On behalf of the board of AFAANZ, we'd like to take this opportunity to welcome the new Australia President, Professor Marvin Wee; and new board members Associate Professor Lily Chen and Professor Craig Deegan. We'd also like to thank outgoing Australian President Associate Professor Andrew Jackson for his valuable service since his appointment to the board in 2014. |
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The AFAANZ Board wishes to thank our AFAANZ Members for making the 2023 conference one of the most successful ever! We had 435 members and exhibitors register for our event over the 4 days, capped off with the final dinner in the Marquis. The conference had a plethora of highlights, including two highly engaging keynotes from Professors Jennifer Joe and Henk Berkman, numerous informative panels and sponsor keynotes, and 250 presentations from AFAANZ members. Thank you to our Platinum Sponsor: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, our Gold Sponsor: CPA Australia and our Bronze Sponsor MYOB for their support and contribution to the conference.
Congratulations goes to Professor Phil Hancock, Associate Professor Bryan Howieson and Professor Stephen Taylor who received the Outstanding Contribution to Accounting & Finance Practice Award. Congratulations also to Tom Scott who was awarded Fellowship Membership of AFAANZ for his continuous contribution to AFAANZ. The Peter Brownell Manuscript Award winners Kerry Humphreys and Ken Trotman; the Robert Faff Finance Manuscript Award to Hao Li and Zhisheng Li; and Zhenghang Zhu who won the Best PhD Award.
Also, congratulations to the Best Paper Award winners and also the Outstanding Reviewers Award winners. All winners and categories are listed HERE. AFAANZ research grants were also announced, click HERE to view the grant recipients by Institutional Member Universities.
And special thanks to Sumit Lodhia and David Bond for taking the reins this year - and to Jacqui Bates the team at The Conference Manager for bringing it all together.
The Doctoral Symposium also was a success with 37 students taking part over 3 days - thank you to Marvin Wee and Michaela Rankin for coordinating this event and the 12 faculty who volunteered their time to run the PhD student group sessions.
Conference photos can be viewed HERE
We were lucky that some of our main sessions were recorded; so some of the keynotes, plenary sessions and panel sessions are available to be viewed on the conference homepage. I hope you're all looking forward to Auckland 2024! Nicola Beatson & Andrew Jackson AFAANZ Presidents |
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To attend this online Insight Series event, register HERE |
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Let’s continue our conversations: Turning passions into careers |
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For the Chartered Accountants ANZ’s team, it was an absolute pleasure to see you at AFAANZ 2023.
We are delighted to reaffirm our ongoing commitment to supporting AFAANZ. As always, the conference remains one of the most important opportunities for us to connect with all of you.
We were thrilled to have engaging and informative discussions around ways that we could enhance the attractiveness of the profession and the support that CA ANZ can offer you. Your collaboration has given us invaluable insights into the curriculum challenges and resource limitations, enabling us to strategically determine the areas where our support will be most impactful.
We would love to keep in touch with you, so if you haven’t already, please sign up for our educator’s newsletter.
A couple of reminders as well: -
If you have not completed the survey on ‘Attracting the next generation of talented accounting and finance professionals’ run by DXP Consulting. Your input is essential, we invite you to participate in this brief online survey.
- And to access your exclusive offer of a 10% discount* on CA ANZ’s Sustainability and Data Analytics micro courses to prepare yourself for the future. Enrol now and add the code AFAANZ10 to the Promo Code field at the time of checkout.
Don't hesitate to contact our Careers Engagement team to explore opportunities for collaboration on diverse on-campus initiatives, including but not limited to panel presentations, guest speakers, and career development events. We're looking forward to the opportunity to connect with you and collaborate on how we can assist in your research and teaching journey, enabling your students to turn their passions into fulfilling careers. Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
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AFAANZ AWARDS Applications are now open for Awards to be granted to AFAANZ members at the 2023 Conference.
AFAANZ Life member is granted to members who have made an outstanding contribution to AFAANZ and an outstanding contribution to at least one of scholarship, education or the profession. Click HERE for the criteria. Applications must be received by 17th November 2023
The Fellow of AFAANZ Award is granted to members who have made a significant contribution to AFAANZ's activities over a sustained period of time. Click HERE for the criteria and application. Applications must be received by 17th November 2023.
Outstanding Contribution to Research Literature Award
The aim of this award is to recognise outstanding contributions to accounting and finance practice by members of AFAANZ. This award may be made to more than one recipient provided nomination(s) are of a sufficiently high merit and meet the selection criteria. Applications must be received by 27th October 2023. Applications details are available HERE
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. What will it mean for accountants?
We’ve brought together the brain power behind Adobe, Microsoft, Theory and Motion and MYOB to discuss where this technology is headed and how to get ahead of the AI-curve.
Register your spot now to join us on Wednesday 2 August 2023, 9.30am AEST / 11.30am NZST, here: |
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Click on Kate to hear her journey! |
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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The academic community is a significant contributor to the AASB’s work program through the high quality research produced, assisting the AASB in achieving our stated aim of employing an evidence-based framework in the standard setting process in Australia.
To support the academic community in its endeavours to produce high quality research, the AASB has developed a number of new outlets and established further research opportunities for academics, which are set out in this booklet. Led by Dr Eric Lee, the AASB incorporates a well qualified research team, providing a direct link between the AASB and universities, advancing a research agenda that both supports and leads the AASB’s technical work program. We look forward to continuing to
work closely with academics across Australia and beyond our shores in pursuing our objectives
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When the technological, regulatory, organizational, and social aspects cannot be easily disentangled, security can only be attained by leveraging multiple disciplines. At the University of Genoa (Italy) we have developed a Ph.D. Program in Security, Risk, and Vulnerability that will train a new generation of researchers capable to tackle the security challenges of the future in businesses, organisations, and society. |
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Ph.D. students will acquire broad foundations on both practical and theoretical aspects of security and risk management in accounting, management, organisational science, and banking & finance, thereby learning how to conduct high-quality research and solve important research questions. Within this program, the Management and Security Curriculum is developing research along the following lines: - Sector analysis and case studies in the security industries and related businesses
- The multidisciplinary nature of security in organisations:
- business ethics;
- sustainability and environmental management;
- operations, supply chain, and procurement;
- climate and environmental risk;
- technology, innovation, and knowledge management;
- businesses' organisation, performance, and crisis management;
- alternative finance, risk management, and performance;
- fintech and digitalisation of financial systems;
- sustainable and impact finance;
- turnaround: retrenchment and recovery;
- financial and non-financial reporting transparency and compliance;
- accounting scandals and crisis communication
- energy security
The National Interest and its impact on Businesses: toward an Economic Security Strategy If you are interested in any of the above research lines, the Ph.D. in Security, Risk and Vulnerability – Management & Security CV can offer you the opportunity to become a trained researcher and expert in these important challenges of the future. Admissions are now open at https://sicurezza.unige.net/admission
For further information, you can contact the CV coordinator Prof Teresina Torre |
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AFAANZ gratefully acknowledges our sponsors |
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