Academics: Challenges in Educating Future Accountants

Join Andreas Barckow, Ann Tarca and a panel of experts who will share their insights about the challenges in educating future accountants

By The Australian Accounting Standards Board

Date and time

Mon, 5 Jun 2023 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM AEST

Location

Dexus Place Melbourne

385 Bourke Street Level 14 Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia

About this event

The AASB invite you to join a session on The Challenges of Educating Future Accountants.

Dr Andreas Barckow, IASB Chair and Professor Ann Tarca, IASB Member, will be in attendance and will be joined by a panel of experts who will share their insights about the challenges in educating future accountants.

Dr Barckow will provide an overview of how he sees standard setting influencing higher education and how higher education can influence standard setting. The expert panel will then provide their perspectives as accomplished professionals in both higher education and practice.

Professor Tarca will provide attendees with an update on IASB research opportunities. AASB Research Principal Eric Lee will also join Professor Tarca, and they will provide their perspectives about how standard setters use academic research and the current research initiatives of both the IASB and the AASB.

Keynote Speakers

Dr Andreas Barckow, IASB Chair
Professor Ann Tarca, IASB member

Moderator

Professor Dean Hanlon, RMIT University

Panellists

Professor Keryn Chalmers, Dean, Swinburne University of Technology
Ken Weldin, Joint Head of Audit and Assurance and Partner, PKF
Dr Eric Lee, AASB Research Principal

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Organised by

The Australian Accounting Standards Board

The AASB is an Australian Government agency under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001. Under that Act, the statutory functions of the AASB are:

to develop a conceptual framework for the purpose of evaluating proposed standards
to make accounting standards under section 334 of the Corporations Act 2001
to formulate accounting standards for other purposes
to participate in and contribute to the development of a single set of accounting standards for worldwide use
and to advance and promote the main objects of Part 12 of the ASIC Act, which include reducing the cost of capital, enabling Australian entities to compete effectively overseas and maintaining investor confidence in the Australian economy.

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