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Charles Hoffman, the father of XBRL, maintains a blog at the following link. It is designed to be of practical help to people using XBRL, and reflects the unparalleled knowledge and skill of Mr Hoffman in this field. Home Page - XBRL as used for financial reporting by business users.

The XBRL International Conference on May 5 - 8 in Eindhoven, Netherlands is coming up fast. Early registration deadline to get the 10% discount is Mar 30th. The website, which can be accessed from the XII website at http://www.xbrl.org/ is up and running and has just been updated with new more detailed content.

IFRS Conference - North America 2008

Dear member of the North-American XBRL community,

You may know me as the co‑ordinator of XBRL development at the IASC Foundation, the oversight body of the IASB who is developing the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). As IFRSs are sweeping across the globe, developments in North America are most interesting: Canada is adopting IFRSs by 2011, the U.S. SEC recently removed the reconciliation requirement for foreign private issuers that report using IFRSs and consultation has begun on whether US domestic issuers should be allowed to report using IFRSs. At the same time, some are considering mandating filing using XBRL.

If you are interested in IFRSs and XBRL, on 24–25 April, the IASC Foundation and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants are hosting an IFRSs Conference in North America in Toronto, Canada. By attending the conference you will gain critical insights from the IASB, the AcSB, the US FASB, securities regulators and international financial reporting experts. The programme is available here.

On the morning of 24 April 2008 immediately before the IFRSs conference, we will hold an intensive half day session on XBRL, focused on regulators’ and issuers’ use of XBRL. The programme includes:
· XBRL at IASC Foundation
Olivier Servais, XBRL Team Leader, IASC Foundation
· The Canadian Supervisor’s Perspective
Andrew Lowe, Accountant, Corporate Finance, Ontario Securities Commission
· The U.S. Supervisor’s Perspective
David Blaszkowsky, Director of Interactive Disclosure, U.S. SEC
· The Financial Analyst’s Perspective
Andrew Abouchar, XBRL Working Group, CFA Institute
· XBRL for Assurance
Efrim Boritz, Professor, University of Waterloo
· XBRL for IFRS Conversion
Gerald Trites, Project Manager, XBRL Canada

Round-table Q&A, Chaired by William Swirsky, Past-Chair, XBRL Canada
Panellists:
· Andrew Lowe – Ontario Securities Commission
· David Blaszkowsky – U.S. SEC
· Andrew Abouchar – CFA Institute
· Efrim Boritz – University of Waterloo
· Dwight Wainman – CEO, Caseware

Various options are described on the conference registration page. By registering before 19 March, you qualify for a discount.
So, don’t delay, register today
IFRS Conference - North America 2008

Welcome to XBRL Canada

The first monthly XBRL Canada Town Hall will be held on Tuesday, March 25th 2008 at 3:00 - 4:00PM Eastern.

The agenda for the meeting will consist of three items:

1. Update on XBRL Canada Activities - Wasim Thaha, Chair, XBRL Canada
2. XBRL and IFRS - The Canadian Strategy - Jerry Trites, Project Director
3. The new XBRL Canada IFRS Implementation Tool - Eric Cohen, CPA, PWC US

XBRL Canada has been working hard to find ways in which XBRL can help in IFRS convergence. The session will introduce an exciting and innovative new tool that is under development and soon to be released which enables cross referencing of IFRS, Canadian GAAP and the GIFI using XBRL GL. The tool is expected to be useful to companies implementing IFRS and those filing with securities commissions.

The meeting will take place using Microsoft LiveMeeting and telephone conferencing. Login and call in details will be provided as we draw closer to the date. See the XBRL Canada Calendar of Events at: Welcome to XBRL Canada