5th WICI Europe International Policy Conference “INTANGIBLES: THE EUROPEAN STATE OF THE ART”
Online
09:30 – WELCOME
Jean-Philippe Desmartin (Chair, WICI Europe, and Co-Chair, EFFAS Commission on ESG-CESG)
Fiona Watson (Chair, WICI Global, and Vice President and a member of the Leadership Team (LT), World Business Council for Sustainable Development-WBCSD)
9.40 – A TRIBUTE FROM WICI TO PROF. YASUHITO HANADO (1941-2025)
Takayuki Sumita (WICI Japan)
Yoshiko Shibasaka (WICI Japan)
Masayoshi Miyanaga (Senior Director, WICI Japan)
Jean-Philippe Desmartin (Chair, WICI Europe)
09.50 – PLENARY SESSION 1 – INTANGIBLES AND THE EVOLVING CONCEPT OF VALUE CREATION
Leif Edvinsson, The concept of intellectual capital: historical insights from its “father” (in video connection)
Philip Sugai (Director, Value Research Center, Doshisha University Kyoto) (in video connection)
Martin Lok (Executive Director, Capitals Coalition)
Chair: Fiona Watson (Chair, WICI Global, and Vice President and a member of the Leadership Team (LT), World Business Council for Sustainable Development-WBCSD)
10:35 – PLENARY SESSION 2 – THE STRATEGIC INTANGIBLES INITIATIVE
Stefano Zambon, (Secretary General, WICI Italy-O.I.B.R. Foundation; Co-founder and former Chair, WICI Global; and University of Ferrara)
11:10 – PLENARY SESSION 3 – THE VIEWS OF THE POLICYMAKERS AND SECURITIES REGULATORS
Sven Gentner (Head of Corporate Reporting Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission)
Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor (Head of Corporate Finance and Reporting Unit, ESMA) (in video connection)
Koichiro Kuramochi (Chief Accountant and Director for International Accounting, Japanese Financial Services Authority-FSA)
Chair: Stefano Zambon (Secretary General, WICI Italy-O.I.B.R.)
11:55 – PLENARY SESSION 4 – CORPORATES AT THE FOREFRONT: GAPS AND NEEDS ABOUT THE PRODUCTION OF INFORMATION ON INTANGIBLES
Takayuki Sumita (Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, Sumitomo Corporation)
Ian Bishop (Head of Accounting, Consolidation & External Reporting, Roche, and Chair, Global Preparers Forum, IFRS Foundation)
Fiona Watson (Chair, WICI Global, and Vice President and member of the Leadership Team, World Business Council for Sustainable Development-WBCSD)
Chair: Alessandro Lai (President, WICI Italy/O.I.B.R. Foundation, and University of Verona)
12:40 – THE “MIDDAY-FORTY” KEYNOTE SPEECH
Andreas Barckow (Chair, International Accounting Standards Board-IASB) (in video connection)
Intangibles: The IASB revision process of the IAS 38 and its perspectives
Chair: Yoshiko Shibasaka (former Head, IFRS Foundation Office, Tokyo)
13:40 – PLENARY SESSION 5 – WHICH INFORMATION ON INTANGIBLES DO INVESTORS WANT FOR THEIR DECISION-MAKING?
François Perrin (Head of Sustainable Finance, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert-GBL)
Matthew P. Winters (Senior Director of Financial Reporting Policy Advocacy, CFA Institute)
Jean-Philippe Desmartin (Head of Responsible Investment, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, and Co-Chair, EFFAS Commission on ESG)
Chair: André Gorius (President, WICI France-Institut Français de l’Immatériel-IFI)
14.25 – PLENARY SESSION 6 – INTANGIBLES AND THE VIEWPOINTS OF ACCOUNTING STANDARD SETTERS
Georg Lanfermann (Chair, German Accounting Standard Setter-DRSC)
Laura Girella (Technical Director, Connectivity and Integrated Reporting, IFRS Foundation)
Kathrin Schoene (Responsible Director for the Intangibles Project, EFRAG)
Eric Lee (Research Director, Australian Accounting Standards Board-AASB)
Chair: Masayoshi Miyanaga (Chuo University Tokyo, and Senior Director, WICI Japan)
15:20 – PLENARY SESSION 7 – THE VALUE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) IN COMPANY VALUE CREATION
Sonja London (Immediate Past President, Licensing Executives Society International-LESI, and member of Boards of Directors) (in video connection)
André Gorius (President, WICI France-Institut Français de l’Immatériel-IFI)
Michael Kos (Intellectual Property Finance and Valuation Expert, World Intellectual Property Organization- WIPO)
Chair: Takayuki Sumita (Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, Sumitomo Corporation, and WICI Japan)
16.00 – PLENARY SESSION 8 – ACCOUNTING FOR INTANGIBLES UNDER IAS 38: A CASE FOR CAPITALISATION AND AUDITING
Daniele Colecchia (ISORF Ltd Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder)
Usman Naseer (Managing Director, UY Accountants London, and Chartered Accountant)
Chair: Michel Dewolfs (President, WICI Belgium, and Co-CEO, Areopa Group)
16.25 – CONCLUSIVE REMARKS
Jean-Philippe Desmartin (Chair, WICI Europe; Head of
Details
Costs: Free
Event type: Conferences and congresses
Registration information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/5-th-wici-europe-international-policy-conference-online-tickets-1854459601589?aff=oddtdtcreator
Event website: https://www.areopa.com
Posted by: Michel Dewolfs
Organizer
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