AGENDA

Audit Committee Fundamentals – Internal Controls - View/Download

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

Presenter: Frederick Bernard, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young (Business Risk Services)

                                   
Audit Committee Fundamentals – Enterprise Risk Management - View/Download

• An Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management – Definition & Conceptual Framework
• Value of ERM to an Organisation
• The Role of the Board and Audit Committee
• ERM Implementation Challenges

Presenter: David Millar, Chief Operations Officer, PRMIA

 

Audit Committee Fundamentals – Risk Management and Internal Controls

Workshop: Balancing Risk and Controls to Improve Business Performance - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

• Practical Implementation of ERM
• Getting Value from ERM Efforts

Presenter: Timur Gök, Regional Director, PRMIA Chicago Chapter

Wrap Up
Patricia Hamilton – Secretary, CAACM and CEO, Caribbean Association of Indigenous Banks Inc  (CAIB)

CAACM Annual Meeting - Closed Meeting for MEMBERS ONLY

COCKTAIL (Dress Code – Elegantly Casual)    

CONFERENCE  AGENDA

CAACM 2nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE
“AUDIT COMMITTEES: IMPROVING PERFORMANCE THROUGH COMPLIANCE”

Opening Ceremony (ALL CONFERENCE DELEGATES)
                       

PLENARY SESSION      Regulatory Requirements & Compliance: Ensuring Effective Outcomes  - View/Download
 
KeynoteSpeaker: John E. Palmer, Managing Director/Principal, Integrated Compliance Solutions

Panel Discussion

Panellist 1:       Brenda Williams, Partner, Chase, Skeete & Boland Chartered Accountants
IFRS 7 Financial Instrument: Disclosures - View/Download

Panellist 2:       Timur Gök, Regional Director, PRMIA Chicago Chapter
Asset Securitization – Is it Still Secure? - View/Download

Panellist3:         Eric V. Guichard, Chief Investment Officer, Gravitas   Capital Advisors
Sub-Prime Crisis – A Structural View - View/Download

PLENARY SESSION      Financial Reporting: The Regulatory Environment – IFRS Updates - View/Download

Presenter: Andrea St. Rose, Andrea St. Rose & Associates

Workshop:       Audit Committees: IFRS Compliance

• Critical Standards (IFRS 1, 4, 7, IAS 32/39)
• Practical Application

 

PLENARY SESSION      Audit Committees: Governance & Oversight – Managing Ethics in Organisations
 
Round Table

Moderator:       Nicolette Doherty, Attorney-at-Law, Global Bank of Commerce Ltd

Panellist 1:       John E. Palmer, Managing Director/Principal, Integrated Compliance Solutions

Panellist 2:       Frederick Bernard, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young (Business Risk Services)
     
                                  
Wrap-Up:         Introduction of New Board of Directors/Announcement of 2009 Conference Location

Vote of Thanks - Chairman, CAACM

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