FEE Audit Policy

00:00 - 17:00

Opening of Conference

André Kilesse, FEE Deputy President

00:00 - 17:00

THEME 1: DEVELOPING THE ROLE AND VALUE OF AUDIT Opening keynote speech

Wouter Bos, Partner KPMG and Former Finance Minister of the Netherlands
Questions and Answers

00:00 - 17:00

Debate on Developing the Role and Value of Audit

Introductory speech:
Fernando Restoy, Vice-Chairman Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain;
Member of the Management Board, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and
Vice-Chairman Technical Committee, International Organisation of Securities Commissions
(IOSCO)
Panel:
 Carsten Zielke, Senior Insurance ALM Analyst, Société Générale, Frankfurt; Member
European Financial Advisory Group Technical Expert Group (EFRAG TEG)
 Scott Johnson, Director, W.F. Watt, UK
 Ann Vanstraelen, Professor of Accounting and Assurance Services, Maastricht University
Panel Chairman:
Petr Kriz FEE Vice President
Questions and Answers

00:00 - 17:00

Keynote speech

Stephen Haddrill, Chief Executive Officer, UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
Questions and Answers

00:00 - 17:00

Lunch Buffet

00:00 - 17:00

Keynote speech

Commissioner Michel Barnier, European Commission, Internal Market and Services
Questions and Answers
Chair: Philip Johnson, FEE President

15:00 - 17:00

THEME 2: BUILDING A EUROPEAN AUDIT MARKET Keynote speech

Brendan Nelson, Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, Royal Bank
of Scotland Group; and Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, BP plc
Questions and Answers

00:00 - 17:00

Debate on Building a European Audit Market

Introductory speech:
Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Rapporteur on European Commission Green Paper on Audit Policy,
Legal Affairs Committee of European Parliament
Panel:
 Andrew Brown, Chairman, European Group of International Accounting Networks and
Associations (EGIAN)
 Christopher Humphrey, Professor of Accounting, Manchester Accounting and Finance
Group at Manchester Business School
 Nathalie de Basaldua, Head of Audit Unit, European Commission, DG Internal Market and
Services
Panel Chairman:
Giacomo Bugna FEE Vice President
Questions and Answers

00:00 - 17:00

Closing keynote speech – The Global Dimension

James Doty, Chairman, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), USA
Questions and Answers

00:00 - 17:00

Wrap-up session

Philip Johnson, FEE President

00:00 - 17:00

End of Conference