26th annual FEI® Current Financial Reporting Issues.

NOV.12-13, 2007

New York Marriott Marquis Times Square

the must-attend event for preparers of corporate financial statements

Earn up to 19 CPE credits

CFRI--the must-attend event for preparers of corporate financial statements.

Expect key updates from the FASB, SEC, IASB and PCAOB on recent financial accounting standards and reporting requirements, including:

** new requirements for accounting for business combinations

** latest updates on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Internal Controls reporting compliance

** important insight into recent developments on FAS 133 on Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities

** updates on international convergence and combating complexity in financial reporting.

Register Today!

www.financialexecutives.org/cfri

Listen as preparers, auditors, regulators and users debate the usefulness of traditional financial statements and consider potential changes via FASB's project on financial statement presentation.

Learn from WorldCom whistleblower Cynthia Cooper as she speaks on lessons learned in uncovering the largest corporate fraud in history.

Discover new perspectives from your peers at the Controllers' Roundtable.

Balancing the needs of a company's management vs. a company's investors while focusing on accurate, transparent accounting and reporting dominates the attention of preparers of financial statements. Maintaining this delicate balance is critical. FEI's Current Financial Reporting Conference can assist you by providing valuable insights from the perspectives of the standard-setter, regulator, investor, auditor and preparer.

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Robert C. Pozen * Chairman, SEC Advsiory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting

Mr. Pozen is Chairman of MFS Investment Management. As of June 30, 2007, MFS managed more than $200 billion in assets for over five million investor accounts worldwide. He was named to his current position in February 2004. Mr. Pozen was recently named chairman of a new SEC Advisory Committee on improving financial reporting. He also was a member of two private sector commissions on global competition.

Cynthia Cooper * WorldCom Whistleblower

Ms. Cooper is most well-known for her role in uncovering the corporate fraud at WorldCom--to date the largest corporate fraud in history. She was named one of Time magazine's 2002 Persons of the Year after detecting and reporting the fraud. A Certified Public Accountant in the state of Georgia, a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Certified Fraud Examiner, Ms. Cooper is also the author of Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower.

Robert H. Herz * Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board

Mr. Herz was appointed Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in 2002. Prior to joining FASB, Mr. Herz was a senior partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and also served as a part-time member of the...

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