Thirteenth Annual
Midyear Auditing Section Conference
Registration is now open for the 13th Annual Auditing Midyear Conference (AMC) to be held in Charleston, South Carolina on January 11-13, 2007. The Conference will be held at the historic Francis Marion Hotel, which is located within walking distance of Charleston’s historic and shopping districts.
The KPMG Foundation is generously sponsoring the Midyear Conference. The meeting format will be similar to previous years and will consist of keynote plenary speakers and concurrent sessions dealing with a wide variety of contemporary topics related to audit, attestation and assurance practices, education, and research.
The program is shaping up to include many interesting events. After a two-year absence, the program will again include a CPE session on Thursday afternoon. Parveen Gupta (SEC Academic Fellow) and Dave Richards (Institute of Internal Auditors President) will conduct the session titled "Guidance for Section 404 Assessments." On Friday, the main plenary session will feature an update on recent activities at the PCAOB by board member Bill Gradison. Saturday morning's opening plenary session will feature Mr. Damon Silvers, Associate General Counsel for the AFL/CIO and member of the PCAOB’s Standing Advisory Group. Mr. Silvers will focus on the PCAOB’s activities from the perspective of companies who are required to comply with these regulations. The conference also will include panel sessions by the Auditing Section’s Education Committee, Research Committee, Standards Committee, and the Practice Advisory Council.
The 8th annual Auditing Section Doctoral Consortium will be January 11th, preceding the Midyear meeting. The purpose of the Consortium is to stimulate students’ research by exposing them to the latest ideas from leading researchers in auditing, and by providing opportunities for networking with other Ph.D. students interested in auditing, established auditing researchers, and journal editors. The Consortium is open to all Ph.D. students who have an interest in auditing research. Students may be at any stage in their program, and there is no limit to the number of students who may attend from any one university. However, there is a limit on the total number of students who can attend the Consortium (50), so students are advised to register early. Applicants will be accepted on a first-come basis. For further information on the application process, please see The Auditor’s Report (Fall 2006) and the section’s website.
Conference information and registration are now available online at:
http://aaahq.org/meetings/2007AUD_regis.htm.
Make plans now to join us in Charleston next January!
Karla Johnstone and Terry Neal
2007 Auditing Midyear Conference Co-Chairs
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