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Fifth Annual Midyear
Auditing Section Conference Site InformationThe Fifth Annual Midyear Auditing Section Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on January 14–16, 1999. The meeting will feature a keynote speech on “Ethics in American Society and its Implications for Auditing” by Michael Novak (Director of Social and Political Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and author of numerous books, including Business as a Calling, which explores the moral dimensions of business). The meeting will also feature a luncheon speech by Arthur Siegel, Executive Director of the Independence Standards Board, who will discuss the activities of the new board. In addition to the usual great lineup of paper sessions on research and education, Rick Antle, Mark Dirsmith, Mike Gibbins and Dan Simunic will present “end-of-millenium” reviews of four major lines of auditing research. The meeting will be held at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center. The room rate is $119. Reservations can be made by calling (404) 659-0000. January is a busy time in Atlanta, so make your hotel reservations early and check the Auditing Section web site (/audit/) regularly for up-to-date infromation on the meeting. CPE Workshop: “Cases on Strategic-Systems Auditing” Thursday, January 14, 1999, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.The KPMG Foundation has made a generous grant to the Auditing Section to defray the costs (session fees and one-night hotel accommodation) of attending this half-day program. The focus of the workshop will be cases prepared under the KPMG/University of Illinois Case Development & Research Program. Strategic-Systems Auditing is an innovative approach to auditing that provides a central role for auditor’s acquisition of knowledge about the client’s business activities and business risk control. Attendees are encouraged to read the monograph Auditing Organizations Through a Strategic Systems Lens prior to the workshop. Copies may be obtained free of charge by contacting Tim Bell at the Executive Office of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (tbell@kpmg.com). Attendees will receive copies of cases and teaching notes. Space is limited and will be assigned on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please see conference registration materials for sign-up information. For information about program content contact Bill Dilla, (515) 294-1685, email: wdilla@iastate.edu; or Ira Solomon (217) 333-3808, email: isolomon@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu. |