Welcome and keynote address - Mugur Isărescu, NBR Governor

Session 1: Policy and requirements today, future trends and international experience

Chairman - Gerald Russell, ICAEW Immediate Past President

•  Introductory remarks - Gerald Russell, ICAEW Immediate Past President
•  IFRS and Basel Accord: main objectives and key priorities - Ian Michael, ICAEW Manager, Risk and Regulation, Financial Services Faculty
• Experiences and challenges of implementation internationally - John Alton, Senior Manager, Financial Accounting and Advisory Services, Ernst & Young

Session 2: Implementation and national perspectives

•  NBR rules on IFRS implementation (Romanian only) - Cristian Stefan, Deputy Manager, Regulation and Licensing Department
•  NBR prudential requirements: implications of IFRS transition (Romanian only) - Veronica Raducanescu, Manager, Regulation and Licensing Department
•  Experience and challenges for Romanian banks as preparers (Romanian only) - Ion Popovici, Vicepresident, Bank Leumi
•  Experiences and challenges from the perspective of auditors/ consultants (Romanian only) - Tudor Grecu, Director Financial Services, KPMG Romania
• Panel discussion including Q&A
• Final remarks and Conclusion of conference - NBR/ICAEW