PCAOB Public Meeting on Auditor's Reporting Model
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Agenda
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
9 a.m. | Panel 1: Improving the Auditor's Report with an Emphasis on the ACAP Recommendation Gaylen Hansen, Immediate Past Chair, National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA); Audit Partner, EKS&H LLLP Jeffrey P. Mahoney, General Counsel, Council of Institutional Investors
Richard H. Murray, CEO, Liability Dynamics Consulting LLC Lynn E. Turner, Managing Director, LitiNomics; Former SEC Chief Accountant |
10 a.m. | Panel 2: International Perspectives on Improving the Auditor's Report Sir David Tweedie, Former Chairman, International Accounting Standards Board; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, International Valuation Standards Council |
10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:45 a.m. | Panel 3: International Developments on the Auditor's Report Sven Gentner, Counselor, Economic and Financial Affairs Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United States Nick Land, Chairman, Audit and Assurance Council, UK Financial Reporting Council; public company board member Arnold Schilder, Chairman, International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board |
12 p.m. | Lunch |
1 p.m. | Panel 4: Perspectives on the Auditor's Reporting Model Alan L. Beller, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; public company board member Theodore J. Mock, Distinguished Professor of Audit & Assurance, University of California, Riverside Douglas Skinner, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Joseph B. Ucuzoglu, National Managing Partner, Regulatory and Professional Matters, Deloitte LLP |
2:30 p.m. | Panel 5: Critical Audit Matters Related to the Audits of Large Companies Ann M. Cavanaugh, Managing Director, Global Accounting Policy, BlackRock Wallace R. Cooney, Vice President - Finance, Chief Accounting Officer, Graham Holdings Company Aulana L. Peters, Former SEC Commissioner; public company board member Kevin B. Reilly, Americas Vice Chair, Professional Practice and Risk Management, Ernst & Young LLP |
3:55 p.m. | Break |
4:10 p.m. | Panel 6: Critical Audit Matters Related to the Audits of Small Companies W. Anderson (Andy) Bishop, Chief Financial Officer, Hallador Energy Company Cartier Esham, Executive Vice President, Emerging Companies, Biotechnology Industry Organization Kurt N. Schacht, Managing Director, CFA Institute Joan Waggoner, Partner, Professional Standards, Plante & Moran, PLLC |
5:30 p.m. | Conclusion |
Thursday, April 3, 2014
9 a.m. | Panel 7: Auditor's Responsibilities for Other Information Michael J. Gallagher, Managing Partner, Assurance Quality, PwC Peter H. Nachtwey, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Legg Mason, Inc. Jeremy Perler, Director of Research, Schilit Forensics Michael R. Young, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP; Chairman, Financial Reporting Committee, New York City Bar Association |
10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:45 a.m. | Panel 8: Experience with Changes to the Auditor's Report in the United Kingdom Tony Cates, UK Head of Audit, KPMG LLP (UK) Philip R. Johnson, Chairman of the Audit Committee, Yorkshire Building Society Liz Murrall, Director of Corporate Governance and Reporting, UK Investment Management Association William Touche, Partner, Deloitte LLP (UK) |
12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
1 p.m. | Panel 9: Auditor Tenure and Other Basic Elements of the Auditor's Report Joan L. Amble, President, JCA Consulting; Member, Council of Audit Committee Chairs, NACD; Retired EVP and Principal Accounting Officer, American Express Company; public company board member Peter Clapman, Former Chief Investment Counsel, TIAA-CREF; public company board member Monty W. Garrett, Vice President - Finance, Verizon Communications, Inc. James P. Liddy, U.S. Vice Chair Audit, KPMG LLP; Regional Head of Audit, Americas |
2:10 p.m. | Panel 10: Considerations Specific to Investment Companies and Brokers and Dealers Jeffrey L. Burgess, National Managing Partner of Professional Standards, Grant Thornton LLP John Corcoran, Fund President, Senior Vice President, MFS Investment Management E. Michael Fehrman, Managing Director, Head of Accounting Policy and Advisory Group Americas, Deutsche Bank AG Charles J. Pagano, Partner, WeiserMazars LLP |
3:30 p.m. | Conclusion |