| 2002 Auditing Doctoral Consortium
The third annual Auditing Doctoral Consortium was held the day before the Midyear Auditing Section Conference at the conference hotel in Orlando, Florida. The Auditing Section and KPMG International sponsored the event. Thirty-four students attended. The purpose of the consortium was to stimulate students’ research by: (1) exposing them to the very latest ideas from leading researchers in auditing, and (2) providing opportunities for networking with other Ph.D. students, established auditing researchers, and editors of journals that publish auditing research. The program included faculty presentations related to different research paradigms in auditing by Joe Carcello, Ron King, Mike Stein, and Steve Salterio, and an editor’s panel that consisted of Linda Bamber, Jesse Dillard, Dan Simunic, and Arnie Wright, with an “author’s perspective” preamble provided by Mark DeFond. Bernie Milano from KPMG attended part of the consortium. In spite of the intensity of the program that covered a time period of nine hours including breaks and lunch, participants judged the consortium to be a success in terms of achieving its purpose. Most students also attended the Midyear Conference. The consortium’s planning committee was composed of Dan Simunic (chair), Mark DeFond (chair-elect), and Rick Tubbs (past chair). Next year’s planning committee is chaired by Mark DeFond. |
