AAA Global Connect 2026 - Formerly the Annual Meeting

Sustainability Workshop

Sunday, August 2, 2026, 10:30 am – 5:00 pm

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Workshop Information

A one-day Sustainability Workshop will be held on Sunday, August 2nd, before Global Connect.

In addition to panel sessions and breakout groups, you will have the opportunity to engage directly with experienced practitioners at lunch tables, creating a dynamic and interactive setting for exchanging ideas, discussing real-world challenges, and exploring how research can inform practice—and vice versa. This workshop will help you to expand your network and connect your research and teaching to practice.

Sustainability Workshop Agenda:

Sunday, August 2, 2026

 

 

10:30 am - 11:20 am

Regulatory and Technical Reporting Update
Accounting 1.0 CH

Jeffrey Hales, University of Texas at Austin / ISSB
Jennifer Leitsch, Managing Director, Climate Change and Sustainability Services and Americas Corporate Sustainability Leader at EY
Kevin O'Connell, PwC US Sustainability Assurance Services Leader

 

 

11:20 am - 12:20 pm

Fireside Chat with a Sustainability Leader
Specialized Knowledge-1.2 CH

Moderator: Jeffrey Hales, University of Texas at Austin / ISSB
Lynn Xia, Director of Global Sustainability, Las Vegas Sands Corporation

 

 

12:20 pm - 1:35 pm Lunch with Practitioners
Moderators: Khrystyna Bochkay, University of Miami
Jacqueline Tan, Oklahoma State University
Giulia Sargiacomo, University of Toronto

Participants:
Jennifer Leitsch, Managing Director, Climate Change and Sustainability Services and Americas Corporate Sustainability Leader at EY
Kevin O'Connell, PwC US Sustainability Assurance Services Leader
Matt Pelton, Audit & Assurance Managing Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Dyan Rohol, Managing Director, KPMG
Jessica Wullmoth, EY Americas Climate Change and Sustainability Services Deputy Leader
Lynn Xia, Director of Global Sustainability, Las Vegas Sands Corporation
   

1:35 pm - 1:45 pm

Break

   
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

Sustainability Research Panel
Accounting-1.2 CH

Moderator: Mary Ellen Carter, Boston College

Panelists: Khrystyna Bochkay, University of Miami
Henry Friedman, UCLA and Brandon Gipper, University of Notre Dame

 

 

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

Assurance of Sustainability Information
Auditing-1.2 CH

Moderator: Brad Sparks, Executive Director, Accounting For Sustainability

Kevin O’Connell, Sustainability Assurance Services Leader, PwC
Dyan Rohol, Managing Director, KPMG

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Break

   
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Teaching Sustainability Panel
Accounting-1.2 CH

Moderator: Nadra Pencle, Ball State University

Panelists:
Tammy Kowalczyk, Professor of Accounting and Sustainable Business Director, Appalachian State University
Matt Pelton, Audit & Assurance Managing Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Margaret B. Shackell, Associate Professor, Ithaca University

There will be separate registration for this workshop, that will include lunch. For more information, reach out to Karen Osterheld (karen@aaahq.org).

We hope to see you in Las Vegas!

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