SBR Conference 2009 > Sydney: 26-27 May 2009 Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour > Melbourne: 29 May 2009 Melbourne Park Function Centre
Conference Program About Standard Business Reporting When launched in July 2010, Standard Business Reporting (SBR) will not only reduce the costs of reporting financial information to government, it will also help the business community to improve the quality of both internal and external reporting. Reporting effected includes, annual financial reports, business activity statements, tax returns, and payroll tax. Led by the Treasury, the government agencies involved are the Australian Taxation Office, Australian Securities and Investment Commission, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, and the state and territory revenue offices. About the conference The SBR Conference brings together national and international experts who: will demonstrate what Australian business can expect from SBR explore and discuss global financial reporting trends, including open standards such as XBRL will discuss what SBR means for business, accountants and software developers, and will ultimately help you to discover what you need to do to implement SBR. Who should attend This conference is a must for those with a significant role in reporting business information to government, including: Chief Financial Officers & Chief Operating Officers accountants, tax agents, payroll specialists, & bookkeepers financial service providers those with reporting responsibilities in the banking industry, funds management, superannuation and insurance providers accounting and financial software developers component and integration developers government officials seeking to reduce reporting costs SBR Conference Speakers Michael Pascoe Angela MacRae, Commissioner, Productivity Commission Paul Madden, Program Director, Standard Business Reporting, The Treasury Harm Jan van Burg, Programme Director, Netherlands SBR Project, Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Justice Mike Willis, Cpa, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Founding Chairman XBRL International Mark Johnson, CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers Peter Switzer Helen Austin, Chief Solution Architect, Standard Business Reporting Program Jason Daniels, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Frank Jonker, Creaim Jan Ketelaar, NOAB Bettina Konti, Team Leader, Authentication, Standard Business Reporting Program John McAlister, Team Leader, General Ledger Reporting Team, Standard Business Reporting Program Sylvester Schenk, GIBO Groep Paul Schnijders, Semansys Geoff Turner, Team Leader, Core Services & Design Integration, Standard Business Reporting Program Ron van Ardenne, Batavia Peter Williams, CEO, Deloitte Digital Han Wurtz, Accountview
Welcome Current reporting requirements impose a significant burden on business - a burden that the Australian Government is committed to reducing. The Standard Business Reporting (SBR) Program has resulted from one of the recommendations of the Banks taskforce, which examined the regulatory burden on Australian businesses. The reduction of regulatory burden is the driving principle for SBR. There are 13 Australian, state and territory government agencies - as well as software developers, accountants, bookkeepers and other business intermediaries around the country - collaborating in the design and delivery of SBR. Last year, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) released a communiqué supporting SBR, and ongoing progress reports are provided to COAG s Business Regulation and Competition Working Group. SBR won t just make business-to-government reporting easier, it will also enable the streamlining of financial information along the reporting chain - from business and intermediaries through to analysts, investors and regulators. As well as improving the reporting processes, SBR is developing a new e-channel for business and accountants, and will also provide a single secure sign-on to on-line services across the agencies in scope. Once fully operational, SBR will save Australian business $800 million a year. With a little over 12 months before the full implementation of SBR, I commend the SBR Conference 2009 to you and encourage you to explore how you and your business can become SBR ready by July 2010. Dr Ken Henry AC Secretary to the Treasury Chair, Standard Business Reporting Board
Sydney Day 1 26 May 2009 8.00-9.00 Registration & coffee 9.00 9.15 Opening & Welcome > Michael Pascoe 9.15-9.45 Keynote Address: How the current economic climate is affecting business, and the need for change > Michael Pascoe 9.45 10.15 Keynote Address: The history of Standard Business Reporting : The Banks Review > Angela MacRae, Commissioner, Productivity Commission 10.15 10.50 Keynote Address: SBR: Revolutionising business-to-government reporting > Paul Madden, Program Director, Standard Business Reporting Program 10.50 11.20 MORNING TEA AT L AQUA & EXHIBITION AREA 11.20 12.05 Business Reporting Trends Where is it headed? > Harm Jan van Burg, Programme Director, Netherlands SBR Project, Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Justice > Mike Willis, Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers, and founding chair XBRL International 12.05 12.55 Business Reporting Trends current trends in accounting form reporting processes and trends in the use of international open standards and accounting > Frank Jonker, Creaim (NL) > Ron van Ardenne, Batavia (NL) > US Speaker, TBA 1.00 1.45 LUNCH AT L AQUA & EXHIBITION AREA 1.45 3.00 SBR Experiences from other countries and what this means for Australia Session Leaders: Harm Jan van Burg & Paul Madden > Jan Ketelaar, NOAB: NOAB is an organisation for small accounting firms in the Netherlands. Mr Ketelaar s presentation an insight into small accounting firms experience with SBR in the Netherlands, the changing services, and how to maximise benefits. > Sylvester Schenk, GIBO Groep: Sharing experiences from the fiscal department of an accounting firm in the Netherlands, Mr Schenk discusses the impact of SBR, including the changes in working processes regarding tax returns, and new service provisions. > Han Wurtz, Accountview: A software vendor from the Netherlands, Mr Wurtz talks about the impacts of SBR on the software industry in the Netherlands what is new, what is different, the barriers overcome, roadmap suggestions and outcomes. 3.00 3.15 AFTERNOON TEA AT L AQUA & EXHIBITION AREA 3.15 4.45 Plenary session: What do I need to be aware of before implementing SBR? Panel of international & local speakers 4.45 5.00 DAY 1 WRAP UP 5.30 6.30 NETWORKING AND CANAPÉS AT L AQUA & EXHIBITION AREA Hosted by Dr Ken Henry AC, Secretary to the Treasury
Sydney Day 2 27 May 2009 8.30-9.00 Arrival & coffee 9.00-9.15 Recap of previous day > Michael Pascoe 9.15 9.55 TFN Declaration Pilot Demonstration > Speaker to be confirmed 9.55-10.30 TFN Declaration Pilot Case studies 10.30 11.00 MORNING TEA AT L AQUA & EXHIBITION AREA 11.00 11.45 Keynote Address: SBR and accounting services > Mark Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers 11.45 12.45 Case studies > Peter Williams, CEO, Deloitte Digital > Jason Daniels, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers 12.45 1.30 LUNCH AT L AQUA & EXHIBITION AREA 1.30 2.45 USER STREAM Key insights into a day in the life of a business/ intermediary post SBR implementation What will be the same and what could be different for me/my clients Why should I and my clients implement SBR What international trends, standards & practices should my clients be aware of what should I be doing to implement SBR What training will I need What else do I need to know? TECHNICAL & SOFTWARE DEVELOPER STREAM Core Services - Identity Management - Documentation (implementation guides, wisdels and taxonomy architecture) Authentication: a single credential Software Testing: How do I obtain SBR Certification Taxonomy - XBRL - Taxonomy architecture - XBRL Tools 2.45 3.15 Stream Discussion Stream Discussion 3.15-3.45 AFTERNOON TEA AT L AQUA & EXHIBITION AREA 3.45 4.45 Plenary session What do I need to do to implement SBR Panel of international & local speakers 4.45 5.00 Day 2 Wrap up 5.00 CONFERENCE CLOSE
Melbourne 29 May 2009 8.30-9.00 Registration & coffee 9.00-9.10 Welcome > Peter Switzer 9.10 9.35 Keynote Address: How the current economic climate is affecting business, and the need for change > Peter Switzer 9.35 9.55 SBR: Revolutionising business-to-government reporting > Paul Madden, Program Director, Standard Business Reporting 9.55 10.35 Business Reporting Trends Where is it headed? > Harm Jan van Burg, Programme Director, Netherlands SBR Project, Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Justice > Mike Willis XBRL International & PwC 10.35 10.55 MORNING TEA in the exhibition area 10.55 11.15 TFN Declaration Pilot Demonstration > Speaker to be confirmed 11.15 12.10 SBR Experiences from other countries and what this means for Australia Session Leaders: Harm Jan van Burg & Paul Madden > Jan Ketelaar, NOAB: NOAB is an organisation for small accounting firms in the Netherlands. Mr Ketelaar s presentation an insight into small accounting firms experience with SBR in the Netherlands, the changing services, and how to maximise benefits. > Sylvester Schenk, GIBO Groep: Sharing experiences from the fiscal department of an accounting firm in the Netherlands, Mr Schenk discusses the impact of SBR, including the changes in working processes regarding tax returns, and new service provisions. > Han Wurtz, Accountview: A software vendor from the Netherlands, Mr Wurtz talks about the impacts of SBR on the software industry in the Netherlands what is new, what is different, the barriers overcome, roadmap suggestions and outcomes. 12.10 1.00 Case studies > Peter Williams, CEO, Deloitte Digital > Jason Daniels, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers 1.00 1.45 LUNCH in the exhibition area 1.45 2.45 USER STREAM Key insights into a day in the life of a business/ intermediary post SBR implementation What will be the same and what could be different for me/my clients Why should I and my clients implement SBR What international trends, standards & practices should my clients be aware of what should I be doing to implement SBR What training will I need What else do I need to know? TECHNICAL & SOFTWARE DEVELOPER STREAM Core Services - Identity Management - Documentation (implementation guides, wisdels and taxonomy architecture) Authentication: a single credential Software Testing: How do I obtain SBR Certification Taxonomy - XBRL - Taxonomy architecture - XBRL Tools 2.45 3.15 Stream Discussion Stream Discussion 3.15-3.45 AFTERNOON TEA in the exhibition area 3.45 4.45 Plenary session What do I need to do to implement SBR > Panel of international & local speakers 4.45 5.00 WRAP UP 5.00 CLOSE 5.30 6.30 NETWORKING AND CANAPÉS IN THE EXHIBITION AREA
Keynote speakers Conference 2009 Keynote Speakers Michael Pascoe Michael Pascoe is one of Australia s most respected and experienced finance and economics commentators with 35 years in newspaper, broadcast and on-line journalism covering the full gamut of economic, business and finance issues. Michael is seen on Channel 7 s Sunrise and news programs, is Associate Editor of Alan Kohler s EurekaReport.com.au, Contributing Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and Age BusinessDay.com.au sites and a weekly finance columnist for Yahoo!7 among other things. Michael has four sons, maintains a love of Rugby Union, a dislike of gardening and what he calls an outlook of optimistic scepticism. Angela MacRae, Commissioner, Productivity Commission Angela MacRae was appointed as a Commissioner with the Productivity Commission in March 2007. Throughout her career, Angela has worked as an economic consultant with a primary focus on taxation and superannuation issues and their practical application to the private and public sector. In more recent years, she has worked on issues relating to small to medium sized business. In the lead up to the tax reforms of 2000, she was the tax reform spokesperson and National Tax Director for CPA Australia. Subsequent to the implementation of GST and PAYG, Angela was contracted to the Prime Minist er s Office to assist in tax reform implementation. Angela was a member of the Taskforce on Reducing Regulatory Burdens on Business, which reported to the Prime Minister and Treasurer in 2006. Paul Madden, Program Director, SBR, The Treasury Paul Madden is the Program Director for Standard Business Reporting which is being led from within the Australian Treasury. He is responsible for the overall Program including design, development, stakeholder relationships and management, and implementation. Paul also coordinates the work of teams in the other agencies in this multi-government agency Program. Prior to taking up this role, Paul was a First Assistant Commissioner with the Australian Tax Office responsible for the overall design (systems and business process) of a major transformation program, as well as developing business and systems designs to support policy and administrative reforms with a client and staff experience focus. Within the Tax Office, Paul also had responsibility for Whole of Government service delivery and interoperability. Paul played a major role as the Project Manager for systems delivery of a major Tax Reform in 2000. He has since led subsequent reform projects and has managed the ATO s overall systems development function. Harm Jan van Burg, Programme Director, The Netherlands SBR Programme Harm Jan van Burg is senior policy-maker of the Directorate General of the Tax and Customs Administration, part of the Netherlands Ministry of Finance. He is the programme director for the Netherlands Standard Business Reporting Programme. With a degree in social sciences and having previously worked for the Dutch Post and Telecommunications, Harm Jan has been active in various roles across the Dutch Civil Service since 1983, linked mostly with corporate communications and electronic filing. He was responsible for the pioneering videotext services and the first tax administration website. He was involved in developing electronic tax filing from 1996 onwards and from 2003 till 2009 vice-chair of the intergovernmental management team for the co-ordination of e-government development in the Netherlands. Convinced of the added value of standardisation, focusing on increasing the efficiency and transparency in financial reporting processes between businesses and government, Harm Jan was the initiator of the Netherlands Taxonomy Project (awarded the Netherlands innovation award in 2006) which now is proceeding as the Standard Business Reporting Programme. Mike Willis, cpa, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Founding Chairman XBRL International Mike Willis has more than 26 years of accounting and auditing experience and is a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mike served as the Founding Chairman of XBRL International (http://www.xbrl.org ), which is currently composed of more than 600 leading software, accounting and finance companies from 27 countries around the world. Mike has served in a number of roles within the XBRL community and currently serves on the International Steering Committee as Vice-Chairman. XBRL is an international information format standard designed to dramatically enhance business reporting supply chain processes benefiting preparers, distributors, aggregators and consumers of this information. He speaks frequently, publishes papers and blogs on the topic of business reporting. Mike has been interviewed for or published articles in a range of business periodicals on the topic of a more efficient business reporting supply chain including the Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, Business Week, Wall Street & Technology, CFO Magazine, and CIO Magazine. Mark Johnson, CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers Mark Johnson is PricewaterhouseCoopers Chief Executive in Australia and a member of the Firm Executive. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the firm and passionate about driving exceptional client service and fostering a culture of high performance. Mark has held leadership positions with the firm for the past 14 years and has extensive experience in development and lead execution of strategy. Prior to his current appointment, Mark held the positions of National Managing Partner Businesses and Australian Assurance Leader, in addition to serving on the Global Assurance Leadership Team. An active client-facing partner, Mark has led the audits of a number of PwC s major clients and provided a range of other related accounting, control and governance services to many of Australia s largest companies. He is a former member of the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and is currently Deputy Chairman of the Finance and Reporting Committee of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Peter Switzer Peter Switzer is an expert on money and business in Australia. He is the founding director of Switzer Financial Services an accounting, business and financial advisory company. Peter is an award winning broadcaster. Previously a radio commentator with the Triple M and the Australian Radio Networks, his background working in the media with the likes of Doug Mulray and the team from the Panel has also given him a unique sense of humour. Peter was also the official economics commentator for the Sydney Olympics. A former lecturer in Economics at the University of NSW, Peter is also the small business editor for The Australian newspaper, columnist with the Daily Telegraph, and host of the 2GB small business show. Peter is also the host of Talking Business for the Qantas in-flight service Radio Q, the Money Coach on Sydney s ABC s 702 radio station with James Valentine, commentator on Vega FM, and a finance commentator for Yahoo! 7.Other speakers
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