National Conference for SME Advisors
August 8-10, 2012
(Optional workshop August 7, 2012)
The Westin Nova Scotian
Halifax, NS
PROGRAM OUTLINE
If you are a CA who advises SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises)
you won't want to miss the event that over 3,000 attendees have overwhelmingly
rated “excellent”. Join your colleagues from coast to coast this summer as they
gather in our nation's capital for a learning and family experience like no other.
This two-and-a-half-day conference delivers hands-on practical and proven tools to
build a better SME practice and better businesses for your clients. Ottawa abounds
with family activities and we have negotiated an amazing rate with the Westin Ottawa Hotel,
so mark your calendar now for SME 2010.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Designed exclusively for chartered accountants
- sole practitioners, and partners and managers in accounting firms who
advise small and medium-sized businesses.
TOPICS INCLUDE
- The latest on Private Enterprise GAAP and IFRS and how this will impact your practice
- Tax updates including a session with Canada's first Taxpayers' Ombundsman
- IT Updates to help maximize your firm's efficiency
- Opportunities for SME Advisors – CATOs and the new options for training CA students in non-traditional paths
- Our ever-popular "family and friends" sessions
CPD CREDITS
Up to 25 hours
TUITION
TBA (plus applicable taxes)
POST-EVENT CD-ROM:
Once again, recorded sessions, captured live and synchronized with the PowerPoint presentations from this year's event will be available on CD-ROM.
- Registrants will receive a complimentary copy of this valuable CD-ROM approximately six weeks post-event.
- Can't make it to the event? Non-registrants may also order the CD-ROM from the CA Learning Centre. Available for delivery approximately six weeks post-event.
For more information on other CICA Continuing Education elearning products, visit the
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