CALL FOR PAPERS

NINTH ANNUAL MIDYEAR AUDITING SECTION CONFERENCE

The Ninth Annual Midyear Auditing Section Conference will be held in Huntington Beach, California on January 16–18, 2003. CPE sessions will be held on the afternoon of January 16. The remainder of the conference will consist of keynote, plenary, and concurrent sessions dealing with a wide variety of contemporary topics related to audit, attestation, and assurance practices, education, and research. You are encouraged to contribute to the program through submissions of auditing/attestation/assurance research and education papers, and special session proposals.

The conference will be held at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach, California. Located in Orange County between Los Angeles and San Diego, this hotel is a Four Diamond Resort with 290 ocean-view rooms. There are many nearby attractions such as Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, the Aquarium of the Pacific, and the Queen Mary, along with the local shopping areas of Fashion Island and South Coast Plaza.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Research papers should follow the style guidelines of AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory. Submissions are not eligible for consideration it they: (1) have been published or accepted for publication, (2) were presented at the 2002 AAA Annual Meeting, or (3) were presented at more than one AAA regional meeting or other academic conference. Papers presented at the Research Forum of the AAA Annual Meeting are eligible for consideration. It should be noted that papers accepted for presentation at the 2003 Midyear Auditing Section Conference may also be submitted for presentation at the AAA Annual Meeting scheduled for August 2003.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Submission should be made by email (see AJPT guidelines) to rjrams2@uky.edu or by mailing a diskette to:

Robert J. Ramsay
Von Allmen School of Accountancy
355 Gatton College of Business and Economics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0034
Phone: (859) 257-3702
Fax: (859) 257-3654

Submissions must be received by September 1, 2002, to be considered for the program. Early submission is highly encouraged. Any questions should be addressed to Robert J. Ramsay via email.

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