The speakers at the conference were:

• Michel Prada, Chairman of the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation;
• Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of the IASB;
• Patrick de Cambourg, Chairman, Autorité des Normes Comptables (ANC);
• Gérard Rameix, Chairman, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF); and
• Steven Maijoor, Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

The recordings of their speeches are available on the IASB website. We had already reported on the speeches of Hans Hoogervorst and Patrick de Cambourg, for which transcripts are available.

The document states that two policy measures will be taken to promote further IFRSs adoption by Japanese companies:

• Developing/improving material that may be useful to companies adopting IFRSs, based on recent disclosure examples; and
• Raising awareness around the IFRSs adoption situation by providing an analysis of disclosures by public companies on their choice of accounting standards (a disclosure required by the Tokyo Stock Exchange).

While the two measures may not particularly strong in themselves, a continued support for IFRS by the highest level of the government does create a comfortable environment to those who are willing to adopt.

The revised revitalisation plan is available on the Japanese government's website (document available in Japanese only).