Fair value, Sarbanes-Oxley focus of FERF program.Two of finance's hottest topics--fair value and the costs and benefits of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act--will be the focus of "Academe Meets Practice," a complimentary one-day conference November 15 at Baruch College in New York. The event is being sponsored by Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), in conjunction with Baruch's Stan Ross Department of Accountancy and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity. The morning session on fair value will have a panel of participants from industry, academia and other disciplines, among them: FEI FEI Fédération Équestre Internationale. President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Colleen Cunningham, Linda MacDonald of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Board composed of independent members who create and interpret Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). , Allan Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. of Time Warner, Steven Lilien of Baruch, Edward Riedl of Harvard and Lou Thompson of Kalorama Partners and Genesis Inc. Norman Strauss, a recognized accounting authority now with Baruch, will moderate. The afternoon session on Sarbanes-Oxley is expected to include 20 people and would be a "response" to last year's session, in which financial executives, academics and regulators discussed the impact of the law's Section 404 on internal controls. Baruch faculty members are expected to talk about their research on the cost/benefit equation, with policy implications, and other panelists would discuss how the research might be practically applied. The event, which begins at 10 a.m. and is scheduled to end at 3:30 p.m., will include a luncheon keynote. It will be held at Baruch's "vertical campus" at 55 Lexington Ave. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Attendees will qualify for four CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment credits. For more information or to register, go to http://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/centers/cci/events/academe-meets-practice. |
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