| 2002 Midyear Auditing
Conference
The 2002 Midyear Meeting was held in Orlando, Florida on January 17–19. The Program Committee was chaired by Jeff Cohen (Boston College), and 270 participants attended the conference. A record 92 submissions were received and 48 papers were presented at 15 concurrent paper sessions and five research roundtables. In addition, 5 panels were held as well as a doctoral consortium headed up by Dan Simunic. The tone of the conference was set by Kathy Eddy, the immediate past chair of the AICPA who spoke about the need for academe and practice to collaborate on a new and more relevant financial reporting model. The news surrounding the events at Enron permeated the tone and tenor of many of the sessions and only underscored the importance of conducting timely and rigorous research. Fortunately, many of the papers and panels dealt with issues of corporate governance and auditor independence. We hope to see all of you at next year’s conference to be held at Huntington Beach, California. |
