IFRS Summit in Canada January 27-28 2009

by Darla Sycamore

There will be a Summit on IFRS for Canada on January 27 - 28, 2009. The two day event will deal with practical issues on IFRS and representatives from various companies will be speaking on a number of issues related to IFRS conversions. The organizations represented at the Summit include:

• Accounting Standards Board Canada
• International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC)
• Microsoft Corporation
• Bombardier Inc
• AltaGas Ltd
• The Finance Group
• Canadian Financial Executives Research Foundation
• Homes Trust Company
• Hydro One
• Axiotron
• HEC Montreal
• egX Group Inc.
• The Kidney Foundation of Canada
• Agrana Fruit US Inc
• Canam International
• Agrium Inc.
• TD Bank Financial Group
• Gildan Activewear Inc,

The session will deal with private company issues and small/medium size businesses as well as public company issues. The topics include "the usual suspects".

• Project management for IFRS
• IFRS1 Implementation issues
• Property, Plant and Equipment
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Fair Value Accounting

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