CPE SESSION 10: SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Seminar on International Accounting

Description/Objectives:

1. Sensitize accounting faculty and doctoral students to key issues and literature in the area of international accounting and reporting.
2. Identify and discuss scholarly research issues and opportunities.
3. Assist instructors in formulating distinctive approaches to teaching the subject and identifying numerous teaching resources in the field.
4. Examine alternative approaches to internationalizing a school’s accounting curriculum and meeting expanded AACSB accreditation requirements.

Topics covered include reasons for national variations in accounting and reporting practices, capital market effects of accounting differences, current state of accounting harmonization, transnational reporting issues, foreign currency dilemmas, major measurement issues in emerging markets, international accounting pedagogy and more.

Format/Structure:
Lecture/discussion, overheads, and handouts.

Intended Audience:
Accounting faculty and Ph.D. students.

Presenter:
Frederick D. S. Choi, New York University

Sponsor:
International Accounting Section

* Denotes special requirements or prerequisite