Kurt Schulzke, Special Counsel, Slappey & Sadd, LLC, to Speak at KC’s Event on Statement 157 Implementation Issues on 6/02/2009
Jersey City, NJ, May 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcast announced today that Kurt Schulzke, Special Counsel, Slappey & Sadd, LLC will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webcast entitled: “Statement 157 Implementation Issues”. This 2-hour event is scheduled on June 2, 2009, Tuesday at 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET. (For further details of the event and an updated list of panelists, please visit: http://knowledgecongress.org/event_2009_S157_updated.html)
Event Summary
Since its introduction, FAS No. 157 companies have struggled with implementation and compliance issues. Companies have been grappling with accounting and valuation issues related to Fair Value. Many have seen market value melt away particularly which has been exacerbated by the current economic free fall. Although there is much uncertainty surrounding this issue – one thing remains clear Fair Value is here to stay at least for the time being and companies must learn to deal with this most pressing issue.
The Knowledge Congress is assembling a panel of distinguished professionals and key regulators to help understand Statement No. 157 and its impact on your firm and the broader market. The speakers will present their expert opinions in a two-hour Live Webcast.
About Kurt Schulzke
Kurt Schulzke is an attorney and CPA. He obtained his B.S. in Accounting and Master of Accountancy at Brigham Young University, in 1986. Thereafter, he moved to Atlanta, working first as an auditor and then as tax consultant at Price Waterhouse, until 1990. He then joined the faculty at the Coles College of Business where he is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Fellow of the Coles College Internal Audit Center. He is a member of the Georgia State Bar and American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA).
Kurt is licensed to practice in all Georgia State courts, including the Georgia Supreme Court, and in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, at the Georgia State University College of Law, in 1998. He is an alumnus of the Johannes-Kepler Universitaet-GSU Program on International Commercial Arbitration and the Harvard Program on Negotiation’s Teaching Negotiation in the Organization.
Since 1998, as a member of the Georgia Bar, he has served a variety of clients in corporate, securities, tax and qui tam cases. He is an Associate Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Kurt is lead co-author of World Accounting, a multi-volume Lexis-Nexis treatise on global financial reporting and has delivered seminars on financial reporting, corporate governance, corporate ethics and negotiation in major U.S., European and Latin American financial centers. He has published in the American Business Law Journal, Journal of Forensic Accounting and the Journal of Executive Education.
Kurt has served family-owned businesses as a board member, CFO, and general counsel. In the qui tam arena, Kurt works as special counsel with Slappey & Sadd, LLC.
About The Knowledge Congress
The Knowledge Congress is an organization that produces webcast that examine regulatory changes across a variety of industries. “We bring together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour Live webcast to study the impact of changing regulations.”
To contact or to register for an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.
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Event Summary
Since its introduction, FAS No. 157 companies have struggled with implementation and compliance issues. Companies have been grappling with accounting and valuation issues related to Fair Value. Many have seen market value melt away particularly which has been exacerbated by the current economic free fall. Although there is much uncertainty surrounding this issue – one thing remains clear Fair Value is here to stay at least for the time being and companies must learn to deal with this most pressing issue.
The Knowledge Congress is assembling a panel of distinguished professionals and key regulators to help understand Statement No. 157 and its impact on your firm and the broader market. The speakers will present their expert opinions in a two-hour Live Webcast.
About Kurt Schulzke
Kurt Schulzke is an attorney and CPA. He obtained his B.S. in Accounting and Master of Accountancy at Brigham Young University, in 1986. Thereafter, he moved to Atlanta, working first as an auditor and then as tax consultant at Price Waterhouse, until 1990. He then joined the faculty at the Coles College of Business where he is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Fellow of the Coles College Internal Audit Center. He is a member of the Georgia State Bar and American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA).
Kurt is licensed to practice in all Georgia State courts, including the Georgia Supreme Court, and in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, at the Georgia State University College of Law, in 1998. He is an alumnus of the Johannes-Kepler Universitaet-GSU Program on International Commercial Arbitration and the Harvard Program on Negotiation’s Teaching Negotiation in the Organization.
Since 1998, as a member of the Georgia Bar, he has served a variety of clients in corporate, securities, tax and qui tam cases. He is an Associate Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Kurt is lead co-author of World Accounting, a multi-volume Lexis-Nexis treatise on global financial reporting and has delivered seminars on financial reporting, corporate governance, corporate ethics and negotiation in major U.S., European and Latin American financial centers. He has published in the American Business Law Journal, Journal of Forensic Accounting and the Journal of Executive Education.
Kurt has served family-owned businesses as a board member, CFO, and general counsel. In the qui tam arena, Kurt works as special counsel with Slappey & Sadd, LLC.
About The Knowledge Congress
The Knowledge Congress is an organization that produces webcast that examine regulatory changes across a variety of industries. “We bring together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour Live webcast to study the impact of changing regulations.”
To contact or to register for an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.
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