IFRS Convergence - Calgary
Strategies and Solutions for a Seamless IFRS Transition
Conference: June 11 and 12, 2008
Optional Workshops: June 13, 2008
NEW: Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre · Calgary, Alberta
Optional Pre-Conference Workshops
Friday, June 13, 2008
9:00 - 12:00
Workshop One
Writing the MD&A: Hands-on Tools to Make Your Job Easier!
Marcus Guenther, Vice-president, FocusROI Inc.
As a key disclosure document, an MD&A report is crucial to
communicating with your shareholders, but it is also difficult to write
effectively. How does your MD&A measure up? How will IFRS implementation affect
the way your MD&A is constructed? Using real-world examples, this workshop will
give you the knowledge needed to easily write a dynamic and accurate MD&A under
both current GAAP standards and IFRS.
- Upcoming changes in the rules for writing your MD&A
- Avoiding the most common problems
- Review of off-balance sheet reporting and internal control regulations
- Are you sure you’re performing your due diligence
1:00 - 4:00
Workshop Two
Consolidating IFRS and Canadian GAAP Differences: A Roadmap to Success
Tiffany Marr, Senior Manager, IFRS Conversion Services Group,
Assurance and Advisory, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Sippy Chhina, Partner, IFRS Conversion Services Group,
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Nafeesa Samji, Manager, IFRS Conversion Services Group,
Assurance and Advisory, Deloitte & Touche LLP
This workshop will build on sessions from the previous two conference days,
providing a brief overview of disclosure requirements for each of the standards
outlined below. Certain differences between Canadian GAAP and IFRS will be
discussed in depth and case studies completed to provide participants with an
opportunity to determine practical considerations when bridging these GAAP
differences:
- Property, plant, and equipment (IAS 16): elements of costs, components,
and depreciation
- Impairment of assets (IAS 36): concepts of cash generating unit, recoverable
amount, and applying the "trigger test"
- Provisions, contingent liabilities, and contingent assets (IAS 37): concepts
of provisions versus contingencies
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