Held in cooperation with the Union of Chambers of Certified Public Accountants of Turkey (TÜRMOB), the Expert Accountants' Association of Turkey (EAAT), and the Fédération des Experts Comptables Méditerranéens (FCM)
The program below provides links to speaker biographies, speeches, and presentations from the 2011 IFAC Small and Medium Practices (SMP) Forum held in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 21, 2011.
The following materials are also available:
- Interviews conducted by SMP Committee Deputy Chair Giancarlo Attolini
- Press release, IFAC Global Forum Highlights Role of SMPs in Partnering with Small Businesses
- Article, "IFAC SMP Forum Unites SMP Community, Facilitates Global Dialogue," on p. 10 of the April 2011 issue of IFAC News
Forum Program
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration and Collection of Materials |
Session 1 - Opening Session: Setting the Scene | |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Welcome from the Chair Sylvie Voghel (powerpoint, speech), Chair, IFAC SMP Committee |
| 9:10 – 9:30 | Keynote Address: IFAC's Support for SMPs and SMEs |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Work of the IFAC SMP Committee |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | An Overview of the Turkish Profession’s SMP/SME Activities Nail Sanli (powerpoint), President, Union of Chambers of Certified Public Accountants of Turkey (TÜRMOB) |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | An Overview of FCM’s SMP/SME Activities George Samothrakis (powerpoint), President, Fédération des Experts Comptables Méditerranéens (FCM) |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Break Refreshments will be served in the foyer. |
| Session Video | |
Session 2 - Public Policy, Regulation, and Standards for SMPs and SMEs: Panel Discussion | |
| 10:40 – 12:30 | Chair: Panelists: Japheth Katto, Member, IFAC Board Philip Johnson (powerpoint), President, European Don Thomson (powerpoint), Member, International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) Prof. Arnold Schilder (powerpoint), Chairman, International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Buffet Lunch at Agora Restaurant |
| Session Video | |
Session 3 - SMPs Evolving to Better Serve SMEs: Panel Discussion | |
| 13:30 – 15:20 | Chair: Robin Jarvis (powerpoint), Head of SME Affairs, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Panelists: Brian Bluhm, Member, IFAC SMP Committee Masum Turker, Member, IFAC SMP Committee Luc Hendrickx, Director of Enterprise Policy and External Relations, European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME) |
| Session Video | |
| Session 4 | Breakout Groups (see rooms below) |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Track A: Helping SMPs Implement the IESBA Code of Ethics (Troy) Chair: Track B: Future IAASB Projects for SMPs (Grand Ballroom) Chair: Track C: Resources and Tools for SMPs (Bizans/Ephesus) Chairs: Giancarlo Attolini (powerpoint), Deputy Chair, IFAC SMP Committee Alex Hilman, Member, IFAC SMP Committee |
| 17:40 – 17:45 | Concluding Remarks Sylvie Voghel (Concluding Remarks), Chair, IFAC SMP Committee |
| 19:30 – Late | Cocktail Reception and Dinner—Grand Ballroom |