The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) have announced the panelists for the upcoming roundtable on May 10, covering second-year experiences with the reporting and auditing requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 related to companies’ internal control over financial reporting. The following day, May 11, KPMG’s 404 Institute is offering a webcast on the lessons learned and insights from the roundtable.
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The roundtable is scheduled to take place from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. E.D.T. on May 10, 2006, at SEC headquarters, 100 F. Street N.E. Washington, D.C. Public seating will be on a first-come, first served basis, with doors opening at 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. The roundtable will address a number of topics, including:
overview of the second year;
management’s evaluation and assessment
the audit of internal control over financial reporting
the effect on the market
the next steps
Roundtable panelists will include:
Philip D. Ameen, General Electric Company
The Honorable Charles A. Bowsher, Former Comptroller General of the United States
Frank H. Brod, Microsoft Corporation
William J. Brunner, First Indiana Corporation
The Honorable Mary K. Bush, Bush International, Inc.
H. Rodgin Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
J. Michael Cook, Audit committee chair/member, various companies
Nick S. Cyprus, member of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
Alex Davern, National Instruments
Robert W. Davis, CA, Inc.
Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr., PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited
Timothy P. Flynn, KPMG LLP
The Honorable Barbara Hackman Franklin, Board member, various companies
Kimberly Parker Gavaletz, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Susan C. Gordon, CBS Corporation
The Honorable Joseph A. Grundfest, Stanford Law School
Keith E. Holmberg, British Petroleum
Michele J. Hooper, The Directors’ Council
Jay Howell, BDO Seidman LLP
John J. Huber, Latham & Watkins LLP
Dennis A. Johnson, California Public Employees’ Retirement System
Gregory J. Jonas, Moody Investors Service
Leo L. Kessel, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Robert J. Kueppers, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
Lee Level, Computer Sciences Corporation
Peter D. Lyons, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Michael J. McConnell, Shamrock Capital Advisors
Peter F. Minan, KPMG LLP
Edward E. Nusbaum, Grant Thronton LLP
Robert C. Pozen, MFS Investment Management
Monte N. Redman, Astoria Financial Corporation and Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association
Bruce A. Renihan, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Kurt N. Sacht, Centre for Financial Market Integrity of CFA Institute
Stephen A. Sherwin, Cell Genesys, Inc.
Damon A. Silvers, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Garrett L. Stauffer, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Shelley S. Stein, Grant Thornton LLP
Tom Szlosek, Honeywell International Inc.
Dr. Albert M. Teplin, Audit committee chair/member, various companies
John A. Thain, NYSE Group, Inc.
James S. Turley, Ernst & Young
Richard G. Ueltschy, Crowe Chizek & Company LLP
The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
David P. Warren, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
Karen Hastie Williams, Board member, various companies
Ann Yerger, Council of Institutional Investors
The 404 Institute webcast will be held Thursday, May 11, 2006, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET. Bob Lipstein, National Partner in Charge, Sarbanes-Oxley 404, KPMG LLP, will discuss the experiences some companies have had during year two and share insights into future opportunities. He will be followed by Peter F. Minan, National Managing Partner-Audit KPMG LLP, who will provide an overview of discussions from the previous day’s roundtable.
