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Sustainability in the Key Professions: AccountancyThe inaugural Sustainability in Accountancy Summit will explore how the accountancy sector is progressing in relation to the incorporation of sustainable performance measurement into standard accounting practices |
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The inaugural summit Sustainability in Key Professions: Accountancy will explore the advancement of accountancy towards the integration of sustainability performance measurement.
Tailor your attendance by selecting the sessions which are most relevant to you
You can choose to attend the conference only (held 30 September 2010) and/or one or both Master Class sessions (held 1 October 2010). Alternatively you may attend both days and maximise your learning and networking experience.
More registration details here
Day One: Sustainability in Key Professions: Accountancy Conference
Key conference topics at a glance
- Legislation reform
- How sustainability in accounting is progressing
- Changes to accreditation
- Driving accountability within the company
- Standardising the sustainable accounting process
- Changing the business plan
- The employable accountant, new non-financial skills needed for the future industry
- International experiences, strategies and frameworks
View the full conference agenda here [link to agenda]
Day Two: Optional Master Classes
MASTER CLASS A: Teaching sustainability – a practitioner’s perspective
MASTER CLASS B: Sustainability auditing & assurance
MASTER CLASS D: Modeling the financial risks attached to carbon and sustainability
View the full Master Classes agenda here
Why should you attend Sustainability in Key Professions: Accountancy
- Join accountancy practitioners, professional and accrediting associations, academics and government bodies to discuss trends in the workplace, best practices, and the challenges that sustainable accounting presents
- Hear international presentations that will cover sustainability trends and client needs in Asia, as well as foreign benchmarking tools and initiatives to measure and report corporate sustainability
- Focus on the academic challenges to produce the most employable and internationally attractive accountant, considering industry changes and the need for soft and non-financial skills-sets




