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International Activities

National Accounting Institute (Beijing, China) under auspices of World Bank, 2003-2006

Efrim Boritz was the project manager for this project which is a joint venture between the University of Waterloo Centre for Information Systems Assurance and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The project entails development of a six-day course on Computer Information Systems and the Auditor; training the trainers and offering the course twice to partners and senior managers of Chinese auditing firms.

 

Information Systems Audit and Control Association

Member of International Curriculum Committee, 2002-2008

 

International Federation of Accountants, 1996-2002

Monitor IT environment on behalf of IFAC’s Education Committee to identify any changes required to Education Guideline #11 on The Information Technology Curriculum for Professional Accountants.

 

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan

Invited lectures on Information Technology in the Accounting Curriculum, Lahore; Karachi; May, 1999.

 

International Federation of Accountants

Report on "The Accounting Curriculum and IT", July, 1999

 

“Information Technology in the Accounting Curriculum,” Accounting Education Conference, sponsored by IFAC, ICAA, ASCPA, Sydney, Australia, March 23, 1999.

 

“Information Technology in the Accounting Curriculum,” Accounting Education Conference, sponsored by IFAC, Bahrain, March, 1998.

 

“Information Technology in the Accounting Curriculum,” Accounting Education Conference, sponsored by IFAC, Miami, March, 1997.

 

Seminar on Auditing Practices in North America - China

Tsinghua University School of Management, Beijing, China, October 30- Nov 17, 1995.

(with Ping Zhang)

 

International Federation of Accountants 1994-95

Prepare an Education Guideline on the Information Technology Curriculum for Professional Accountants.

 

Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques - Brazil

Seminar for Federal Revenue Secretariat of Brazil, Brasilia, Brazil, November 21-25, 1994.

 

Auditing Practices in North America - China

Seminar presented to Shanghai Audit Institute, Toronto, November 1, 1994.

 

Auditing Practices in North America - China

Lectures in various locations in China, July 2-August 5, 1994.

During this period I also helped organize a four-course accounting program at Tsinghua University in Beijing to be offered by accounting faculty from the University of Waterloo.

 

Introduction to Accounting Information Systems - Russia

St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 4-22, 1993.

 

Introduction to Key Concepts of Managerial Accounting - Kirgystan

Bishkek International School of Management, Bishkek, Kirgystan, November 17-December 2, 1992.

 

Invited lectures - Denmark

"A Prototype Expert System for the Assessment of Inherent Risk and Prior Probability of Error",

Research Conference on Controlling & Auditing, Arhus School of Business, Arhus, Denmark, August 28-30, 1989.

 

Fiscal Auditing - Brazil

Project with Ministry of Finance School of Fiscal Administration, Brazil and Canadian International Development Agency, January 1985-December 1990.

 

Efrim Boritz served as director of the project that implemented computer-assisted auditing facilities and provided training to over 120 auditors and management personnel in Brazil. Of these trainees, 30 received additional specialist training in Canada. Also, one of the trainees went on for further academic study, earning a MASc. degree in Information Systems from the University of Waterloo in 1990. The project is described in Boritz, J. E., "Bye, Bye Brazil", CA Magazine, November 1989, pp. 36-43.