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2000 ANNUAL MEETING

Preliminary Meeting Program

August 13–16, 2000

Saturday, August 12, 2000

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  Registration
Marriott, Level 5, Ballroom Foyer

Sunday, August 13, 2000

7:00 am - 7:00 pm
  Registration
Marriott, Level 5, Ballroom Foyer
 
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  Continuing Professional Education Programs
 
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  Placement Service
 
2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  Exhibits
 
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
  Early Bird Reception

Monday, August 14, 2000

8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  Registration
Marriott, Level 5, Ballroom Foyer
 
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  Exhibits
 
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  Placement Service
 
8:30 am - 9:45 am
  Plenary Session/Opening Ceremony

Presiding: Jan R. Williams
University of Tennessee
President, American Accounting Association


Wildman Medal Award
Baruch Lev
New York University


Speaker: Captain Gerald Coffee
U.S. Navy, Retired
 
10:15 am - 11:45 am
  Section Business Meetings
Concurrent Sessions
 
12:00 noon - 1:45 pm
  Section Luncheons
 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  Section Business Meetings
Concurrent Sessions
 
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  Concurrent Sessions
 
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  Welcome Reception

Tuesday, August 15, 2000

7:00 am - 8:30 am
  Section Breakfasts
 
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  Registration
Marriott, Level 5, Ballroom Foyer
 
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  Exhibits
 
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  Placement Service
 
8:30 am - 9:45 am
  Plenary Session

Presiding: Jan R. Williams
University of Tennessee
President, American Accounting Association

Outstanding Accounting Educator Award
Robert Libby, Cornell University
Ross L. Watts, University of Rochester

Speaker: William R. Kinney, Jr.
Presidential Lecturer
 
10:15 am - 11:45 am
  Section Business Meetings
Concurrent Sessions
 
12:00 noon - 1:45 pm
  Luncheon (ticket required)

Presiding: Jan R. Williams
University of Tennessee
President, American Accounting Association

Competitive Manuscript Award
Nilabhra Bhattacharya, University of Utah
Dawn A. Matsumoto, Harvard University

Speaker: Philip A. Laskawy
Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young
Chairman of Ernst & Young International
 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  Concurrent Sessions
 
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  Section Business Meetings
  Concurrent Sessions
 
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  Philadelphia Bandstand Reception
Sponsored by the American Accounting Association

Wednesday, August 16, 2000

8:00 am - 11:00 am
  Exhibits
 
8:00 am - 11:30 am
  Placement Service
 
8:00 am - 2:30 pm
  Registration
Marriott, Level 5, Ballroom Foyer
 
8:30 am - 9:45 am
  Plenary Session

Presiding: Jan R. Williams
University of Tennessee
President, American Accounting Association

Innovation in Accounting Education Award
A. Faye Borthick, Georgia State University

Speakers:
W. Steve Albrecht, Brigham Young University
Robert J. Sack, University of Virginia
 
10:15 am - 11:45 am
  Forum Papers
Concurrent Sessions
 
12:00 noon - 1:45 pm
  Luncheon (ticket required)

Presiding: Jan R. Williams
University of Tennessee
President, American Accounting Association

Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award
James A. Ohlson, New York University

Speaker: Mary S. Stone
President-Elect, American Accounting Association
 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  Forum Papers
Concurrent Sessions
 
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  AAA Business Meeting

Presiding: Jan R. Williams
University of Tennessee
President, American Accounting Association

Agenda:
1. Comments by the AAA President
2. Reports by Officers
3. Election of Officers
4. Transfer of President's Office
 
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  Closing Reception

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