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The future of business lies with the accounting profession. Join the world’s leading financial experts in Sydney, Australia, November 5-8, 2018 for the next World Congress of Accountants. This year’s theme, Global Challenges. Global Leaders., will inspire and inform your thinking on the future of accounting and our profession, and provide a unique opportunity to help shape that future.

Five reasons to attend:

• Learn, adapt and accelerate your career through a technology-enabled curated conference experience.
• Ignite new business opportunities via thought leadership, turning ideas into solutions, and shaping the future of the profession.
• Network with 6000+ motivated professionals from 130 countries. Join the conversation at the Business Connect Hub and stay in touch with the Congress app.
• Explore cutting edge technology across more than 50 exhibits, expo presentations, activity and chillout zones, and barista coffee lounges.
• Be delighted by Sydney at its best through an immersive social program, from cruising the world’s largest natural harbour to our premier Gala event.

Full details and the latest news, including the Program, is available on the World Congress of Accountants 2018 website.

The International Audit and Assurance Board (IAASB) welcomed the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) Member and IAASB-IESBA Coordination Liaison, Ms. Sylvie Soulier via Webcast to present highlights of the new Code of Ethics.

In April 2018, the IESBA released a revised and restructured Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants which is easier to navigate, use and enforce. The new Code also brings together substantive changes that have been made to the Code over the past four years. 

In this Find Out More Webcast Series, the IAESB discusses the meaning of standards development, stages of development, and how standards are developed and supported, as well as the status of IAESB’s standards development process.

The IAESB Personal Perspectives Series shares insights from board members and technical advisors on some of the challenges affecting aspiring professional accountants and the importance of effective accountancy learning and development. This Perspective, No Accounting Education Is Complete without Values, Ethics, & Attitudes, is from Dr. Sidharta Utama, IAESB Member and professor at Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia. Dr.

The IAESB Personal Perspectives Series shares insights from board members, technical advisors and other key stakeholders on some of the challenges affecting aspiring professional accountants and the importance of effective accountancy learning and development. This Perspective, All Professional Accountants Need to Include Skepticism in their Mindset, is from Keith Bowman, Former Chair of the IAESB Consultative Advisory Group and CEO at the Ontario Public Accountants Council, and Dr. W.