Welcome from Associate Professor Anil Narayan, Head of Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology
Opening by Professor Alireza Tourani-Rad, Deputy Dean of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology
| **WG308** | | **9:30 AM** |Plenary speaker: Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University, “The
“New” New Zealand: Challenges and Opportunities in a Time of Demographic Change”. Moderator: Professor Edwina Pio, Department of Management, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology
| **WG308** | | **10:15 AM** | Morning Tea | **WF Level 4** | ## Concurrent session 1 10:45 am | Topic & Session Chair: | Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3 | Location | | ------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | | Technology, Sustainability & Diversity: Burhan Bhuiyan | “A thematic analysis of the LGBTI related information communicated by Fortune Global 500” Sabrina Chong, (Auckland University of Technology) | “Culture and social media-based corporate disclosures by companies: An empirical multinational study” Lin Ma, (Auckland University of Technology) | “Sustainability and diversity of National Sport Organisation revenue” Adrian France, (Waikato Institute of Technology) | WF411 | | Auditing: Angela Liew | “Professional scepticism in practice: An analysis of auditors’ stories” Gina Xu, (Auckland University of Technology) | “Do reputation and tenure of auditors affect the market valuation of fair value adjustments? Evidence from Australian real estate industry” Mehnaz Laura, (Auckland University of Technology) | “Industry specialist audit teams and audit production quality” Steven Cahan, (University of Auckland) | WF413 | ## Concurrent session 2 11.35 AM | Topics & Session Chair | Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3 | Location | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | | Technology, Sustainability & Diversity : Ramona Zharfpeykan | “The imposition of regional fuel tax in New Zealand and its advancement” Ranjana Gupta, (Auckland University of Technology) | “Towards a comprehensive scale of social network index: A study from investors perspectives” Noushad Feroz, (University of Waikato) | “The transformation to data analytics in financial auditing: What is happening in the big-four firms?” Angela Liew, (University of Auckland) | WF411 | | Management Accounting, Public Sector Accounting: Steven Cahan | “Leadership in a pandemic: Do more able managers keep firms out of trouble?” Harvey Nguyen, (Massey University) | “Institutional work and the interplay of stability and change in public budgeting reform: The case of public universities in Iran” Muhammad Bilal Farooq, (Auckland University of Technology) | “Public sector accounting reform development in Solomon Islands” Marianne Oru, (Auckland University of Technology) | WF413 | ## Noon | Time | Programme | Location | | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | | 12:30 pm | Plenary speaker: Hon. James Shaw, Minister for Climate Change and Associate Minister Environment (Biodiversity), (via Zoom). Moderator: Professor Chris van Staden, Department of Accounting Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology | WG404 | | 1:00 pm | Lunch | WG308 | | 2:00 pm | Panel Discussion – Ray Skinner, Editor of ‘Sustainability Matters’ and Danz Tiera, Vice President of Rainbow Auckland. Moderator: Dr Paul Wells, Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology | WG308 | | 2:45 pm | Afternoon Tea | WF Level 4 | ## Concurrent Session 3 3:10 PM | Topics & Session Chair | Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3 | Location | | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | | Technology & Sustainability: Irshad Ali | “Exploring the role of management accountants in organisations: A case study in the sustainability reporting context” Matteo Molinari, (University of Sienna, University of Auckland) | “Pandemic turned into pandemonium: the effect on supply chains and the role of accounting” Ajantha Velayutham, (Auckland University of Technology) | “Employers expectation of accounting skills: The case of vocational education providers” Jude Edeigba, (Massey University) | WF411 | | Financial Accounting: James Prescott | “Empirical analysis of cost stickiness of listed companies in China” Umesh Sharma, (University of Waikato) | “Dividend payment and financial restatement: US evidence” Ahmad Fawad, (Massey University) | “Cost stickiness behaviour, innovation and the information content of earnings” Walaa Ghazy, (Auckland University of Technology) | WF413 | ## Concurrent Session 4 4:00 PM | Topics & Session Chair | Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3 | Location | | --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | | COVID-19 and Accounting Education: Umesh Sharma | “Reflections on transition towards technology enabled assessment due to COVID-19 disruptions” Irshad Ali, (Auckland University of Technology) | “Distance Learning during Covid 19: Reshaping the pedagogy for accounting education” James Prescott, (Unitec Institute of Technology) | “Participation in an emergent online learning environment during the COVID-19 lockdown: How do we enhance the engagement of Chinese international students in an accounting course?” Bing Dai, (Auckland University of Technology) | WF411 | | Corporate Governance, Accountability: Harvey Nguyen | “Corporate governance, political influences and bank-loan scams: A media-based study of the selected cases in a developing country” Zahir Ahmed, (Auckland University of Technology) | “Who should we trust in crisis communication: The role of cultural cognition?” Lisa Nguyen, (Auckland University of Technology) | “Accounting and religion as controlling devices- evidence from the SDA church” Peni Fukofuka, (Auckland University of Technology) | WF413 | ## Networking and Prizegiving 4:45 pm WG 308 ## PDF version can be downloaded here {% file src="/files/-MOeI-fSdTa49Wt3fc2p" %}