Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "SEC Accounting & Reporting Update" conference to their offering.

We are seeing an unprecedented level of major accounting changes and new regulatory developments. This conference will address the latest developments in key areas of SEC Accounting & Reporting. Presentations will be led by experts from the Big Four and regional firms.

Learning Objectives:

- Understand the latest accounting changes in key areas

- Recognize the timelines and key factors

- Begin to assess the effects of these standards on your company or clients

Agenda:

DAY 1

8:00 - 8:45 - Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:45 - 10:00 - Legal & Regulatory Update

- What to expect under the new administration

- Personnel changes at the Commission

- Latest developments and SEC Hot Buttons

10:00 - 10:15 - Break

10:15 - 12:00 - SEC Developments

- Non-GAAP measures

- Board diversity disclosures

- Disclosure effectiveness project

- Pay ratio disclosure

- Audit committee disclosure

- Sustainability

12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 - SEC Enforcement

- Recent Trends

- Cases

- Positions and interests

- Tools for effective communications

- Collaborative negotiations

2:15 - 2:25 - Break

2:25 - 3:35 - SEC Comment Letter Trends

- Frequent Areas of Comment: Consistency of disclosure in filings versus elsewhere,

- Cybersecurity disclosure, goodwill impairment, Little r restatements

- SAB Topic 11.M disclosures, requirements for revised financial statements

3:45 - 3:40 - Break

3:40 - 5:30 - Form 10Q: Opportunities for Time and Cost Savings

- Ron Kiima from Kiima Inc.

- Interim Financial Statements

- Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks

- MD&A

DAY 2

8:15 - 8:45 - Breakfast

8:45 - 10:00 - SOX & Internal Controls Update

- Current State of Sarbanes-Oxley

- Process vs. Control

- SOX Areas of Focus/Themes/Trends

- IPE

- Deficiency Analysis

- Use and review of SOC reports for SOX

10:00 - 10:05 - Break

10:05 - 11:00 - Lease Accounting: New Rules

- Overview of new rules

- Effective date and transition

- Scope and definition

- Identifying a lease

- Short term leases

- Separating lease and non-lease components

- Calculating lease liability

11:00 - 11:10 - Break

11:10 - 12:15 - IPOs

- Overview of current IPO market

- JOBS Act

- IPO process and illustrative timeline

- Accounting and financial reporting considerations

- Best practices for a successful IPO

12:15 - 1:15 - Lunch

1:15 - 2:35 - Cybersecurity -

- What threats are keeping leaders up at night?

- How are you managing cybersecurity?

- Trends and challenges

- Speaker:

2:35 - 2:50 - Break

2:50 - 4:00 - Revenue Recognition Implementation Issues

- SEC Staff views about the new standard

- Financial Reporting Manual update on reporting issues related to the adoption of the standard

- FRM Update - revenue recognition

- Examples

For more information about this conference visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dnnpwc/sec_accounting