Professional Development Opportunities
for Members in Industry
PD CONFERENCE DAYS
EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS
The Estate Planning Conference Day
The Controller’s Management Program
(A joint event by CPABC and the Society of Trust and Estate
Practitioners Vancouver)
The Controller’s Management Program provides the theory,
best practices, tools, and skills to take your leadership to the
next level. It concentrates on four key leadership areas: selfawareness and self-management; organizational perspective
and influence; managing and leading others; and effective
communication for a variety of contexts.
This event is designed to provide STEP Vancouver and
CPABC members with practical and leading-edge estateplanning information. Sessions will include: The Application
of the Division of Property Rules in the Family Law Act to Tax
and Estate Planning, Blended Family Planning, Life Insurance
Update, Being an Executor, Issues in Joint Partner Trust/Alter Ego
Trust Planning, New Testamentary Trust Rules, 21 Year Issues for
Trusts, Will Variation War Stories.
October 15, 2014 | Vancouver Convention
Centre, West
Members in Business & Industry PD Day
This day is designed to provide members in industry with
the most efficient way of obtaining practical information to
use in the workplace. The focus is on issues that are relevant
and timely. Keynote session is the Economic Outlook. Other
sessions include Budgeting: Review of Current & Emerging
Practices; Living Larger: How to Maximize Your Non-Work
Time; Tax Update; Accounting & Financial Reporting Update;
Outlook: The Killer App in Microsoft Office; and Personal
Effectiveness: Self Awareness & Balanced Thinking. The topic
of the afternoon plenary session is What Leaders Know About
Effective Communication.
November 25, 2014 | Vancouver Convention
Centre, West
September 10-13 | Whistler
The Controller’s Operational Skills
Program
This program is designed to enhance your role on the
management team by sharpening your skills in risk
management and controls, ethical leadership, planning,
budgeting and forecasting, performance measurement
approaches, and financial reporting.
October 19-22 | Whistler
The CFO’s Operational Skills Program
This program delivers the core CFO competencies that
organizations expect. Get up to speed on corporate
governance and risk management as well as the latest tools
and applications. Examine the relationship of strategy and
risk-taking and help drive your organization’s mission and
success. Nail down the planning, budgeting, and internal
control competencies that deliver efficient and effective
operations.
November 23-26 | Whistler
PD WEEKS 2014
Mark your calendars now, and check back on our website in August for the full lineup of PD seminars
scheduled during PD weeks, as well as throughout the fall.
Kelowna:
Surrey:
Victoria:
Oct 20-24 (Coast Capri) and
Nov 17-21 (Ramada Hotel)
Nov 17-21 (Sheraton
Guildford)
Nanaimo:
Vancouver:
Oct 27-31 (Victoria Conference
Centre) and Nov 24-28
(Marriott Inner Harbour)
Dec 2-6 (Coast Bastion)
Parksville:
Oct 20-24 (Quality Resort)
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Nov 3-8 (Vancouver
Convention Centre, West)
and Dec 8-13 (Vancouver
Convention Centre, West)
I N D U S T R Y U P D AT E
We will also be offering seminars in
Abbotsford, Coquitlam, Kamloops,
Prince George, and Richmond.