A Single Set of Global Accounting Standards
Are We Ready?

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 from 4:00-7:00 p.m.

** LOCATION HAS CHANGED DUE TO LARGE RESPONSE **
SDSU Campus, Hardy Tower 140 (map)

Parking: Parking Structure 1, Levels 1 & 2 faculty/staff spaces (map)

• Setting the Stage - Where are we now?
  
• Convergence Issues – the Pro and Cons of Allowing or Requiring U.S. Companies to File Using IFRS
  
• What is best for corporate America - IFRS integrated into U.S. GAAP?
  
• Principles Based or Rules Based Standards – the Implications to Auditors
  
• Educating the Players – Best Approach
  

Presentations will be made by the following panel of industry experts and international scholars:

• Dr. Sidney Gray, Associate Dean International and Professor of International Business at the Faculty of Economics and Business, The University of Sydney, Australia
  
• Joe Householder, Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Sempra Energy
  
• Richard Kalenka, Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in San Diego
• Dr. Gerhard Mueller, AIB Fellow, former member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (USA), and Professor Emeritus of Accounting at the University of Washington, Seattle
• Dr. Donna Street, Mahrt Chair in Accounting at the University of Dayton
  

Reading list for Participants

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Sponsored by Sempra Energy,
SDSU School of Accountancy, and
SDSU Center for International Business Education and Research (SDSU CIBER)