AICPA Fair Value Measurement and Reporting Conference

Attend the conference that covers this hot topic from several leading experts in fair value measurements and reporting.  Gain the perspectives, guidance and insights you need that you can put to use immediately.

The conference itself combines expert presentations, panel discussions, interactive training and question and answer sessions that together give you well-rounded solutions of fair value measurements and reporting today.

Topics include:

• Fair Value Measurements and the Current Economic Crisis
• Updates on SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurements
• Latest on Measuring Impairments
• Applying SFAS 141R, Fair Value in Business Combinations
• Working with a Valuation Specialist

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
CFOs, Controller, and other senior executives of business & industry; auditors, business valuation specialists, partners, managing partners from public accounting; those in consulting

MAIN CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 / DAY ONE

1:00 pm - 1:10 pm  
Welcome Remarks & Introductions

1:10 pm - 2:10 pm  
Keynote Presentation
1 A ROADMAP OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED
Amy Ripepi, Managing Director, Financial Reporting Advisors, LLC, Chicago, IL

2:15 pm - 3:45 pm 
General Session

2 FAIR VALUE TECHNICAL UPDATE: NEW/UPDATED RESOURCES
Kris Anderson, Valuation Fellow, FASB, Norwalk, CT
Carla Glass, Managing Director, Hill Schwartz Spilker Keller, LLC, Dallas, TX
Yelena Mishkevich, Technical Manager, AICPA, New York, NY

3:45 pm - 4:05 pm  
Refreshment Break & Vendor Display

4:05 pm - 5:20 pm  
Concurrent Sessions (Select One)

3 FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Dave Hinshaw, Director of Assurance Services, Dixon Hughes PLLC,
High Point, NC

4 FRESH START ISSUES
John T. Conroy Jr., Senior Manager, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP, Chicago, IL
Ed Quinn, Senior Manager, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP, Chicago, IL

5:20 pm - 5:30 pm  
Change Break

5:30 pm - 6:45 pm  
Concurrent Sessions (Select One)

5 FAIR VALUE OF LIABILITIES
Daniel Coleman, Senior Manager, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP, Chicago, IL
Bernard Pump, Senior Manager, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP, Chicago, IL

6 GOODWILL IMPAIRMENT: LESSONS LEARNED
Mark Edwards, Partner, Grant Thornton, LLP, Charlotte, NC
Greg Franceschi, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps, East Palo Alto, CA
Brian Stevens, Partner, KPMG, LLP, New York, NY

MAIN CONFERENCE THURSDAY, JUNE 10 / DAY TWO

6:30 am - 5:15 pm  
Registration & Message Center Open

7:00 am - 7:50 am  
Early Riser Session (Select One)
200 AUDIT MATERIALITY AND THE FAIR VALUE CONUNDRUM
Dave Dufendach, Partner, Grant Thornton, LLP, Seattle, WA
Bert Fox, Partner, Grant Thornton, LLP, Charlotte, NC

8:00 am - 8:15 am  
Chair Remarks & Announcements

8:15 am - 9:15 am  
General Session

7 DISCLOSURES: WHAT IS ENOUGH? WHAT IS TOO MUCH?
Jim Gerace, Partner, BDO Seidman LLP, Chicago, IL
Kevin Kispert, Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP, New York, NY

9:20 am - 10:20 am
General Session

8 PCAOB UPDATE ON FAIR VALUE
Greg Fletcher, Associate Chief Auditor, PCAOB, Washington, DC

10:20 am - 10:40 am    
Refreshment Break & Vendor Display

10:40 am - 11:55 am    
Concurrent Sessions (Select One)

9 CHEAP STOCK PANEL
Travis Chamberlain, Senior Manager, Clifton Gunderson LLP, Indianapolis, IN
Chad Kokenge, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Florham, NJ
Amanda Miller, Executive Director, Ernst & Young, LLP, Palo Alto, CA

10 FAIR VALUE ISSUES UNDER ASC 805 (SFAS 141R)
James Weaver, Managing Director, KPMG LLP, Atlanta, GA

11:55 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm  
Concurrent Sessions (Select One)

11 MEASURING AND AUDITING DERIVATIVES AND CREDIT VALUATION
ADJUSTMENTS
Xihao Hu, Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP, McLean, VA
Daniel Kahn, Principal, Ernst & Young, LLP, Washington, DC
Brent Solomon, Principal, Reznick Group, P.C., Bethesda, MD

12 VALUATION OF IPR&D
Tony Aaron, Principal, Ernst & Young, LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Val Bitton, Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP, Chicago, IL

2:15 pm - 2:25 pm  
Change Break

2:25 pm - 3:40 pm  
Concurrent Sessions (Select One)

13 INVESTOR PERSPECTIVES ON FAIR VALUE
Jack Ciesielski, Publisher, R. G. Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
Tony Sondhi, President, A.C. Sondhi & Associates, Safety Harbor, FL

14 DIVERGENT CONVERGENCE: IFRS AND U.S. GAAP – THE LONG & WINDING ROAD
OF FAIR VALUE
Jim Catty, Chair, International Association of Consultants, Valuators & Analysts (IACVA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3:40 pm - 4:00 pm  
Refreshment Break & Vendor Display

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm  
Concurrent Sessions (Select One)

15 AUDITING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND
THE UGLY
Tony Aaron, Principal, Ernst & Young, LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Brent Solomon, Principal, Reznick Group, P.C., Bethesda, MD

16 A DEBITS AND CREDITS CASE STUDY ON FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING
Tom Groskopf, Director, Barnes, Dennig & Co. Ltd., Cincinnati, OH

5:15 pm - 6:15 pm  
Networking Reception

MAIN CONFERENCE FRIDAY, JUNE 11 / DAY THREE

7:30 am - 12:10 pm
Registration & Message Center Open

7:00 am - 7:50 am  
Complimentary Solutions Sessions

Topics to be announced. Extra CPE credit will be awarded.

8:00 am - 9:30 am  
General Session

17 LITIGATION RISKS RELATED TO FAIR VALUE REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE
Martin Cunniff, Partner, Howrey LLP, Washington, DC
Carl Liggio, McCullough, Campbell & Lane, Chicago, IL

9:35 am - 10:35 am
General Session

18 CURRENT CRITICAL FAIR VALUE ISSUES AT THE SEC RE
Evan Sussholz, Professional Accounting Fellow/Valuation Specialist, U.S. Securities &
Exchange Commission, Washington, DC

10:35 am - 10:55 am    
Refreshment Break & Vendor Display

10:55 am - 12:10 pm    
Concurrent Sessions (Select One)

19 IMPAIRMENT WAR STORIES UNDER ASC 360 (SFAS 144) IN A CHALLENGING
ECONOMIC CLIMATE
Mike Beck, Principal, Reznick Group, P.C., Bethesda, MD
Wade L. Hardy III, Principal, Ernst & Young, LLP, Atlanta, GA
Brent Solomon, Principal, Reznick Group, P.C., Bethesda, MD

20 IMPACT OF ASC 820 (SFAS 157) ON INVESTMENT COMPANY AUDITS
David Larsen, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps, LLC, San Francisco, CA
Mark Richman, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Chicago, IL

12:10 pm  
Conference Adjourns

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