Call for Submissions

The Twenty-fifth Annual Auditing Section Midyear Meeting will be held January 17-19, 2019, at the Omni Nashville Hotel. The meeting will consist of keynote, plenary, and concurrent sessions dealing with a wide variety of contemporary topics related to audit, attestation and assurance practices, education, and research.

We encourage you to contribute to the program by submitting papers and volunteering to coordinate panel discussions. We also encourage you to volunteer as a reviewer, discussant, and session moderator.

Paper Submission Information: 
Submissions can include auditing/attestation/assurance research and education papers (including instructional cases). Submissions must be completed by 11:59 pm EDT on Thursday, August 30, 2018. With over 150 submissions each year all submitting authors and co-authors are expected to volunteer as reviewers.

Awards for Best Paper and Best PhD Student Paper will be conferred at the conference. Authors must indicate that they would like to be considered for the Best PhD Student Paper award at the time of submission. Nominated papers can be co-authored with a faculty member; however, if selected the student is expected to present the paper. All papers submitted to the conference will be considered for the Best Paper award.

Research papers should follow the style and submission guidelines of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, except the requirement to submit separate electronic files containing the cover page and the paper itself. Only one file may be uploaded and should contain the body of your paper. Instructional cases should be in a format similar to that used in Issues in Accounting Education.

Papers accepted for presentation at the 2019 Auditing Section Midyear Meeting may also be submitted for consideration at the AAA Annual Meeting in August 2019. Papers are not eligible if they: 1) have been published or accepted for publication, 2) were presented at the 2018 AAA Annual Meeting, or 3) were presented at more than one AAA regional meeting or other academic conference. Papers presented at the Research Forum of the AAA Annual Meeting are eligible for consideration.

Submissions must be completed by 11:59 pm EDT on Thursday, August 30, 2018and there is a non-refundable $75 submission fee.  Submission of papers is a two-step process:

1. To pay the fee, please Click Here. Once you have paid the submission fee, locate the Order Number in the upper left corner of the confirmation which you will receive upon completing the fee payment form.  You will need this number to complete the second step.  
2. When you have completed step one (above), you may submit your paper through the electronic submissions system.  Authors are also highly encouraged to volunteer as a reviewer, discussant or moderator which can also be done through the electronic submission system.  Please CLICK HERE to access the submission system using your AAA member ID and password.  During the submission process, you will be asked to provide a Submission Fee Acknowledgement Code.  Please enter the Order Number located in the upper left corner of the confirmation which you will receive upon completing the fee payment form. 

If you have forgotten your AAA member ID/password, click here to retrieve them. If you do not have a AAA member ID/password, please click here to obtain AAA login credentials. Then create an account in the new system, using your AAA login credentials.

Panel and Workshop Proposal Information: 
Please send your ideas for panel discussions and workshop proposals to Ken Bills, University of Arkansas, kbills@walton.ark.edu; Chan Li, University of Pittsburgh, chanli@katz.pitt.edu, or Drew Reffett, Miami University reffeta@miamioh.edu.                        

Questions: Please direct any questions to Ken Bills, University of Arkansas, kbills@walton.ark.edu; Chan Li, University of Pittsburgh, chanli@katz.pitt.edu, or Drew Reffett, Miami University,  reffeta@miamioh.edu.                        

Volunteer: To volunteer to be a reviewer, discussant, or moderator please CLICK HERE to access the submission system using your AAA member ID and password. Once you are logged in, click "Volunteer Opportunities" and fill out the requested information.