Grant Thornton LLP
 
HP and Microsoft Frontline Partnership
 
KPMG
 
Microsoft
 
Ernst & Young
 
McGladrey and Pullen LLP
 
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
 
Thomson South-Western
 
John Wiley and Sons
 

Speakers' Materials

Preliminary Schedule*

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2007
7:00 am - 8:00 am
CPE Workshop Registration
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Continuing Professional Education Programs
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
CPE Workshop Registration
3:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Early Registration

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2007
7:00 am - 7:00 pm
Registration
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Continuing Professional Education Programs
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Placement Service
12:30 noon - 1:30 pm
Accounting Exemplar Award Luncheon
(ticket required;
automatically included with CPE 13.)
2007 Accounting Exemplar Award
Lynn E. Turner
2:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cyber Cafe
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Exhibits
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Career Fair
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Early Bird Reception

MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2007
6:45 am - 8:15 am
Section Breakfasts with Business Meeting (ticket required for breakfast)
Teaching & Curriculum Section
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Placement Service
8:00 am - 8:30 pm
Cyber Cafe
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Opening Plenary Session
Culture and Nature of Human Sociality
Speaker: Joe Henrich and
The Origin of Accounting
Speaker: Denise Schmandt-Besserat
9:30 am - 12:15 pm
Exhibits
9:45 am - 11:00 am
Effective Learning Strategies Forum
Research Forum Session
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Concurrent Sessions
Section Business Meetings
American Taxation Association
Financial Accounting and Reporting
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Section Luncheons (ticket required)
American Taxation Association Section
Auditing Section
Financial Accounting & Reporting Section
Government and Nonprofit Section
International Accounting Section
Section Luncheons with Business Meetings (ticket required for lunch)
Management Accounting Section
Two-Year College Section
   Speaker: Gary Previts, President-Elect,
   American Accounting Association
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Exhibits
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Section Business Meetings
Artificial Intelligence/Emerging
Technologies Section
International Accounting Section
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Forum Session
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Section Business Meetings
Government and Nonprofit Section
Public Interest Section
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Welcome Reception

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2007
6:45 am - 8:15 am
Section Breakfasts with Business Meeting (ticket required for breakfast)
Diversity Section
Gender Issues and Worklife Balance Section
Information Systems Section
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Placement Service
8:00 am - 8:30 pm
Cyber Cafe
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Plenary Session
Emergence of Social Norms
Speaker: Michael Hechter and
Law and Social Norms
Speaker: Eric Posner
9:30 am - 12:15 pm
Exhibits
9:45 am - 11:00 am
Emerging and Innovative Research Projects Session
Research Forum Session
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Concurrent Sessions
New Scholars Concurrent Session
12:15 pm- 2:00 pm
Luncheon (ticket required)
Award Presentations
Speaker: John Dickhaut, Presidential Scholar
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Exhibits
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Effective Learning Strategies Forum
Research Forum Session
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
AAA Business Meeting
Concurrent Sessions
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Reception

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2007
8:00 am - 11:00 am
Placement Service
8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Registration
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cyber Cafe
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Plenary Session
Speaker: Robert E. Lucas, Jr. and
Hayek and the Experiment
Speaker: Vernon L. Smith
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Exhibits
9:45 am - 11:00 am
Research Forum Session
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Concurrent Sessions
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Luncheon (ticket required)
Award Presentations
Speaker: Gary John Previts,, President-Elect, American Accounting Association
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions
4:00 pm (approximately)
Wednesday Afternoon Celebration Raffle Drawing

* Subject to change.

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