International Center for Small and Medium Practices

2007 IFAC Small and Medium Practices Forum

The program below provides links to speeches and presentations made at the 2007 IFAC Small and Medium Practices (SMP) Forum. A summary of the conference is also available. Biographies of Forum speakers and panelists are also available.

8:00 - 9:00	Registration and Collection of Materials
	Session 1 Opening Session: Setting the Scene Chair: Sylvie Voghel, IFAC SMP Committee Chair and IFAC Board Member, Certified General Accountants Association of Canada
9:00 - 9:10	Forum's Aims and Objectives Sylvie Voghel
9:10 - 9:15	Welcome from Guest of Honor The Honorable Prime Minister of Malta, Dr. Lawrence Gonzi
9:15 - 9:30	IFAC's Commitment to SMP/SMEs Fermín del Valle, President, International Federation of Accountants
9:30 - 9:40	An Overview of MIA's Activities Simon Flynn, President, Malta Institute of Accountants
	Session 2 Strategy
9:40 - 10:05	IFAC SMP Committee's Strategy and Work Plan Bernard Scicluna, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Malta Institute of Accountants Paul Thompson, Senior Technical Manager, IFAC SMP Committee
10:05 - 10:30	Open Discussion
10:30 - 10:45	Break
	Session 3 Standard Setting
10:45 - 12:30	Standard Setting and the Needs of SMP/SMEs Chair: Robin Jarvis, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Panelists: Richard George, Chair, International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants John Kellas, Chair, International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Paul Pacter, Director of SME Standards, International Accounting Standards Board Ali Cherif, Partner, Mazars, Ordre des Experts Comptables de Tunisie David Chitty, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England &Wales Harold Monk, IFAC SMP Committee Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
12:30 - 13:15	Buffet Lunch
	Session 4 Practical Support
13:15 - 14:00	Provision of Practical Support to SMP/SMEs Chair: Helmut Klaas, Director, European Affairs, Institut derWirtschaftspruefer in Deutschland e.V. Implementation Guides: Giancarlo Attolini, Partner, Attolini Spaggiari & Associati Studio Legale e Tributario, Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti Audit Software: John Hegarty, Head, Centre for Financial Reporting Reform, Europe and Central Asia Region, TheWorld Bank Information Sharing and Networking: Alex Hilman, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Israel
	Session 5 Breakout Discussion Groups
14:00 - 15:15	Track A: Standard Setting Track B: Practical Support
15:15 - 15:30	Break
15:30 - 16:00	Track A: Standard Setting Chair: Robin Jarvis
16:00 - 16:30	Track B: Practical Support Chair: Helmut Klaas
	Session 6 SMPs Supporting SMEs
16:30 - 17:30	How SMPs Can Support SMEs Chair: Sunil Goyal, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Panelists: Brian Bluhm, Partner, Eide Bailly, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Sara Harvey, Council Member, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
17:30 - 17:40	Concluding Remarks Sylvie Voghel

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International Center for Small and Medium Practices

2007 IFAC Small and Medium Practices Forum

Session 1 Opening Session: Setting the Scene

Chair:

Forum's Aims and Objectives

Welcome from Guest of Honor

IFAC's Commitment to SMP/SMEs

An Overview of MIA's Activities

Session 2 Strategy

IFAC SMP Committee's Strategy and Work Plan

Open Discussion

Break

Session 3 Standard Setting

Standard Setting and the Needs of SMP/SMEs

Chair:

Panelists:

Buffet Lunch

Session 4 Practical Support

Provision of Practical Support to SMP/SMEs

Chair:

Implementation Guides:

Audit Software:

Information Sharing and Networking:

Session 5 Breakout Discussion Groups

Track A: Standard Setting

Track B: Practical Support

Break

Track A: Standard Setting

Chair:

Track B: Practical Support

Chair:

Session 6 SMPs Supporting SMEs

How SMPs Can Support SMEs

Chair:

Panelists:

Concluding Remarks