Symposia Programme

 
During the congress a total of nine symposia will take place. In addition, there will be a Special Concurrent Session organized by the EAA’s Financial Reporting Standards Committee. You may find a summary of these below and the more detailed descriptions HERE.

Symposium 1: Wanted - Foundations of Accounting Measurement
Time and place: Wednesday, 14.00-15.30 at Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Chair: Graeme Dean
Speakers: Andrew Lennard, Geoff Whittington, Richard Macve

Symposium 2: Intercontinental Perspectives on Social and Environmental Accounting Research
Time and place: Wednesday, 16.00-17.30 at Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Chair: Jill Solomon
Speakers: Craig Deegan, Charles H. Cho, Carlos Larrinaga-González, David Collison
Sponsored by ACCA

Symposium 3: Researching Public Sector Accounting Change
Time and place: Thursday, 09.00-10.30 at Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Chair: Peter Skærbæk
Speakers: Sheila Ellwood, Sven Modell, Peter Miller
Sponsored by CIMA’s Charitable Trust

Symposium 4: The Roles and Effects of Paradigms in Accounting Research
Time and place: Thursday, 11.00-12.30 at Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Chair: Kari Lukka
Speakers: Teemu Malmi, Ken Merchant, Sven Modell

Symposium 5: The Economic Downturn and Research Opportunities in Accounting: An Editors’ Perspective
Time and place: Thursday,14.00-15.30 at Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Chair: Sten Jönsson
Speakers: Salvador Carmona, Christine Cooper, Peter Walton

Symposium 6: The Challenges for Auditing in a Time of Financial Crisis
Time and place: Thursday, 16.00-17.30 at Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Chair: Chris Humphrey
Speakers: Pekka Luoma, Hilde Blomme, Lasse Niemi, Robert Hodgkinson
Sponsored by ICAEW

Symposium 7: Accountancy and Academic Professional Inter-Dependency (or Mutual Exclusivity?)
Time and place: Friday, 09.00-10.30 at Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Chair: Richard M S Wilson
Speakers: Mark Allison, Martin Hoogendoorn, Bohumil Kral, Kim Watty

Symposium 8: When Accounting meets Information and Communication Technologies: Effects on Accountants, Accounting and Organizations
Time and place: Friday, 11.00-12.30 at Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Chair: Paolo Quattrone
Speakers: Ariela Caglio, Turkka Keskinen, Lili Kihn

Symposium 9: The Future of SME Financial Reporting
Time and place: Friday, 14.00-15.30 at Tampere Hall, Small Auditorium
Chair: Robert Hodgkinson
Speakers: Robin Jarvis, Päivi Räty, Brigitte Eierle, Arto Raivio
Sponsored by ICAEW

Special Concurrent Session of the EAA Financial Reporting Standards Committee
Time and place: Friday, 09.00-10.30 at Tampere Hall, Sonaatti 1
Chair: Günther Gebhardt
Speakers: Members of the EAA FRSC, Mary Barth, N.N. (EFRAG)