Auditing and Assurance Special Interest Group (SIG1)

Joining the Auditing and Assurance Special Interest Group (SIG1)

Objectives
The Auditing and Assurance Special Interest Group (AASIG) aims to develop a supportive environment for accounting academics in Australia and New Zealand who are engaged in, or wish to engage in auditing and assurance research and/or teaching. The AASIG aims to support research, education and foster relationships with practice in order to improve the contribution of academics to the auditing and assurance areas.

Members may include those with interests in all aspects of auditing, assurance including issues related to ethics, risk management and governance, whether in private, public or not-for-profit sectors.

The SIG comprises experienced and well-published academics, early and mid-career academics and PhD students. The main activities of the SIG include:

  • providing a forum for continuing education in relation to the teaching of audit, assurance, ethics, risk management and governance issues
  • providing a forum for continuing education with regard to current professional issues in relation to auditing and assurance
  • disseminating information and communicating members’ research interests and emerging issues in research
  • providing opportunities to present new research ideas and work-in-progress in supportive workshops with more time than is usually available at a conference
  • providing opportunities to present emerging issues in research methodologies
  • initiating, encouraging and facilitating collaborative research
  • encouraging both new and established researchers in auditing and assurance research using a variety of methods

It is anticipated that the Auditing and Assurance SIG will meet on an annual basis immediately prior to the AFAANZ Annual Meeting to undertake the above activities.

MEMBERSHIP

To become a member of the Auditing and Assurance SIG you will first need to become a member of AFAANZ. The fee for AFAANZ membership is AU$132 including GST for applicants residing in Australia and AU$120 for applicants residing outside Australia. More information and online membership is available at http://www.afaanz.org/afaanz-membership

Note that membership is based on a calendar year. The fee for the Auditing and Assurance SIG is AU$22 including GST for applicants residing in Australia and AU$20 for applicants residing outside Australia.

If you are already a member of AFAANZ and would like to join the Auditing and Assurance SIG, then please email Elizabeth Carson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Elizabeth Carson (Chair) (UNSW); Peter Carey (Monash); Robyn Moroney (Monash); Nava Subramaniam (Deakin)

OUR NEXT MEETING

Date/Venue: TBA

Registration Fees:

$ 95 (members)

$110 (non-members)

UPDATE FROM SECOND MEETING _ AFAANZ Conference 2012_MELBOURNE

The second meeting of the SIG was yet again another success with 37 members participating.  Attached below are four files that relate to keynote spekaers' presentations and minutes of the meeting

1) Minutes of the 2012 Meeting

2) Speaker 1 - D.Scrammell Presentation

3) Speaker 2 - A Stringer Presentation

4) Speaker 3 - R.Simnett Presentation

UPCOMING KEY EVENTS / CONFERENCES

Below are some major auditing meetings and conferences

1) AAA mid-year meeting Savannah Georgia 2013

http://aaahq.org/meetings/2012AUD_doctoral.cfm