PAC 2021 Annual Conference on Professional Accounting Futures - October 28 & 29, 2021

Introduction and Opening Remarks

        Len Brooks, Director PAC

        Soo Min Toh, Director,
             Institute for Management & Innovation, UTM

        Craig Smith, Executive Vice President,
             Member & Student Services, CPA Ontario

Keynote: COVID-19 Impact: Financial Reporting, Investing, Auditing, and Governance Challenges in a Fast-Changing and Chaotic Environment

        Linda Mezon-Hutter, Chair, Accounting Standards Board

COVID Related Activities and Issues

        Jim Kroeker, Vice Chairman, FASB

COVID-19: Financial Reporting & Disclosure Challenges

        Kristy Carscallen, Canadian Managing Partner, Audit, KPMG

Regulatory Perspective: Covid-19 Financial Reporting and Disclosure Challenges

        Mark Pinch, Associate Chief Accountant, OSC

Financial reporting and disclosure challenges - CFO Perspective

        Mandeep Chawla, CFO Celestica

Virtual Shareholder Meetings

        Fabrizio Ferri, PhD, Miami Herbert Business School

Investors & Covid-GAAP

        Anthony Scilipoti, FCPA, FCA, CPA (Illinois),
             President & CEO, Veritas Investment Research Corporation

Fiera Private Debt – Covid-19 Impact on Private Debt Investing

        Philip S. Robson, Executive Vice President, Fiera Capital

Investor Challenges - Private Capital Perspective

        Jared Kalish, MSc Partner, Private Capital, FirePower Capital

Investor challenges

        Sanjil Shah, CPA, CA Managing Partner,
             Alignvest Student Housing

Introduction and Opening Remarks

        Leonard J. Brooks, Director,
             Professional Accounting Centre

        Dushyant Vyas, Associate Director,
             Professional Accounting Centre

Research Presentation: Covid-19 Uncertainty & Society

        John M. Barrios, PhD,
             Washington University in St. Louis

Auditing under extreme uncertainty

        Pam Fowler, Partner EY

Auditing Challenges Under Extreme Uncertainty

        Maruf Raza, Partner, National Director Public Companies, MNP

Auditing accounting estimates: Strengthening audit quality

        Carol Paradine, CEO, CPAB

History of Shocks That Changed Accounting

        Karim Jamal, PhD, University of Alberta                     

Governance under uncertainty

        Shan Atkins, Director, Aurora Cannabis

Governance Challenges Under Extreme Uncertainty:
        An Audit Committee Perspective

        John Gordon, Audit Committee member,
             Topaz Energy & Cardinal Energy

Challenging Governance Problems During Covid-19

        Carol Hansell, Senior Partner,
             Hansell McLaughlin Advisory Group

Impact of COVID-19 – Increasing Fraud Risks

        Peter Dent, Partner & President, Deloitte Forensic Inc.