Annual Meeting | American Accounting Association

Decision notices will be released by May 6 for the following Annual Meeting Submissions:
Concurrent Paper and Research Interaction Forum
Effective Learning Strategies
Emerging and Innovative Research

Call for Submissions - All submission opportunities are now closed!

The theme of the 2016 Annual Meeting in New York is “Celebration of the Century” as we celebrate our centennial year. Our organization has come a long way since 1916 – and the meeting will provide a forum for discussions around our future as global thought leaders in accounting, as well as building bridges between the AAA and our numerous key global partners. Accounting is critical to a prosperous society and as the leading academic organization in accounting in the world, we must respond as an organization to the changes in our global environment. Please join us in New York August 6 through August 10, 2016 for the Annual Meeting and Conference on Teaching and Learning (CTLA) and become a participant in beginning our journey into the next 100 years. Help us to become an even stronger and more impactful organization.

General Information

The Annual Meeting is sure to be a large, dynamic meeting that encourages participation through a wide range of session types designed to support members with different interests. You can learn more about the session types below, and you can submit to each through the links provided for each type. To track your submission, you will need to create a user ID and password during the submission process. You will need this information to update and/or access the status of your submission. This user ID and password does not need to match your AAA login, and will not grant access to AAA member services (i.e., registration, dues renewal, etc.). If your submission is accepted, all participants and presenters must register for the meeting which includes both meeting registration and membership fees.

Designed for new and experienced faculty looking for opportunities to share best practices, refine teaching talents, and perfect their craft in teaching Accounting, submissions are invited for this annual pre-meeting conference. Submissions are welcome from the wide range of approaches and content in Accounting education. This conference will be held all day Saturday, August 6 and during the morning on Sunday, August 7, 2016.

Volunteer Information
The Program Advisory Committee strongly encourages all AAA members to consider volunteering to serve as reviewers, paper discussants, and session moderators. If you are submitting a paper or proposal for the 2016 Annual Meeting, please consider "giving back" to the community by volunteering to serve in one or more of these roles.

These sessions will be held on Wednesday, August 10, 2016.

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Concurrent Paper and Research Forum Sessions —CLOSED Submission Deadline: January 6, 2016
Submissions are made by section/topic area. Submissions to any section that are deemed to be within the purview of another section category will be redirected to the more appropriate section for review. NOTE: Authors may submit more than one paper to the Annual Meeting. However, it is considered an abuse of valuable reviewer and liaison time to submit the same paper to more than one Section Designation. Submitting the same paper to multiple Sections will disqualify your submission from consideration. Consult appropriate Section Liaisons should you have questions about where to make your submission.

Section-Sponsored Concurrent Panel Sessions —CLOSED Submission Deadline: January 6, 2016
Submissions are made by section/topic area. Submitters of panels are responsible for populating the panel, extending invitations to panelists, and hosting participants, as appropriate.

Pre-Conference Workshops (CPE Sessions) —CLOSED Submission Deadline: January 6, 2016
Opening the engaging pre-meeting format, these full- and half-day workshops, provide opportunities for in-depth attention and study of more complex issues and topics across a wide range of areas of interest in Accounting education, research, and practice. These sessions will be held on Saturday, August 6 and Sunday, August 7, 2016.

The Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting (CTLA) —CLOSED Submission Deadline: February 10, 2016

Effective Learning Strategies Sessions (ELS) —CLOSED Submission Deadline: April 4, 2016
These sessions offer presenters an interactive forum for exchange of ideas and resources that support learning in accounting.

Emerging and Innovative Research Session —CLOSED Submission Deadline: April 4, 2016
Intended to highlight promising emerging and innovative research ideas, authors will submit a short abstract of three to four pages that describes their work in progress or a planned session that will bring ideas currently outside Accounting to the attention of Accounting scholars. This session is an interactive format; see suggestions on how presentation materials are prepared for an interactive session click here.

Faculty-Student Collaborations in Accounting – FASTCA-16 — CLOSED Submission Deadline: April 4, 2016
Encouraging exploration and discussion of collaborations between Accounting faculty and undergraduate and Master’s students, this all-day conference recognizes the importance of these collaborations to creating important learning experiences for students, attracting students to the Accounting profession, and the Accounting academy – as well as connecting the community of faculty conducting collaborative research and teaching. The following are some examples of faculty-student collaborations:

21st Annual Ethics Research Symposium —CLOSED March 30, 2016 Extended to April 6, 2016
Colleagues engaged and interested in research and teaching related to Ethics are invited by the Professionalism and Ethics Committee and Public Interest Section of the American Accounting Association to submit papers, cases, and panel session proposals for presentation at the 21st Annual Ethics Research Symposium to be held on Sunday, August 7, 2016. Contributions from members of all AAA Sections are invited.

Global Emerging Scholars Research Workshop —CLOSED Submission Deadline: May 16, 2016
The American Accounting Association Global Emerging Scholars Research Workshop will be held on Sunday, August 7 in conjunction with the 2016 AAA Annual Meeting in New York, NY, USA. Up to 16 proposals will be selected for presentation at the Workshop. Written feedback will be provided to the presenters prior to the Workshop to assist them in identifying ways to improve their research proposal. At the Workshop, each scholar will present the proposal, followed by discussion by a senior researcher as mentor who will also provide constructive feedback. There will also be further discussion of the proposal by the presenter, other senior scholars as mentors, and the other early career researchers.

Research: Students and faculty working together on a research paper.
Teaching: Joint development of teaching materials by students and faculty.
Practice: Students and faculty working together to solve a real-world problem.

The theme of the 2016 Annual Meeting in New York is "Celebration of the Century" as we celebrate our centennial year.

Our journey began in 1916 with John Wildman of New York University forming the American Association of University Instructors in Accounting, and, today, we are a proud organization of more than 7,000 members spread around the globe. In the next 100 years, how can we ensure our profession—broadly defined—will be a key profession that continues to serve society? How will we ensure that accounting is perceived as a successful and rewarding career? How will we become a learned profession?

Please join us in New York August 6 through August 10, 2016 for the Annual Meeting and Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting (CTLA) and become a participant in beginning our journey into the next 100 years. Help us to become an even stronger and more impactful organization.