International Center for Small and Medium Practices

2008 IFAC Small and Medium Practices Forum

The program below provides links to speeches and presentations made at the 2008 IFAC Small and Medium Practices (SMP) Forum. A summary of the conference is also available. Biographies of Forum speakers and panelists are also available.

8:00 - 9:00	Registration and Collection of Materials
	Session 1 Opening Session: Setting the Scene Chair: Sylvie Voghel, IFAC SMP Committee Chair and IFAC Board Member, Certified General Accountants Association of Canada
8:50 – 9:00	Forum’s Aims and Objectives Sylvie Voghel
9:00 – 9:05	Welcome from Guest of Honor Ambassador (Chief ) Arthur Christopher Izuegbunam Mbanefo, MFR, FCA. Odu III of Onitsha
9:05 – 9:35	IFAC’s Role in Strengthening Small and Medium Practices (powerpoint) Robert L. Bunting, IFAC Deputy President, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
9:35 – 9:45	An Overview of ICAN’s SMP/SME Activities Chief Richard Uchechukwu Uche, President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
9:45 – 9:55	An Overview of ABWA’s SMP/SME Activities Rene G. Renner, Vice President of the Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa
	Session 2 IFAC SMP Committee’s Strategy and Work Program
10:00 – 10:30	Paul Thompson, Senior Technical Manager, IFAC SMP Committee (pre-reading material)
10:30 – 11:00	Break
	Session 3 Ensuring Regulation and Standards are Relevant to SMP/SMEs: Panel Discussion
11:00 – 12:30	Chair: Robin Jarvis, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Panelists: Japheth Katto, IFAC Board Member and Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Markets Authority of Uganda, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda Ali Cherif, Partner, Mazars, l’Ordre des Experts Comptables de Tunisie David Chitty, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales Jens Poll, Deputy Chair, IFAC SMP Committee, Institut der Wirtschaftspruefer in Deutschland e.V.
12:30 – 13:30	Buffet Lunch
	Session 4 Practical Support to Strengthen and Sustain SMPs
13:30 – 14:30	Chair: Ibironke Osiyemi, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria Implementation Support Bernard Scicluna, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Malta Institute of Accountants Practice Management Tools Giancarlo Attolini, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti e degli Esperti Contabili Information Sharing and Networking Alex Hilman, IFAC SMP Committee Member, Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Israel SMPs Supporting SMEs Johnny Yong, Manager-Public Practice, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
	Session 5 Breakout Discussion Groups
14:30 – 16:00	Discussion Group Guidelines Group A: Implementation Support Group B: Practice Management Tools Group C: Information Sharing and Networking Group D: SMPs Supporting SMEs
16:00 – 16:30	Break
	Session 6 Feedback from Discussion Groups
16:30 – 17:30	Chair: Ibironke Osiyemi Group A: Implementation Support (powerpoint) Group B: Practice Management Tools (powerpoint) Group C: Information Sharing and Networking (powerpoint) Group D: SMPs Supporting SMEs (powerpoint)
17:30 – 17:40	Concluding Remarks Sylvie Voghel

International Center for Small and Medium Practices

2008 IFAC Small and Medium Practices Forum

Session 1 Opening Session: Setting the Scene

Chair:

Forum’s Aims and Objectives

Welcome from Guest of Honor

IFAC’s Role in Strengthening Small and Medium Practices (powerpoint)

An Overview of ICAN’s SMP/SME Activities

An Overview of ABWA’s SMP/SME Activities

Session 2 IFAC SMP Committee’s Strategy and Work Program

Paul Thompson, Senior Technical Manager, IFAC SMP Committee (pre-reading material)

Break

Session 3 Ensuring Regulation and Standards are Relevant to SMP/SMEs: Panel Discussion

Chair:

Panelists:

Buffet Lunch

Session 4 Practical Support to Strengthen and Sustain SMPs

Chair:

Implementation Support

Practice Management Tools

Information Sharing and Networking

SMPs Supporting SMEs

Session 5 Breakout Discussion Groups

Group A: Implementation Support

Group B: Practice Management Tools

Group C: Information Sharing and Networking

Group D: SMPs Supporting SMEs

Break

Session 6 Feedback from Discussion Groups

Chair:

Group A: Implementation Support (powerpoint)

Group B: Practice Management Tools (powerpoint)

Group C: Information Sharing and Networking (powerpoint)

Group D: SMPs Supporting SMEs (powerpoint)

Concluding Remarks