January 2024

NEWSLETTER

At AFAANZ, we are excited about 2024! We trust you have had a relaxing and enjoyable festive season and we look forward to catching up with you at one of our many events during 2024!

We are now accepting Papers for the 2024 AFAANZ Conference which will be at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland, New Zealand from 30 June to 2 July, 2024. Full details are in the Call for Papers below, with the due date to submit papers being Thursday, February 8, 2024.

We encourage you to renew your membership for 2024, and thank those members who have done so already. We also encourage to you to become members of our SIGs, including the newly created ESG SIG and Data Analytics SIG. If you haven't received your renewal invoice in your email, please contact info@afaanz.org. Institutional Members will be contacted late January.

Also below is a call for nominations for members to serve as directors on the AFAANZ Board for the period from August 2024-August 2026.

Our Insight Series, co-sponsored by CAANZ, continues in 2024. We begin with ESG and Financial Reporting SIGs "AASB Climate Reporting Standards Exposure Draft" on Tuesday 30 January; then the QualRAN SIG event "Publishing Strategies" which will be held on Wednesday 21 February.

Best wishes for 2024!

Nicola Beatson & Marvin Wee
AFAANZ Presidents

AFAANZ Conference

30 June - 2 July 2024 at the Cordis, Auckland, New Zealand

Call for Papers

AFAANZ is devoted to a broad spectrum of accounting and finance research and we welcome innovative research approaches as well as those that are well established. Papers are invited in the broad areas of accounting, finance, auditing, corporate governance, accounting information systems,

accounting education, ethics, corporate social responsibility, tax and related fields. There are best paper prizes in all categories and outstanding reviewer awards. All papers at this year’s conference will be subject to blind peer review. AFAANZ encourages new and developing researchers to attend the conference. This year we will again extend a discount to first time AFAANZ conference attendees, retired academics and full-time higher degree research students.

AFAANZ 2024 will be held face-to-face at the Cordis, Auckland, New Zealand.

The two plenary speakers at the conference will be:

Professor Sarah McVay, University of Washington
Professor Craig Deegan, University of Tasmania

Guidelines for Submission

Further details regarding the submission of papers will be made available on the AFAANZ conference website at https://www.afaanz.org/conference. You can submit your paper at

https://www.openconf.org/afaanz2024/openconf.php

Papers will only be considered if at least one author is an individual member of AFAANZ, with members enjoying a reduced registration fee for the conference. To become a member of AFAANZ please go to https://www.afaanz.org/membership. Alternatively, a $50 submission fee can be paid HERE and the balance paid upon conference registration.

Submission Date

Papers must be submitted by Thursday, 8 February 2024, 5pm (ADST). Late submissions will NOT be accepted.

Notification

Email notification of the outcome and review feedback of submissions is expected to be sent to the

submitting author in April 2024.

Enquiries

Any enquiries regarding the submission process for papers can be directed to:

David Bond and Lily Chen at chair@afaanz.org

To attend this online Insight Series event, register HERE

Your AFAANZ Membership Renewal

As a valued member of AFAANZ, we extend our gratitude for your ongoing support and commitment to our community.

It's that time of the year when we invite you to renew your membership and your continued involvement is vital to our success. All members were emailed renewal invoices on January 1st - if you have not received it or wish to make changes, please email info@afaanz.org

Also remember our Special Interest Groups that you can join:

Accounting Education
Accounting History
Auditing & Assurance
Data Analytics *NEW*
ESG *NEW*
Finance
Financial Reporting
Management Accounting
Public Sector and Not-for-Profit Accounting
Qualitative Research in Accounting Network
Tax

Renewing your membership is quick and easy, simply click this link and access your member portal.

For 2023 Student, ECR and Retired members, please email info@afaanz.org with your request and documentation for renewing your membership, and an invoice will be emailed to you.

Thank you for being an essential part of AFAANZ - here's to another year of growth, connection, and success!

Call for Nominations on the AFAANZ Board

There will be two (2) vacancies on the AFAANZ Board for the 2024 - 2025 period. Nominations must be received by 5pm AEST, Friday, 23rd February 2024. View more information and download the nomination form HERE .

AFAANZ Doctoral Symposium – Nominations Now Open

AFAANZ is proud to announce nominations are now being called for its annual Doctoral Symposium from students undertaking a PhD program at Institutional member Schools and Departments. This year's Doctoral Symposium is being held from Wednesday 26 June to Friday 28 June 2024 at the Cordis Hotel, Auckland, prior to the commencement of the AFAANZ conference. All details are provided in the Nomination Form which has also been sent to Heads of AFAANZ Institutional Member Schools/Departments. The final date to nominate a student to attend this year’s Symposium is 28 February 2024.

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We are pleased to announce that the 6th Annual Accounting Workshop on Experiments (AWE) will be back in 2024.

The event will consist of two parts, a Doctoral forum pre workshop held on Thursday 2 May 2024 together with the main conference being held on Friday 3 May 2024 with a distinguished keynote speaker and paper presentations.

The main conference will be held in person at Monash University Caulfield Campus with a keynote address by Associate Professor Adam Presslee (University of Waterloo).

Associate Professor Kristian Rotaru (Monash University) will deliver a masterclass in the doctoral forum pre workshop also being held at Monash University Caulfield Campus.

KEY DATES AND LOGISTICS:

Doctoral forum: Thursday 2 May 2024, 1pm to 5.30pm
Main conference: Friday 3 May 2024, 8.50am to 5.00pm
Extended abstract or full paper submission deadline: Monday 19 February 2024
Notification of decision: Friday 1 March 2024
Full versions of accepted paper submission deadline: Friday 29 March 2024

Registration link

Registrations are now open, kindly click here to register. Registrations close by Monday 15 April 2024 or unless sold out prior.

Registration fee:

$100 for academic faculty members who register by Friday 5 April 2024, $120 thereafter.
$50 for doctoral students, free when their supervisors also register for the main conference.

The European Accounting Association (EAA) allows free access for AFAANZ members to access the EAA Stakeholder Reporting Committee “In Conversation with…” webinar series. Members can register for upcoming events as well as view past events HERE.

You can also view the job listings of EAA member institutions HERE

AFAANZ AWARDS

AFAANZ - Best PhD Award

The Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand seeks to advance accounting and finance research by recognising and rewarding outstanding work of early career researchers. The Best PhD Award is being awarded each year to recognise the student of an outstanding accounting/finance PhD completed during the previous calendar year.

For more details, click here . Nominations close on 31 March 2024.

AFAANZ Members Areas of Expertise

To enable better collaboration between AFAANZ Members and our main sponsors – Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia – we are collecting information around areas of expertise of our members. The member portal has been updated to allow for selection into topic areas. Should our sponsors require expertise in a certain area, AFAANZ will be able to provide connections to provide opportunities for engagement.

To enter this information, enter your AFAANZ member portal and click on the Additional Profile Information tab and select the Personal Information tab. Click on the edit/create button and the areas of expertise multiple check-box topics will appear along with an areas of interest text box to enter your information. Email info@afaanz.org if you have any questions.