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How to Prepare for a Successful Transition to IFRS While Improving Your Time to Close

Sponsored by Oracle

Date:	Tue, Dec 09, 2008
Time:	1:00 P.M. ET What time is this for me?
Duration:	1 hour
Cost:	Online FREE

Summary

The Securities and Exchange Commission remains committed to its proposal to require publicly-traded U.S.-based firms to adopt international financial reporting standards (IFRS) within the next two years.

How should you prepare for the transition from generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to IFRS? And could the move from GAAP to IFRS help or hinder your company's efforts to shorten its time to close?

During this one-hour Webcast, you will:

Hear the findings of Paragon Consulting Group's annual research about trends in average close times in the U.S. and Europe, including how regulatory requirements in each region affect these results; and
Learn how the global media company Pearson Plc — owner of such brands as The Financial Times and Penguin Books — managed a smooth transition to IFRS while reducing its time to close by seven days.

This Webcast will include Q&A with the presenters, and we invite you to come prepared with questions for the presenters during our live event.

Presenters

Andrew Midgley

Head of Financial Reporting, Pearson plc
David J.H. Jones, Director

Paragon Consulting Group, a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Michael J. Malwitz

Director, Product Strategy, Oracle