ACCA Ireland in association with IBM and Cobalt Technology presents
A Technical and Information Technology Update
8.30am Registration and refreshments
9.00 - 11.15 Technical update with Aidan Clifford, Advisory Services Manager, ACCA Ireland
• General update on issues facing accountants on accounting, audit and company law and other matters relevant to accountants
• Review of financial statement formats, including proposed changes to these formats
• Accounting for fixed assets and impairments
11.15 -11.45 Refreshments and networking
11.45 - 12.25 Dr Mary Keeling, Manager of the Centre for Economic Analysis, Institute for Business Value:
• Mary will discuss the CEO study that IBM has conducted and take questions
12.25 - 1pm Stephen Moffatt, Cloud Computing Leader
• Stephen will discuss Cloud with an emphasis on Capex V Opex