4th International Conference of the Journal of Information Systems

May 30-31, 2025

University of Turin - Turin, Italy

4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

All conference activities will be held at the Department of Management "Valter Cantino.”

Department of Management "Valter Cantino"
Corso Unione Sovietica, 220 Turin, Italy

30 MAY 2025 (Times are in GMT +2 and the Eastern Time is beneath for Virtual Attendees)
09:30 - 10:00  Accreditation and Welcome Coffee
10:00 - 10:30

4:00 am - 4:30 am ET
Opening Session

Paola De Vincentiis – Dean of Department of Management “Valter Cantino”
Paolo Biancone – University of Turin (Italy), Vice Director of Public Engagement and Business Relations, Professor of Accounting
Tawei (David) Wang – De Paul University, Chicago (US), Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Information Systems
Davide Calandra – Assistant Professor, University of Turin (Italy), Guest Editor Journal of Information Systems

10:30 - 11:20

4:30 am - 5:20 am ET

Round Table 1: Navigating the Accounting Future: The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Digital Economy
Accounting - 1.0 CH

Hui Lin – De Paul University Chicago (US), Director of School of Accountancy and MIS
Dan O’Leary – University of Southern California (US), Professor of Accounting
Silvana Secinaro – University of Turin (Italy), Professor of Accounting

11:20 - 12:45

5:20 am - 6:45 pm ET

Parallel Session 1 - Chair: Patrice Landagaray
Pink Room (Floor -2)
Accounting - 1.6 CH

Barriers to Appropriation: Examining the Limited Use by Management Accountants of Business Intelligence and Analytics Tools for Forecasting
Patrice Landagaray IÉSEG School of Management, France
Claire Ciampi, Emlyon business school, France

Beyond Financial Audits: Investigating the Quality and Impact of SOC 2 Reports
Diane J. Janvrin, Iowa State University, US
Chris Halterman, EY
James Kurtenbach, Iowa State University, US

Data Driven Identification of Risky Transactions in Purchasing Systems: POATs, Cut Points and Audit Analytic Platforms
Daniel E. O’Leary, University of Southern California, US


Parallel Session 2 -  Chair: Michele Oppioli
Blue Room (Floor -2)
Accounting - 1.6 CH

Driving digital transformation in waste management accountability: the Alia Servizi Ambientali Case Study
Sonny Masoni, Alia Servizi Ambientali, Italy
Francesco Pucci, Alia Servizi Ambientali, Italy
Roberto Marseglia, Alia Servizi Ambientali, Italy
Alberto Irace, Alia Servizi Ambientali, Italy

Navigating Risk and Trust in AI Financial Systems: The Role of Institutional Structures and the EU AI Act
Nirmalee Raddatz, University of Memphis, US
Rita Green, University of Memphis, US
 

12:45 - 14:00 Light Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

8:00 am - 9:00 am ET

Round Table 2: Artificial Intelligence Debating: How to Promote in Our Communities?
Accounting - 1.0 CH

Paolo Biancone – University of Turin (Italy), Vice Director of Public Engagement and Business Relations, Professor of Accounting
Marinella Belluati – University of Turin, Coordinator of the Project AI Debating Practitioners 
Elbano De Nuccio, President of the Italian Association of Certified Public Accountants and Commercial Experts and University of Bari Lum Giuseppe Degennaro

15:15 - 16:45

9:15 am - 10:45 am ET

Parallel Session 3 - Chair: Seong Y Cho
Pink Room (Floor-2)
Accounting -1.8 CH

Audit Efforts, Internal Control, Regulation, Regime, and Regulatory Capture on ESG Information Quality (Using the data from Bloomberg API and ChatGPT prompt)
Seong Y Cho, Oakland University, US
Joseph Callaghan, Oakland University, US
Liang Fu, Oakland University, US
Yin Yu-Thompson, Oakland University, US

Auditing Blockchain-Based Assets: Case Studies on the Existence, Ownership, Valuation, and Control of Cryptoassets
Erica Pimentel, Queen's University Smith School of Business, Canada
Emilio Boulianne, Concordia University, Canada
Jeremy Clark, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Shayan Eskandari, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Shadow It Risk and Usage Policy Effectiveness among German and Italian Financial Executives
Nicola Giuseppe Castellano, University of Pisa, Italy
Carsten Felden, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Robert Pinsker, Florida Atlantic University, US


Parallel Session 4 - Chair: Federico Lanzalonga Work in progress Session
Blue Room (Floor -2)
Accounting - 1.8 CH

Can FinTech Deployed by Bank Benefit to its Corporate Clients? Evidence from China
Yanchao Rao, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
Xinrun Cai, University of Southampton, UK

Accounting and Finance Research Analytics: do International Collaborations Matter?
Benedicte Millet-Reyes, Monmouth University Leon Hess Business School, US

20:30 Gala Dinner and Networking Event
Esperia Restaurant, Corso Moncalieri 2, 10131, Torino
31 MAY 2025 (Times are in GMT +2 and the Eastern Time is beneath for Virtual Attendees)
09:30 - 10:00 Accreditation and Welcome Coffee

10:00 - 11:45

4:00 am - 5:45 am ET

Session 5 - Chair: David Wang
Room Onida (Floor 1 - Old Building)
Accounting - 2.0 CH

Turnover and Replacement of Executives as a Remediation Strategy Following Data Security Breaches
Robert Pinsker, Florida Atlantic University US
Jacob Haislip, Texas Tech University, US
Jee-Hae Lim, University of Hawaii, US

Continuous Auditing between Practitioner Insights and the Academic Discussion
Vanessa Isabell Lopez Kasper, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Arno Bönner, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Marc Eulerich, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

The Impact of Digital Technologies on ESG scores: evidence from companies
Parodi Eugenia, Pipino Benedetta, Quintanilla Segovia Daniela, Demartini Chiara, Beretta Valentina

Advanced Audit Data Analytics Adoption at Non-Big4 Audit Firms – A Dutch Case Study
Michael Werner, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands 
John Thoma, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands 

11:45 - 12:15

5:45 am - 6:15 am ET

Concluding Remarks
12:15 Light Lunch