and this Council to improve our stakeholder engagement. As I reported previously, assisted by the Financial Stability Board, we established an enhanced technical dialogue with prudential supervisors and other market regulators. We have also intensified our interaction with prudential supervisors through the Basel Committee and other bilateral contacts. More generally, the IASB has stepped up its efforts to engage a broader range of interested parties in the early stages of standard development. Our consultation on IFRS 9 is an example of this effort. We held more than 100 meetings with investors, prudential supervisors, capital market authorities and other stakeholders in Europe and elsewhere to discuss the possible impact of our proposals. We hosted round tables in Asia, Europe and the United States. To consider the views of interested parties, we have held additional board meetings and education sessions. We expect that the intensity of interaction with stakeholders will remain the norm in the future. This level of consultation will extend not only for the ongoing technical work underway but also to the IASB's agenda-setting. After public consultation, the Trustees who oversee the IASB now require us to undertake public consultation on our work programme on a regular basis. We are now working with our Advisory Council on preparing for such a consultation on our "post-2011" agenda that will begin later this year. IFRS 9 and addressing European concerns on classification When I was here last, the IASB was nearly ready to publish its standard on the classification and measurement of