Wednesday April 04th 2007
Filed Under Exor Corporation
Wednesday, 04 April 2007: Exor Corporation today confirmed David Watkins, Head of the Financial Reporting Policy Team at the HM Treasury, as day two keynote speaker for the Exor 2007 Worldwide Conference.
Watkins will examine the importance of asset valuation to the HM Treasury specifically relating to his work with the Highways Agency and helping develop the Valuation Information Paper 10 (The cost approach for financial reporting – better know as depreciated replacement costs) for the Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors.
During his address he will also discuss at length the work HM Treasury is undertaking with the Department of Transport on Local Authority Infrastructure asset valuation & his work with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). He will also touch upon the major themes arising from day one and place these into a Treasury context.
Watkins joins an enviable international speaker line up including:
¨ KEYNOTE DAY ONE: Steve Norris, former Conservative Member of Parliament and Minster of Transport ¨ John Horsley, Executive Director, American Association of
State Highway
and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) ¨ Anthony Pearce, Director General of the
International Road
Federation (IRF) ¨ Edward Bunting, Senior Policy Advisor, Department for Transport (DfT) ¨ Dr. Janice Morphet, Independent Consultant (Former Chief Executive of Rutland County Council, Policy Advisor to ODPM and sits on the London Transport Planning Committee for the 2012 London Olympic games) ¨ Dana Skelley, Head of Road Network Management, Transport for
London ¨ Les Hawker , Performance Group Leader, Highways Agency ¨ Robert Twin, Asset Management Services,
Australian Capital Territory (ACT
Watkins joined the Treasury in January 2000 bringing with him extensive experience from the National Audit Office – including a short spell as manager of the audit of the Highways Agency. He is now the Head of the Financial Reporting Policy team, responsible for developing accounting standards for the central government sector, advising government entities on the application of those standards and monitoring compliance with them.
The 2007 Exor Worldwide Conference will take place over the 20th and 21st June 2007 at the @Bristol Science and Learning centre,
Bristol, United Kingdom. For further information and registration details:
2007 Worldwide Conference
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About Exor:Exor Corporation was founded in 1995 and is the global leader in infrastructure asset management solutions for network centric industries. Exor established its operating base in highways management and is rapidly expanding into other strategic markets including rail, water, power distribution and oil & gas. Based on world-class Oracle technology Exor provides clients with a modular approach to their individual technology needs. Exor Corporation operates worldwide in Europe,
North America and Asia/Pacific and in September 2005 was included in the Software 500 list of the world’s foremost software and service providers. Exor systems manage 1,000,000 miles of roads with an asset value in excess of $750 billion (USD).
For more information contactAlun HuntExor Marcomms Officerpress@exorcorp.com Call: +44 (0) 117 900 6200