Full Committee Hearing

International Accounting Standards: Opportunities, Challenges, and Global Convergence Issues

Date:   Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Time:   02:00 PM

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Topic

The Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on "International Accounting Standards: Opportunities, Challenges, and Global Convergence Issues".

Witnesses

Witness Panel 1

  1. Mr. Robert Herz
    Chairman
    Financial Accounting Standards Board
  2. Mr. Conrad Hewitt
    Chief Accountant
    Securities and Exchange Commission
  3. Sir David Tweedie
    Chairman
    International Accounting Standards Board
  4. Mr. John White
    Director, Office of Corporate Finance
    Securities and Exchange Commission

Witness Panel 2

  1. Mr. Jack Ciesielski
    President
    R&G Associates
  2. Mr. Charles E. Landes
    Vice President
    American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  3. Mr. Lynn Turner
    Managing Director of Research
    Glass Lewis & Co. LLC and former SEC Chief Accountant
  4. Mrs. Teri Yohn
    Associate Professor
    Kelley School of Business, University of Indiana