IPSAS and The Application of These Standards in the Swiss Federal Administration

Speaker:
Markus Stricker
CEO, DGX AG
Board Member, Institute IPSAS
Project Head for the implementation of IPSAS in the Swiss Federal Ministry of Finance
MBA University of Chicago

Dates and Venues:
Friday, November 26th, 2010, Zurich main train station, seminar room «Au Premier»
The seminar takes place from 0900hrs to 1600hrs, and covers the following topics:

1. Origin of IPSAS
2. The IPSAS Board
3. Major objectives of IPSAS
4. Countries and other public sector entities applying IPSAS
5. Public sector entities versus government business enterprises
6. Cash and accrual accounting
7. Introducing IPSAS 1 to 31
8. A country is not a company
9. IPSAS and the Swiss Federal Administration - the New Accounting Model (NAM)
10. Strategy and focus of the NAM
11. Funds and charts of accounts
12. Restatements
1. Property, plant and equipment
2. Holdings
3. Accruals
4. Provisions
5. Contingent liabilities
6. Inventories
13. Invoicing for internal supply of goods and services
14. Management accounting
15. Information technology for IPSAS
16. Training and communication
17. Q&A and open discussions

Speaker’s Short Biography:

Markus Stricker
Markus Stricker is CEO of DGX AG (www.dgx.ch) and was appointed Project Head for the implementation of IPSAS in the Swiss Federal Ministry of Finance. Together with his team of experienced consultants, Mr. Stricker won the mandate from the Swiss Federal Ministry of Finance and completed the IPSAS project successfully and on schedule. Prior to DGX, Mr. Stricker held senior management positions with Fortune 500 and leading Swiss companies. Mr. Stricker is a founding Board Member of the IPSAS Institute, and has an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Participation Cost:
Cost for a seminar participant including a small lunch is (EUR 1100).
With the registration of 3 and more participants, the cost of each participant is (EUR 700)
Upon receipt of your registration, we will send you a confirmation with the invoice for payment. For further information or queries, please contact markus.stricker@ipsas.org.

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