| June Update 2022 NEWSLETTER |
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| ONLY 16 DAYS TO GO!!
There's only 16 days to go until the 2022 AFAANZ Conference begins at Crown Melbourne on Sunday July 2 to Tuesday July 5. Thank you to our members as we've currently got over 260 in-person registrations and 100 members viewing the conference online. We look forward to hearing our plenary speakers and sponsors with the following plenary and keynote presentations: - Professor Wai-Fong Chua "Engaged Research: Engaging with Matters that Matter"
- Professor Stephen Penman "Accounting for Uncertainty"
- Karen McWilliams “The evolution of the accounting profession as sustainability becomes business as usual”
and panel sessions:
The draft program is available to be viewed HERE You can still register - click HERE to go to the registration page
The AFAANZ Board and our sponsors: CA ANZ, CPA Australia and MYOB look forward to catching up and reconnecting! |
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Auditing and Assurance Special Interest Group Meeting
We are delighted to be welcoming members back in person for our meeting this year (note: that there will also be an online option). This year we will be having our meeting on the Saturday afternoon/evening before AFAANZ and this will finish with some drinks/food. The time will be from 2.30pm until 7.30pm on Saturday 2 July.
The main panel session this year will be on the important topic ‘Assurance of climate related and other sustainability information’ with a panel chaired by Dr Shan Zhou and the panellists will include Mr Bill Edge (IAASB, AUASB and FRC); Ms Sarah Newman (KPMG); and Professor Roger Simnett (Deakin University).
There will also be an update on the projects of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee and announcement of some research grant opportunities (CA ANZ and CPA Australia in conjunction with the Australian Public Policy Committee) The SIG Meeting details are here:
To register for the conference and the SIG meeting, go to https://www.afaanzconference.com/ To register for the SIG meeting only, go to https://www.afaanzconference.com/sigs
The cost for SIG members will be $40 to attend in person ($80 non-members) and it will be free online ($20 non-members). All current PhD students will be free. We look forward to seeing you all in July! Paul Coram |
The 17th Accounting History Symposium
Call for Research Proposals - Online: Saturday, July 2, 2022 Following the great success of the 15th and 16th Accounting History Symposia, held on July 3 and December 3, 2021, the Accounting History Special Interest Group (AHSIG) is pleased to announce that.
The Symposium will take place in virtual format (details TBA)
The event this year will include virtual presentations of research proposals relating to studies of accounting’s past, and a panel of scholars in (virtual) attendance, discussing and/or providing feedback on the presentations of the participants. You can download the Call document HERE |
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FINANCIAL REPORTING INTEREST GROUP 2022 FINANCIAL REPORTING FORUM JULY 2
The 2022 Financial Reporting Forum will be held both in person and online in 2022. The format will commence with the various accounting standard setting bodies making presentations on current reporting issues in the morning session. This will include a comprehensive update but with particular focus on hot topics on the agenda.
The afternoon session will be devoted to presentations by PhD students, established academics and practitioners. So, register HERE for the forum either in person or online and hear from the accounting standard setters in Australia and New Zealand. Phil Hancock Chair |
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AFAANZ ACCOUNTING EDUCATION - SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG 5) SYMPOSIUM Call for Papers, Presentations and Innovations
Saturday 2nd July 2022, 9.30am – 4.15pm AEST
Join us in Melbourne, Australia for the chance to take part in a symposium on accounting education that celebrates best practice education and research through a program of papers, panel sessions, and presentations by academics and industry. This year the symposium will engage you with the theme ‘Accounting Educators: Influencing Change’. We invite participants to explore not only the multiple influences on themselves as educators but also how they as educators influence their students, peers and broader society. All the details are available HERE
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Public sector and Not-for-Profit Accounting
AFAANZ Special Interest Group (SIG 6) Symposium Sunday 03 July 2022, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Format: Hybrid (Onsite venue: Crown, Melbourne & Zoom) Join us in Melbourne for the 2022 Public Sector and Not-for-Profit Accounting forum. The hybrid event will focus on the future directions of research in the public and not-for-profit accounting space.
Call for abstracts The forum provides an opportunity for research candidates, academics, and practitioners to show the current state and future directions of accounting research within the Australian and New Zealand public and not-for-profit sectors. We invite interested research candidates, academics, and practitioners to email an abstract of no more than 300 words to Ushi Ghoorah (ushi.gh@westernsydney.edu.au) no later than 06 June 2022. Applicants will be notified by 14 June 2022. Full papers for successful applicants will be required by 30 June 2022. SIG Registration Information No charge for in person or online attendance SIG Registration Link |
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SIG
We are writing to encourage you to register for the Management Accounting Special Interest Group forum at the upcoming AFAANZ Conference in Melbourne. The forum will be held on Saturday 2nd July at Crown Conference Centre and includes dinner and drinks. The theme for the evening is: ‘Building Confidence.’ A detailed outline for the evening is included below.
Registration for the MA SIG dinner is via the AFAANZ conference registration system: http://www.afaanzconference.com/registration. If you have already registered for the conference and would now subsequently like to register for the dinner, or only intend to join the SIG forum, you can do so at this address: http://www.afaanzconference.com/sigs.
Please note, there is a reduce registration rate for MA SIG Members. MA SIG membership is in addition to your AFAANZ membership. If you are not an MA SIG Member we would love for you to consider joining us. You can add MA SIG membership to your AFAANZ membership by going to https://www.afaanz.org/ and clicking on ‘Member Login’. The reduced forum registration rate + MA SIG membership fee, is the same as the non-member dinner rate!
It has been a long time between drinks and we’re really looking forward to the opportunity to reconnect with everyone in person in Melbourne. We hope to see many old friends and new at the dinner. Please feel free to contact us, should you have any questions (j.grafton@unimelb.edu.au). |
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The Digital Disconnection Challenge 2022
A new report from MYOB highlights Australian and New Zealand’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are experiencing a disconnection between digital applications which is costing businesses time, money and resources, and posing a strategic risk. Read the full report here
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Proposal for a new Special Interest Group (SIG) - the Tax SIG
The Tax SIG is tasked with developing a supportive and productive environment for tax academics in Australia and New Zealand who are engaged in, or wish to engage in tax research and/or teaching. The Tax SIG will aim to encourage research and education in tax and foster relationships with industry to improve and contemporise academic contributions. This will be achieved through keynote presentations from leading tax academics and practitioners, panel sessions, research presentations and networking opportunities. Members may include those with interests in all areas of taxation including:
- tax policy;
- tax compliance and morale;
- taxation of individuals;
- taxation of structures;
- international tax;
- capital gains tax;
- taxation of superannuation; and
- indirect taxes.
To register your interest, or to obtain any additional information, please contact the SIG organiser at: bronwyn.mccredie@qut.edu.au or in person at the upcoming AFAANZ conference in Melbourne. |
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AFAANZ Members Areas of Expertise
To enable better collaboration between AFAANZ Members and our main sponsors – Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia – we are collecting information around areas of expertise of our members. The member portal has been updated to allow for selection into topic areas. Should our sponsors require expertise in a certain area, AFAANZ will be able to provide connections to provide opportunities for engagement.
To enter this information, enter your AFAANZ member portal and click on the Additional Profile Information tab and select the Personal Information tab. Click on the edit/create button and the areas of expertise multiple check-box topics will appear along with an areas of interest text box to enter your information. Email info@afaanz.org if you have any questions.
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Call for Papers Special Issue on Qualitative Research with practical relevance and impact in Accounting
The due date for submissions for this special issue is 1 May 2023. All details are available HERE The guest editors are Special Issue on Reporting and Assurance of Climate-related and Other Non-financial Information
The due date for submissions for this special issue is 1 August 2023. All details are available HERE The guest editors are |
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Emergency E-Learning: A Study on the effects of the transition to online learning
The current COVID-19 restrictions in place for 2020 and 2021 are being investigated in terms of the changing environment academics were forced into due to stay at home orders, where they entered into emergency e-learning, from home.
The effects of emergency e-learning on academics’ workloads, job satisfaction and motivation, as well as overall wellbeing have yet to be investigated and reported. It is hoped this survey will shed some light on the challenges and opportunities accounting and finance academics faced during lockdown teaching.
To take part in the survey, click HERE For more information, you can download the information letter and Ethics Approval Closing date: 15th July, 2022 |
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Calls for Papers
Accounting History Research in the Age of Digitalisation Submission deadline: 15th September 2022
‘SAGE Publications has established a new Editors' Choice Collection for Accounting History on the theme “Accounting and Historiography”. The articles in this new collection are freely available for a limited period from 1st April-30th June 2022 and are found at the following link: https://journals.sagepub.com/page/ach/collections/editors-choice/accounting-and-historiography This replaces a prior Editors’ Choice Collection on the same topic from 2015, which has been archived. That page can be also found at the end of the page at the above link.
There are now 22 Editors' Choice Collections for Accounting History, with the series designed to cover key themes within the accounting history field. These are updated and refreshed from time to time. Details relating to the other Collections are available at the following link: https://journals.sagepub.com/page/ach/collections/editors-choice/index. In order to receive journal Contents alerts, please click on the "Sign Up" button located in the "Connect with us" box on the journal home page found at: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ach
We hope that you find the newly-added collection, as well as the previous ones, to be helpful and enjoyable reading!’ |
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SEMINARS
APIRA 2022 INTERDISCIPLINARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH WEBINARS Continuing on from 2021, the 2022 AAAJ’s APIRA thought leadership webinars will offer major interdisciplinary accounting research presentations and panel forums. They will be 90 minute webinars on three occasions through 2022. Each live session will also be recorded and available to registrants on the APIRA webpage. October 12th, 2022
Accounting, auditing, and digital transformation: Implications and critical issues Presenters and Panel: Prof Indrit Troshani (Australia) Prof Giuseppe Grossi (Norway)
Prof Jodie Moll (Australia)
Please spread the word to colleagues and doctoral students.
You can register now for the first APIRA 2021 events, on the APIRA webpage: https://apira.onlive.events/ |
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The 2022 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ISAIS) July 6-8, 2022 - Call for Papers and Registration
The Centre for Accounting and Industry Partnerships, Department of Accounting, University of Melbourne, Australia is pleased to announce the tenth International Symposium on Accounting Information Systems (ISAIS). ISAIS is rotated annually between the USA (Michigan State University), Europe (Hasselt University, Belgium) and Australia (University of Melbourne).
ISAIS 2022 will be online/virtual for all participants. Additionally, for those that can attend in person and network with colleagues, a meeting room will be available in the Faculty of Business and Economics Building at the University of Melbourne for all sessions. For all information, click HERE |
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International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER)
We are pleased to announce that the Call for Papers for the 14th World Congress of Accounting Educators and Researchers to be held in Paris, France and hosted by the IESEG School of Management, is now available on our website calendar. We warmly invite your submissions. Please also check our website http://www.iaaer.org for further updates on the World Congress. The deadline is June 30, 2022. |
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Pacific Accounting Review - Ever-changing markets in China
The Education University of Hong Kong, in conjunction with Pacific Accounting Review (PAR), is pleased to announce it will host a conference in Hong Kong on 17 December 2022. The conference will be a one-day event. This conference provides academics, practitioners, and regulators with a platform to share their insights into accounting and finance issues. Selected papers will be published in the Pacific Accounting Review (PAR) conference special issue, conditional on satisfactory responses to reviewer and editor comments. While the conference is planned to occur in-person, opportunities to present and participate in a hybrid format will be provided. All details are HERE
Paper Submission Deadline: 31 August 2022 |
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and sustainability accounting: Opportunities and Challenges for public, non-governmental and hybrid sector organisations Special issue call for papers from Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management What is this special issue about?
The adoption of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations in 2015 has been a well-received and globally accepted iteration of the sustainable development agenda (Abhayawansa et al., 2021; Adams et al., 2020; Bebbington and Unerman, 2018). With 17 holistic goals and 169 targets, the SDG agenda aspires to stimulate action in areas that are of critical importance for humanity and the planet including hunger, poverty, inequality, health and well-being, clean energy and quality education (United Nations, 2015). Given the critical importance of SDGs, this initiative has drawn considerable attention in the policy debate and research. A number of conceptual studies have set the agenda and directions for advancing and achieving SDGs and the role of accounting and finance therein. However, little is known about how organisations, especially in the public, non-governmental and hybrid sectors are addressing and implementing the SDG goals and targets, and account for sustainability performance
All details are available HERE Closes: March 31, 2023 |
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AFAANZ gratefully acknowledges our sponsors |
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