• Registration is Now Open!

    The 2017 Management Accounting Section Meeting will be held January 5-7, 2017 at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The meeting will include the Research Conference, IMA Doctoral Colloquium and Teaching Symposium.

  • We would like to thank the Institute of Management Accountants for its generous support in sponsoring the 2017 Management Accounting Section Doctoral Colloquium.

     

  • San Juan Key Travel Facts

    • United States Citizens don’t need a passport to enter the island. Spanish and English are the official languages. Most Puerto Ricans speak English.

    • The United States dollar is the official currency. Puerto Rico is in the Atlantic Time Zone, which is 1 hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST), and identical to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

    • The phone system is the same as in the U.S. The Island‘s area codes are 787 and 939.

  • Opening Plenary Speaker sponsored by CGMA

    Cynthia Cooper is a best-selling author, consultant and internationally recognized speaker on ethical leadership and corporate governance best practices. She was named one of Time Magazine’s Persons of the Year for her role in uncovering the fraud at WorldCom, one of the largest corporate frauds in history.
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The IMA Doctoral Colloquium is open to all doctoral students, at any stage in their degree, whose research interest is management accounting. Participants in prior colloquiums are eligible and encouraged to participate again. However, space might be limited and, if necessary, priority will be given to more senior students.
There is no cost for attending the colloquium, and students attending the colloquium are automatically registered for the conference. In addition, the first 50 colloquium attendees to apply will have Wednesday night's stay (Wednesday and Thursday nights’ stay if participants share a room with another participant) at the conference hotel reimbursed by the American Accounting Association (AAA).

Application process is closed.

Note that you will need to be an American Accounting Association (AAA) member and a member of the Management Accounting Section (MAS) to apply for the colloquium Application deadline is October 27, 2017. Notification of acceptance decision will be emailed by November 8, 2017.

If you have any questions, please email one of the colloquium directors:

Regards,

Andrew Newman, Co-Director
University of South Carolina
andrew.newman@moore.sc.edu

Bart Dierynck, Co-Director
Tilburg University
b.dierynck@tilburguniversity.edu