OSU's Spears School of Business will host Premier Accounting Conferences

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

OSU’s Spears School of Business will host Premier Accounting Conferences

The School of Accounting in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University will host the 7th annual Oil and Gas Accounting Conference and the 11th annual Accounting and Financial Reporting Conference at the Reed Conference Center in Midwest City on Nov. 17-18.
 
“Over the years, the experts presenting at these conferences have provided an excellent opportunity for Oklahoma accounting professionals to obtain updates as well as hear discussions on industry changes that might be coming in the future,” said Bud Lacy, department head of the OSU School of Accounting. “We have a great slate of speakers scheduled. I really think these may be the best conferences we’ve ever had.”
 
The Oil and Gas Accounting Conference will be from 1-5 p.m. Nov. 17, featuring such expert speakers as Stephen Comstock, manager of tax policy for the American Petroleum Institute; Jeff Andrews, audit partner with KPMG LLC; Ken Seaman, assistant controller at ConocoPhillips’ Houston division; and Jonathan Duersch, associate chief accountant at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. At the conference, the speakers will address tax provisions, the FASB/IASB proposal for lease accounting and various issues regarding financial reporting.
 
“We are extremely excited about the outstanding professionals who will be speaking at this year’s Oil and Gas Accounting Conference,” said Charlotte Wright, professor and Lanny Chasteen chair of accounting at OSU. “Given the rapidly changing business environment, our conference is an excellent way to get the latest and most relevant industry accounting and tax information.”
 
The Accounting and Financial Reporting Conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 18. In the morning sessions, Mike Starr, deputy chief accountant for policy support and market monitoring at the SEC, will give an SEC update and discuss the priorities for the coming year, and Daryl Buck, member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, will present an FASB update.  Jay Hanson of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will give a PCAOB update, and a review of the challenges for preparers will be given by Jack Markey, director of technical accounting research and tax accounting at Quest Diagnostics Inc.  The luncheon speaker will be Lee Manzer, professor of marketing in the Spears School.  
 
One of the afternoon sessions will be led by Elaine Dodd, vice president of the fraud division of the Oklahoma Bankers Association. Her presentation is entitled “The Face of Fraud in 2011.” For the second afternoon session, Carol Johnson, associate professor of accounting at OSU, will present “Fraud and the Corporate Psychopath.”   
 
Registration for the Oil and Gas Accounting Conference, including materials and refreshments, is $135 per person, or $110 if the participant is also attending the Accounting and Financial Reporting Conference.
 
Registration for the Accounting and Financial Reporting Conference is $260 per person if received by Nov. 10, or $285 after Nov. 10. A group discount fee of $235 is available for 10 or more people from the same company. A portion of the proceeds from these conferences is used by the School of Accounting to pay for scholarships, graduate assistants and faculty professional development.
 
Participants can earn 11 hours of CPE credit, including 2 hours of ethics, by attending both conferences.
 
For more information, visit cepd.okstate.edu or contact Vickie Karns by calling 405-744-5208 or 866-678-3933 or by email at vickie.karns@okstate.edu.