European Commission conference on international developments in Accounting and Auditing, 8 February 2010

Presentations and Videos

Keynote Address

  • David Wright, Deputy Director General, European Commission, DG Internal Market and Services PDFEnglish
Session 1: Sharing experiences in implementing IFRS
  • Moderator: Pierre Delsaux, Director, EC, DG Internal Market and Services
  • Panelists:
    • Fernando Restoy, Chairman of CESR-FIN PDFEnglish
    • Karen Stothers, Senior Director, Accounting Policy Division, OSFI, Canada PDFEnglish
    • Alexsandro Broedel Lopes, Commissioner, SEC, Brazil PDFEnglish
    • Yuting Liu, Director General of Accounting Regulatory Department, MOF, China PDFEnglish
  • Video part 1 video fileDeutschEnglishFrançaisChinese
Session 2: Progress towards the adoption of IFRS
  • Moderator: Jeroen Hooijer, Head of Unit, Financial Reporting, EC, DG Internal Market and Services
  • Panelists
    • Wayne Upton, Director of International Activities, IASB (not available, see video)
    • Julie Erhardt, Deputy Chief Accountant, U.S. SEC (not available, see video)
    • Masamichi Kono, Vice Commissioner for International Affairs, FSA, Japan PDFEnglish
    • Burçin Gözlüklü, Secretary General, Turkish Accounting Standards Board PDFEnglish
    • Leonid Shneydman, Director, Department for Regulation of Public Financial Сontrol, Auditing and Accounting, Russia PDFEnglish
  • Video part 2 video fileDeutschEnglishFrançaisChinese
Session 3: Towards global standards in auditing
  • Moderator: Paul George, Director of Auditing and the Public Oversight Board of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in the UK, Vice Chairman of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR)
  • Panelists
    • Arnold Schilder, Chairman of IAASB PDFEnglish
    • Philip Johnson, Deputy President of FEE, and Chairman of the FEE Auditing Working Party PDFEnglish
  • Video part 3 video fileDeutschEnglishFrançaisChinese
Session 4: Setting up independent audit oversight in non-EU countries – exchange of experience
  • Moderator: Nathalie De Basaldua, Head of Unit, Auditing, EC, DG Internal Market and Services
  • Panelists
    • Lajoš Žager, Chairman, Audit Public Oversight Committee, Croatia PDFEnglish
    • Bernard Agulhas, Chief Executive Officer, IRBA, South Africa PDFEnglish
    • Kim Ho Joong, Chief Accountant, Financial Supervisory Service, South Korea PDFEnglish
  • Video part 4 video fileDeutschEnglishFrançaisChinese
Session 5: International cooperation in auditing oversight
  • Moderator: Pierre Delsaux, Director, EC, DG Internal Market and Services
  • Panelists
    • Steven Maijoor, Director at the Netherlands AFM, Chair of IFIAR PDFEnglish
    • Rhonda Schnare, International Director, PCAOB, United States (not available, see video)
Closing Remarks
  • David Wright, Deputy Director General, EC, DG Internal Market and Services PDFEnglish
  • Video part 5 video fileDeutschEnglishFrançaisChinese

Last update: 16-11-2011