education Initiative, IASC Foundation and German Lopez, Academic Fellow, Education Initiative, IASC Foundation and Associate Professor Universidad de Navarra
• Teaching IFRS Judgments - Donna L. Street, President IAAER Professor and Mahrt Chair in Accounting University of Dayton
• IFRS Research - Mary Barth, IASB member and Professor of Accounting, Stanford University
• IFRS Resources for Educators- Prepared by Paul Pacter: IASB / Deloitte

IFRS Measurements

• IFRS Measurements - Warren McGregor, IASB member Hilary Eastman, IASB staff and Henry Rees, IASB staff

Break-out Sessions

• Revenue recognition, A joint project of the IASB and FASB - Warren McGregor, IASB member and Henry Rees, IASB staff
• Conceptual Framework Project - Ron Lott, Research Director FASB and Li Li Lian, Project Manager IASB
• Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity - Jan Engström, IASB member and Liz Figgie, senior project manager
• Financial statement presentation - Joint project of the IASB and FASB
• Fair Value Measurement - Wayne Upton, Director of International Activities and Hilary Eastman, Project Manager
• Leases - Bob Garnett, IASB Member and Rachel Knubley, senior project manager