NI 52-109 CUSTOMER CONFERENCE 2009
| Date: | Tuesday, August 25th |
| Cost: | No charge for existing CFO PARTNER customers |
| Location: | Over the internet using WebEx |
| Times: | Various sessions and times during August 25th – See Agenda below |
| Registration: | Via Conference Registration website by registering here or call 1.800.410.6681 ext 112 |
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
The CFO PARTNER team at Issues Central, Inc. is pleased to provide customers with a free, information rich, virtual conference on August 25th focused on CFO PARTNER for National Instrument 52-109: Certification of Issuer’s Annual & Interim Filings. The sessions will cover a variety of product, support and business matters of interest to CFOs, Controllers, Senior Accounting staff, Internal Audit professionals and Audit Committee members.
Highlights will include:
- A review of upcoming CFO PARTNER product maintenance and support updates
- Operational effectiveness testing strategies and techniques. Real-life examples to demonstrate the concepts.
- Cutting-edge thinking with respect to streamlining of controls in 2009 with an additional review of the latest COSO monitoring techniques and principles
- The impact of IFRS on NI 52-109 with a focus on the critical transition year of 2010 as CFO PARTNER customers work towards creating their opening transition balance sheets and comparison between GAAP and IFRS. What will this mean for your internal control documentation, testing and CEO/CFO certification requirements?
- Q&A sessions
- Session materials will be e-mailed to all attendees at the end of the conference
CONFERENCE AGENDA (Tuesday, August 25, 2009) and TIMING
Session |
Time |
Agenda |
Session 1 60 minutes |
9am EDT
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Improving and internalizing your testing of controls. Creation of appropriate documentation for review by regulators and auditors. Selection and execution of tests to meet requirements. The session uses real-life examples to demonstrate these concepts. |
Session 2 60 minutes |
11am EDT
|
Cathy Connally takes you through a comprehensive session with a review of key NI 52-109 requirements; a look at how you can streamline controls in 2009; an overview of the new COSO guidelines; and finally a fresh look at how you can best deploy CFO PARTNER to meet your 2009 compliance needs and beyond. |
Session 3 45 minutes |
1pm ET
|
A look at the latest CFO PARTNER update for NI 52-109 and the benefits for your organizations. A review of the capabilities of the ITM Viewer including new reports and cross-plan reporting, various Management and Audit Committee reporting options, Integrated Risk Reporting for all processes or entity-level controls, as well a look-ahead to IFRS controls content. |
Session 4 60 minutes |
3 pm EDT (12pm PDT, 1pm MDT, 2pm CDT, 4pm ADT)
|
Did you know that Canada is the first country to implement IFRS with internal controls certification? Both internal controls and disclosure controls will be put to the test in 2010 with the need to prepare the opening IFRS transition balance sheet. Learn more about what you can do to get prepared key risks, issues, activities and considerations. Find out about how CFO PARTNER updates will help, as well as how you can leverage the sister product IFRS PARTNER. |
Session 5 60 minutes |
4:30 pm EDT
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Improving and internalizing your testing of controls. Creation of appropriate documentation for review by regulators and auditors. Selection and execution of tests to meet requirements. The session uses real-life examples to demonstrate these concepts. |
TO REGISTER:
Please go to the Conference registration page to register or call 1.800.410.6681 ext 112. Registration will be closed as of Monday, August 24th .