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9:00 - 12:00
Workshop One
Preparing XBRL Documents for the Voluntary Filing Program of the Canadian Securities Administrators
Gerald Trites, Project Director, XBRL Canada
Eric E. Cohen, PricewaterhouseCoopers
This workshop is designed to help those in the financial sector to learn more about XBRL and the adoption
of XBRL in their reporting and accounting. The workshop will provide you with an understanding of how to prepare XBRL documents
for the CSA Voluntary Filing Program (VFP) and includes presentations and discussions of proposals concerning the Canadian
Taxonomy Project, the goal of which is to significantly reduce the cost of financial institution filings for Canadian interests.
- Canadian taxonomy: what and where it is, and why you need it
- Resources for you to get engaged: software, services, web site and other educational and technical resources
- Working with the Canadian taxonomy
- Introduction to XBRL
- How to "tag" financials
- Hands-on time: attendees will prepare their own financial statements with assistance from instructors
1:00 - 4:00
Workshop Two
Fair Value Measurement: Meeting the Challenge
Peter Kinch CA, Partner Ernst Young LLP
Financial reporting and fair value are increasingly becoming important partners in the reporting and
accounting process. New and more complex accounting standards require use of fair value. FASB has issued a standard
on fair value (FAS 157) and IASB and AcSB have issued a converged standard. This workshop addresses the most relevant
and timely issues you and you financial institution will face with the measurement of fair value.
- Addressing new accounting challenges through fair value
- Fair value and the introduction of new opportunities
- Review of FAS 157 and it's implications
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