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2010 National Conference for SME Advisors

August 4-6, 2010
(optional workshop August 3)
The Westin Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

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:

From $1,295 (plus applicable taxes)
Includes optional Conference CD-ROM

Post-Conference CD-ROM:

Once again, recorded sessions, captured live and synchronized with the PowerPoint presentation from this year's Conference will be available on CD-ROM. Conference registrants will have the opportunity to order this valuable resource with their registration at the Conference rate of $195.

Non-registrants can also order the CD-ROM from CICA's Learning Centre approximately 6 weeks after the event.

For a full range of online products, visit CICA's Learning Centre:

www.softconference.com/cica