AAA Global Connect 2026 - Formerly the Annual Meeting

2026 AAA Global Connect - Preliminary Program

Friday, July 31, 2026

 

 

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Registration

Member Services/Help Desk

Service Project
Support and Inspire the Next Generation of Accountants through the AAA Foundation

 

 

Saturday, August 1, 2026

 

 

7:00 am – 6:00 pm

Registration

Member Services/Help Desk

Service Project
Support and Inspire the Next Generation of Accountants through the AAA Foundation

 

 

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Thirty-fifth Annual Strategic and Emerging Technologies Research Workshop
(Pre-Registration Required)

   

8:00 am – 7:30 pm

Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting (CTLA)

Sunday, August 2, 2026

 

 

7:00 am – 6:00 pm

Registration

Member Services/Help Desk

Service Project
Support and Inspire the Next Generation of Accountants through the AAA Foundation

 

 

8:00 am – 1:00 pm

Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting (CTLA)

 

 

8:00 am – 4:45 pm

30th Annual Ethics Research Symposium

 

 

8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Data Analytics and Technologies in Accounting (DATA) Workshop
(Pre-Registration Required)

 

 

10:30 am – 5:00 pm

Sustainability Workshop
(Pre-Registration Required)

 

 

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Accounting Exemplar Award Luncheon
(included with Ethics Research Symposium; Pre-Purchase Required)

 

 

12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Career Center

 

 

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Two-Year College Section Lunch, sponsored by Deloitte LLP
(Pre-purchase required for lunch.)

 

 

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Opportunities in Accounting History
(Pre-Registration required)

Leadership in Accounting Education Symposium for Aspiring, New, and Experienced Leaders
(Pre-Registration required)

   

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm 

 

Preparing for the Interview Process
(Pre-Registration required)

 

 

 

3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Exhibit Hall

 

 

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Leadership in Accounting Education Section Reception
(Section membership required)

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Early Bird Reception (badge required)
 

 

 

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Section Business Meeting

Academy of Accounting Historians Section Business Meeting

 

 

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Academy of Accounting Historians Section Ice Cream Social
(Section membership required)

Dinner on Your Own

 

 

Monday, August 3, 2026

 

 

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Section Breakfast with Business Meeting 
(Pre-Purchase Required for Breakfast)

Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section

 

 

7:00 am – 5:00 pm

Registration

Member Services/Help Desk

Service Project
Support and Inspire the Next Generation of Accountants through the AAA Foundation

 

 

7:30 am - 12:30 pm

Career Center

 

 

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall

 

 

8:00 am – 9:45 am

Opening Plenary Session

Speakers: John L. Campbell, University of Georgia
Isabella Grabner, WU Vienna University
Jeffrey Hales, University of Texas at Austin
Bridget Stomberg, Indiana University Bloomington

Award Presentations to include:
The AAA/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize 
Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award

 

 

9:45 am – 10:15 am

Coffee Break and Light Breakfast (included in your registration)

 

 

10:15 am – 11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

 

 

12:00 pm – 1:45 pm

AAA Grab-and-Go Lunch
(included in your registration)

Section Luncheon with Business Meeting
(Pre-Purchase Required for Lunch)

International Accounting Section 
Speaker: Christine Botosan, Financial Accounting Standards Board

 

 

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Section Business Meeting
Government and Nonprofit Section
   

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Career Center

 

 

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

 

 

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Effective Learning Strategies 

 

 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee Break

 

 

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Section Business Meetings
Gender Issues and Worklife Balance Section
Public Interest, Ethics, and Sustainability Section

Section Business Meetings and Networking Receptions :
American Taxation Association 
Auditing Section
Management Accounting Section

Concurrent Sessions

 

 

6:00 pm

Welcome Reception (badge required)

Dinner on Your Own

 

 

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Section Breakfast with Business Meeting
(Pre-Purchase Required for Breakfast)

Forensic Accounting Section 

   

7:30 am - 12:30 pm

Career Center

 

 

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Registration

Member Services/Help Desk

Service Project
Support and Inspire the Next Generation of Accountants through the AAA Foundation

Exhibit Hall

 

 

8:30 am – 9:45 am

Plenary Session

Award Presentations to include:
Accounting Hall of Fame Inductions 
Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award 
Outstanding Accounting Educator Award 

 

 

9:45 am – 10:15 am

Coffee Break and Light Breakfast (included in your registration)

 

 

9:45 am – 11:00 am

Emerging and Innovative Research

 

 

10:15 am – 11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

 

 

12:00 pm – 1:45 pm

AAA Tuesday Lunch (Pre-Purchase Required for Lunch)
Speaker: Mohan Venkatachalam, Duke University (Presidential Scholar)

Award Presentations to include:
Outstanding Service Award
Lifetime Service Award
Ernst & Young Innovation in Accounting Education Award 
Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award
Competitive Manuscript Award 
Issues in Accounting Education Best Paper Award 
AAA-AACSB-RRBM Award for Research Impacting Societal Challenges 
The Accounting Review Outstanding Reviewer Recognition 
Outgoing Editor Recognition – The Accounting Review


AAA Grab-and-Go (included in your registration)

 

 

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Career Center

 

 

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Exhibit Hall

 

 

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

 

 

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Research Interaction Forum 

 

 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee Break

 

 

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

 

 

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Q&A with AAA

Description: Come and get to know the management of the AAA and get a chance to ask them questions.

Speakers: Yvonne Hinson, Chief Executive Officer
Markus Ahrens, Sr. Director, Center for Advancing Accounting Education
Erlinda Jones, Sr. Director, Meetings and Governance
David Twiddy, Director, Publications
Mark VanZorn, Chief Information Officer

 

Dinner on Your Own 

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

 

 

8:00 am – 11:00 am

Member Services/Help Desk

Service Project
Support and Inspire the Next Generation of Accountants through the AAA Foundation

 

 

8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Registration

 

 

8:30 am – 9:45 am

Plenary Session

Speaker: Gary McGill, University of Florida
President-Elect, American Accounting Association

Award Presentations to include:
Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award 
AAA – George Krull Edge in Teaching Award 
Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award Recognition
Outgoing Board of Directors and Council Chair Recognition

 

 

9:45 am – 10:15 am

Coffee Break

 

 

10:15 am – 11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

 

 

10:15 am – 5:30 pm

Faculty-Student Collaborations in Accounting (FASTCA)

 

 

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

 

 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee Break

 

 

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions