DAY ONE – June 13, 2007 – Afternoon

15.00 – 16.30

A1

Track A:

1.  Accounting in SMEs

Moderator:
Mr. Paul Pacter, Director of Standards for SMEs, IASB

Discussants:
Mr. Axel Romo de Vivar Padilla, Director of SMEs, Banco Santander, Mexico

Mr. Fred Gill, Senior Technical Manager, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), USA

Mr. Enrique Ortega Carballo, Member, Consultative Committee, Accounting and Auditing Institute (ICAC), Spain

Mr. Victor Sandoval Rivera, Director, SME Reporting, Ministry of Economy, Mexico

Mr. Erik van der Plaats, Sr. Financial Management Specialist, Europe and Central Asia, The World Bank

B1

Track B:

1.  Challenges in Adopting IFRS

Moderator:
Mr. Fernando Alves, Managing Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers Brazil

Discussants:

Mr. Héctor Alfonso, Consultant, The World Bank

Ms. Lucía Canales L., Chief, Financial Control Department, SVS, Chile

Mr. Felipe Pérez Cervantes, Director of Research, Mexican Center for Research and Development of Financial Reporting Standards (CINIF), Mexico

Mr. Roberto Truque, Chief Financial Officer, Atlas Electrica Group, Costa Rica

C1

Track C:

1. Financial Reporting in the Public Sector

Moderator:
Mr. Alfredo Rodriguez Neira, Partner, Latinoamericana de Gerencia, Peru

Discussants:

Mr. Isaac Anthony, Chairman, Caribbean Public Finance Association, St. Lucia

Mr. Rafael Morgan, Undersecretary of Audit and Control of the Public Sector, Ministry of Civil Service, Mexico

Mr. Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, Undersecretary of Budget, Ministry of Finance, Mexico

Mr. Alejandro Luna Rodríguez, Member, IPSASB

Mr. Ismail Mamoojee, Director and Public Sector Leader, Ernst & Young, South Africa

16.30– 17.00

Coffee Break

17.00– 17.20

Keynote Address:

How Emerging Global Standards Affect the Role of National Regulators

Mr. Patricio Bustamante, Vice-President, National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV), Mexico

17.20 – 18.20

Module 2:

Financial and Accounting Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: Building the Foundation of Accountability

How International Standards Impact Accounting and Auditing Education

Ms. Sylvia Meljem Enríquez de Rivera, Member, International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB)

The Current State of Financial and Accounting Education in Latin America

Mr. Taiki Hirashima, Consultant, The World Bank

Continuing Professional Development in Accounting and Auditing in LCR

Mr. Pierre Barnés, President, Inter-American Accounting Association (AIC)

18.20 – 18.45

Closing Remarks for Day One

Mr. Ignatius Sehoole, Chair, Developing Nations Committee, IFAC

Mr. Anthony Hagerty, Chief Financial Management Officer, The World Bank

18.45 – 21.00

Cocktail Reception

Short  Address:

Mr.Carlos Roa, Financial Intermediaries Coordinator, Inter-American Investment Corporation

Mr. Guillermo García Naranjo, Senior Partner, KPMG, Mexico

KEY:

Common Program (SME, Corporate and Public Sector)

Track A: Small and Medium Enterprise Focus

Track B: Corporate Focus

Track C: Government/ Public Sector Focus

*        Indicates speaker/moderator to be confirmed