The AFAANZ Education Forum will be held at the CA ANZ offices in Melbourne on 29 November 2022.
This years theme is “Accounting has changed, where do we fit?”. Included in the program are two panel sessions debating the changed nature of accounting as a profession. One panel with industry professionals, and one with academics. We also have a variety of presenters who will share their research and insights on the theme, all with differing perspectives. The forum will be forward focused, thought provoking and useful for all AFAANZ members. We hope that you can join us in person at this exciting event.
We invite you to register by clicking on the button below. The registration fee is $50. We are now offering a PhD Student registration rate of $20!! |
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RMIT Accounting Educators’ Conference 2022
The RMIT Accounting Educators’ Conference will be held in hybrid mode at the offices of CPA Australia, Melbourne. The conference is dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices of accounting education and promotes collaborative excellence between members and institutions from practice and education. The aim of the conference is to provide an opportunity for academics and professionals with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge knowledge gaps, strive for excellence in research and promote the evolution of accounting education in the development of future accounting professionals.
Date: Monday 28th November 2022 Time: 9:00am (AEDT) Venue: CPA Australia, Level 20/28 Freshwater Place, Southbank (Melbourne) Registration Fees: In-person attendance $50; Online attendance $20
For any queries, please contact the Convenors: Meredith Tharapos, Pavithra Siriwardhane or visit the Conference Website
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MYOB Business Certification for Educators
To further support our education partners, we are delighted to now offer you the opportunity to be MYOB Business Certified, and for free! We have reached out to many of you already, but if we have not (apologies for this) and you are keen to gain MYOB certification to help support your teaching of our online software, ready for 2023, then please email Shailan Patel (shailan.patel@myob.com) and we can organise this for you.
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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 18th November 2022
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 18th November 2022.
Outstanding Contribution to Practice 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 18th November 2022. Applications details are available HERE
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AFAANZ AAA & EAA PhD Colloquium Representatives A great opportunity is now open for PhD students to represent AFAANZ at the American (AAA) and European (EAA) Accounting Association PhD colloquiums in 2023.
The AAA colloquium details will be held from June 14-17, 2023 at Deloitte University in Westlake, Texas; and the EAA will be held in Hanasaari (just 6 km from Helsinki City, Finland) during May 20-23, 2023. Students need to have attended a prior AFAANZ Doctoral Symposium and be a current member alongside other listed criteria.
Please note that in-person attendance will be determined by travel requirements in place at that time. Alternatively, AAA and EAA may offer an online colloquium. Details on both colloquiums can be found and the AFAANZ website at https://www.afaanz.org/doctoral-symposium
Applications close today, and must reach the AFAANZ office by email on info@afaanz.org |
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 Research Proposals The 18th Accounting History Symposium
Virtual format: Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Following the great success of the 17th Accounting History Symposium, held on July 2, 2022, the Accounting History Special Interest Group (AHSIG) is pleased to announce a second event for the year. The 18th Accounting History Symposium will be held on 7 December 2022. The Symposium will take place in virtual format (details TBA) and it will be free of charge for AHSIG members and non-members. In addition to the virtual presentations of research proposals relating to studies of accounting’s past, a panel of scholars will be in (virtual) attendance, discussing and/or providing feedback on the presentations of the participants. We look forward to your participation at the 18th Accounting History Symposium.
Individuals interested in making a presentation about a planned or existing research project are invited to submit a research proposal by Friday 18th November. Full details on symposium and your proposal format is available HERE
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Carbon Accounting Challenge 2023 by AccountingPod – Save the date
Kia Ora/Welcome! The Mohua Carbon Accounting Global Challenge will go live on earth day 22nd April 2023. The participants will be completing a series of online tasks relating to climate and carbon accounting in a 60 minute window. AccountingPod plans to donate 100 native trees for planting in the winners/their institution's name. Scan the QR code to register your interest for free or talk to us for partnering opportunities! |
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We look forward to seeing many of you at the 14th IAAER World Congress of Accounting Educators and Researchers to be held December 1-2, 2022 in Paris, France. The 14th World Congress is a collaboration between IAAER and the IÉSEG School of Management.
Details of the plenaries and symposiums are available at https://congress.iaaer.org/plenaries-and-symposiums.
If you plan on attending and have not yet registered, please do so at https://congress.iaaer.org/registration . |
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The IFRS Foundation’s International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published its 2023 dates for hosting in-person and remote visits from university student groups studying IFRS Accounting Standards.
These visits are free of charge and consist of a two-hour session with an IASB member and technical staff, on the structure of the IFRS Foundation, the IASB’s work, current projects and technical matters. The sessions are interactive and often involve multiple universities, so students can engage with and hear the perspectives of other students from around the world. The 2023 dates, and information on how to register for a visit, can be found here. |
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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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A teaching benchmark reference tool for staff and students teaching financial reporting, auditing, financial statement analysis, corporate finance and investment subjects.
CA ANZ and the University sector have formed a partnership to conduct research to produce an annual benchmark report of the normal, high, and low values of the key ratios that measure a company's performance and overall financial position that can be used to evaluate growth and margins, working capital management, capital structure and liquidity and overall performance. The report is available HERE at the link below (scroll to bottom and download the report ).
This report will be produced on an annual basis and feedback in regard to the research for future editions can be provided to Professor Matt Pinnuck (mpinnuck@unimelb.edu.au) and Dr Mark Wallis (m.wallis@business.uq.edu.au) |
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The Accounting for Social Impact Research Group at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is hosting the 2022 Accounting for Social Impact Case Competition online Thursday, 17 November 2022. The event aims to promote students’ understanding of how accounting technologies and practices can be used to develop innovative solutions to address real-world problems. For all details, click HERE
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2022 Research Forum
The AASB will be co-hosting the 2022 Research Forum with RMIT College of Business and Law on Monday, 5 December 2022.
This will be a hybrid event with both in-person and online attendance options. The in-person session will be in Melbourne at Dexus Place on Bourke St, free of charge (registration required). The Forum will feature three sessions across the day highlighting distinguished keynote speakers and facilitated expert panel discussions.
For more information, please click here. . |
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CALLING APPLICANTS AND ASSESSORS IN THE AFAANZ GRANTS SCHEME Have you ever submitted an application for an AFAANZ grant? Have you previously assessed AFAANZ grant applications?
If you are interested in participating in a research project that explores the grant process and associated outcomes, please email Dr Yinka Moses (yinka.moses@vuw.ac.nz) to schedule an online interview. We seek to interview both successful and unsuccessful applicants, so please get in touch if you have made an application. The research team comprises Dr Chelsea Gill, Dr Yinka Moses, Dr Vishal Mehrotra, Dr Binh Bui, Dr Keith Godfrey and is sponsored by Professor Robert Faff.
This is your ONE chance to, among other things, help AFAANZ authenticate and enhance its research grant process with a sound evidence base of information from key end users and stakeholders. Without your crucial feedback, we will never know what works and what does not! Please, help us to help you!” |
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Dear colleagues,
I am writing this email to request your participation in research conducted by Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. This research is funded by CPA Australia and is a global study examining the (potential) use of digital technologies for sustainability reporting.
We are conducting interviews with various professionals with expertise on this topic from around the world. We need people with expertise either in accounting, finance, sustainability, information technology or information systems.
Interview: The interview may take around 45 minutes and can be conducted via MS Teams / Zoom / Skype or telephone. Your rights and interests as a research participant are protected by this project being compliant with the rules and guidelines of Swinburne University’s Human Research Ethics Committee.
What you should do next: Please reply to the email given below (preferably including a contact phone number) indicating your willingness to be interviewed for this research study. More information about this study is attached to this message.
We will then contact you to organise a time convenient for you for conducting the interview. We are available most weekdays during your office hours (in your time zone) but please note that the research team is based in Australia. Your privacy is important to us-please be assured that your responses will be anonymous and will be kept confidential.
Purpose of the research: Advancements in digital technologies are ushering in a diverse range of solutions that greatly enhance the ability of companies to predict, monitor, and report on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks facing their businesses. However, a recent report by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) found that the deployment of digital technologies to report on sustainability information is insufficient. This is despite regulators and stakeholders increasingly requiring companies to undertake ESG reporting, to standardise it, as well as to be more transparent about the sustainability of their own activities and supply chains.
Explanatory Statement and Consent Form Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries. Sincerely, Diana Migirian
Email: dmigirian@swin.edu.au |
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Meditari Accountancy Research Accounting as technical, social and moral practice for shaping a better world
This Special Issue is concerned with accounting as a combined technical, social and moral practice with an overarching concern for shaping a better world from tomorrow, including by means of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other key mechanism. This special issue aims to facilitate the focus of minds around the effects of accounting, whether intended or unintended; accounting may have narrow premises or roles or potentially concerning consequences for the world we pass on to our children and future generations.
The last date for submission of papers for consideration for publication in this Meditari Accountancy Research Special is 15 February 2023. All details are available HERE |
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The Deakin Business School in partnership with La Trobe University, Macquarie University, RMIT University, UNISA and Victoria University of Wellington invites academics and PhD students to submit papers to be considered for presentation at the 13th Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference and PhD symposium (FMCG2023). The conference and PhD Symposium will be held virtually. There is no registration fee. Please visit HERE for more information.
The submission deadline is 15 January 2023. Please submit your paper at fmcg2023@deakin.edu.au Five Conference Best Paper awards ($500 each) - One best paper award will be presented under each of the following categories
- Accounting Information/ Disclosure Practices/Earnings Quality/Audit Fees
- Asset Pricing/Financial Markets/Market Microstructure/Funds Management
- Banking/Behavioural Finance/Corporate Finance/Financial Economics
- Corporate Governance/Social Responsibility
- Emerging Markets
Five best research paper awards ($500 each) at the PhD Symposium. - One best paper award will be presented under each of the following categories
- Accounting Information/ Disclosure Practices/Earnings Quality/Audit Fees
- Asset Pricing/Financial Markets/Market Microstructure/Funds Management
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Banking/Behavioural Finance/Corporate Finance/Financial Economics
- Corporate Governance/Social Responsibility
- Emerging Markets
ELIGIBILITY of Award – PhD Symposium Only the papers written by PhD students (sole authorship) will be considered for the PhD symposium award. SPECIAL CONFERENCE ISSUES Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (Elsevier’s Journal) will run a special conference issue focusing on Asia Pacific markets, and presenters at the conference are invited to consider submitting their papers for publication. |
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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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Volunteer Accountant for Medic to Medic - New Zealand based. Medic to Medic are a small charity with members in New Zealand, the UK and Malawi. They fund raise to cover the tuition fees of impoverished healthcare students in Malawi in order for them to complete their university training and aim to strengthen the healthcare workforce in Malawi by supporting their own people train and become doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and audiologists. Please email info@medictomedic.org.uk if you are interested. Click HERE to view their website.
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AFAANZ gratefully acknowledges our sponsors |
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