The
Audit Committee's role has become more
visible and demanding over
the past decade.
With the increased
time commitment, greater legal liability, and higher expectations,
audit committees are under great pressure to
ensure reliable financial reporting and risk management. During
this FREE webinar, we will share insights, concerns, and lessons
learned from interviews of over 40 public company audit committee
members.
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During
this FREE webinar, you will: |
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Uncover
opportunities to improve the audit committee’s
effectiveness |
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Learn how audit committees operate in the post-SOX environment |
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Understand key risk areas including fraud risk |
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Recognize
areas of disagreement on the audit committee’s role |
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Speaker:
Dana R. Hermanson, Ph.D.
Dinos Eminent Scholar Chair of Private Enterprise
Professor of Accounting at Kennesaw State University
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This
free webinar is sponsored by Compliance 360, Inc.
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DATE: Thursday,
August 9, 2007
TIME:
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
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Speaker's
Bio: Dana R. Hermanson
is Dinos Eminent Scholar Chair of Private Enterprise and Professor
of Accounting in
the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University.
He serves as a Research Fellow of the Corporate Governance Center
at the University
of Tennessee and of the Enterprise Risk Management Initiative
at North Carolina State University. Dana serves on the Advisory
Boards of Oversight
Systems, Inc. and the Atlanta Chapter of NACD. He also serves
on the faculty of the Cox Family Enterprise Center at Kennesaw State.
Dana’s
research addresses issues related to auditing, corporate governance,
information technology, and accounting education. He was a member
of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Audit Committees and is coauthor
of the COSO-sponsored monograph, Fraudulent Financial Reporting: 1987-1997.
Dana is a member of the American Accounting Association, Institute
of Internal Auditors, and National Association of Corporate Directors.
Dana received a BBA (First Honor Graduate, valedictorian) in accounting
from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. from the University of
Wisconsin. Prior to entering the Ph.D. program, he worked as an auditor
in the Atlanta office of Ernst & Young. |
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Compliance 360, Inc., 1185 Sanctuary Parkway,
Suite 250, Alpharetta, GA 30004
Tel: 678.992.0262 Fax: 678.992.0266
Web: www.compliance360.com
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