IFRS® Accounting Standards Discussion Group

Meetings

The Group normally meets three times a year. Discussions regarding issues arising from the application of IFRS Accounting Standards are held in public and conducted in English. Audio webcasts of the Group’s discussion for each agenda topic are generally available online the week following the meeting. A report on the public meeting will be made available after each meeting.

Discussions of the Group to provide advice to the AcSB on potential changes to IFRS Accounting Standards are generally held in private. 

For upcoming meetings, visit the AcSB calendar.

Members and Participants

The Group consists of:

• a Chair, who is appointed by the AcSB; 
• a Vice-Chair; and
• 15 to 25 other members with a range of backgrounds and experience, including preparers, users and auditors of financial reports prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. 

Members are generally appointed for a three-year term, renewable once.

In addition to members, the AcSB’s Chair and Director, Accounting Standards, attend the Group’s meetings. Several other individuals participate in the meetings, including:

• Representatives of the Canadian Securities Administrators:
  • Brian Banderk – Alberta Securities Commission
  • Mark Pinch – Ontario Securities Commission

• Canadians who serve on IASB committees:
  • Karen Higgins – Member, IFRS Interpretations Committee
  • Andre Besson – Member, IFRS Interpretations Committee

Others may be invited to participate in meetings on an ad hoc basis to contribute to discussions on particular issues. An individual who submits an issue can participate in the Group’s discussion of that issue.