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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UPCOMING PD SEMINARS IN JUNE/JULY 2015 Below are some upcoming seminars in June and July—many more titles can be found on our website. Visit pd.bccpa.ca for the full range of titles, as well as course descriptions. If you have any questions, please contact the PD department at 604-681-3264 or email [email protected]. REMINDER: 2014-2015 PD PASSPORTS EXPIRE JULY 31, 2015 The spring/summer 2015 PD program is the last chance to use up the 2014-2015 passports, which are valid for courses dated only to July 31, 2015. Register soon to ensure that you’re able to use any remaining passport days on seminars that interest you. 2015-16 PD Passports, valid for courses between Sept 1, 2015 to July 31, 2016, will go on sale to all members July 1, 2015. FINANCIAL MODELLING Building a Financial Model of a Company This hands‐on course will focus on the skills required to design and create an interactive financial model of a company that adheres to the highest industry standards. It will cover model design, logic, construction, financial concepts, and accounting treatment. Participants will build a model that includes forecasts of a company’s income statement, cash flow statement, and balance sheet. June 9, 9am-5pm, Vancouver Financial Modelling – DCF Valuation Analysis This seminar will focus on the steps required to properly value a company using the discounted cash flow (DCF) methodology. Participants will learn to recognize and avoid the five most common errors finance professionals make when creating DCF analyses, and will gain a more advanced level of knowledge about the Excel tools that will help them in performing analytics. June 10, 9am-5pm, Vancouver 40  CPABC in Focus •May/June 2015 Financial Modelling – Merger Modelling This hands-on course will focus on the skills required to design and create a powerful model to analyze the impact of a merger or acquisition. Issues rela Y˜