Summary
Our ROI CPD Blitz series returned in 2024 with 2 In Person events and 1 Virtual event. Attracting 10 CPD hours per event these sessions have been carefully curated to ensure participants receive the latest technical updates in Financial Reporting, CSRD implementation, Taxation and Company Law. A pre-recorded box set of additional material is available to all participants after their event, covering diverse topics such as Data Analytics, Financial Statements Analysis, Critical Thinking, Benefits in Kind and much, much more.
Booking Information
Once you have booked your course, the link to the recording will be available in your "My Account" area.
Access to the course is granted for 180 days from the date of purchase. Online courses cannot be booked on behalf of someone else. Access is only granted to the individual completing the order.
Who should attend
This online webinar 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: Professor Joe Peppard
(Academic Director at the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin)
“Beyond the Hype – Getting Real with AI” to include:
The realities of artificial intelligence, cutting through the hype to assess what AI can truly deliver today.
Using real-world examples, we’ll look at businesses that have effectively implemented AI to achieve specific goals and measurable returns.
A key focus will be the importance of responsible AI strategies—balancing innovation with ethics and compliance.
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: John Darby (Solicitor)
John will be delivering a whistle-stop tour of the most important developments and changes in company law over the last 12 months.
Taxation Update: Paul Murphy (Martin J Kelly & Co.)
Paul will deliver a quick fire session on the latest developments and updates across the main tax headings in 2024.
Key learning outcomes
Appreciate the key Financial Reporting, CSRD, Company Law and Taxation issues affecting their businesses and organisations over the last 12 months, with an eye on proposed prospective changes.
Speaker Bio's
Professor Joe Peppard
Professor Joe Peppard is Academic Director at the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin. Previously, he was a faculty member at MIT Sloan School of Management, ESMT Berlin, and Cranfield School of Management, UK. A leading authority on information, systems and technology and their business and organizational implications, his research studies contemporary issues and challenges that executives face in an environment of accelerating technological change. While academically rigorous, with his research he strives to steer a pragmatic path. In his writings and teaching, Professor Peppard seeks to help the busy executive to be successful.
Dympna Cassidy
Dympna Cassidy 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 Murphy 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.
John Darby
John Darby, BCL, is a Senior Legal Counsel with PM Group. He has been practising as a solicitor in Ireland since 1997 and is a member of the Law Society of Ireland. He qualified and practised for ten (10) years in leading Irish law firm, McCann FitzGerald.John has also practised in-house with Diageo plc, Bord Gais Eireann and the Coca-Cola Company.John’s main areas of practise are corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He has advised numerous domestic and international clients in a wide variety of business sectors, including project management, media, motor distribution, telecommunications and food and agri. John is also a frequent speaker in the areas of corporate and company law and is a lecturer on the Law Society’s Professional Course on Business Law and its Diploma Courses on Company Law and Corporate Governance.
Paul Murphy
Paul Murphy is the Principal of Martin J. Kelly & Co. He is a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Paul has lectured with the Irish Tax Institute for the past 25 years and is a speaker for a number of accountancy bodies on their professional development panels.
He is also co-author of the Tax Institute’s third-level publication Irish Taxation: Law and Practice.
Contact us
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
Note for Legacy CPA Members
Members who joined Chartered Accountants Ireland following1 September 2024, please continue to book on the CPA Portal here to ensure you receive your member discount.
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