April 8, 2005 :: No. 169
| What: |
How have businesses been reacting to 404 filings? What
best practices are emerging? How can internal controls
be incorporated into an organization’s culture?
Business leaders, accountants and auditors can learn more
about the new legislation enacted to improve financial
reporting by publicly traded companies, during a half-day
conference sponsored by Cal State Fullerton’s Center
for Corporate Reporting and Governance. |
| Keynoters: |
Carol Stacey, chief accountant in the Division of Corporate
Finance for the Securities and Exchange Commission, will
discuss the reactions to 404 filings received by the SEC,
while Gary Holstrum, associate chief auditor and director
of research for the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board, will speak on current issues under discussion by
the board. Glenn Burr, audit partner, Ernst and Young;
Dean Samsvick, managing partner, KPMG Orange County; and
Thomas A. Madden, former chief financial officer, Ingram
Micro, will discuss best practices and other 404 implementation
issues. |
| When: |
8 a.m. – noon Friday, April 29 |
| Where: |
Irvine Marriott Hotel, 18000 Von Karman Ave., Irvine |
| Cost: |
$200 per individual, $750 for half tables of five, $1,500
for table of 10 |
| Registration: |
Registration can be completed in any of the following
ways:
Online: http://www.fullerton.edu/cbeforms/registration_ccrg.htm
Faxed: with credit card information to 657-278-4518
Mailed: Center for Corporate Reporting & Governance
– LH- 630, Cal State Fullerton, P.O. Box 6848, Fullerton,
CA 92834-6848
Phone: 657-278-4414 |
| Background: |
The Center for Corporate Reporting and Governance
was established in 2003 within the College of Business
and Economics to disseminate information on current
financial reporting issues and interpretations of financial
rules.
The center is directed by Vivek Mande, professor of
accounting and a 2001-02 Academic Accounting Fellow
at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office
of Economic Analysis in Washington, D.C. Additional
information about the center is available online at
http://business.fullerton.edu/centers/ccrg. |
| Conference Schedule: |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. |
Welcome remarks by Anil Puri, dean of the College
of Business
and Economics at Cal State Fullerton |
| 8:15 a.m. |
Keynote address by Carol Stacey/SEC |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Keynote address by Gary Holstrum/Public Company
Accounting
Oversight Board |
| 10 a.m. |
Question-and-answer session |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Panel discussion |
|
| Media Contacts: |
Vivek Mande, director of the Center
for Corporate Reporting and Governance,
657-278-7659 or vmande@fullerton.edu
Pamela McLaren of Public Affairs at 657-278-4852 or pmclaren@fullerton.edu |
