Tentative rundown of the conference: |
Time | Topic | Speaker/ Chair |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Opening address – Local updates | Ms. Loretta Fong Chair of Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee (AASC); Partner, PwC |
9:15 am - 10:05 am | Update on IAASB Projects – ISA 600 (Revised) Special Considerations – Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors) – IAASB Exposure Draft Audit of Less Complex Entities | Mr. Derek Broadley AASC member; Partner, Deloitte |
10:05 am - 10:45 am | New Quality Management Standards – Key changes and requirements | Ms. Eddie Ng Partner, KPMG |
10:45 am - 11:00 am | Break |
11:00 am - 11:40 am | Enhancing Audit Quality – Sharing of cases from investigation – Key areas that practitioners should focus on to enhance audit quality – Key areas that practitioners should focus on to enhance professional scepticism | Ms. Linda Biek Director, Compliance, HKICPA |
11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Sustainability reporting and addressing the climate challenge – An overview of sustainability reporting – An overview of HKICPA’s AATB 5 (Revised) and AATB 6 – Common ESG/ EER reporting issues in Hong Kong – Consider how auditors are taking account of climate-related risks in audit engagements | Mr. Cyrus Cheung Partner, PwC |
12:20 pm - 12:35 pm | Break |
12:35 pm - 12:55 pm | Question and answer session | All Speakers |
12:55 pm - to 1:00 pm | Closing remarks | Ms. Loretta Fong |