Digital Accounting & Assurance Board

of

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Presents

National Conference on Digital Accounting

Hosted by: Hyderabad Branch of SIRC of ICAI

DIGITAL ACCOUNTING &

ASSURANCE BOARD, ICAI

Cyber Convention

Hitex Road, Hyderabad, Telangana

FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JULY 5-6, 2019

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

CPE

12 Hrs

Profession 2.0 Taking Fresh Guard

Building Digital Competency

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Digital era has drastically transformed the business landscape thereby impacting accountancy

profession. Four important areas of modern technology which have far reaching relevance for

the profession are referred as ABCD of emerging technology, where “A” is Automation &

Artificial Intelligence, “B” is Blockchain, “C” is Cyber Security & Cloud Computing, “D” is Data

Analytics.

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start

where you are and change the ending”

Digital Accounting and Assurance Board is making wide ranging efforts to ensure that

expertise in these four dimensions of technology becomes essential part of professional skill

set of our members. The objective of this program is to give a brief introduction of these

emerging technologies and their impact on the Chartered Accountancy Profession. The

sessions will take the participants through a journey to understand these key disruptive

technologies and how this has started redefining the way business is done. It will then cover

specific use cases which are relevant for Chartered Accountants across functions of compliance,

audit and financial management.

DIGNITARIES AND SPEAKERS

CONFERENCE AGENDA & PROCEEDINGS

Day 1 Friday, July 05, 2019 | 0900 - 1800

0900 - 1015 08:30 – 09:00 AM REGISTRATIONS

09:00 – 10:15 AM INAUGURAL SESSION

TEA BREAK1015 - 1030

1030 - 1115 Understanding Digital and Keeping up with Industry 4.0

CA Saurabh Goenka, Digital Strategy and Solutions Head for MindMap Consulting

An overview of key digital technologies and their disruptive impact and the movement to

Industry 4.0

1115 - 1215 Future of the CA Profession in the New Digital Age

CA Vivek Saxena, SVP at Genpact and renowned speaker at various international conferences

How is the CA profession impacted with the advent of new technologies and how does

this impact the professional services provided by practicing Chartered Accountants

and those in the industry

LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK1300 - 1400

1400 - 1445 Learning about the fundamentals of blockchain and how it can disrupt the field of

Accounting and Auditing and what does it mean for the CA fraternity

CA Gaurav Sangtani, President, Jigyasa Foundation, TEDx speaker and guest lecturer at IIM's and IIT's

Learning about the fundamentals of blockchain and how is it being leveraged by leading

banks and other institutions and what does it mean for the CA fraternity

1545 - 1645Modern trends in Accounting Software with Advanced Analytics in Accounting

Sanjeev Deshpande, Managing Director and CEO at itelligence

Financial management has been disrupted by digital technologies . Views and Case

studies will be shared on Modern trends in Accounting Software with Advanced

Analytics in Accounting

TEA BREAK1530 - 1545

1645 - 1745 Digital Competency Maturity Model for Professional Accounting Firms

CA Dayaniwas Sharma, Vice Chairman, DAAB - ICAI

An overview of the DCMM model along with whitepaper distribution and how can it be

used to self evaluating digital maturity by CA firms

1215 - 1300 Understanding Artificial Intelligence and the role of Predictive Technology for

the future

CA Anil Bhandari, Central Council Member ICAI

An introduction to ML and AI and use of AI and ML in creating new breakthrough in the

world of Accounting and Auditing

1445 - 1530 Working with the Cloud - essentials of cloud computing with use case for CAs

CA Aniket Talati, Central Council Member ICAI

Understanding Cloud computing and the emerging trends and how can this be leveraged

by CA s, how is the underlying structure expected to change due to Cloud computing

CONFERENCE AGENDA & PROCEEDINGS

Day 2 Saturday, July 06, 2019 | 0930 - 1800

0930 - 1030 Understanding Automation and RPA - the biggest gamechanger and how can

you get started with it

Dheeraj Saxena, RPA Practice Head at Orange Business Solutions

An introduction to RPA and use cases for RPA in the sphere of Finance and Accounting

TEA BREAK1130 - 1145

1145 - 1245

Digital Presence for Professional Service Firms within the ambit of ICAI Regulations

CA Anurag Singal, TEDx speaker & Finance blogger

Generating new clients is a key challenge for every CA firm, which seeks to differentiate

itself from the clutter of “me-too” firms. How does the firm’s digital marketing strategy

hope to reach out to prospects? How does the firm measure the success of its efforts?

1245 - 1330 Cyber Security - Establishing a risk management framework

CA Rajiv Gupta, Vice President & Chief Internal Auditor at DIAGEO India

The threats posed in cyberspace and how to guard ourselves against them. Key trends

in Cybersecurity along with key risk management measures

LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK1330 - 1430

1430 - 1545

1700 - 1800 Valedictory Session

TEA BREAK1630 - 1700

1030 - 1130 Disrupting Internal Audit using Technology - modern methods and techniques

CA Amit Bajoria, VP and Head of Internal Audit for Wipro Technologies

Case studies and discussions in how Internal Audit is changing and is being disrupted

with Technology

1545 - 1630

Ethics in the Digital Era

CA M R Vikram, Partner – M Anandam & Co

In the sea of change what construct of ethics will need to be created/maintained as

we move ahead

Panel Discussion - The opportunities and challenges of embracing Digital

Transformation in professional accounting and auditing services

Moderated by CA Susheel Saboo, CEO of MindMap Consulting

Facilitated discussion amongst the panelists on the given topic - this will be organized

on the stage, followed by questions and answers

Delegate Fee

Up to 20th June, 2019 :

Members Fee Non Members Fee

From 21st June to 3rd July, 2019 :

From 4th July, 2019 :

Rs. 3500/-

Rs. 4000/-

Rs. 5000/-

Rs. 4500/-

Rs. 5000/-

Rs. 6000/-

Powered by: MindMap Consulting | www.mindmapconsulting.com

CPE

12 Hrs

For online registration visit:

http://www.hydicai.org/events_desc.php?mid=27&cid=13

Contact: S.V.Ramana Reddy, Exe. Officer, 9515378026

The fee is inclusive of GST 18%

http://www.hydicai.org/events_desc.php?mid=27&cid=13