| 2003 Auditing Doctoral Consortium
The fourth annual Section Doctoral Consortium was held this year on the day before the 2003 Midyear Auditing Section Conference in beautiful Huntington Beach, California. Once again, KPMG International and the Auditing Section generously sponsored the conference. Twenty-two students attended this year’s conference from schools across the U.S. as well as universities in Australia, Germany, and Norway. The purpose of the consortium is to: (1) expose students to the latest cutting-edge auditing research from leading researchers, and (2) provide students with opportunities for networking with other Ph.D. students, established researchers, and editors of journals that publish auditing research. The consortium program consisted of faculty presentations by Jere Francis, Zoe-Vonna Palmrose, Mark Peecher, and Galen Sevcik, followed by an editor’s panel consisting of Bill Messier, Terry Shevlin, and Dan Simunic that included a talk on the “author’s perspective” by Mark DeFond. KPMG Partner Bernie Milano joined the group for several of the sessions. The dry offshore winds in Southern California made for clear, sunny weather in Huntington Beach with temperatures in the mid-80s and low humidity. The consortium speakers competed with breathtaking views of the blue Pacific ocean from the conference room, and during breaks students basked in the sun and enjoyed the sea view. Directly after the consortium, the faculty and students enjoyed an outdoor cocktail gathering on a patio overlooking the beach, and were joined by several well-known auditing researchers who were in town to attend the Midyear Meeting. This year’s planning committee was composed of Mark DeFond (Chair), Ron King (Chair-elect), and Dan Simunic (past Chair). Bob Ramsay organized the very successful cocktail reception. |
