Efficient and Effective Government Reporting October 17, 2012 

Have you registered for the XBRL Canada Annual Conference in Ottawa yet? The room block set aside for registrants at favourable rates at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier expires on October 3.

The program is an exciting one! Keynote Speaker will be Daniel Kelly, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, who will speak on the needs of independent business for savings in the costs of compliance with government requirements.

Gianluca Garbellotto will explain how significant savings are being achieved in the Australian SBR Program. And David Blaszkowsky, of the US Dept of Treasury will outline key initiatives under way and planned within the US Government in this area.

Mark Montoya will describe how the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the US has used XBRL to save millions of dollars in filing costs and achieved much greater effectiveness. And Bill Foster will describe the implementation of XBRL at Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario (DICO)

An afternoon panel will discuss the issues around Implementation of Standardized Data and will include many of these speakers as well as senior representatives of key government departments and agencies, such as CRA, Statscan and OSFI. The full program can be viewed at www.xbrl.ca. It includes a seminar on the morning of October 18th.

Register by going to the XBRL Canada website at www.xbrl.ca.

XBRL Canada is supported and administered by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.