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IFRS Ready... Or Not?
Date: May 11th, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This Webinar is sponsored by Microsoft Dynamics.

With the IFRS changeover fast approaching, what should you do if your transition is in catch-up mode? This webinar will cover some key steps and resources to get you on track. Listen to real-life IFRS transitional experiences and learn tips from finance executives leading IFRS conversions. Even if your transition is well underway, now is a good time to reflect on whether you've considered all the relevant conversion issues and are making good use of the available resources. This webinar is geared towards small and mid-sized companies. While you're here... don't forget to take this opportunity to ask your questions to the experts.

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Impact of IFRSs on the Mining Industry
Date: October 30, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This Webinar is sponsored by PTC.

Earn one hour of CPD credit for attending this webinar (upon successful completion of quiz)

The transition to IFRSs in Canada is coming soon. The Mining Industry faces a variety of unique issues in its adoption of IFRSs. Knowing what these issues are will help you implement a successful transition to IFRSs. Take this opportunity to ask your questions to the experts. Tune into this webinar to get key insights from mining experts on the challenges and opportunities presented by the IFRS changeover.

This webinar will run for approximately 45 minutes, followed by a 15 minute Q & A session.

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Accountant Tax Manual  
Date: July 23, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM ET

This session will introduce participants to important changes to the publication. The name will change to the Canadian Business Compliance Manual. There will also be important changes to format and content. The session will provide subscribers with an update of recent changes in legislation that affect their business compliance. Subscribers will also be provided with some timely information concerning potential future changes in business compliance that they can monitor through their updates to the Manual.

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IFRS and Information Technology
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This Webinar is sponsored by PTC Accounting and Finance.

With the upcoming transition to IFRS, it's time to consider the impact of the changeover on the IT function and the business. Gain an understanding of the impacts of the IFRS transition on information technology in areas such as:

• New or changed data requirements,
• Changes to the applications to support IFRS data collection and financial reporting,
• Impact on ongoing pre-existing IT projects,
• The impact on the ongoing processes, policies and key controls and related effectiveness and certifications.

Addressing all the critical steps in the changeover plan is key to ensuring a smooth transition to IFRSs.

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Introduction to IFRS 1 - First-time adoption of
Date: April 27th, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This Webinar is sponsored by PTC

Recognizing the significant work effort involved in adopting a new set of accounting standards, IFRS 1 is a standard developed to help first-time adopters with the transition to IFRS.

This Webinar provides an overview of the standard including choices available and how they may impact your financial statements and the work effort involved. Our speakers will also provide perspectives on IFRS 1 in practice – application of the rules and insights relevant to the Canadian IFRS environment. Communication is also important throughout the transition process and so the session will also review relevant MD&A disclosure leading up to the changeover.

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Responding to the Financial Crisis - MD&A in Volatile and Uncertain Times
Date: January 28th, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This Webinar is sponsored by PTC

Communicating how an entity is dealing with the current financial crisis, where past results may not be indicative of the future, will likely involve some significant changes to Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). This Webinar will suggest matters that may need to be discussed in the MD&A to provide the transparent and complete communications that investors will be expecting. In particular it will discuss communication of:

• strategy for dealing with the volatile credit and customer markets;
• effect of recent volatility on an entity’s results, distinguishing, if possible, between periods of growth and no growth, or decline brought on by changes in markets;
• impact of the current crisis on an entity’s management of liquidity and the funding of operations;
• impact of significant uncertainty on estimates involving data, balances, and transactions that an entity reports; and
• assessment of the factors that will contribute to a turnaround or recovery, or, alternately, factors that may challenge an entity’s ability to continue to finance its operations in the normal course of business and continue as a going concern.

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Communications About IFRS Changeover
Date: January 14th, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This Webinar is sponsored by PTC

This Webinar will bring suggestions for what companies should be disclosing in their MD&A about the conversion to IFRS in the period leading up to the 2011 changeover. It will address both disclosures about the changeover plan and the impact of the conversion on an entity's financial reporting, including considerations in determining the timing for various disclosures.

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IFRS - Practical Planning Strategies and Disclosure Requirements
Date: November 18th, 2008
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This Webinar is sponsored by PTC

This highly informative session will provide practical advice for developing an effective IFRS transition plan. Gordon Heard of The Finance Group will identify strategies to focus your efforts on the issues most relevant to your organization and provide suggestions for available resource material. Kelly Gorman from the Ontario Securities Commission will connect this discussion to the regulatory requirements for MD&A disclosures regarding the progress of your company’s IFRS transition planning.

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