Conference to Explore Best Practices, Latest Research
West Virginia University is hosting the 2009 Fraud and Forensic
Accounting Education Conference on July 9-11, 2009 in exciting Las Vegas,
Nevada
The conference will assist practitioners and academics in further developing their professional skills, and/or classroom techniques in the specialized field of forensic accounting, financial statement fraud, fraud risk assessment methodology and fraud examination.
The conference program will be a combination of sessions:
(1) presented by practicing professionals to help attendees further develop knowledge, skills and abilities and
(2) sessions presented by participants with regard to best practices, tips, tools and techniques.
The material and content is based on a National Institute of Justice Model Curriculum Project: “Education and Training in Fraud and Forensic Accounting: A Guide for Educational Institutions, Stakeholder Organizations, Faculty and Students.”
The conference is spring-boarding off the success of the Sept. 8, 2006, and May 10-12, 2007, Fraud & Forensic Accounting Education Conferences. Based on feedback, comments and suggestions from participants, the 2009 conference is designed around foundational skills development and best practices in the emerging field of fraud examination and forensic accounting.
Who Should Attend: Academics and practitioners interested in fraud and forensic accounting best practices.
Program Level: Beginner and Intermediate Delivery Method: Group-Live
Location: Caesars Palace Las Vegas(reservations: 866-227-5938)
Note: Dates for 2009 FAFI Conference precede the Institute for Fraud Prevention meeting (July 11-12) and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Annual Meeting (July 12-17), both also held in Las Vegas. With one travel expense, you can attend multiple events!
Learning Objectives:
- PCAOB update
- The Madoff scheme
- Digital tools and techniques such as data mining
- Targeted fraud risk assessment and management override
- Money laundering in cyberspace
- Asset misappropriation schemes
- Ethics and the slippery slope
- Financial statement fraud
- Anti-Fraud, investigative and remediation best practices
Earn up to 20 Credit Hours of CPE! - Cost to Attend:
| Registrants by April 10 | $395, the low cost of $19.75 per CPE credit hour! |
| Registrants by May 15 | $425, the low cost of $21.25 per CPE credit hour! |
| Registrants after May 15 | $475, the low cost of $23.75 per CPE credit hour! |
Contact Information: For more information or questions regarding refund policies, complaint and/or program cancellation policies please contact KarenR.Smith@mail.wvu.edu at 304-293-7836, or Dick Riley regarding conference content, activities, sponsorship or participation. We hope to see you in exciting Las Vegas, Nevada this summer.
Refunds:
Requests for refunds must be received in writing by June 15, 2009, and will be subject to a $50 cancellation fee. No refunds will be granted after June 15, 2009
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Best Practices: Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting:
During breakfast forum presentations, the conference program has been designed to allow participating professionals and academics to share their best practices with one another. Interested attendees should submit a 1-page document to FFAModel@mail.wvu.edu that outlines a proposed forum session. The outline submission should include the:
(a) session title
(b) a descriptive overview of the topics to be covered
(c) a listing of the session objectives
(d) who should attend and why
These submissions need to be received by end of the business day, Friday, April 10, 2009. Conference organizers will evaluate proposals and communicate with participants by Friday, April 24, 2009. Approximately 16 forum session submissions will be accepted for presentation in the participant breakfast forums.
Topics that will be considered include best practices in the field, including skills development in prevention, detection or deterrence of fraud and fraud and forensic accounting investigation techniques. Academic topics that will be considered include presentations that address multi-course program development, single course development ideas, in-class exercises, out-of class projects, cases and assignments, designing and running internship programs, case presentation tools and techniques, student placement, selling programs to administrators and designing programs for business professionals.
Post Conference Session: Data Extraction and Analysis (Data Mining): Hands-on, Interactive Training with Representatives from IDEA
Saturday afternoon, July 11 (1:00pm-5:30pm). Participants will load a classroom version of the software and data files onto their computer, learn actual hands-on tools and techniques that can be applied immediately to client data. Participants will also learn how to import PDF files directly into IDEA for testing and analysis. There is an additional registration fee of $100 for this post-conference hands-on session. Participants must register separately and bring a laptop computer that meets certain specification requirements. There are a limited number of available spaces for this session.
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West Virginia University is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasbatools.com |
