Financial Reporting Conference: 2008

The UW Tacoma Milgard School of Business will co-host the Fourth Annual Financial Reporting Conference with the UW Seattle Michael G. Foster School of Business on May 16, 2008 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center.

This conference brings together accounting standard setters, enforcement officials, corporate financial executives, and professional and academic accountants to discuss current issues in financial accounting and corporate reporting. The format is an open one so that conference participants can interact with the speakers and panelists.

Conference participants are eligible for 8 hours of CPE credit.

Current Program Information

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program begins at 8:15 a.m.

8:30 a.m. - Current Issues at the FASB

Michael Crooch, FASB Board Member

10:30 a.m. - Current Issues at the SEC

Julie Erhardt, Deputy Chief Accountant - International, SEC

12:00 p.m. - Keynote Lunch Speaker

Paula Reynolds, CEO, SAFECO Insurance

1:30 p.m. - Issues in Fair Value Accounting

Sergey Volkov, PwC Director, Structured Financial Group

Kevin Murphy, Controller, Boeing Capital Corporation

3:15 p.m. - Issues for US Firms facing IFRS

Bob Laux, Senior Director of Financial Reporting, Microsoft

Paul Munter, KMPG Partner, Department of Professional Practice

Susan Sallee, VP/Controller, T-Mobile

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