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Fri, 13 Jun 2008
Spreadsheet Hell!
A breakfast briefing for all Chartered Accountants and
colleagues
Date: Thursday, 26th June 2008.
Time: Full Irish breakfast, 7.30am. Presentations 8am sharp, followed by Q&A. Ends 9.30 approx.
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2.
Cost: €50 per person
CPD: 1.5 hours
The Chartered Accountants IT Services Committee is pleased to host this morning session. Regulatory
pressure for compliance and risk management has created a dependence on spreadsheets which is
increasingly seen as a weakness that needs to be controlled. However, the sheer scale of their use raises
considerable practical challenges in discovery, risk assessment, evaluation, and the control of their
development, maintenance, and use.
These presentations present research and experience into the causes of expensive mistakes from
uncontrolled spreadsheets and describes evolving good practice in both end-user training and management
action to reduce risk.
Contents: Risk and spreadsheet hell : The Spreadsheet control problem : End User Computing (EUC)
issues : Publicly reported problems and what caused them : Real data from those who actually checked :
Evolving good practice recommendations and skills certification : Good practice in detecting and preventing
errors : The appropriate level of review and testing : Software tools, product screenshots : Summary
Patrick O’Beirne, B.Sc. (NUI) MA (Lancs) FICS, is Managing Director of Systems Modelling Ltd. His
current engagements include consulting on spreadsheet compliance methods, best practices in model
development, in-depth training in model audit and review, as well as IT consultancy. He is current chair of
the European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (EuSpRIG) and of SoftTest Ireland, and a Fellow of the Irish
Computer Society. He has advised two certification bodies on the content of a syllabus for a new certification
in good spreadsheet practices. His latest book is Spreadsheet Check and Control (Systems Publishing,
ISBN 190540400X)
Dave Carpenter BBS, FCA, is Chief Executive of Q-Validus, a leading provider of international certification
and management services, offering a customized mix of consulting, item and test development, data
management, training, research and software tools to meet the unique needs of its clients. He previously
held the position of Chief Executive of the ECDL-Foundation, the worldwide governing body for the
European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL), and its international counterpart the International Computer
Driving Licence (ICDL), certification programme.
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