Accounting Programs Leadership Group

APLG/FSA 2008 Annual Seminar

February 10–12, 2008
Doubletree Guest Suites Historic Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina


Registration Information | Hotel Information | Preliminary Program

Preliminary Program

The theme for the seminar is Strategies for a Complex World.

Keynote speakers include:

Barry Salzberg: CEO, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
Dr. Lowell Catlett: Works with many Fortune 500 companies doing futuristic planning to prepare them for emerging new markets, structures, and changes.
Dr. Jon Wergin: Has consulted with dozens of national associations, accrediting bodies, and colleges and universities, on issues related to evaluation and change in higher education.

Other sessions will focus on fundraising strategies, the Ph.D. faculty shortage, perspectives on teaching "boomers" and "millennials," and a panel discussion that will focus on the most common challenges that schools have recently encountered with AACSB maintenance and accreditation.

Sunday, February 10, 2008 — New Chairpersons' Program (pre-registration required)
7:00 am - 8:00 am Breakfast Buffet
8:00 am - 8:15 am Welcome
Ananth Seetharaman (Saint Louis University)
8:15 am – 9:00 am Practical Tips for Working with Advisory Boards and the Professional Community
Dan Hollingsworth, Carson Newman University
Ross Jennings, University of Texas
Ronald Kucic, University of Denver
Moderated by: David Donnelly, University of Missouri – Kansas City
9:00 am – 9:45 am Successfully Transitioning into the Department Chair’s Role: Avoiding the Hidden Landmines
Charles Davis, Baylor University
Frank Messina, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mark Nixon, Bentley College
Marc Rubin, Miami University (Moderator)
9:45 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:00 am Interacting with the Dean and Other Administrators
Jim Benjamin, Texas A&M University
Bud Fennema, Florida State University
Finley Graves, University of North Texas
Tommy Phillips, Louisiana Tech University
Mary Stone, University of Alabama (Moderator)
11:00 am - 11:45 am Managing Change: Balancing the Tactical Work with the Strategic Responsibilities of Your Position
Jane Mutchler, Georgia State University
Dan Deines, Kansas State University
Morris Stocks, University of Mississippi
Tom Howard, University of Missouri (Moderator)
Sunday, February 10, 2008 — APLG/FSA Program
11:45 am - 1:00 pm Welcome Lunch
Bruce Behn, FSA President (University of Tennessee)
Greg Carnes, APLG President (University of North Alabama)
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm The Future of the Academy – Societal Changes, Accreditation, and Accountability
Jon Wergin (College of Leadership and Change; Antioch University)
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm A Conversation with Barry Salzberg
(CEO, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP)
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm International Accounting Education Standards: On the Horizon
Denny Reigle (AICPA)
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Reception
Monday, February 11, 2008 — APLG/FSA Program
7:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:30 am Accounting Education – A Dean’s Perspective
Mark Higgins (University of Rhode Island)
Gail Naughton (San Diego State University)
Eileen Peacock (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)
Lynne Richardson (Mississippi State University)
Moderated by: Greg Carnes (University of North Alabama)
9:30 am - 10:30 am Fundraising Strategies
David Ross, President and CEO, Ross, Johnston & Kersting, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
10:30 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm The Current State of Accounting Academics
David Leslie
(TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow; The College of William and Mary)
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch
Speaker: Gary Previts, AAA President
(Case Western Reserve University)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm New Frontiers That Change Everything
Dr. Lowell Catlett
(Dean of College of Agriculture and Regent’s Professor, New Mexico State University)
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Responses to the Ph.D. Shortage
Kevin Stocks (Brigham Young University)
Bea Sanders (KPMG)
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm New Perspectives on Boomers and Millennials
Jean Wyer and Reggie Butler (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Reception
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 — APLG/FSA Program
7:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:45 am Concurrent Sessions

Session 1: Current AACSB Accreditation Update and AACSB’s "The Impact of Research" Whitepaper
Jerry Trapnell (Executive Vice-President and Chief Accreditation Officer)

Session 2: Current ACBSP Accreditation Issues
Doug Viehland (Executive Director)

Session 3: "Practice What You Teach": Accounting Program, Firm and Faculty Benefits from a Scholar-In-Residence Program
Frank Messina and Steve Grice (University of Alabama – Birmingham)
9:45 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:30 am Accounting Curricula for a Complex World
Tom Linsmeier (FASB)
Phil Reckers (Arizona State University)
Mary Stone (University of Alabama)
Moderated by: Bruce Behn (University of Tennessee)
11:30 am Adjourn
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