Regulators and Standard Setters: Updates and Panel Discussion

Highlights from the 18th Annual Baruch College Auditing Conference

The first panel of the conference, “Regulators and Standard Setters Updates and Panel Discussion,” featured presentations and discussion on current topics in auditing standards and regulation. The participants included Sara Lord, Chair, Auditing Standards Board; Anita Doutt, Senior Associate Chief Accountant, Office of the Chief Accountant, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); and Barbara Vanich, Chief Auditor, Office of the Chief Auditor, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The panel was moderated by Douglas Carmichael, professor at Baruch College, New York, N.Y. The comments and opinions expressed at the conference and reproduced here represent the speakers' own views and not necessarily those of their employers or affiliated institutions.