Schedule

 TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013

7:45 am  Registration (Lobby, Lorton Performance Center)
8:45 am Introduction Roger Blais, Provost 
9:00 am  Session I - Perspective from the PCAOB - An Update on Current Activities
An update on the activities of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.		 John Fiebig 
10:15 am  Break  
10:30 am  Session II - Giving Voice to Values: The "How" of Business Ethics
A sharing of a ground-breaking new approach to preparing business managers and leaders for values-driven decision making.		 Mary Gentile
11:45 am Break (Walk to ACAC for lunch)
12:00 pm Lunch and Awards Presentation (Great Hall, ACAC. Return to Lorton after lunch.)
1:10 pm Session III - Tax and Regulatory Update  A look at changing compliance issues facing companies in the near future Niloufar Molavi
2:00 pm Break
2:15 pm Session IV - Understanding Healthcare Reform and the Impact on your Business
Healthcare Reform presents many challenges to employers and at the same time, creates opportunities to reduce cost.		 Steve Idoux
3:30 pm Break
3:45 pm Session V - Hidden in Plain Sight: Investigating on the Internet
Learn how to make your internet and social media investigation searches work both harder and smarter.		 Allan Bachman
5:00 pm Adjournment

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 

8:00 am      Registration (Lobby, Lorton Performance Center)   
8:30 am  Session VI - Lessons Learned: Navigating a Volatile Financial Landscape
It's been said that "good judgment comes from experience, but experience comes from bad judgment". I will take lessons learned from the experience of others and apply them to today's volatile financial landscape.		 Donald R. Jackson 
9:45 am   Break   
10:00 am  Session VII - Cyber Trust: The Science Behind Trust Decisions Made Online
Scientists are only now beginning to explore the neurobiological roots of trust decisions made online. Why does phishing work? What makes a website trustworthy? We will explore the issues and concepts at play in the human brain when making cyber trust decisions.		 John Hale
11:15 am Break (Walk to ACAC)
11:30 am Lunch and Awards Presentation (Great Hall, ACAC.  Return to Lorton after lunch.)
12:40 pm Session VIII - International Standards - The Compass for Internal Auditors
Learn why the Standards matter, the key changes effective January 1, 2013 and tips for successful implementation.		 Lily Bi
1:45 pm Break
2:00 pm Session IX - Controllership in a Global Retail Enterprise  What does it really mean to be a global company and how do you balance the accounting function's local, common and global needs to ensure consistent, accurate, efficient and reliable accounting processes for the entire enterprise. Steve Whaley
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Session X - Investment Strategy for the Next Decade
We will explore investment strategies poised to benefit from global secular trends including the aging baby boomers, the U.S. energy renaissance, the developing world and much more.		 Channing S. Smith
4:45 pm Adjournment

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The Conference of Accountants is grateful to The University of Tulsa’s Lorton Performance Center, Collins College of Business and Allen Chapman Activity Center for assisting with facilities and logistical arrangements.