XBRL: Dealing With the Looming SEC mandate

December 8 NIRI Dinner Panel to Discuss Immediate and Future Strategies Necessary for eXtensible Business Reporting Language

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

WHO:	- National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) South Florida Chapter
	- Christine Tan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Accounting, Fordham University
	- Michael Becker, Vice President of Global Disclosure, Business Wire
	- Investor relations officers, SEC reporting professionals
WHAT:	The NIRI South Florida Chapter invites you to attend a dinner meeting and discussion on eXtensible Business Reporting Language. Better known as XBRL, it is the new technology adopted by the SEC and being phased-in to create and process the reporting of business and financial information to make disclosed information easier to use by investors.
WHEN:	Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
WHERE:	Renaissance Fort Lauderdale-Plantation Hotel, 1230 South Pine Island Road,
	Plantation, FL 33324 (Off I-595, exit Pine Island Road)
RSVP:	$50 NIRI members; $60 non-members; 50% off for 2nd person from same firm.
	Email name and company to [e-mail] . Pay by check to NIRI-SF c/o Howard Goldman, Cross Country Healthcare, 6551 Park of Commerce Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33487 or at the door.

South Florida publicly traded companies must comply with the Security and Exchange Commission’s XBRL mandate. Attendees will benefit from an in-depth look at the XBRL technology while learning what this change in reporting means for your company, the importance of assembling a team, developing a project plan, developing review/approval/filing procedures, learning US GAAP Taxonomy, and discovering what tools, services and resources are available.

The program is sponsored by Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, specializing in press release disclosure, XBRL tagging, document formatting and regulatory filing into EDGAR, SEDAR, FSA and other systems.

NIRI is a professional association of corporate Investor Relations Officers and Investor Relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, the investing public and the financial community. Founded in 1969, NIRI has over 5,000 members in 35 chapters.