13th Annual PhD/New Faculty Consortium
The 13th Annual PhD/New Faculty Consortium of the International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association, partially funded by the KPMG Foundation, will be held January 18-21 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina in Tampa, Florida.
The PhD/New Faculty Consortium will begin with a reception at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, January 18, and continues Thursday, January 19 from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Consortium participants are expected to attend the Midyear Meeting that runs from 8:30 am, Friday, January 20, through 5:30 pm, Saturday, January 21.
Interested participants are encouraged to submit the Application Form for the PhD/New Faculty Consortium by Monday, November 28, 2016. Our capacity is limited; please submit your application as soon as possible. Participation will be confirmed by December 10, 2016.
Hotel Information
- Accepted doctoral students will have all meeting fees waived (inclusive of mid-year conference fee) and room nights will be covered by the International Accounting Section as follows:
• single occupancy – up to 2 nights
• double occupancy when shared with another consortium participant – up to 3 nights
- Accepted new faculty will have all consortium fees waived and room nights will be covered by the International Accounting Section as follows:
• single occupancy – up to 2 nights
• double occupancy when shared with another consortium participant – up to 3 nights
Accepted faculty who plan to attend the conference must pay the midyear meeting fee.
- Hotel accommodations will be reimbursed AFTER the meeting, provided that the student/faculty attends the consortium for the full program and stays at the meeting hotel.
- Students/faculty should make their reservation directly with the hotel and will need to provide a credit card number to the hotel. A maximum of two students/faculty can stay in one hotel room. NOTE: students/faculty who share a room should provide both names to the hotel when making reservations. The deadline for hotel reservations is Monday, December 19. We cannot guarantee that any additional rooms will be available in the hotel once our block of rooms is sold out, even if the block is sold out before the deadline. If a student/faculty is unable to attend the meeting, the hotel reservations must be cancelled in advance to avoid a cancellation penalty.
Travel
Travel to and from the meeting is not sponsored by the section.
Contact
Please contact Elizabeth Gordon (egordon@temple.edu), Consortium Chair, if you have any questions.