AICPA National Forensic Accounting Conference on Fraud and Litigation Services

This is the only conference to cover two key and related areas geared for the CPA, offering solutions and resources needed to meet the very real challenges practitioners face all too often: fraudulent activities, litigation and clients’ liabilities. Individual tracks allow you to customize a program to suit your needs.

Who should attend:
CPAs in public practice, litigation practitioners, lawyers, consultants, fraud examiners and forensic accountants, controllers, CFOs, financial managers and internal auditors

Thursday September 25, 2008

7:00am–5:15pm  Registration and Message Center Open

6:45am–8:00am  Continental Breakfast

7:00am–7:50am  Early Riser Sessions
201. Networking Meeting
202. Roundtable Discussion: Valuation Standards

8:00am–8:10am  Welcome and Introduction

8:10am–9:00am  General Session
1. SEC Update on Interactive Data: How does it impact you?

9:00am–9:10am  Change Break

9:10am–10:30am  Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
2. Accounting Hot Topics & Trends (Cases)
3. Latest E-discovery Issues
4. Taking Effective Deposition of the Forensic Accountant
5. What Experts Need to Know on Current IP Issues–View from In-house and Outside Counsel

10:30am–11:00am  Refreshment Break and Vendor Display

11:00am–12:40pm  Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
6. Perennial Types of Fraud
7. Managing Large Data Sets
8. Mock Deposition
9. Discovery and Production

12:40–1:20pm  Luncheon

1:20pm–2:20pm
L1. Luncheon Speaker – Karen Popp

2:20pm–2:30pm  Change Break

2:30pm–3:45pm  Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
10. FCPA, OECD & Accounting Transparency
11. Software Data Management
12. Special/Corporate Investigations–Current Trends & Issues
13. Rebutting Opposing Experts Panel

3:35pm–4:15pm  Refreshment Break and Vendor Display

4:15pm–5:30pm  Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
14. Small Business
15. Technology Service Offerings
16. CPAs Role in ADR
17. Corporate Counsel

5:30pm–7:00pm  Networking Reception

Friday, September 26, 2008

7:00am–5:15pm  Registration and Message Center Open

6:45am–8:00am  Continental Breakfast

7:00am–7:50am  Early Riser Sessions (Select One)
203. FLS Town Hall Meeting–FVS Community Update, AICPA Forensic Accounting Certification, and FLS Marketing & Sales Roundtable
204. Identity Theft
205. Useful Reference Materials

8:00am–9:15am  General Session
18. Keynote Session: Les Fagan

9:15am–9:30am  Change Break

9:30am–10:45am  Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
19. How Thieves Work
20. Risk Assessment–Prevention & Detection
21. New Litigation/Professional Guidance–AICPA Practice Guides
22. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

10:45am–11:15am  Refreshment Break with Vendors

11:15am–12:30pm  Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
23. Fraud in Healthcare
24. Regulator Update
25. Advanced Damages Calculation
26. Best Practices/Malpractice Avoidance/Quality Control

12:30pm–1:00pm  Lunch and Award Presentation

1:00pm–1:50pm  Luncheon Presentation
L2. Luncheon Speaker: Barbara Tannebaum

1:50pm–2:00pm  Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
27. Fraud in Mortgage Industry
28. Interviewing in Adversarial Situations
29. Case Law Update
30. Bankruptcy

3:15pm–3:45pm  Refreshment Break

3:45pm–5:00pm  Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
31. Real Estate/Construction/Insurance
32. AML
33. Serving as an Expert in a Professional Malpractice Case
34. Advanced Damages Calculations for Litigation Services (Repeat)

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Las Vegas, NV 89109

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Hotel Room Rate: $219 single/double (9/27-28: $259 single/double)
Hotel Reservation Cutoff Date: 8/25/08