This year the Malta Institute of Accountants will be holding its seventh biennial conference “Our Institute beyond tomorrow - Charting a roadmap for a changing profession” on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th November. The Institute has recently issued the conference programme and has set up a dedicated web page on its website with relevant details, including booking and payment information. The themes selected for the six sessions making up the conference programme, coupled with the impressive line-up of 35 speakers and panellists, are such that participants may rest assured that the event will be of a very high level. A more detailed programme containing a list of speakers and panellists will be made available shortly. 
 

This year’s event will focus on the need for the profession’s rebranding in the light of the regulatory upheavals that it is being subjected to. Being an integral part of the Institute’s future strategy of transformation and evolution, the conference will also review the Institute’s raison d’être, its objectives, governance and value proposition to its members in a bid to remain relevant in such a fast changing world.
 

The conference will discuss the varied roles that professional accountants are called upon to fulfil and will explore issues that affect the continued relevance of the accountant in the coming years by examining local and global trends affecting members in daily work, enlist opinions on how these trends will impact present and future members in the years ahead, and determine how the Maltese profession could best meet its challenges and leverage opportunities.
 

Six sessions will be spread over one and a half days during which we will:
 

• Examine how the accounting profession in Malta has developed over the years and the ways in which the MIA has responded to these developments.

• Take a close look at the changing technical and regulatory landscape and in particular at the EU’s accounting and auditing legislative proposals. 

• Elicit views from the business community about their expectations from accountants, in their role as users of accountancy services.

• Debate the need for the profession’s evolution and re-branding and explore new areas that can present members with opportunities to expand their service offerings and enhance their value propositions. 

• Envisage what accountants will be like in 2020, what will they be doing and what skills and competencies they will need most to remain relevant and to be successful.

• Review the MIA’s role, objectives, governance and strategy in a bid to better align itself with the ever changing profession and explore ways in which it can best support its members.
 

Individual bookings can be made either online or via a registration form. Participants can benefit from early bird discounts until 29 October 2012. Group discounts are also available. 
 

The conference qualifies for the attainment of 7.5 hours of structured CPE in Professional Development Competencies and 1.5 hour of structured CPE in Core Competencies in terms of the MIA CPE Regulations.