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The FRC is pleased to provide information about the Audit & Assurance Conference being held in Cambridge on Thursday 16th May and Friday 17th May.  This conference is organised by the Auditing Special Interest Group (ASIG) of the British Accounting & Finance Association:

The conference offers a unique mix of distinguished speakers and highlights of the latest unpublished academic research on auditing.

The following topics will be addressed by the 5 distinguished key note speakers:

• Audit and Accountability in Modern Government by The Rt Hon Lady Margaret Hodge MBE MP, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee;
• Public Audit and the Public Finances by Caroline Gardner, Auditor General, Audit Scotland;
• Repairing Confidence in the Audit by Nick Land, Chair of the Audit & Assurance Council and non-executive director of a number of FTSE companies;
• IAASB’s Work on Audit Quality by Jon Grant, UK representative on the International Audit & Assurance Standards Board (IAASB); and
• Assurance on Narrative Reporting by David Wood, Executive Director ICAS

The following panellists will debate how to restore confidence in auditing:

• Paul George, Executive Director Conduct, FRC;
• David Hatherly, Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh;
• Diana Hillier, Partner PwC (formerly Vice-Chair IAASB);
• Nick Land, Chair of the Audit & Assurance Council;
• Steve Maslin, Head of External Professional Affairs, Grant Thornton;
• Liz Murrall; Director Corporate Governance and Reporting, Investment Management Association; and
• Mark Rhys; Partner, Deloitte

Martin Martinoff will lead an ICAEW AuditFutures session on the “21^st century role of the audit profession in rebuilding public trust”.

Ilias Basioudis of Aston University Business School and Chair of ASIG commented:

 
Further information about the conference can be obtained from ASIG’s Chairman ilias G Basioudis at email: i.g.basioudis@aston.ac.uk, or via the ASIG website http://static.aston.ac.uk/asig/NAC2013%20-%20RegistrationInfo_Cambridge2013.htm
 
Notes to Editors

1. This is the 23^rd Audit & Assurance Conference, the Annual Conference of the Auditing Special Interest Group.
    
2. The cost to delegates for attending the conference is £220.
    
3. The British Accounting & Finance Association (formerly the BAA) is an association for British universities accounting and finance academics.  Its principal aim is to advance knowledge and understanding of education and research in all areas of accounting and finance.
    
4. On the evening of the 16^th May there will be a conference dinner.
    
5. For press enquiries, please contact Steven Leonard on telephone 020 7492 2412 or email s.leonard@frc.org.uk