Mr. Palacio is the Vice President for Center for Internal Audit Services Philippines, Inc. He has more than 16 years of diversified experience with top professional firms. He recently served as Chief Finance Officer of a publicly listed company in the Philippine Stock Exchange that holds a diversified portfolio in real estate development and mining, and is currently pursuing renewable energy projects. He was also the Professional Development Manager of the Institute of Internal Auditors Philippines responsible in developing and conducting new ways of doing internal audit. Prior to this, he was with Grant Thornton Vietnam as Senior Manager for Advisory Services where he established the firm’s Business Risk Services practice focusing on enterprise risk management, IT services, fraud and forensic, internal audit and consulting. He was also with Grant Thornton Philippines (Punongbayan and Araullo) as Managing Consultant and with Arthur Anderson Philippines (Sycip Gorres & Velayo) as Audit Associate. He is also a board topnotcher (6th place in May 2003 CPA Exams) and was a former lecturer of University of the East-Manila, Miriam College and PSBA-Manila. He continues to keep in touch with the academe by being a CPA review lecturer at Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA) Quezon City since 2008. He is concurrently a Director at ACPACI, Social Media Committee Chairperson at PICPA MMR and Publication Committee Chairperson at PICPA Western Metro Manila Chapter. He is also a co-founder and Vice President of the Center for Internal Audit Services Philippines, a training and consultancy firm.
RESERVATION and ADMISSION
Q: How do I reserve for the PICPA MMR webinar? How and when do I get the webinar ID?
A: Go to the picpa.com.ph website and find the webinar/seminar listing at the "CPD/Seminars and Training Tab." Click "Reserve" or the "Title of the Webinar/Seminar" and you will be directed to the registration page of EventBank. Complete the registration. You will receive a confirmation email at the latest two (2) hours before the start of the event. Said email will contain the webinar ID.
LOGIN RULES
Q: How do I login into the event?
A: Download the Zoom Application (free subscription will do). On the confirmation email that you will receive(d), click "Click Here to Join" link. You can login and wait to be let in anytime within the duration of the webinar or earlier, from up to 15 minutes before the event. Remember that your first login is captured by Zoom as your "time in" at the event.
Q: Can I pass on or transfer the webinar ID to someone else?
A: Note that your registration is NON TRANSFERRABLE, NON SHAREABLE. The confirmation email containing the webinar ID that you have received is associated to the PICPA-EventBank-registered email that is yours alone.
Q: How can I assure that my attendance is accounted for?
A: Participant has to identify his FULL NAME upon signing/logging in. When in the webinar, participant must also make sure of his/her connectivity: once disconnected, we will not accept participants to rejoin. Also, participant must make sure to validate attendance before exiting the seminar.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
Q: Will all webinar attendees/participants get a Certificate of Attendance?
A: To be eligible to get a Certificate of Attendance, participants must first satisfy these four (4) requirements: (a) pre-registration, (b) attendance, (c) polls, and (d) evaluation.
(a) Pre-registration in the PICPA-EventBank portal is required.
(b) Attendance: Zoom captures the "time in" of participants automatically. Only those who join the event not later than 15 min after its official start will qualify to earn Certificate of Attendance.
(c) Polls – In all poll questions flashed on the screen during the webinar, participation is being tracked.
(d) Evaluation – Participants have to accomplish the ZOOM online evaluation form available only after the Q&A portion.
Q: When will the Certificates of Attendance be printed and released to the participants?
A: Please wait for further announcements regarding this matter. If your need for the actual certificate is urgent, please request for a copy by emailing us at picpammr.secretariat@gmail.com
OTHER WEBINAR SCHEDULES
What are the other upcoming webinars?