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Hotel cutoff date: 9/6/2011 Optional Special Interest Sessions Wednesday, October 5 th Conference Overview: Preparing for the SEC’s decision on IFRS IASB’s progress and future work plan Advice from those who have implemented IFRS and those preparing for IFRS conversion The roles of FASB and IASB after completion of MOU projects Presented jointly by the AICPA and IFRS Foundation International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Conference: The North American Perspective OCTOBER 5-7, 2011 Westin Copley Place Boston, MA Distinguished Speakers Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman, IASB Barry Melancon, AICPA, President & CEO Harvey Goldschmid, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia University Save 75 by 8/21/11 Early Bird Registration $ Learn more or register cpa2biz.com/conferences 888.777.7077 Scan with your mobile device for information and registration details!

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optional Special Interest SessionsWednesday, October 5th

Conference overview:• Preparing for the SEC’s decision on IFRS• IASB’s progress and future work plan• Advice from those who have implemented IFRS

and those preparing for IFRS conversion• The roles of FASB and IASB after completion

of MOU projects

Presented jointly by the AICPA and IFRS Foundation

International Financial ReportingStandards (IFRS) Conference:The North American Perspective

oCtober 5-7, 2011 Westin Copley Place Boston, MA

distinguished Speakers

Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman,

IASB

Barry Melancon, AICPA,

President & CEO

Harvey Goldschmid, Dwight Professor of

Law, Columbia University

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Highlights include:

• Discussions on the implementation of convergence projects, including leases, revenue recognition, consolidation and financial instruments

• Roundtable sessions on how the transition to IFRS may affect preparers, auditors, academics, trainers and audit committees

• Networking opportunities with subject matter experts, standard setters, senior leaders and colleagues to build your IFRS working knowledge

With the SEC still committed to making a decision in 2011, the countdown to IFRS adoption continues – and with it, the need for you to prepare and be ready to face the key implementation issues.

Plan to attend the ifrs Conference, where you can learn more about the significance of IFRS, its future, the impact on U.S. and international businesses, and the practical ways to prepare for a possible implementation.

Jointly developed by the AICPA and the IFRS Foundation, this comprehensive event provides three full days of strategic guidance and technical know-how. Explore IFRS from multiple perspectives with the participation of the IASB and specialist experts. Benefit from in-depth presentations, panel discussions, and extensive Q&A sessions on the most current developments with standard setters, subject matter experts and regulators from the IASB, FASB, and other organizations.

Don’t get left behind. the need to understand is immediate.

Who Should AttendMid-to-senior level executives in public accounting, finance, tax, investor relations, business and industry; board and audit committee members, internal auditors, attorneys, consultants, professors/academicians, and corporations with global offices.

NEW! AICPA IfRS Certificate ProgramThe AICPA has developed a comprehensive 25 course program to provide basic training, knowledge and practical guidance necessary to use and apply IFRS. For more information, visit cpa2biz.com/ifrscertificate Details on page 10.

How to apply and manage IFRS in practice

Impact of IFRS adoption on global capital markets

What you need to know about major FASB and IASB convergence projects

Investor protection XBRL for IFRS

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Expert guidance and practical advice help you understand and prepare

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Conference Agenda

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PRE-CoNfERENCE SESSIoNS & MAIN CoNfERENCE / WEdNESdAY, oCTobER 5 / dAY oNE

7:00 am - 5:00 pm registration & Message Center open9:00 am - 11:30 am pre-Conference special interest sessions (additional fee) 101 First-Time Adoption of IFRS and the IFRS for Small & Medium-Sized Entities A

Anthony Appleton, Technical Director, PKF International LimitedChristoph Hütten, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, SAP AGPaul Pacter, Member, IASB For those with a special interest in the first-time adoption of IFRS, and the IFRS for SMEs, this session will provide an overview of the requirements of:• IFRS 1 First-Time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards• Section 35 Transition to the IFRS for SMEsThis session will also include a case study provided by Mr. Hütten detailing SAP’s implementation process from U.S. GAAP to IFRS in 2007. Discussion topics will include:• Timetable, roles & responsibilities, impacted processes• U.S. GAAP/IFRS differences relevant for SAP• Preparing the capital markets for the change• Roundtable Q&A

102 Understanding IFRSs AIan Mackintosh, Vice-Chairman, IASB Paul Munter, Partner, Department of Professional Practice, KPMG LLP, U.S.Steve Shamrock, Corporate Controller, Akzo Nobel, U.S.Michael Wells, Director of IFRS Education Initiative, IFRS Foundation This session is designed to explain the remaining conceptual and technical differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP, and includes an update on the new IASB/FASB requirements for recognizing revenue and advice on implementation of those requirements from a leading revenue recognition advisor and a leading preparer. Highlights include:• Teaching, understanding and applying principle-based accounting standards• The post convergence differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP • Roundtable Q&A

103 IFRS for Insurance Contracts APeter Clark, Director of Research, IASB Patrick Finnegan, Member, IASB Sam Gutterman, Director and Consulting Actuary, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, U.S.David Sandberg, Vice President and Corporate Actuary, Allianz Life, U.S.Mark Trench, Director, Standard & Poor’s, U.S.For those with a special interest in the reporting of insurance contracts, this session will focus on the joint IASB/FASB insurance contracts project, and will cover:• Technical update • Actuary’s perspective • Analyst’s perspective • Preparer’s perspective • Roundtable Q&AAlso included will be a credit analyst’s perspective of the insurance contracts project focusing on the key analytical implications of the proposed changes. These key analytical implications include: • Increased volatility of financial results• Difficulty in applying metrics based on historical trends• New insight regarding management’s perception of risk

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All sessions indicated by the virtual session icon will be streamed live via the Web. This gives your staff who cannot attend the conference in Boston, the opportunity to earn CPE credits while learning about critical IFRS issues.

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Conference Agenda11:30 am - 1:00 pm lunch on your own1:15 pm Main Conference begins1:15 pm - 1:30 pm general session 1 Welcome Address: IASB

Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman, IASB 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Keynote address 2 Investor Protection on a Global Scale: The SEC’s Impact on Global Standards SKA

Harvey Goldschmid, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law, U.S.

Professor Goldschmid will analyze lessons to be learned about financial regulation and accounting standards from the financial crisis. He will discuss the SEC’s incorporation decision, and why this is a critical moment in determining whether the goal of a “single set of high quality global standards” will, in fact, be realized.

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm general session 3 The U.S. Perspective: Panel Discussion AU, SKA, T

Moderator: Arleen Thomas, Senior Vice President, Member Competency and Development, AICPA, U.S.Panel: David B. Hardison, Partner, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, U.S.Richard H. Murray, Chairman Emeritus, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, U.S.Donald Nicolaisen, Independent Director, Morgan Stanley, Verizon, Zurich Financial and MGIC, U.S.Joan Labbie Schumaker, Partner, Americas Tax Leader for Financial Accounting Advisory Services, Ernst & Young LLP, U.S.This session will cover the U.S. perspective on the desirability, likelihood, timing and potential implications of adopting, incorporating or “condorsing” IFRS, including implications for:• Legal • Investor/investor relations • Tax • Board/audit committees• Auditors

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm wine and Cheese reception

MAIN CoNfERENCE ThuRSdAY, oCTobER 6 / dAY TWo

7:00 am - 5:30 pm registration & Message Center open7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental breakfast8:00 am - 8:30 am general session 4 Welcome Address: AICPA

Barry Melancon, President & CEO, AICPA 8:30 am - 9:45 am general session 5 Standard-Setters Update: Progress and Plans A

Moderator: Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman, IASB Panel: Ian Mackintosh, Vice-Chairman, IASB Leslie Seidman, Chairman, FASB, U.S.John Smith, Member, IASB This session includes updates on:• Completed joint projects • Active projects• The results of the IASB’s public consultation on its future work plan• FASB’s plans

9:45 am - 10:15 am networking break

Harvey is Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia University. Professor Goldschmid now serves as a Trustee of the IFRS Foundation and served as Co-Chair of the IASB/FASB Financial Crisis Advisory Group (an 18- member panel of senior international lenders with broad experience in the global financial system), and as a Public Governor and Chair of the Regulatory Policy Committee of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He is the author of numerous publications on corporate securities and antitrust law.

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10:15 am - 12:15 pm Concurrent implementation sessions 6 Leases: Lessees A

John Bober, Managing Director, Structuring Group, GE Energy Financial ServicesPatrina Buchanan, Senior Technical Manager, IASB David Humphreys, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Paul Pacter, Member, IASB This session includes an update on the new IASB/FASB requirements being developed for accounting for leases by lessees, and advice on implementing those requirements from a leading lease accounting advisor and a leading preparer.

7 Revenue Recognition (repeated in #11) AKenneth Bement, Project Manager, FASB, U.S.Brett Cohen, Accounting Consulting Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLPIan Mackintosh, Vice-Chairman IASBHenry Rees, Technical Principal, IASB Michael Wood, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Raytheon Company, U.S.This session includes an update on the new IASB/FASB requirements being developed for recognizing revenue, and advice on implementing those requirements from a leading revenue recognition advisor and a leading preparer.

8 Consolidation (repeated in #12) ASteven Buller, Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc., U.S. Patrick Finnegan, Member, IASB Paul Munter, Partner, Department of Professional Practice, KPMG LLP, U.S.Jana Streckenbach, Technical Manager, IASBThis session includes an update on the requirements of the new and amended Consolidations standards issued by the IASB, and advice on implementing those requirements from a leading consolidation advisor and a leading preparer.

9 Financial Instruments: Classification, Measurement & Impairment A

Barbara Davidson, Senior Technical Manager, IASB Linda Mezon, Chief Accountant, Royal Bank of Canada, CanadaJohn Smith, Member, IASB Bob Uhl, Partner, National Director of Accounting Standards and Communications, Deloitte & Touche LLP, U.S.This session includes an update on the classification and measurement requirements, and impairment proposals for financial instruments in IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, and advice on implementing those requirements from a leading financial instruments advisor and a leading preparer.

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm lunch1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Concurrent implementation sessions 10 Leases: Lessors A

John Bober, Managing Director, Structuring Group, GE Energy Financial ServicesPatrina Buchanan, Senior Technical Manager, IASBDavid Humphreys, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLPJohn Smith, Member, IASBThis session includes an update on the new IASB/FASB requirements being developed for accounting for leases by lessors, and advice on implementing those requirements from a leading lease accounting advisor and a leading preparer.

11 Revenue Recognition (repeat of #7) A 12 Consolidation (repeat of #8) A 13 Financial Instruments: Hedging & Offsetting A

Barbara Davidson, Senior Technical Manager, IASBXihao Hu, Senior Vice President and Chief Accountant, TD Bank GroupPaul Pacter, Member, IASBBob Uhl, Partner, National Director of Accounting Standards and Communications, Deloitte & Touche LLP, U.S.This session includes an update on the hedge accounting and offsetting requirements being developed for financial instruments, and advice on implementing those requirements from a leading financial instruments advisor and a leading preparer.

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm networking break

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Conference Agenda4:00 pm - 5:30 pm general session 14 Preparers’ Perspectives: Panel Discussion SKA

Moderator: Bob Laux, Senior Director, Accounting and Reporting, Microsoft, U.S. Panel: Aaron Anderson, Director, IFRS Policy and Implementation, IBM, U.S.Steve Shamrock, Corporate Controller, Akzo Nobel, U.S.Bob Shanks, Vice President and Controller, Ford Motor Company (pre-recorded presentation)For those considering the effects of adopting IFRS, this session will provide the perspectives of a number of preparers who are at different stages of the IFRS implementation process.

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm networking reception

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6:45 am - 12:15 pm registration & Message Center open7:45 am - 8:45 am early riser sessions 15 IT Implications A

John Barile, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, U.S.The migration towards IFRS will significantly impact the information technology (IT) systems that support financial reporting and information for decision making. This session will explore the potential changes required for both applications and data to support an effective transition to IFRS, including applicable project management and system solution considerations. Additionally, we will walk through a phased methodology that has been successfully utilized by organizations worldwide to address the system impact of convergence within their environments. Specific discussion areas will include:• Impact of potential transaction differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS

on IT systems• IT system enhancements required by reporting changes• Project management considerations for IT system enhancements• Suggested methodology for diagnosing, designing, developing and

implementing technology solutions 16 Preparing for IFRS Adoption: Assessing Post-Convergence Between IFRS and U.S. GAAP SKA

D.J. Gannon, Deputy Managing Partner, U.S. Regulatory and Public Policy, Deloitte & Touche LLP, U.S.This session will focus on the movement to IFRS as the single global standard and the related impact on U.S. financial reporting. Key topics to be addressed include:• Overview of the current financial reporting landscape• Recent SEC activities around the incorporation of IFRS into the U.S. public

company reporting framework• IFRS and U.S. GAAP post-convergence – a look at “lingering” differences• What all this means for U.S. constituents

17 XBRL SKAChristoph Hütten, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, SAP AGOlivier Servais, Director of XBRL Activities, IFRS Foundation Arleen Thomas, Senior Vice President, Member Competency and Development, AICPA, U.S.With the growing adoption of XBRL and IFRSs around the world, this session will provide attendees with the latest information on IFRSs and XBRL, including adoption by regulators such as the U.S. SEC, the role of XBRL in the standard-setting process, and key success factors for implementation. Mr. Hütten will detail: SAP’s experience of implementing XBRL, the benefits, operational challenges and the impact on SAP’s financial statements. As XBRL is not mandatory for IFRS filers in the U.S. and Europe, SAP is one of the first companies with experience in applying the XBRL taxonomy for IFRS.

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7:45 am - 8:45 am 18 IFRS Adoption Experiences from Brazil and Canada SKARicardo Lopes Cardoso, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Fundação Getulio Vargas – Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, BrazilPaul Cherry, Former Chairman, Canadian Accounting Standards Board, CanadaThe speakers will present how Brazil and Canada are conducting the process of adoption of the IFRSs. Each will focus on:• Period before IFRS adoption • Obstacles to the IFRS adoption• Current situation • Near future challenges• How those obstacles were overcome

9:00 am - 10:00 am general session 19 Investor Protection: The Corporation Finance Division’s Reviews of IFRS Filings in the U.S. SKA

Craig Olinger, Deputy Chief Accountant, Division of Corporate Finance, SEC (Subject to Confirmation)

10:00 am - 10:20 am networking break10:20 am - 12:00 pm Community roundtable Discussions

These roundtable sessions provide a chance to gather with a group of peers who share your functional or organizational role, and discuss role-specific challenges, opportunities and new issues raised by IFRS. The sessions will be highly participatory, encouraging debate and the sharing of ideas.

20 Private Entities AThomas Groskopf, Director (Owner), Barnes, Dennig & Co., Ltd., U.S.Jeffrey Mechanick, Assistant Director, Nonpublic Entities, FASB, U.S. Paul Pacter, Member, IASB

21 Preparers SKA, TBill Schneider, Director – Accounting, AT&T, U.S.

22 Auditors AU, SKACindy Fornelli, Executive Director, Center for Audit Quality, U.S.Bob Dohrer, Partner, National Director of Assurance Services, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, U.S.

23 Academics and Trainers SKADonna Street, Professor and Mahrt Chair in Accounting, University of Dayton, U.S.

24 Investors and Investor Relations SKAPat Walters, Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Texas Christian University, U.S.

12:00 pm Conference adjourns

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