Bala G. Dharan
J. Howard Creekmore Professor of Accounting, Rice University
 
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Seminars

Executive Education Courses at Rice

Finance and Accounting for Non-financial Managers -- a 4-day Rice University Executive Education program. I teach the accounting topics on days 1 and 2.  Learn more about the program and register at the Rice University Executive Education website.

Business Valuation -- a 2-day Rice University Executive Education program. Learn more about the program and register at the Rice University Executive Education website.

Financial Statement Analysis: Getting Behind the Numbers -- a 2-day Rice University Executive Education program. Learn more about the program and register at the Rice University Executive Education website.

Participants completing all three programs will earn a Certificate in Finance and Accounting from Rice University. Learn more about this popular certificate program at the Rice University Executive Education website here.

Recent Seminars and Talks

May 12, 2005. Invited Speaker, “Risk Analysis using Financial Statements,” Gerson Lehrman Group, New York, May 12, 2005, and Boston, May 25, 2005.

April 1, 2005, and April 22, 2005. Invited Speaker, “Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications for Identifying Red Flags in Financial Statements,” 27th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute, sponsored by University of Texas School of Law and the Corporate Counsel Section of the State Bar of Texas; Houston, April 1, 2005, and Dallas, April 22, 2005.

March 11, 2005. Invited Speaker on a session on Accounting and Corporate Governance, Texas Tech University School of Law.

January 14, 2005. Invited Keynote Luncheon Speaker, “Valuation Lessons from Successful Mergers,” the Energy Forum, Houston.

December 9, 2004. Invited Panelist and Speaker, “Annual Financial Update,” CTN/Southern Gas Association Network, Dallas, broadcast live to over 100 locations. Provided an analysis of new FASB and SEC reporting rules for 2004.

December 2, 2004. Invited Speaker on Accounting and Governance Lessons for Latin American Managers, at the Tulane University’s Latin American Law Institute, New Orleans.

October 11, 2004. Invited Speaker and panelist on financial engineering and liability valuation, at the annual meeting of the International Energy Credit Association, San Antonio.

September 28, 2004. Invited Speaker at the Shell OPUS Financial Learning Conference, Houston.

September 16-17, 2004. Invited Keynote Speaker and Panelist at the First Annual Accounting Conference by Long Chilton auditing firm, South Padre Island.

September 14, 2004. Invited Speaker and Panelist at the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Forum on Financial Integrity, Houston.

September 1, 2004. Invited Keynote Speaker on oil and gas reserves disclosures, to Houston Chapter of Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE).

August 25, 2004. Invited Speaker on financial analysis of financial engineering transactions, to Texas Corporate General Counsels Forum, Houston.

August 11, 2004. Research seminar presentation of my paper “Accruals Management with Financing and Investing Transactions,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association, Orlando.

July 29, 2004. Invited Keynote Speaker on “Leadership Development in the Sarbanes-Oxley World,” to Houston Human Resources Leadership Network (a group of senior HR executives), Houston.

June 17, 2004. Invited Speaker on “Restoring Financial Integrity in the Post-Enron World,” at the Southern Gas Association Annual Conference, Austin, Texas.

June 2, 2004. Invited Speaker on financial analysis of derivatives, at the conference, "Utility Accounting and Auditing for Regulators and Consumer Advocates," at the Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University.

May 26, 2004. Invited Speaker at the annual meeting of the Canadian Energy Credit Association (IECA), at Calgary.

May 12, 2004. Invited Speaker on financial analysis of cash flows, to Women’s Business Enterprise Alliance (WBEA) of Texas, Connection Expo.

April 2, 2004. Research seminar presentation of my paper “Accruals Management with Financing and Investing Transactions,” at the Annual Meeting of the European Accounting Association, Prague.

April 1, 2004. Session chair and moderator for a session on bankruptcy and risk analysis, at the Annual Meeting of the European Accounting Association, Prague.

March 15, 2004. Invited Speaker at the Mid-Year meeting of the International Energy Credit Association (IECA), at New Orleans.

February 27, 2004. Invited Speaker, Young Presidents’ Organization-Houston Chapter and Harvard Business School Alumni Association of Houston.

February 12, 2004. Invited Speaker, the University of Houston Bauer College MBA Society Distinguished Leaders Series, Houston.

December 18, 2003. Research seminar presentation to the accounting faculty at Baruch College, CUNY, New York, on “Accruals Management with Financing and Investing Transactions.”

December 12, 2003. Invited Panelist and Speaker, “Annual Financial Update,” CTN/Southern Gas Association Network, Dallas, broadcast to over 100 companies. Provided an analysis of new FASB and SEC reporting rules for 2003.

December 4, 2003. Research seminar presentation to the accounting faculty at Lehigh University, on “Accruals Management with Financing and Investing Transactions."

November 11, 2003. Invited Speaker on “Measuring Performance in the Energy Industry,” to Shell Oil Products US, Houston.

October 31, 2003. Invited Discussant on analyst forecasts and earnings quality at the 14th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting (CFEA), Indiana University.

October 23, 2003. 2-hour web-based seminar on "New Risks in Financial Disclosures," CTN Network, Southern Gas Association.

October 14, 2003. Invited Speaker at the Annual meeting of the International Energy Credit Association (IECA), at Miami, FL.

August 4, 2003. Session chair for a session on earnings management at the Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association, Hawaii.

May 23, 2003. Invited Speaker on “Remote and Special Purpose Entities: Are they in Danger of Collapse,” State Bar of Texas, 21st Annual Advanced Bankruptcy Course meeting, San Antonio.

May 20, 2003. Invited Speaker on “When Giants Fall--Lessons from Corporate Accounting Scandals,” National Association of Business Economics, Houston Chapter.

May 6-7, 2003. Invited Speaker on “Mergers and Acquisitions Pitfalls,” and “Finance and Accounting Tomorrow: New Ideas and Best Practices,” San Antonio.

May 5, 2003. Invited Speaker on “Stock Market Bubble and Accounting: Stock Options, Proforma Earnings, and Governance,” Houston Society of Financial Analysts (Member Society of AIMR).

May 2, 2003. National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) seminar on effective audit committee, in association with Rice University, Houston.

April 25, 2003. Invited Speaker on “Stock Market Bubble and Accounting: Stock Options, Proforma Earnings, and Governance,” National Council of Jewish Women, Houston Chapter.

April 21, 2003. 3-hour Seminar on “Stock Market Bubble and Accounting: Stock Options, Proforma Earnings, and Governance,” sponsored by Rice School of Continuing Education.

April 17, 2003. Invited Speaker on “Stock Market Bubble and Accounting: Stock Options, Proforma Earnings, and Governance,” Houston Philosophical Society.

March 18, 2003. "Stock Market Bubble and Accounting: Stock Options, Proforma Earnings, and Governance." Invited Talk to the HBS Alumni Club, co-sponsored by Jones School Alumni Association, Rice University.

March 13, 2003. 3-hour video broadcast seminar on “Valuation and Financial Acumen,” CTN network, Southern Gas Association.

March 1, 2003. "Stock Market Bubble and Accounting." Invited Talk at the Rice University Alumni College, a 2-day annual alumni event.

February 4, 2003. Invited Speaker at the Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, Dallas.

January 21, 2003. Academic seminar to the accounting faculty at the University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK.

January 20, 2003. Invited Speaker at the IECA (International Energy Credit Association) Europe Meeting, London.

November 29, 2002: Invited Lecture (public) at the London Business School.

November 28, 2002: Invited Lecture (for faculty) at the London Business School.

November 26, 2002: Invited Lecture at the London School of Economics. (Faculty lecture at 1 PM, public lecture in the evening.)

November 15-16, 2002: Discussant on Pro-Forma Earnings and Other Voluntary Disclosures, 13th Annual Financial Economics and Accounting Conference, University of Maryland.

October 28, 2002: Invited Talk to Society of Rice University Women (SRUW), 12 noon.

October 6, 2002: "When Giants Fall," Keynote talk on energy industry accounting issues at the International Energy Credit Association Annual Conference, at Tuscon, Arizona.

October 4, 2002: "Power of Numbers," Invited lecture on accounting issues, at the Nambukai 2002: Japan-US Southern Conference, Houston. (Jointly with Mr. Iwao Tomita, founder of Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu).