AICPA/ASA National Business Valuation Conference 2008

See, explore and experience the latest ideas, tools and solutions for business valuation success.

During three exciting and information-packed days in November 2008, the business valuation world will center on the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. Many CPAs and other financial professionals will converge on Las Vegas to take the pulse of the industry, hone their knowledge, network with peers and come away with an action plan for success.

The nation’s most prestigious business valuation associations — the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) — collaborate to pack a week’s worth of ideas, information and opportunity into three incredible days.

This is the one conference you can’t afford to miss!

• Acquire innovative ideas and practical solutions to enhance your valuation services
• Examine best practices and lessons learned from experts who specialize in the business valuation field
• Brainstorm with your colleagues to get a better grasp of the profession’s most critical challenges
• Shift your thinking into overdrive. You’ll return to work with a clearer vision of the future and how to enhance your business valuation services

AICPA/ASA National Business Valuation Conference 2008
Nov 10 - Nov 12, 2008 – Bellagio, Las Vegas, NV

Monday, November 10, 2008

12:00pm-12:15pm Welcome and Introduction

12:15pm-1:30pm Keynote Presentation
1. Bob Herz, Chairman, FASB

1:30pm-2:15pm Afternoon Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

2:15pm-3:30pm Concurrent Sessions (select one)
2. Fair Value Panel
3. Differences between Lost Profits Analysis & Valuation in Damages Cases
4. Quantitative DLOM Models
5. Standards of Value/Premises of Value

3:30pm-3:40pm Change Break

3:40pm-4:55pm Concurrent Sessions (select one)
6. Valuation of Closely Held Private Equities - Part I (continued in #11)
7. Asset Valuations in Bankruptcy
8. Expert Testimony Skills (repeated in #20)
9. Fairness Opinions
10. BV Research: More, Better, Faster

4:55pm-5:05pm Change Break

5:05pm-6:20pm Concurrent Sessions (select one)
11. Valuation of Closely Held Private Equities - Part II (continuation of #6)
12. Valuation of the Cross-Border Target Business
13. Personal Goodwill v. Enterprise Goodwill
14. Using Monte Carlo Analysis to Test DCF Projection Assumptions
15. Implementation of SSVS No. 1 - One Year Later

6:20pm-8:00pm Welcome Reception

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

7:00am-6:25pm Registration and Message Center Open

7:00am-8:00am Continental Breakfast and Vendor Display

7:00am-8:00am Early Morning Session
201. AICPA Town Hall Meeting

8:00am-8:10am Change Break

8:10am-9:25am General Session
16. Aswath Damodoran, NYU Stern School of Business

9:25am-10:10am Morning Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall

10:10am-11:25am Concurrent Sessions (select one)
17. Valuation of In Process Research & Development
18. Healthcare Valuation - Part I (continued in #23)
19. Effective Reports and Presentations in Litigation
20. Expert Testimony Skills (repeat of #8)
21. Market Approach Valuation Methods

11:25am-11:35am Change Break
11:35am-12:50pm Concurrent Sessions (select one)
22. Contributory Assets: Income Allocation & Rates of Return
23. Healthcare Valuation - Part II (continuation of #18)
24. How USPAP is Used in Litigation
25. IRS Update: Common Errors in Business Valuation Appraisals and Other Valuation Issues (repeated in #30)
26. Income Approach Valuation Methods

12:50pm-2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm-3:15pm Concurrent Sessions (select one)
27. Surviving the Audit - Part I (continued in #32)
28. Mergers & Acquisition
29. Pass Through Investment Holding Company Entities - FLPs
30. IRS Update: Common Errors in Business Valuation Appraisals and Other Valuation Issues (repeat of #25)
31. Basic Cost of Capital Estimation Procedures

3:15pm-3:45pm Afternoon Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

3:45pm-5:00pm Concurrent Sessions (select one)
32. Surviving the Audit - Part II (continuation of #27)
33. Tax Legislation Panel
34. Intellectual Property Litigation Issues
35. S-Corporation Valuation Issues
36. Basics of Valuation Discounts and Premiums

5:00pm-5:10pm Change Break

5:10pm-6:25pm Concurrent Sessions (select one)
37. Valuation of the Customer Relationships Intangible Asset
38. Hiring and Retaining the Right People
39. Computer Forensics Procedures
40. What Do We Know About Risk?
41. Valuing Small Main Street (Mom & Pop) Businesses

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

7:00am-12:45pm Registration and Message Center Open

7:00am-8:00am Continental Breakfast and Vendor Display

7:00am-8:00am Early Morning Session
202. ASA Town Hall Meeting

8:00am-8:10am Change Break

8:10-9:40am General Session
42. Engagement Risk Management

9:40am-10:10am Morning Refreshment Break

10:10am-11:25am General Session
43. Business Valuation Professional Standards

11:25am-12:40pm General Session
44. Hardball with Hitchner

12:40pm Conference Adjourns

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