Announcement and Calls for Papers and Volunteers
12th Annual Auditing Section Midyear Meeting
January 12-14, 2006
Hilton Universal City at Universal Studios
Los Angeles, California
Mark your calendars to attend the 12th Annual Auditing Section Midyear Conference to be held at the Hilton Universal City Hotel at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California on January 12-14, 2006. The hotel is situated at the very entrance to Universal Studios Hollywood and Citywalk high on a hill overlooking the Los Angeles entertainment district. Every room features a view of the Hollywood Hills – San Fernando Valley and Universal Studios Hollywood. Along with resort amenities, such as a heated pool, whirlpool, and weight/fitness room, the hotel offers complete business center services.
We are especially excited to announce that this meeting will be held jointly with the American Accounting Association's International Section and 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 with an emphasis on international issues. Our format will be similar to prior Mid-Year meetings, but now the joint meeting allows us the opportunity to host combined plenary sessions focused on international issues affecting audit and assurance issues. While we will maintain the same number of concurrent research and education sessions focused on auditing and assurance issues, our members will also be able to attend concurrent sessions hosted by the International Section. We are confident that this joint meeting will facilitate fruitful dialogue between members of both sections.
You are encouraged to contribute to the program through submissions of auditing / attestation / assurance research and education papers, teaching cases, and special session proposals.
Please e-mail your conference submissions and questions to the meeting Co-Chairs, Mark DeFond and Todd DeZoort, at AMC2006@cba.ua.edu. The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2005, although early submissions are strongly encouraged. To preserve anonymity, e-mail the cover page and the remainder of the manuscript as separate files. Research submissions involving field surveys and experiments also should include the research instrument with the author identities removed. Submissions will not be eligible for consideration if they will have been: (1) published or accepted for publication by September 1, 2005, (2) presented at the 2005 AAA Annual Meeting, or (3) presented at more than one AAA regional meeting. Papers presented at the Research Forum or New Scholars Forum of the AAA Annual Meeting are eligible for consideration. Papers accepted for presentation at the 2006 Auditing Section Midyear Conference also may be submitted for presentation at the 2006 AAA Annual Meeting. There is no submission fee required.
We also seek your assistance in our planning efforts. We encourage you to participate as reviewer of paper submissions or as discussant or moderator of concurrent sessions. And, we would appreciate receiving suggestions of session topics, panels, or workshops. Please complete and return the attached Volunteer Form indicating your interest in assisting.
Please make plans now to join us at Universal City next January! We hope to see you there!
Mark DeFond and Todd DeZoort
2006 Auditing Midyear Conference Co-Chairs
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