Now in its fourth year IIR’s IFRS Russia conference has cemented its position as the foremost financial reporting event in the Russian market. Russia’s transition to IFRS is a constantly evolving process with IASB standards being updated and interpreted and it is vital to refresh and expand your knowledge of these complex standards.

A recent Romir survey of 2,000 Russian accounting professionals showed a clear need for better IFRS knowledge in the accounting and audit community.

• 64% of accountants in commercial companies have only basic knowledge of IFRS
• 60% of all respondents would like to improve their IFRS knowledge

Presentations from leading government, association and industry speakers, case studies from top Russian companies and an intensive post-conference workshop will meet that need.

Who Will Attend?

• Accountancy professionals
• Audit professionals
• Company Directors
• Non-Executive Directors
• IFRS and IAS trainers

"The transition to IAS is a world-wide trend. Sticking to old standards simply means that one is swimming against the current. If Russia has resolved to build a Western-type economy, then it should strive to conform to the standards of such an economic model. And that includes accounting practices".

Leonid Schneidman
Head of Department of State Financial Control, Auditing and Accounting Regulation
Ministry of Finance

Key Presentations

• Accounting Reform Issues and the Role of the National Foundation for Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (NOFA)
  Mikhail Orlov
  Chairman, NOFA
  Chairman, Expert Council of the Budget and Tax Committee of the State Duma
  Igor Kozyrev
  Managing Board Member, NOFA
  Deputy Chief Accountant, LUKOIL Group
• The Russian Internal Audit Community and IFRS
  Alexei Sonin
  Executive Director, Russian Institute of Internal Auditors
• Professional Judgment – the New Skill and the Major Challenge for Russian Accountants
  Oleg Askeri
  Director, Professional Managers Institute
  Managing Board Member, NOFA
• IASB Insight: Objectives, Issues and Future Plans
  Andrew Watchman
  Director of International Financial Reporting, Grant Thornton International
• Business Acquisitions: The Impact and Implications of Recent Changes to IFRS 3
  Larissa Gorbatova
  Head of International Reporting, Sistema
• Transition to IFRS in the EU: What Has Been Done and What Remains to be Done
  Marco Koschier
  Chairman, Auditing Procedures and Internal Controls Working Group, Finance and Investments Committee, Association of European Business in Russia
  Partner, Deloitte & Touche CIS

Who Will You Meet

Grant Kirkpatrick
Senior Economist, Corporate Affairs Division
OECD

Oleg Askeri
Director
Professional Managers Institute

Vladimir Verbitskiy
Member of Board of Directors
JSC “NOVOROSSIYSK SHIPPING COMPANY” &
JSC CONCERN “ENERGOMERA”
First Deputy Director
RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS (RID)

Ruslan Aksyaitov
Chief Accountant
Svyazinvest

Alexander Filatov
Chief Executive Director
IDA

Igor Kozyrev
Deputy Chief Accountant
LUKOIL

Larissa Gorbatova
Head of Corporate Financial Statements
Sistema

Mikhail Orlov
Chairman
National Organisation for Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards

Alexei Sonin
Executive Director
Russian Institute of Internal Auditors

and more...

Don't Miss                                                                                           

Post-conference Workshop- 13th December 2007

The Fundamentals of IFRS Transition
Key Standards for Russia

• IFRS 1: First time Adoption
• IFRS 3: Business Combinations
• IAS 32 / 39 and IFRS 7: Financial Instrument
• IFRS 6: Exploration for and Evaluation of mineral resources

Contacts

Info for registration