WHAT:       

Protiviti (www.protiviti.com), a global consulting firm and one of the 2015 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For^®, will host two Continuing Professional Education (CPE) events for Texas auditing and accounting professionals. Each day-long instructional event will include sessions led by Protiviti subject-matter experts as well as notable guest speakers.

Participants can earn eight auditing and accounting CPE credits on topics that include:

•  COSO 2013 Update

•  Top Risks Panel Discussion with Board of Directors

•  Investigating Vendor Fraud

•  How to Handle Merger Risks

•  New Revenue Recognition Standard

•  Cybersecurity Panel Discussion with Chief Information Officers

•  Working with Millennials

WHO:       

Speakers and sessions vary by location and will include the following topics, among many others:

Dallas:

•  An Update on the U.S. Economy: Bob McTeer, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and former chancellor of the Texas A&M University System

•  COSO 2013: What Happened and What's Next? Bob Hirth, chairman, COSO

•  Board of Directors Panel:Executive Perspectives on Top Risks: moderated by Susan Haseley, managing director, Protiviti

•  Misplaced Trust: Investigating Vendor Fraud: Scott Moritz, managing director, Protiviti

•  Managing and Overseeing Risk in a Merger Environment: Clint McPherson, managing director, Protiviti and Mary Lynn Mills, general auditor, American Airlines

•  The New Revenue Recognition Standard and Other Hot Topics in Financial Reporting: Russ Collins, managing director, Protiviti

•  Chief Information Security Officer Panel: Surviving a Security Firestorm: moderated by David Stanton, director, Protiviti

•  Leading (and Being Led by) Millennials: Scott Redfearn, executive vice president of global human resources, Protiviti

Houston:

•  COSO 2013: What Happened and What's Next?: Bob Hirth, chairman, COSO

•  Executive Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Emerging Risks: Jordan Reed, managing director, Protiviti

•  The New Revenue Recognition Standard and other Hot Topics in Financial Reporting: Russ Collins, managing director, Protiviti

•  Misplaced Trust: Investigating Vendor Fraud: Peter Grupe, director, Protiviti

•  Leading (and Being Led by) Millennials: Scott Redfearn, executive vice president of -global human resources, Protiviti

•  Beyond Segregation of Duties: The Increasing Burden of Proof: John Harrison, managing director, Protiviti

•  State of the Energy Industry in Houston and the Wave of Effects on Local Companies: Danny Rudloff, managing director, Protiviti and Andy Willis, managing director, Protiviti

•  The Internet of Things: Privacy Considerations: Michael Porier, managing director, An Yu, director, and Joe Marcum, senior manager, Protiviti

*Presentations subject to change. 

WHEN:   

September 18

Dallas

October 15 

Houston                      

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. EDT: Registration and continental breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT: Training (lunch will be provided) 

WHERE:     

Dallas:

The Westin Galleria, Dallas

Houston: 

The Westin Galleria, Houston

HOW:         

Dallas Registration: http://www.protiviti.com/DallasCPE- $120 per person (group discounts are available: buy 4, get the 5^th registration free)

Houston Registration:http://www.protiviti.com/HoustonCPE- $99 per person (group discounts are available: buy 4, get the 5^th registration free)

CONTACT:

Jennie Plumlee, jennie.plumlee@protiviti.com, 469-374-2495