2011 Business Links Seminars

2011 seminar information and resources

Business Links Seminars for 2011

For-Profit Entities: the new Accounting Standards Framework proposals and their impact

Panelists: Michele Embling, External Reporting Board; John Hodge, NZICA and Mark Hucklesby, Grant Thornton

When: Friday, 2 December 2011
Time: 7.30 am - 9.00 am
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Government Buildings (Circular Building, Law School Courtyard), Victoria University of Wellington

Seminar Downloads

Document File size File type
Business Links Invitation 185 KB PDF


Public Benefit Entities: the new Accounting Standards Framework proposals and their impact

Panelists: Carolyn Cordery, Victoria University of Wellington; Geoff Connor, Ministry of Economic Development and Tony Dale, External Reporting Board

When: Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Time: 7.30 am - 9.00 am
Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Rutherford House, Victoria University of Wellington

Seminar Downloads

Document File size File type
Business Links Invitation 168 KB PDF
Carolyn Cordery - slide presentation 379 KB PDF
Geoff Connor - slide presentation 336 KB PDF
Tony Dale - slide presentation 839 KB PDF


Cleanest public sector in the world: Keeping fraud at bay

Panelists: Lyn Provost, Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand; Suzanne Snively, Director, Transparency International NZ;  Malcolm Burgess, Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police;  Adam Feeley, Chief Executive, Serious Fraud Office and Alex Tan, Director Forensic Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers

When: Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Time: 8.30 am - 10.00 am
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Rutherford House, Victoria University of Wellington

Seminar Downloads

Document File size File type
The link to the Executive Summary and the Full Report on the OAG Fraud Survey is available here.   
Slide Presentation - Lyn Provost 110 KB PDF
Slide presentation - Suzanne Snively 521 KB PDF
Business Links Invitation 121 KB PDF

Whole of Government Financial Reporting: International Trends

Guest Speaker: Professor Giuseppe Grossi, University of Siena, Italy

When: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Time: 7.30 am - 9.00 am
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Government Buildings, Victoria University of Wellington

Seminar Downloads

Document File size File type
Business Links Invitation 116 KB PDF
Grossi and Pepe paper 56 KB PDF

Previous Business Links Seminars

The Centre has been organising Business Links Seminars since 2006. View seminar papers and presentations from 2006 - 2010: