PAC 2023 Annual Conference on Professional Accounting Futures - December 1, 2023

This PAC Conference and related videos has been generously supported by a donation from the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPAO)

PAC 2023 ANNUAL CONFERENCE:

CORPORATE FAILURES: LESSONS FOR ACCOUNTING, AUDITING, AND GOVERNANCE

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Speaker Topic and Presenter
Introduction and Opening Remarks Len Brooks, Professor and Director, Professional Accounting Center Shauna Brail, Professor and Director IMI Dushyant Vyas, Associate Chair, Department of Management, UTM Craig Smith, Executive Vice President, Member & Student Services, CPA Ontario	Watch Recording

Speaker Topic and Presenter

Introduction and Opening Remarks

        Len Brooks, Professor and Director, Professional Accounting Center
        Shauna Brail, Professor and Director IMI
        Dushyant Vyas, Associate Chair, Department of Management, UTM
        Craig Smith, Executive Vice President, Member & Student Services, CPA Ontario

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Panel: Regulatory and Industry Perspectives on Recent Corporate Failures

Presented by
Carol Paradine, CEO, Canadian Public Accountability Board	Watch Recording	View Slides
Anthony Scilipoti, CEO, Veritas Investment Research	Watch Recording	View Slides
The Failure of FTX: Lessons from an Investigator, Peter Easton, Professor, University of Notre Dame	Watch Recording	View Slides
Bank Failures – Silicon Valley Bank and Others, Ethan Heisler, Editor-In-Chief, The Bank Treasury Newsletter	Watch Recording	View Slides
Q&A	Watch Recording

Speaker Topic and Presenter
Perspectives on Fraud Prediction Research: From Firms’ Misreporting to Misinformation in the Macroeconomy Daniel Beneish, Alva L. Prickett, Chair in Accounting IndianaUniversity	Watch Recording	View Slides
Activist Short Sellers’ Role in Identifying Corporate Fraud & Failure Risk Partha Mohanram, John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing Editor-in-chief, Contemporary Accounting Research, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto	Watch Recording	View Slides
Corporate Failures and the Challenges Facing the Audit Profession Robert Knechel, Professor, University of Florida	Watch Recording	View Slides
The Carillion Bankruptcy Case: Where it Led, a fireside chat with Len Brooks Mark Babington, Executive Director, Regulatory Standards, U.K. Financial Reporting Council	Watch Recording	View Slides
How well do we Understand who the Winners and Losers are from Adverse Accounting Events (Frauds, Weakness of Internal Control, KAM Reporting, Going Concern) Karim Jamal, Professor, University of Alberta	Watch Recording	View Slides
Unveiling Insights from Going Concern Disclosures Jingjing Wang, Assistant Professor, University of Calgary	Watch Recording	View Slides
Closing Remarks & Adjournment Len Brooks, Professor and Director, Professional Accounting Center Minlei Ye, Associate Director, Professional Accounting Centre	Watch Recording

PAC 2023 Annual Conference on Professional Accounting Futures - December 1, 2023