Format
This course will be delivered in person on Tuesday 26 November 2024 from 9:30am to 1:30pm in
the Clayton City Hotel, 10 Lapps Quay, Centre, Cork
In addition, participants will receive additional pre-recorded "on
demand" Videos. The boxset of all sessions including the live session will be
delivered to participants after the course.
Further information including joining instruction will
be emailed to you a few days before the event.
Who should attend
This course is suitable for accountants, and other business professionals, at all levels and from all sectors, given the scope and fast-moving pace of the sessions
Course overview
Keynote Speaker: Marie Toft, CEO and Co-founder of Emotionise - Where to Start? Understanding and Implementing AI.
- In this informative keynote address, Marie will
outline her fascinating AI journey and delve beyond the hype to assess what AI
is delivering today. As she explains, the future of Gen AI is niche, and she
will reveal how to find value and Return on Investment for this
transformational technology. Marie will explore the ethics of AI and the
implications of the EU AI Act, and she will address the perceived barriers to
AI adoption - data privacy & security. With her own real life experience,
she will reveal the best way to prepare workforces for the huge changes ahead
and how to navigate this brave new world.
Financial Reporting Update: Dympna Cassidy (Deloitte)
- Dympna will provide and accounting update on IFRS
including IFRS 18 and IFRS 19 in conjunction with an update on Irish and UK
GAAP including FRED 82.
CSRD Update: Brian Murphy (Deloitte)
- For the majority of private companies, the CSRD
regulation will kick in for 2025-year ends, are you ready prepared for this
substantial change in corporate reporting? This session will take you through
the key steps to take over the coming months.
Company Law Update: Aisling Garry (KPMG Law)
- Aisling will discuss recent developments and changes
in company law over the last 12 months.
Taxation Update: Stephen Keohane, (KPMG) and Julie Healy, KPMG
- Stephen and Julie will deliver a quick fire session
on the latest developments and updates across the main tax headings in
2024.
Speaker Bio's
Marie Toft (CEO & Co-Founder Emotionise AI)- Marie enjoyed an international career as a senior TV executive and documentary maker before returning to university to study psychotherapy. Today she has combined her story-telling and psychotherapy experience to create Emotionise AI - which helps build better relationships at scale. Their innovative Generative AI model EIMEAR helps users create authentic, consistent communications built on empathy and company values. Their solution transforms communications for Customers and Employees by focusing on emotional intelligence - the new power skill. Emotionise AI has built the only Gen AI domain model trained with emotional intelligence at its core, by creating its own emotionally intelligent data created and curated by its data creation team.
Aisling Garry - Aisling qualified as a solicitor in 2013, having trained with a leading international corporate law firm in Dublin. She working as a an energy and projects lawyer before joining KPMG in 2016. She has a wide range of experience in advising domestic and multinational organisations on corporate law, commercial contracts, banking, corporate restructuring, corporate governance, regulatory and procedural policies.
Dympna Cassidy - Dympna is a director working in the Financial Reporting Advisory team in Deloitte Ireland LLP.She has a BA in Accounting and Finance from Dublin City University and is a Chartered Accountant. She has 12 years' experience in practice including time in audit and accounting advisory and significant experience in respect of International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union ("IFRS"), the suite of Irish GAAP frameworks (including FRS 101 and FRS 102) and U.S GAAP.Dympna has been part of the Financial Reporting Advisory team in Deloitte for the past number of years and has worked on clients in a wide variety of industries supporting them with their technical accounting needs.
Brian Murphy - Brian is a partner in Audit & Assurance, within the Consumer & Technology Business team. Brian joined Deloitte five years ago and he has over 14 years of experience, providing audit and advisory services to a wide range of business sectors, including retail, manufacturing, construction/real estate, engineering, hospitality and technology sectors. His portfolio consists primarily of large privately owned businesses, both family and private equity backed. Brian lectures and presents extensively on a range of topics including audit, financial accounting/reporting and finance on behalf of Chartered Accountants Ireland. He is past Chair of Chartered Accountants Ireland Leinster Society and is the current Chair of CA Support.
Stephen Keohane - Stephen is a partner in KPMG Ireland's tax practice and advises a broad range of clients on Irish and international tax matters. His areas of expertise include mergers & acquisitions, group reorganisations, Intellectual Property planning, disposal & acquisition planning, inbound and outbound investment, financing and property taxation.
Julie Healy - Julie is a Cork-based tax
director in KPMG Ireland, specialising in private enterprise and family
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If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or
requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930
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