Highlighting upcoming activities every week (7 October 2020)

Dear members,

Have you explored the Institute's CPD? Use the HKICPA Events app to find face-to-face and e-learning courses relevant to your interests, and enrol in those that meet your needs.

Ready for the weekly highlight of our upcoming professional development and training events? Here are the ones we've selected for you.

Face-to-face

Financial Controllership Programme for future business leaders

Financial controllers today are the heart of the organization. The Institute's tailor-made Financial Controllership Programme offers aspiring financial controllers practical skills to apply in their role. The progamme consists of five important topics, taking place over 16 training days over a year. Pace your learning and develop the competencies you need to become future business leaders. Enrol by 27 Oct. Join our free information session on 20 Oct and learn more.

Improve your soft skills through the Management Competency Development course

The Management Competency Development module is the first module of the Financial Controllership Programme. The module focuses on the importance of soft skills, which has long been the differentiator for career development for accountants. Enrol before the deadline on 27 Oct or join our free FCP information session on 20 Oct.

Last Call: Professional Diploma in Insolvency (Module B)

The Corporate Rescue & Restructuring and Cross-Border Insolvency module runs from October 2020 to March 2021, focuses on the practical issues faced by professionals. Institute members working in the field of insolvency are welcome to enrol if they meet the following admission requirements: 24 months or more of insolvency-related work experience or successful completion of the Institute's Insolvency Preparatory II. Enrol by 12 Oct.

Want to easily track your CPD attendance? Download the HKICPA Events app and use the "check-in" feature to scan the QR code of an event to automatically record your attendance.

e-Learning

Elderly care services industry in Mainland China (國內養老服務業發展)

Lunch webinar on 16 Oct (flyer in Chinese). The speaker will use case studies to discuss the development of the elderly care services industry in terms of population, policy, consumption and capital before explaining business models and development strategies.

IPO Series

Webinars on 20 Oct, 23 Oct, 28 Oct and 3 Nov. This new series will cover how CPAs should prepare themselves during the IPO process, the latest development of capital markets in Hong Kong and Mainland China, new approaches to financial statement fraud detection, and the corporate governance, risk management and internal controls of listing candidates.

Change Management Series: Change management in the VUCA era for the middle management

Lunch webinar on 21 Oct. Focusing on how middle managers should position themselves to cope with the ever-changing business environment and the tactics for empowering frontline and operational team members to drive and try, and to steer changes.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on China's economic development

(新冠疫情對中國經濟發展的影響)

Lunch webinar on 23 Oct (flyer in Chinese). The speaker will analyse the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on China's economy, opportunities and challenges arisen, as well as the development trend of China's economy after the pandemic.

Tax treaty 101

E-seminar available. Speaker walks you through the basic structure and the key provisions in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development model tax treaty. Examples will also be provided as to how to apply these provisions in real life situation.

PAIB Virtual Conference 2020 – "Thriving in turbulent times: Business continuity and growth strategies" (archived session)

The archived session is available now for free. Co-hosted by the Institute and Bloomberg, the conference speakers covered a range of areas including how business models were changing during pandemic, how they were responding to the increasing stress, and how they improved risk management technology post-pandemic.

Looking for more CPD? Use the HKICPA Events app to easily search for courses on topics you want to learn about.

Non-Institute event

Practising Governance Annual Conference – "Getting Ready for 2021: Re-imagine" (2 half-day sessions in digital format)

29 Oct AM & 5 Nov PM. Preferential rates available for Institute members for joining this upcoming premier event. Combining hot macro and regulatory trends; regulator updates; investor hot topics; environmental, social and governance; the "next normal" driving innovations and managing risks; and best practice sharing, the conference is a must-watch.

Speakers at the event Christopher Hui, Secretary, Financial Services and the Treasury, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, EY, Spencer Stuart, Herbert Smith Freehills, Nasdaq, Computershare, Vitasoy, MTR, Chow Tai Fook, Link REIT, CLP, Octopus Cards. For more information, please contact 2509 3928 or events@practisingov.com

Don't miss out. Download the HKICPA Events app now to explore our events. You can also visit the full event list or check out the e-Learning Course website for the full range of courses.

Sincere regards,

Hong Kong Institute of CPAs

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