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19th National Auditing Conference Auditing Special Interest Group of the British Accounting Association hosted by Exeter University BUSINESS SCHOOL
Sponsors: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland DAY 1 Friday 27 March 2009 10.00 Registration/coffee 10.55 -11.00 Introduction Keynote session 1 11.00 –11.45 Challenges facing auditors in the current environment Diana Hillier, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
11.45 - 12.25 Factors Affecting Audit Quality in the 2007 UK Regulatory Environment: Perceptions of Chief Financial Officers, Audit Committee Chairs and Audit Engagement Partners Vivien Beattie (University of Glasgow, UK), Stella Fearnley (University of Bournemouth, UK), and Tony Hines (University of Portsmouth, UK)
12.25 - 13.05 Naivete or muddled methodology? The accounting and auditing implications of Independent Insurance David Gwilliam (University of Exeter, UK) 13.05 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 14.40 Threshold concepts: a new framework for pedagogy within auditing? Susan Whittaker (University of West of England, Bristol, UK)
14.40 - 15.20 Practical training for auditors: the views of students Neil Marriott (The University of Winchester, UK) Marlene Davies (University of Glamorgan, UK), Jonathan Evans (University of Glamorgan, UK) and Brian Telford (University of Glamorgan, UK) 15.20 - 15.35 Coffee break 15.35 -17.00 Panel Session: The impact of the credit crunch on the profession, and the difficulties of auditing fair values Steve Maslin (Head of External Professional Affiars, Grant Thornton) Shona Godefroy (Audit Partner at Thomas Westcott) Margaret Woods (Nottingham University Business School) 17.15 BAA Auditing SIG Annual General Meeting 19.30 Pre dinner drinks 20.00 Conference dinner, followed by Céilidh
Keynote session 2 09.00 - 09.45 Ethics, markets, regulation and the public interest Tony Bromell, Head of Accountancy Markets and Ethics, ICAEW
09.45 - 10.25 Audit quality and the partner effect: evidence from the European listed companies J.P. van Buuren (Nyenrode Business Universiteit, The Netherlands) 10.25 - 10.45 Coffee break 10.45 - 11.25 Perceived auditor independence and audit firm fees Kevin Holland (University of Southampton, UK) and Jennifer Lane (Aberystwyth University, UK)
11.25 - 12.05 Cultural Classification and Internal Auditing Standards: A Comparative Study of Use and Compliance in 19 Countries Mohammad J. Abdolmohammadi (Bentley University, USA), and Gerrit Sarens (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
12.05 - 12.45 Competition, Choice and Governance in the UK Audit Market: Interview Evidence Kevin McMeeking (University of Exeter, UK) 12.45 - 13.00 Conference conclusions 13.00 - 14.00 Buffet lunch
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