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Internal Controls - Montreal
Sustaining Effective Controls and Ongoing Compliance
Conference: April 29 and 30, 2008 · Optional Workshops: Workshop: May 1, 2008
Montreal, Quebec
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CONFERENCE OVERVIEW |
Learn the latest developments on internal controls, and how these changes will affect you!
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- Identifying and testing entity-level controls
- Sustaining compliance while moving forward: making it an ongoing process rather than a one-time project
- Successfully incorporating internal controls within your organization to achieve compliance and enhance your organization's bottom line
- Identifying and testing key elements of anti-fraud programs and controls
- Internal controls implementation: building a sustainable plan and accurate procedures to successfully achieve compliance
- Integrating governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) activities to create value for your organization
- Latest and emerging trends in risk and controls
- From MI 52-109 in 2006 to NI 52-109 in 2008: what does the upcoming change mean for you?
- Internal controls testing: general computer controls (GCCs) and general application controls (GACs)
- Top IT issues and strategies for managing risk
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With the new reporting standard National Instrument 52-109, testing and documenting controls within your company is now mandatory.
With the 2008 deadline looming closer, you can't afford to fall behind! Hear case studies from corporations and learn how you can
sustain your compliance with minimal resources and leverage certification to increase your company's bottom line.
Our prestigious faculty of leading accounting professionals and practitioners will provide you with a complete, in-depth update,
practical advice, and specific examples to help you deal with the pressing issues involved with entity-level control documentation
and testing implementation. You will be given up-to-the minute details on what's new, how it will impact your organization, and how
you can prepare yourself. Key sessions include
- Latest and emerging trends in risks and controls and what procedures industry leaders have implemented in their organizations
- Designing an efficient model to sustain internal controls
- Guidelines for testing the operating effectiveness of entity-level controls
- Leveraging compliance and enhancing your business's bottom line
- Strengthening fraud controls to protect your organization
- Building a cost-effective compliance program
- Integrating governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) to reinforce risk management
- Role of an IT framework in internal controls and risk reduction
Don't miss this opportunity to hear case studies and lessons learned from your peers, as well as informative
sessions with industry leaders. Over 300 organizations across Canada have already taken advantage of our
internal controls conferences; don't miss your chance!
Register early and save!
Act now to take full advantage of our early registration discount.
Register before January 29, 2008 and save up to $400. Call Infonex
at 1-800-474-4829. Or, register online today! But
act soon. The $400 early registration discount is only available until January 29th. Register today!
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Optional Pre-Conference Workshops: March 18, 2008
WORKSHOP ONE: 9:00 - 12:00
Content Management: Mitigating or Creating Risk?
Karen Kronauge, Director of policyIQ, Resources Global Professionals
Is your organization's content management capability a way to reduce your risks, or is it a source of additional risks? In this session you will learn how to answer that question for your organization, by
- Learning the nuts and bolts of content management
- Reviewing the growing trend in Basic Content Management applications and how they compare to the established Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
- Studying the 10 Effective Policy Management best practice steps published in the Journal of Accountancy
- Understanding the key points in buying and implementing content management solutions
WORKSHOP TWO: 1:00 - 4:00
Writing the MD&A: Reporting on Internal Control to Investors
Marcus Guenther, Vice-President, FocusROI
The MD&A is becoming increasingly important as the means for reporting on managements approach to CEO CFO Certification, disclosure of risk factors, IFRS impacts and disclosing material internal control weaknesses. How does your MD&A measure up? Is it a key communication vehicle to investors, or just a regulatory compliance document. Using real-world examples, this workshop will give you the knowledge needed to write a dynamic and accurate MD&A. Learn about:
- New disclosure requirements for CEO/CFO Certification
- Disclosing material weaknesses in control
- Avoiding the most common problems
- Risk disclosures
- Ensuring that you are performing due diligence
- Possible IFRS disclosures
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Who Should Attend This Event
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- CFOs
- VPs of Finance
- Accountants
- Controllers
- Directors and Managers of Internal Audit
- Directors, Managers, and Analysts of Financial Compliance
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