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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados
(ICAB) under the theme “Sharpening
the Edge” hosted the 24th Annual
Caribbean Conference of Accountants from June
08 -10, 2006. This theme was chosen as accountants
reinforce the presence of the profession in
business, as providing the tools needed to manage
change and remain competitive. The President
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
the Caribbean, Mr. L. Garth Kiddoe, and the
Conference Chairman, Mr. Brian Robinson, conveyed
the welcome remarks.
The
Conference and all social events including the
showing of the World Cup Football Match – Trinidad
& Tobago vs. Sweden, were held at the new
5-star Hilton Barbados.
The
first session of the Conference was a panel
discussion on Practice Monitoring.
The panel included Graham Ward – IFAC President,
Allen Blewitt – ACCA CEO, Tony Ariganello –
CGA President, Garth Kiddoe – ICAC President.
The session was monitored by David Ellis.
The
afternoon session began with, Finding
the Strengths in Life, and was
conducted by Barry Eligon and Axel Karavatzky
of Aegis Management Solutions Ltd. This session
encouraged the delegates to celebrate what is
right with life. This is done by adopting the
following principle” Take the positive energy
that exist in people, organizations and society
and use it to build a desirable future/vision,
one that’s grounded in reality”.
Three
concurrent sessions followed:
- “Harmonizing
our Currencies” by Harold Codrington
who is currently the editor of the Newsletter
of the Barbados Economics Society. Mr. Codrington
has published papers on the Balance of Payments,
Public Transport, Taxation, Monetary Union
and Social Partnership.
- “Media
and Information Management”
by Richard Thomas the principle of Clarity
Communications, a consultancy specializing
in corporate communication.
-
“Is the Bottom Line the Best Measure
for Performance” by Dr. Emily
Dick-Forde Head of the Department of Management
Studies at the University of Cave hill Campus
SATURDAY JUNE 10, 2006
The
morning began with a concurrent session on:
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“Accounting Standards for SME’s”
which was jointly presented by:
i)
Tom Jones the Vice - Chairman of the International
Accounting Standards Board and
ii) Russell Guthrie IFAC’s Director of Compliance.
- “Business
& Professional Ethics - Restoring the
Cutting Edge” by Dennis Yeates
ACCA Deputy President.
The President of the Institute of Chartered
Accountant of the Eastern Caribbean the St.
Kitts branch, Donald Thompson, did an attention-grabbing
presentation on Conference 2007. This will be
held at the St. Kitts Marriot Resort and Casino,
Frigate Bay, over the period June 28 – 30, 2007.
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