Symposia Programme

Symposia Programme

 

Wednesday, 21st May 2014

14.30-16.00  -  SYMPOSIUM 1  -  Room: ALFA 1 (Olÿmpia CC)

Status quo and future development of sustainability reporting in European countries

Chair:
– Peter Horvath, University of Stuttgart, IPRI, Germany

Speakers:
-  Axel Haller, Regensburg University, Germany
-  Nidžara Osmanagić Bedenik, University of Zagreb, Croatia
-  Lina Dagiliené, University of Technology, Lithuania
-  Adriana Rejc Buhovac, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
-  Mike Schulze, EBS Business School, Germany
-  Judith M. Pütter, IPRI, Stuttgart, Germany 

16.30-18.00   -  SYMPOSIUM 2  -  Room: ALFA 1 (Olÿmpia CC)

Accounting Ethics: Challenges and Issues

Chair:
-  Tiago Pinheiro, Norwegian School of Economics NHH, Bergen, Norway

Speakers:
-  Bruce Stuart, Norwegian School of Economics NHH, Bergen, Norway
-  Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen, Norwegian School of Economics NHH, Bergen, Norway
-  Christopher Koch, Johannes Gutenberg, University of Mainz, Germany
-  Afshin Mehrpouya, HEC, Paris, France
-  Dominyka Sakalauskaité, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
 

Thursday, 22nd May 2014

09.00-10.30  –  SYMPOSIUM 3  -   Room: ALFA 1 (Olÿmpia CC)

EAR Symposium: Accounting Insights from the Healthcare Sector

Chairs:
-  Eddy Cardinaels, Tilburg University, Netherlands
-  Naomi Soderstrom, University of Melbourne, Australia

Speakers:
-  Hans Christensen, University of Chicago, USA
-  Margaret Abernethy, University of Melbourne, Australia
-  Chris Ernst, University of Hohenheim, Germany
 

11.00-12.30  –  SYMPOSIUM 4  -  Room: ALFA 1 (Olÿmpia CC)

ICAEW symposium: Reporting financial performance

Chair:
-  Robert Hodgkinson, ICAEW

Speakers:
-  Mary Barth, Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA
-  Ago Vilu, PwC Estonia; Chairman of the Estonian Accounting Standard Board
-  Alfred Wagenhofer, University of Graz, Austria
-  Steven Young, Lancaster University Management School, England
 

14.30-16.00  –  SYMPOSIUM 5  -  Room: ALFA 1 (Olÿmpia CC)

Editorial Panel

Chair:
-  Laurence van Lent, EAR Editor; Tilburg University, Netherlands

Speakers:
-  Paul Andre, Accounting in Europe, editor
-  Mary Barth, Management Science, dept editor
-  John Christensen, Management Accounting Research, associate editor
-  Yves Gendron, Critical Perspectives in Accounting, co-editor
-  Patricia O’Brien, Contemporary Accounting Research, editor-in-chief,
-  Peter Pope, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, editor

14.30-16.00 – SYMPOSIUM 6 – Room: ALFA 2 (Olÿmpia CC)

IFRS for SMEs – five years later

Chair:
-  Ago Vilu, PwC Estonia, Chairman of the Estonian Accounting Standard Board

Speakers:
-  Joachim Gassen, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
-  Rasmus Sommer, Senior Technical Manager at European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)
-  Mike Wells, International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

16.30-18.00  –  SYMPOSIUM 7  -  Room: ALFA 1 (Olÿmpia CC)
 
Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Management Accounting Research

Chair:
-  Teemu Malmi, Aalto University,Finland

Speakers:
-  Axel Marx, University of Leuven, Belgium
-  Ann Jorissen, University of Antwerp, Belgium
-  David Bedford, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
 

Friday, 23rd May 2014

09.00-10.30  –  Symposium 8  -  Room: ALFA 1 (Olÿmpia CC)
 
IASB Conceptual Framework

Chair:
-  Paul André, AinE Editor, ESSEC Business School, France; Accounting in Europe

Speakers:
-  Mario Abela, Senior Policy Advisor, Public Policy and Regulation, International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
-  Richard Barker, Saïd Business School, Oxford University; EAA FRSC
-  Rasmus Sommer, Senior Technical Manager at European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)
-  Alan Teixeira, Senior Director – Technical Activities, International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

11.00-12.30  –  Symposium 9  -  Room: ALFA 1 (Olÿmpia CC)
 
Public Sector Budgeting and Accounting: new trends for research and practice

Chair:
-  Giuseppe Grossi, Kristianstad University, Sweden

Speakers:
-  Andreas Bergmann, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; International Federation of Accountants – IPSAS-Board, chair
-  Dorothea Greiling, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
-  James Guthrie, Bologna University and Macquarie University
-  Marie-Soleil Tremblay, École Nationale d’administration publique, Canada
-  Ileana Steccolini, Bocconi University, Italy