ISAR workshop on IFRS 15 and IFRS 16
05 Oct, 2016
The thirty-third session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) is currently being held in Geneva. Before the session, there was a workshop on 3 October on recent developments on IFRS.
First, Hugh Shields, Executive Technical Director at the IASB, gave a general presentation on trends in financial and corporate reporting touching primary financial statements, the disclosure initiative, and corporate reporting. His presentation is available on the UNCTAD website.
This was followed by a block on IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers with the following speakers (links to their presentations on the UNCTAD website):
- Richard Martin, ACCA
- Susan M. Cosper, FASB
- David Baur, PwC Switzerland
- Vincent Papa, CFA Institute
- Vijay Kumar, ICAI
- Fábio Moraes da Costa, FUCAPE Business School, Brazil
The afternoon was dedicated to IFRS 16 Leases. Speakers were (links to their presentations on the UNCTAD website):