American Accounting Association Auditing Section 2005 Midyear Conference including The 25th Anniversary Conference of AJPT January 13–15, 2005 New Orleans, Louisiana

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The Eleventh Annual Midyear Auditing Section Conference and the 25th Anniversary Conference of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 13–15, 2005.

The 25th Anniversary Conference of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory will be held on January 13. The 25th Anniversary Conference will include sessions that examine past auditing research and will include research papers on current audit topics. There will be a celebratory dinner the evening of the conference. There is no additional cost to register for the 25th Anniversary Conference, and it is open to everyone.

The annual Auditing Section Midyear Conference will commence on January 14. On Friday morning, Cynthia Cooper, Time Magazine's 2002 Person of the Year and WorldCom whistleblower, will be our plenary speaker. She will be joined by Glyn Smith, Director of internal audit at MCI, who was also instrumental in uncovering the fraud. On Saturday morning, a plenary panel co-sponsored by the Auditing Standards Committee and the Practice Advisory Council will address the topic, "Auditor Independence." In addition to concurrent research and teaching sessions on a wide variety of contemporary topics related to audit, attestation and assurance practices, education, and research, the conference will include panel sessions by the Institute of Internal Auditors on corporate governance, and by the Auditing Section Research Committee on the "AJPT Editor's Perspective on the Past, Present and Future of Auditing Research." We also anticipate excellent panel sessions sponsored by Auditing Section Education Committee and the IAASB and GAO. No separate CPE sessions are planned for the conference; the 25th anniversary conference and the Midyear concurrent sessions will qualify for CPE credit.

The conferences will be held at The Astor Crowne Plaza. Located at the gateway to the French Quarter where Bourbon Street meets Canal Street, The Astor Crowne Plaza allows for quick access to both the excitement of Bourbon Street and nearby downtown attractions of Harrah's Casino, Aquarium of The Americas, Riverwalk Shopping Center, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans Sports Arena and the Superdome.

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