2008–2009 AAA COMMITTEES

ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Charge

Assist in the preparation of the annual meeting program. Specifically:

1. Assist the President and Executive Director in developing the concurrent portion of the technical program for the 2009 annual meeting in New York, NY. Coordinate with AAA staff to implement electronic submission and review procedures.
2. Provide advice and consultation to the President concerning the plenary and luncheon speakers for the 2009 annual meeting.
3. Evaluate the process by which the content of the annual meeting, and particularly the concurrent sessions, is determined and provide advice and consultation to the Executive Committee with regard to future annual meeting programs.
4. Evaluate the way in which the concurrent sessions are conducted and provide advice and consultation to the Executive Committee with regard to future annual meeting programs.
5. Provide a progress report to the Executive Committee liaison in time to be included in the agenda book for each Executive Committee meeting.
6. The three teams will coordinate with the Chair and Chair-Elect on program matters as outlined in the annual meeting program committee structural design document.

Program Committee Leadership

Program Chair

Membership

The Program Chair serves a two-year term, beginning as Chair-Elect (as soon as identified by President Elect Nominee).

Responsibilities

• The Program Chair works with the President to coordinate the Annual Meeting overall by:
  • Developing the conference theme.
  • Shaping a program supporting the association’s strategic vision concerning the following priorities:
    • Membership growth
    • AAACommons
    • Member Fulfillment
    • Strategic Relationships
    • Governance and Structure
  • Planning for plenary speakers/events
  • Planning At-Large Panel/Topic Discussions
  • Addressing emerging issues/topics
  • Working with the President and staff to coordinate area teams
  • Including/training the Chair-Elect and President-Elect
• The Chair works with AAA staff on overall coordination of the program by:
  • Keeping the planning process consistent with the program planning timeline.
  • Coordinating any special events.

• The Chair prepares and sends a progress report twice every term-year, with deadlines of October 29th 2008 and March 4th 2009, to the Executive Committee Liaison, AAA President, and Executive Director regarding accomplishments or modifications.

Chair:

Thomas Schaefer – 1 – 2009
University of Notre Dame
tschaefe@nd.edu

Program Chair-Elect

The Program Chair-Elect serves a two-year term beginning as Chair-Elect and serving as Program Chair the following year.

Responsibilities

• The Chair-Elect coordinates the Section Liaisons
• Working closely with the AAA staff, the Chair-Elect helps coordinate the submissions database.
• The Chair-Elect assists the Program Chair.

Chair-Elect:

Ajay Adhikari – 2 – 2010
The American University
aadhika@american.edu

Teams and Liaisons

Strategic Relationship Events Team

Membership

New team members are appointed annually by the President. The team includes at least one team leader in order to manage involvement from different strategic partners.

Meeting
This team will meet as needed.

Responsibilities

• The Strategic Relationship Events Team coordinates the Annual Meeting program sessions which are designed to involve leaders of strategic relationship organizations in events that are focused on areas of strategic interest to the AAA, and are consistent with the conference theme. The goal of these program sessions is to create involvement opportunities that meet both the interest of the AAA and those of our strategic partners.
• The Strategic Relationship Events Team develops and maintains the contacts directory of strategic relationship organizations.

Members:

Teaching and Learning Events Team

Membership

The Teaching and Learning Events Team is made up of a team leader and at least three members. Members should represent diverse schools, and should be recognized as having significant interest and expertise in teaching and learning in accounting. Members should also be interested in the strategic mission of teaching and learning events held during the meeting. New Team members are appointed annually by the President.

Meeting

This team will meet as needed.

Responsibilities

The Teaching and Learning Events Team coordinates the CPE Program, the Effective Learning Strategies Forum Sessions, and the At-Large Education Sessions

Members:

Research Events Team

Membership

New team members are appointed annually by the President.

Meeting

This team will meet as needed.

Responsibilities

• The Research Events Team coordinates the New Scholars Concurrent Sessions, the Emerging and Innovative Research Forum, and the Research Interactions Advisory.
• The Research Events Team devises and develops research-oriented Concurrent Sessions and At-Large panels.

Members:

Section Liaisons

Membership:

The Section Liaisons are appointed annually by the President.

Responsibilities:

• The Section Liaisons assign reviewers and coordinate the acceptance of papers for their Sections. When appropriate, the Liaisons also assign moderators and discussants.
• The Section Liaisons complete tasks in the submissions database according to the timeline.
• The Section Liaisons assemble accepted papers into program sessions.
• The Section Liaisons communicate with the Program Chair-Elect and the leadership of the Section groups.

Members:

EC Liaison:

Susan Haka
Michigan State University
suehaka@msu.edu

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