PICPA Accounting & Auditing Conference

This conference provides attendees with relevant information and updates on current accounting, auditing, and financial reporting issues.

AGENDA:

8:30 a.m.   Key Issues Confronting the A&A Landscape

Virginia Collins, CPA, CITP, CFE 

Director - Professional Practice Group | Marks Paneth LLP

John M. Fleming, CPA, MBA 

Executive Vice President - SPA Programming and Development | SmartPros LTD

Allison M. Henry, CPA 

Vice President, Professional & Technical Standards | PICPA

Lisa A. Ritter, CPA, CFE 

Partner | Maher Duessel

•    Evolving financial reporting needs

•    Opportunities provided by new and emerging technologies

•    Challenges faced by firms on audit quality

•    Continued enhancement to the accounting standards

•    Auditing in a wired world

•    Audit quality and practice monitoring

10:10 a.m.   Take a Breather

10:25 a.m.   FASB Update

Ryan A. Egan, CPA 

Project Manager

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

• Ongoing FASB projects

• Private company standards setting

• Recent activities of the Private Company Council

12:05 p.m.   Lunch Break

12:45 p.m.   High Risk A&A Issues

Gene Ristaino, CPA, ABV, CFF

Partner - Member | Isdaner & Company LLC

•    Going concern: Required disclosures and management responsibilities

•    Fraud risk in revenue recognition

•    Auditor's responsibilities, required audit procedures, and best practices pertaining to revenue recognition

1:35 p.m.   SSARS 21 Update and Integrated Reporting Initiatives

John M. Fleming, CPA, MBA

Executive Vice President - SPA Programming and Development | SmartPros LTD

•    Changes in compilation and review engagements for periods ending after Dec. 15, 2015

•    Practice implications of the new level of service introduced by SSARS 21 - the preparation engagement

•    Key integrated reporting (IR) factors material to an entity's present and future value creation

•    Current status of initiative 

2:25 p.m.   Snacks and Chats

2:40 p.m.   Cyber Crime - What Does the Future Hold?

Louis R. Pichini 

Director - Forensic and Dispute Services | Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP

John R. Roberts, CPA 

Senior Manager | Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP

Prakash Santhana

Director - Deloitte Advisory, Cyber Risk - Payments Integrity

Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP

•    Current landscape of cyber crime

•    Cyber criminals

•    Impact to businesses and how companies and individuals can protect themselves against attacks by sophisticated intruders

•    Future outlook: Cyber crime in the era of IOT (Internet of Things) and 'Smart Contracts'

4:20 p.m.   See You Next Year

Basic Course Information

*Key Issues Confronting the A&A Landscape * FASB Update * High Risk A&A Issues * SSARS 21 Update and Integrated Reporting Initiatives * Cyber Crime - What Does the Future Hold?

*Key Issues Confronting the A&A Landscape * FASB Update * High Risk A&A Issues * SSARS 21 Update and Integrated Reporting Initiatives * Cyber Crime - What Does the Future Hold?