Invitation to Orlando

It is with great excitement that I invite all of you to plan to go to Orlando in August. The American Accounting Association Annual Meeting offers excellent networking and professional development opportunities. And this year we are in a city that also offers great opportunities for family fun and entertainment.

The AAA Annual Meeting each year gives us many opportunities to acquire new tools we can use to make the coming school year a success. Learning new techniques that refresh our teaching, presenting and discussing exciting research, and participating in lively discussions of the latest issues facing both academics and practitioners are all available opportunities at the meeting. And perhaps most important of all, the Annual Meeting gives us a chance to renew old friendships and a chance to build new collegial relationships with academics and practitioners from around the world.

If you are still deciding whether to attend the AAA’s Annual Meeting, here are a few points to consider:

• It is the meeting for accounting educators. Over 2,000 accounting scholars from around the world attend the AAA Annual Meeting. The AAA has members from 79 countries.
• You’ll meet people who are teaching the same courses you teach, researching the same issues you research, and facing the same challenges you face. And they are eager to share experiences with you.
• Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, will speak Monday morning. His talk will be followed by a separate follow-up session for questions and discussion.
• Tuesday morning's plenary session will be a panel of regulators providing their views on the future of accounting and auditing standards.
• The Tuesday luncheon speaker will be James A. Ohlson who will give the Presidential Scholar's address.
• In addition to over 130 concurrent sessions and more than 100 forum papers, you can choose from a large number of CPE sessions.

Plan now to attend the Annual Meeting August 8–11. I look forward to seeing you in Orlando.

William L. Felix, Jr.
President, American Accounting Association

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