WELCOME

Caribbean Association of Audit Committee Members Inc (CAACM) in keeping with its overall objective of improving the investment environment in the Caribbean region, and to increase investor confidence in the integrity of financial reporting and investor information through the continuous development of audit committee members is delighted to invite you to participate in its 2nd  Annual Meeting, Pre-Conference Training and Conference, under the theme Audit Committees: Improving Performance Through Compliance.

Among the topics to be presented by specially selected conference speakers are:

Audit Committees Fundamentals:  Internal Controls

• The Role & Importance of Internal Audit
• Structuring the Internal Controls Framework
• The Impact of SOX on Internal Controls Efficiency

 Audit Committees Fundamentals – Enterprise Risk Management

• An Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management- ERM Definition and Conceptual Framework
• Value of ERM to an Organisation - Why Do It?
• ERM Implementation Challenges

 Balancing Risk and Controls to Improve Business Performance

• Practical Implementation of ERM
• Getting Value from ERM Efforts

    Regulatory Requirements & Compliance: Ensuring Effective Outcomes

• Off-Balance-sheet Financing: Uncovering Hidden Debt
• Sub-Prime Crisis- A Structural View
• IFRS 7 Financial Instrument: Disclosures

    Financial Reporting: The Regulatory Environment- Key Sector Updates

• IFRS- Critical Standards and Practical Apllication

 Audit Committees: Governance & Oversight

• Managing Ethics in Organisations
• Corporate Code of Conduct

We look forward to your early confirmation of participation, and to seeing you in June 2008!