XBRL US National Conference, Nov. 17-18, to Feature XBRL Reporting Essentials for Financial Executives

XBRL US National Conference, Nov. 17-18, to Feature XBRL Reporting Essentials
for Financial Executives
Other topics will cover issuer to investor dialogue; CPE credit available

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- XBRL US, the nonprofit consortium for XML
business reporting, announced that its national conference, "XBRL Financial
Reporting: Advancing Transparency, Transforming the Dialogue" to be held on
November 17-18, 2009 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, will include a
special educational track called "XBRL Essentials". This five-session program
will be taught by CPAs, professors and accounting professionals who have
worked directly on the US GAAP Taxonomy project with XBRL US. Coursework is
designed for senior level financial executives at public companies who need an
understanding of what their staff must implement to comply with the XBRL
reporting mandate from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

"These instructors have an intimate understanding of the framework and
structure of the US GAAP Taxonomy," said Campbell Pryde, Chief Standards
Officer, XBRL US, "That knowledge base is critical for public company
financial executives who want to be sure they select the right elements to
match their financials and produce the highest quality XBRL data."

Sessions to be covered will include:
-- Getting Started
-- Understanding the US GAAP Taxonomy, Selecting Elements to Match your
Financials
-- Reviewing and Validating your XBRL Financials
-- Tips from the Experts: Assessment of Filings Submitted

-- Tackling Detailed Footnote Tagging

To listen to 3-minute podcasts about individual XBRL Essentials sessions, go
to http://xbrl.us/events/Pages/natconf/news.aspx.

The timing of the sessions is designed so that attendees can also hear the
keynote speeches at the conference which will be given by senior
representatives from the SEC, Financial Executives International (FEI), the
National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the CFA Institute Centre for Financial
Market Integrity and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).

XBRL Essentials attendees also have the option to go to panel sessions taking
place at the conference. Topics include:
-- In-depth review of the SEC XBRL mandate to date - what's working,
what's
not as observed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the audit
community and financial executives at public companies
-- How XBRL can be used for internal reporting by corporations
-- The impact of XBRL on analysis - expectations from the buy- and
sell-side and from public companies on how day-to-day activities and
the
manner of communication will change with structured financial
statements
and other public company messages

-- Future developments in XBRL - corporate actions, proxy statements,
mortgage-backed securities and more

The conference will be held in association with FEI (Financial Executives
International), and will directly follow FEI's conference, "Current Financial
Reporting Issues" which runs November 16-17, 2009.

Company preparers of financial statements (both public and private), investor
relations officers, corporate secretaries, the legal community, investors,
analysts, software providers and data intermediaries are encouraged to attend
the conference.

The major sponsors of the conference include Platinum Sponsor Fujitsu and
Silver Sponsors AICPA, Hitachi, Trintech and Deloitte.

For more information about the conference, go to
http://xbrl.us/events/pages/natcon2009.aspx.

Complimentary media passes are available - please contact
Lynne.Hasluck@xbrl.us for more information.

About XBRL
XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) is a royalty-free, open
specification for software that uses XML data tags to describe business and
financial information for public and private companies and other
organizations. XBRL benefits all members of the information supply chain by
utilizing a standards-based method with which users can prepare, publish in a
variety of formats, exchange and analyze business and financial statements and
the information they contain.

About XBRL US
XBRL US is the non-profit consortium for XML business reporting standards in
the United States and is a jurisdiction of XBRL International. It represents
the business information supply chain, including accounting firms, software
companies, financial databases, financial printers and government agencies.
Its mission is to support the implementation of XML business reporting
standards through the development of taxonomies relevant for use by US public
and private sectors, working with a goal of interoperability between sectors,
and by promoting adoption of these taxonomies through the collaboration of all
business reporting supply chain participants. XBRL US has developed taxonomies
to support U.S. GAAP and common reporting practices, the Risk Return Summary
in mutual fund prospectuses and the Schedule of Investments under contract
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The XBRL US GAAP Taxonomies are
available for review at http://xbrl.us/taxonomies/Pages/US-GAAP2009.aspx.

Links:

For XBRL US Web site - www.xbrl.us
For information about the conference -
http://xbrl.us/events/Pages/NatCon2009.aspx

SOURCE XBRL US

Michelle Savage, Vice President, Communications, XBRL US, +1-917-747-1714,
michelle.savage@xbrl.us