Report Leadership: Online Corporate Reporting and Executive Compensation Reporting

5:00 – 6:15pm BMT (British Summer Time) /
9:00 – 10:15am PT

Does your annual report effectively communicate the performance of your company, or has it become a compliance document that must be deconstructed to understand what is important to your audience.

The Report Leadership Group, comprised of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, communications consultancy Radley Yeldar and Tomkins plc, has undertaken the challenge of providing reporting information that is more relevant, informative and accessible within the current GAAP and IFRS models without inundating users with unnecessary detail.  This Infocast will focus on the latest developments from the Report Leadership Group.

Companies and investors both see websites as an increasingly useful channel for communicating information and changing legislation is creating new opportunities.  This infocast will explore the innovative ideas incorporated by the Report Leadership Group in their example web-based corporate reporting presentation.

Christopher Cox from the SEC has likened many compensation disclosures to PhD dissertations. The Report Leadership group has been consistently told that the reporting of executive compensation needs to be improved and this Infocast will present simple, practical ways in which the reporting of this often emotive subject can be enhanced.

Note: Registration confirmation, supplemental materials and access to view this Webcast will only be provided via e-mail. Be sure to supply a valid e-mail address during registration. Access instructions and materials will be delivered on or about May 14th. Be sure to add service@aicpa.org to your safe sender e-mail list.

Richard Carpenter
Development Director, Radley Yeldar

Nick Topazio B.Sc. (Econ), ACMA

Moderator:
Kenneth W. Witt, CPA

Richard heads Radley Yeldar’s thinking on financial communications issues, advising on strategy, audience needs and the impact of new regulations.

He is one of the key individuals behind the global Report Leadership project – consisting of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Tomkins plc and Radley Yeldar.

Prior to joining Radley Yeldar, Richard ran his own financial communications consultancy and spent ten years as a business journalist. He is the author of the London Stock Exchange’s Practical Guide to Investor Relations and has spoken at conferences across the globe on topics ranging from corporate governance to online communication.

Richard is a board director of the UK’s Investor Relations Society and also sits on its Policy Committee.

Back to Top

Nick Topazio, Financial Reporting Specialist, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), is a technical expert focusing on business and financial reporting.  Nick is actively involved in the formulation of CIMA policy on a range of related topics, responding to both UK and International consultations and developments.  Nick has been a member of both the Financial Reporting Policy Group and the Accounting Working Party of the Fédération des Experts Comptables Européens (FEE) since December 2003. He is a key member of the multi-stakeholder Report Leadership group that continues to develop simple, practical ways to improve narrative and financial reporting.

Back to Top

Kenneth W. Witt, CPA, Technical Manager in the Business Industry and Government team at the AICPA is staff liaison to the AICPA Business and Industry Executive Committee and editor of the monthly BusIndNews e-newsletter. Ken is responsible for the Management Accounting Guideline and Infocast product line, the AICPA Business and Industry Economic Outlook survey, and other services for members in business. He also served as project leader for the development of the AICPA Audit Committee Toolkit: Not for Profit Organizations and as a member of the COSO Financial Reporting Guidance for Smaller Companies task force.

Back to Top

• Windows Vista
• Windows XP
• Windows 2000
• Mac OS X2*

• Pentium Class 400mhz+

• 64MB

• Internet Explorer 6.0+
• Firefox 2.0+
• Mozilla 1.7.3+
• Netscape 7.2+
Pop-up Blocking Software Disabled

• AUDIO: Sound Card with speakers
• VIDEO: Monitor with 800x600+ resolution support

• Windows Media Player 9+
• RealPlayer 10+
• Adobe Flash Player 8+

• 56k Dial-up Modem+

* Mac OS X must be used in combination with a supported Firefox Browser and RealPlayer.

You can TEST YOUR SYSTEM now.