Tenth Annual SEC Financial Reporting Conference

What:    
Emerging tax issues and developments in the Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are among the topics to be discussed Sept. 23 at the 10th annual SEC Financial Reporting Conference sponsored by Cal State Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics.

Who:   
Guest speakers include: Jay Hanson, PCAOB board member; Michele Layne, SEC associate regional director of enforcement; Ron Bossio, FASB senior project manager; Craig Olinger, SEC deputy chief accountant; as well as representatives of Deloitte & Touche; Ernst & Young; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Grant Thornton; KPMG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; and Resources Global Professionals.

When:   
Friday, Sept. 23
7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (schedule below)

Where:   
Hyatt Regency, Irvine, 17900 Jamboree Rd., Irvine, CA, 92614

Register:   
Online at http://business.fullerton.edu/centers/ccrg or by phone, 657-278-4414.

Cost:   
Table of 10 is $3,600; half table, $1,800; individual, $400. Discounts offered for academic attendees and members of the California Society of CPAs, Financial Accounting & Compliance, Forum for Corporate Directors, Financial Executives International and Institute of Internal Auditors. Continental breakfast and lunch included. Continuing professional education credit (eight hours) available for full attendance.

Media Contacts:   
Vivek Mande, professor of accounting and director of Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Corporate Reporting and Governance, 657-278-7659 or vmande@fullerton.edu

Pamela McLaren, Public Affairs, 657-278-4852 or pmclaren@fullerton.edu

10th Annual SEC Financial Reporting Conference
“Leading Through a Changing Business and Regulatory Environment”

7:30 a.m. — Registration and continental breakfast

8 a.m. — Welcome remarks by Anil Puri, dean of Cal State Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics

8:10 a.m. — Opening Keynote Address — Jay Hanson, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

9:05 a.m. — “SEC and PCAOB Developments” with Jay Hanson, PCAOB board member; Michele Layne, SEC associate regional director of enforcement; Craig Olinger, SEC deputy chief accountant, Division of Corporate Finance; and Lynn Stout, Paul Hastings Distinguished Professor of Corporate and Securities Law, UCLA

10:30 a.m. — “Q & A with the SEC and PCAOB” moderated by Gary Wilson, partner-in-charge, Grant Thornton

11 a.m. — “Emerging Tax Issues Every CFO and Board Member Should Understand” with David Auclair, managing principal, Grant Thornton; Greg Dunlap, partner, Deloitte & Touche; and Ken Harvey, partner, KPMG

11:50 a.m. — Lunch/Presentation — “International Financial Reporting Standards Convergence – An Update” with Stacey Tedeschi, managing director of accounting and financial services, Resources Global Professionals

12:50 p.m. — “Current Developments in the Financial Accounting Standards Board” presented by Ron Bossio, FASB senior project manager, and Wayne Pinnell, managing partner, Haskell & White

1:45 p.m. — “Hot Topics: Leases and revenue recognition, assessment of a company’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance programs, whistleblowers and Dodd-Frank” discussed by Amy Hawkes, partner, Ernst & Young; Joseph Ucuzoglu, partner, Deloitte & Touche; and Lance Wood, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

2:45 p.m. — “Mergers and Acquisitions Deals: Structuring, Analysis and Financial Reporting Issues” with John Brumlik, principal, KPMG; Jean Hu, chief financial officer and senior vice president, QLogic; Colin McIntyre, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers; and James Moloney, partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

4 p.m. — Closing remarks by Vivek Mande, professor of accounting and director of Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Corporate Reporting and Governance