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Preliminary Program

Friday, August 4, 2017
5:00pm–7:00pm	Service Project, Hyatt

Saturday, August 5, 2017

7:00am–6:00pm	Service Project, Hyatt

Sunday, August 6, 2017

7:00am–7:00pm	Service Project, Hyatt
9:00am–3:00pm	Career Center, Marriott
9:00am–5:00pm	Member Services, Marriott
12:00pm–1:00pm	Accounting Exemplar Award Luncheon (included with Pre-Conference Workshop 10; ticket required), Marriott
4:30pm–7:00pm	Career Fair, Hyatt
5:30pm–7:00pm	Early Bird Reception Hyatt (badge required), Hyatt Dinner On Your Own
5:30pm–7:30pm	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Reception, Hyatt
7:00pm–8:00pm	Section Business Meeting • Academy of Accounting Historians Section, Hyatt


Monday, August 7, 2017

6:45am–8:15am	Section Breakfast with Business Meeting (ticket required for breakfast) • Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Section, Hyatt • Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section, Hyatt
7:00am–5:00pm	Service Project, Hyatt
8:00am–6:00pm	Career Center, Marriott
8:15am–9:45am	Opening Plenary Session, Hyatt Speaker: Robert J. Swieringa, Cornell University Building Connections between Accounting Research and Practice Speaker: Catherine Schrand, University of Pennsylvania Transforming our Publication Portfolio Speaker: Robert S. Kaplan, Harvard University Business School Reforming Academic Performance Evaluation Award Presentations: The AAA/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize Edmund Outslay, Michigan State University Susan Curtis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Cathy Scott, Navarro College
10:15am–11:45am	Section Business Meetings • American Taxation Association, Marriott • Financial Accounting and Reporting Section, Marriott
12:00pm–1:45pm	Section Luncheons (ticket required for lunch) • American Taxation Association, Marriott Speaker: Patrick W. Martin, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP • Auditing Section, Hyatt Speaker: Lynne Doughtie, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KPMG • Financial Accounting and Reporting Section, Marriott • Government and Nonprofit Section, Marriott Speaker: Charles Sellers, Sqarmilner CPAs and Financial Advisors Section Luncheons with Business Meetings (ticket required for lunch) • International Accounting Section, Marriott Speaker: Barbara Wight, CFO of Taylor Guitars • Management Accounting Section, Hyatt • Two-Year College Section, Hyatt Speaker: Marc Rubin, Miami University of Ohio, 2018-2019 President Elect, American Accounting Association Sponsored by TeachingAndLearningToolbox.Com
2:00pm–3:30pm	Section Business Meeting • Government and Nonprofit Section, Marriott
4:00pm–5:30pm	Section Business Meeting • Public Interest Section, Marriott
6:30pm–8:00pm	Welcome Reception (badge required), Hyatt


Tuesday, August 8, 2017

6:45am–8:15am	Section Breakfasts with Business Meetings (ticket required for breakfast) • Gender Issues and Worklife Balance Section, Hyatt • Accounting Information Systems, Hyatt
8:00am–5:00pm	Service Project, Hyatt
8:00am–6:00pm	Career Center, Marriott
8:15am–9:45am	Plenary Session, Hyatt Speaker: S. P. Kothari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Governance Role of Accounting Information: Challenges Facing Users, Producers, and Standard Setters Speaker: Richard G. Sloan, University of Southern California Fundamental Analysis Redux Award Presentations: Outstanding Accounting Educator Award (sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers) Mary Barth, Stanford University Karen Pincus, Univeristy of Arkansas-Fayetteville Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award (sponsored by AICPA) Panos N. Patatoukas, University of California-Berkeley Deloitte Foundation Wildman Award (sponsored by Deloitte) Dan Amiram, Columbia University Zahn Bozanic, The Ohio State University Ethan Rouen, Columbia University
9:45am–10:15am	Drawing for 2018 Annual Meeting Hotel Nights, Hyatt
12:00pm–1:45pm	AAA Luncheon (ticket required), Hyatt Speaker: Daniel Simons, Psychologist and Author of The Invisible Gorilla The Gorilla in the Operating Room Award Presentations: Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award David A. Wood, Brigham Young University Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award Derek K. Oler, Texas Tech University William R. Pasewark, Texas Tech University
4:00pm–5:00pm	Business Meeting American Accounting Association, Hyatt

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

7:00am–8:15am	Section Breakfast with Business Meeting (ticket required) • Diversity Section, Hyatt Sponsored by EY • Forensic Accounting Section, Hyatt
8:00am–11:00am	Career Center, Marriott Service Project, Hyatt
8:30am–9:45am	Plenary Session, Hyatt Speaker: Steven Pinker Why The World is Not Declining Award Presentations: Lifetime Service Award Stephen A. Zeff, Rice University Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award Linda Smith Bamber, University of Georgia John (Xuefeng) Jiang, Michigan State University Isabel Yanyan Wang, Michigan State University Competitive Manuscript Award Daniel Saavedra, University of California-Los Angeles Yiwei Dou, New York University Innovation in Accounting Education Award (sponsored by EY) Gráinne Oates, Swinburne University of Technology Dan Hunter, Swinburne University of Technology
12:00pm–1:45pm	AAA Luncheon (ticket required), Hyatt Speaker: Anne L. Christensen, Montana State University-Bozeman and President-Elect, American Accounting Association Pathways to a Sustainable Future Award Presentations: Outgoing Editor for The Accounting Review Mark Defond, University of Southern California Outgoing Board of Directors Bruce Behn, The University of Tennessee Gary Biddle, The University of Hong Kong Timothy Fogarty, Case Western Reserve University Marc Rubin, Miami University of Ohio Outgoing Council Mark Dawkins, University of North Florida AICPA Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award Michael Granof, The University of Texas at Austin
5:30pm–6:00pm	Refreshments and Raffle Drawing, Marriott
*Schedule subject to change

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