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Accounting and Financial Reporting.

Oil and Gas Accounting.

Two conferences - endless insights.

The annual Accounting and Financial Reporting conference will be held in conjunction with the Oil and Gas Accounting conference on Thursday, Nov. 16 and Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, respectively, at the Cox Convention Center in Tulsa.

Learn more about each conferenceInstructional method: Group live - Experts share their knowledge with participants through live, in-person presentations and question and answer opportunities.

Accounting and Financial Reporting

Nov. 16, 2023

Tulsa Cox Convention Center

  • Brings together national and regional experts, standard setters, FASB and SEC officials, corporate financial executives, CPAs and academics to discuss current issues in accounting
  • Cost is $365 per person to attend AFRC ONLY.
  • Registration fee includes: instruction, participant materials and gift, breakfast items, snacks/refreshments, lunch and reception.
  • Opportunity to earn up to 8 hours of CPE credit.

Oil and Gas Accounting

Nov. 17, 2023

Tulsa Cox Convention Center

  • Brings together nationally recognized experts, standard setters, corporate financial executives, and CPAs to discuss current issues in accounting in the oil and gas industry.
  • Cost is $215 per person to attend OGAC ONLY.
  • Registration fee includes: instruction, participant materials and gift, breakfast items and snacks/refreshments.
  • Opportunity to earn up to 4 hours of CPE credit.

AFRC + OGAC Bundle

Attend both conferences at a discounted rate.

  • Cost is $560 per person to attend both the AFRC and OGAC.
  • Agenda - Accounting and Financial Reporting
    Time Session
    8:15 a.m. Welcome
    Dr. Angela Spencer, associate professor and interim accounting department head, Spears School of Business
    Conference Moderator: Peter Margaritis
    8:30 a.m. Financial Accounting Standards Board Update - Katy Rossino, practice fellow, FASB

    Accounting, Technical – (1 CPE)
    Learning Objectives:
    • Discuss FASB’s agenda consultation process
    • Identify matters on the FASB’s current research agenda
    • Identify recently issued accounting standards and other key developments
    • Describe FASB’s post-implementation review process
    9:20 a.m. Networking Break
    9:35 a.m.

    Important Considerations for Oil and Gas Acquisitions - Rich McCullough, Opportune LLP

     

    Accounting, Technical – (1 CPE)

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify the difference in accounting for a set of oil and gas assets considered a business versus those oil and gas assets considered an asset.
    • Identify important differences and characteristics that qualitatively impact the assessment of an acquisition, such as geography, zones, development risk and maturity of the play.
    • Analyze quantitative characteristics from the valuation report and discuss how to ensure the valuation report reflects the assumptions consistent with a market participant and the overall impact to the screen test of ASC 805.
    10:25 a.m. Workplace Recruiting and Retention, Panel Members (Moderated by Billy Leigh, Embark)

     

    Personnel/Human Resources Non-technical – (1 CPE)
    Learning Objectives:
    • Identify current trends and challenges in recruiting and retention
    • Discuss effective recruitment strategies
    • Identify key retention drivers
    11:15 a.m. Break
    11:30 a.m. Working Lunch
    Noon Inclusive Leadership: Undoing Unconscious Bias and Emphasizing Empathy - Dr. Alexis Smith Washington, Oklahoma State University

    Behavioral Ethics, Non-technical – (1 CPE)
    Learning Objectives:
    • Discuss the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion
    • Explain unconscious bias and its impact
    • Assess organizational diversity and inclusion
    12:50 p.m. Networking Break
    1:10 p.m. AI Trends and the Future of Work - TJ  Cardone , PwC

    Information Technology, Technical – (1 CPE)
    Learning Objectives:
    • Define and describe AI Trends
    • Analyze the Impact of AI
    • Discuss insights into key components of AI
    2 p.m.

    Embracing Complexity and Agility in the Future of Work - Dr. Abbey Davis, OSU Center for the Future of Work

    Personnel/Human Resources - Non-technical - (1 CPE)

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify the four dimensions of learning agility: results, mental, people and change
    • Discuss the three types of individuals that will thrive in the great restructuring
    • Define what it takes to have the mindset and skill set of an agile learner; become a future of work Macgyver
    2:50 p.m. Networking Break
    3:10 p.m.

    The Anti-Fraud Playbook - Anne Layne, Senior Manager, Grant Thornton LLP

    Accounting, Technical – (1 CPE)

    Learning Objectives:

    • Describe the five key principles of COSO Fraud Risk Management Guide.
    • Identify the ten playbook “plays” to implement the COSO FRM principles.
    • Locate and apply supplemental fraud risk management tools.
    4 p.m. Ethics Panel (moderated by Rachel Cox, Oklahoma State University) Panel members: Anne Layne, Grant Thornton LLP and Craig Ireland, CEC Corporation

     

    Behavioral Ethics, Non-technical – (1 CPE)

    Learning Objectives:

    • Explain how a company's core values impact their response to ethical decision making.
    • Differentiate between an organization's culture impacting a person versus a person impact an organization's culture
    • Explain what role managment plays to ensure cost values
    • List examples of how a company can plan ahead proactively as opposed to reactively when it comes to ethical issues.
    4:50 p.m. Final Comments
    5-6 p.m. Networking Reception
  • Agenda - Oil and Gas Accounting
    Time Session
    8:20 a.m. Welcome
    Conference Moderator: Angela Baker, Oklahoma State University
    8:30 a.m.

    Oil and Gas lending in 2023 - Nick Cooper, Bank of Oklahoma

     

    Economics, Technical (1 CPE)

    • Discuss the current dynamics within the oil and gas industry
    • Identify and assess the various risks associated with lending to the oil and gas industry
    • Evaluate the financial viability of oil and gas ventures

    9:20 a.m.

    COPAS Publications: Something for Everyone, Needed by All - Vanessa Green, ConocoPhillips and Patricia Ellington, Vital Energy

    Finance Technical – (1 CPE)
    • Discuss COPAS as an organization
    • Identify and recall the different types of COPAS Publications
    • Explain the contractual basis of Joint Venture Audits
    10:10 a.m. Networking Break
    10:30 a.m. SEC Staff Perspective in Accounting and Reporting Matters - Jonathan  Duersch, associate chief accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

    Accounting, Technical – (1 CPE)
    • Discuss selected recent initiatives and communications from the SEC or its staff
    • Identify potential financial reporting risks from recent enforcement cases and other regulatory activity
    • Discuss trends in restatements that inform potential financial reporting risks
    11:20 a.m.

    Tax Transparency in Oil and Gas - Hanif  Gulamhussein, senior tax counsel, ConocoPhillips

    Accounting, Technical – (1 CPE)

    • Discuss tax compliance and reporting in the oil & gas sector
    • Discuss effective tax planning strategies for oil & gas entities
    • Identify opportunities for tax incentives, deductions, and credits, while also managing the associated risks and ensuring compliance with relevant tax laws
    12:10 p.m. Final Comments
    12:15 p.m. Adjourn
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Parking

 

Directions and Parking at the Cox Center

You can enter the garage off of 3rd Street. If you use the address 100 Civic Center, Tulsa, OK it will get you to the correct side of the building to enter into the garage.

 

*Please note there is a fee to park in parking garage

There are also various parking options downtown and within walking distance that are free.

CPE Credit

 

The program content is appropriate for business professionals from entry level to mid-level managers. For CPE purposes, the knowledge level of the conference is "basic." There is no prerequisite education/experience or advance preparation required for participating in the conference.

 

For CPE Credit, each session is worth 1 CPE credit, please see agendas with credit break downs. If attending all sessions, participants will receive 8 hours of CPE credit for AFRC and 4 hours of CPE credit for OGAC. Participants are required to attend and participate in complete session to receive CPE credit.

The Center for Future of Work, Oklahoma State University, is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

Program Policies

Review the CFW program policies. All programs presented by the Center for the Future of Work are subject to these policies.

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