Schedule of SEC hearing, Washington
The US Securities & Exchange Commission is holding a public hearing in Washington DC on Wednesday 26 July in connection with its proposed rule amendments regarding auditor independence.
The US Securities & Exchange Commission is holding a public hearing in Washington DC on Wednesday 26 July in connection with its proposed rule amendments regarding auditor independence.
The following is a schedule of appearances for the hearing (Washington is 5 hours behind GMT):
9:00 am: Opening Statements by the Chairman and Commissioners
9:20 am: Session One
John D. Hawke, Jr., Comptroller of the Currency
9:40 am: Session Two
J. Michael Cook, former Chairman and CEO,Deloitte & Touche
10:00 am: Session Three
Rick Antle, Professor of Accounting,
Yale School of Management
John C. Coffee, Jr., Professor of Law,
Columbia University Law School
Paul B.W. Miller, Professor of Accounting,
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
11:10 am: Break
11:20 am: Session Four
John H. Biggs, Chairman, President and CEO,TIAA-CREF
Ray J. Groves, former Chairman and CEO,Ernst & Young
12:00 pm: Lunch Break
1:00 pm: Session Five
Representative, Arthur Andersen
Representative, Deloitte & ToucheRepresentative, KPMG
2:00 pm: Session Six
Jack T. Ciesielski, R.G. Associates, Inc. and Publisher,The Analyst’s Accounting Observer
2:20 pm: Session Seven
William T. Allen, Chair,Independence Standards Board
John C. Bogle, Member,Independence Standards Board
Robert E. Denham, Member,Independence Standards Board
Manuel H. Johnson, Member,Independence Standards Board
3:10 pm: Break
3:20 pm: Session Eight
George Loewenstein, Professor of Economics and Psychology,Carnegie Mellon University
Max H. Bazerman, Professor, Kellogg Graduate School
of Management, Northwestern University, andFellow, Harvard Business School
Douglas R. Carmichael, Professor of Accounting,Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York,and former Vice-President, AICPA
Curtis C. Verschoor, Research Professor, DePaul University
4:20 pm: Session Nine
Dan L. Goldwasser, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz
Alfred M. King, Chairman of the Board,Valuation Research Corporation
Mark Santarsario, President, Marshall & Stevens, Inc.
Nimish Patel, Pollet & Richardson
5:30 pm: Conclusion