Accounting Programs Leadership Group

First APLG/FSA Joint Annual Seminar

Integrity in Financial Reporting
February 13–15, 2005 — Scottsdale, Arizona


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Preliminary Program

Sunday February 13, 2005
New Chairpersons' Program

07:15 am 08:00 am Breakfast Buffet
08:00 am 08:15 am Welcome
Gregory Carnes (Northern Illinois University
Program Chair
08:15 am 09:15 am Accreditation: Practical Tips for Managing the Process
Keith Stanga (University of Tennessee)
09:15 am 10:00 am Relations with Faculty: Transitioning from Colleague to Administrator
Morris Stocks (University of Mississippi)
10:00 am 10:15 am Break
10:15 am 11:00 am Working with the Dean: Lessons Learned
David Graf, Dean (Northern Illinois University)
Silvia Madeo (University of Georgia)
Mary Beth Mohrman (University of Missouri—St. Louis)
11:00 am 12:00 pm External Relations: Practical Tips for Fundraising and Advisory Boards
Dan Hollingsworth (Mississippi State University)
Ray Whittington (Depaul University)
12:00 pm 01:00 pm Lunch
01:00 pm 01:15 pm Welcome and Introduction to Program
Jim Benjamin (Texas A&M University), FSA President
Jack Ruhl (Western Michigan University), APLG President
01:15 pm 02:15 pm AACSB Update
Jerry Trapnell (AACSB - International)
02:15 pm 03:15 pm Processes and Assessment
Jan Williams (University of Tennessee)
03:15 pm 03:45 pm Break
03:45 pm 05:00 pm Leadership: Working with Diverse Constituency and Change
Trudy Bourgeois (President, Trudy Bourgeois)
06:00 pm 08:00 pm Welcome Reception

Monday February 14, 2005

07:00 am 08:00 am Breakfast Buffet
FSA Business Meeting (at breakfast)
08:00 am 09:30 am Ethics and Accounting Education
Cynthia Cooper and Glyn Smith
(Formerly of Worldcom)
09:30 am 10:30 am Teaching Ethics in Accounting Programs
Bill Thomas (Baylor University)
10:30 am 11:00 am Break
11:00 am 12:00 pm PhD Shortage in Accounting
David Plumlee (University of Utah)
12:00 pm 01:30 pm Lunch
Speaker: Andrew Bailey, Jr.
Deputy Chief Accountant for the SEC
01:30 pm 02:30 pm Concurrent Session #1

1-1 Accounting Education Changes Resulting from Sarbanes-Oxley
Tom Linsmeier (Michigan State University)
1-2 Issues Facing Small Accounting Programs
Lydia Rosencrantz (LaGrange College)
1-3 Benchmarking Master of Accounting Programs
Patrick Paquette, EBI
1-4 Fraud - Forensic Accounting
Ed Goings (KPMG)
02:30 pm 03:00 pm Break
03:00 pm 04:00 pm Concurrent Session #2

2-1 Accounting Education Changes Resulting from Sarbanes-Oxley
Tom Linsmeier (Michigan State University)
2-2 Advisory Boards: Pro's and Con's
Kent St. Pierre (University of Delaware)
2-3 Core Competencies, Acceptance, Implementation, and Evaluation
Joe Bittner (AICPA)
2-4 Fraud - Forensic Accounting
Ed Goings (KPMG)
04:00 pm 05:00 pm Concurrent Session #3

3-1 Accounting Education Changes Resulting from Sarbanes-Oxley
Tom Linsmeier (Michigan State University)
3-2 Advisory Boards: Pro's and Con's
Kent St. Pierre (University of Delaware)
3-3 Core Competencies, Acceptance, Implementation, and Evaluation
Joe Bittner (AICPA)
3-4 Fraud - Forensic Accounting
Ed Goings (KPMG)
05:30 pm 07:00 pm Reception and Awards

Tuesday February 15, 2005

07:00 am 08:00 am Breakfast Buffet
08:00 am 09:30 am Talent Task Force Report
Dick Dietrich (Ohio State University)
09:30 am 10:00 am Break
10:00 am 11:00 am Evaluation of NASBA's Proposalfor Accounting Curricula in
Five-year Programs

Phil Reckers (Arizona State University)
11:00 am 12:00 pm Update on the New CPA Exam
Kevin Stocks (Brigham Young University)
12:00 pm   Adjourn
Program Co-Chairs: Dan Hollingsworth (Mississippi State University)
Casper Wiggins (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
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