Preliminary Agenda

Thursday, February 25, 2016
   
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
   
8:30 AM – 8:40 AM Introduction and Opening Remarks
Jake Thornock, University of Washington
   
8:40 AM – 9:20  AM Research Session I
Financial Statements and Income Taxes
Ryan Wilson, University of Oregon
Advance Readings - Wilson
   
9:20 AM – 9:35 AM Breakout Session
   
9:35 AM – 10:15 AM Research Session II
Generating Research Ideas
Tom Omer, University of Nebraska
Advance Readings - Omer
   
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Breakout Session
   
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break
   
10:45 AM – 11:25 AM Research Session III
Major Unresolved Questions in Tax Research
Sonja Rego, Indiana University
Jake Thornock, University of Washington
   
11:25 AM – 11:40 AM Breakout Session
   
11:40 AM – 12:20 PM Editors Panel
Michelle Hanlon (JAE), MIT
Mark Bradshaw (TAR), Boston College
Ken Klassen (JATA), University of Waterloo
   
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
   
1:30 PM – 2:10 PM Teaching Session
Teaching Excellence
Connie Weaver, Texas A&M University
   
2:10 PM – 2:25  PM Breakout Session
   
2:25 PM – 3:05 PM Career Advice Session I
Managing the Dissertation Process
Erin Henry, University of Tennessee
   
3:05 PM – 3:20 PM Breakout Session
   
3:20 PM – 3:35 PM Break
   
3:35 PM – 4:15 PM Career Advice Session II
Preparing for the Job Market and Miami
James Chyz, University of Tennessee
George Plesko, University of Connecticut
   
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM Breakout Session
   
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM Wrap-up
   
6:00 PM Dinner Reception
Fulton’s Crabhouse
Downtown Disney
1670 Buena Vista Dr,
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830