Towards Global Financial Reporting Standards Opportunities and Challenges

The 9th Annual Conference of the Asian Academic Accounting Association (FourA) will bring together a diverse group of accounting educators and professionals from throughout Asia and the rest of the world. Organized and hosted by the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD), the conference will focus on a variety of contemporary accounting topics, including the opportunities and challenges of global financial reporting standards. The program will feature internationally renowned speakers and will contain a balance of both theoretical and applied concurrent sessions.

Conference Topics
The conference will create an environment to network, exchange ideas, share knowledge and pursue other developmental opportunities with colleagues from Asia, Australia and around the world. The theme of the conference is “Towards Global Financial Reporting Standards: Opportunities and Challenges”. However, paper topics include, but are not limited to:

• Accounting Education

• Accounting and Information Systems

• Auditing

• Behavioural Issues in Accounting

• Capital Markets

• Corporate Governance

• Earnings Management

• Financial Accounting and Reporting

• International Accounting

• Management Accounting

• Social and Environmental Accounting

• Islamic Accounting, Banking and Finance

Paper Submission
All submissions must be original and should not have been previously accepted for publication in a journal. Each paper must be written in English with a maximum of 30 pages, double-spaced (including an abstract, references, tables, figures or charts).

A full copy of paper in Microsoft Word for Windows format (Windows 95 or higher is the preferred format) using Arial 11 point font is required. Abstracts without full papers will not be accepted. The paper must be submitted by email with an attachment to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

All papers will be subjected to a double blind peer review process. Full papers selected for presentation at the conference will be published in the Conference Proceedings only if at least one of the authors registers and attends the conference. For more information, including types of papers, please visit the Conference website.

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Registration
Full 3 day registration: US$300 per delegate (includes Conference, Dinner and Tour)
Conference 2 day registration: US$250 per delegate (includes Conference and Dinner)

Conference Venue
The Conference will be held at the Novotel, a centrally located hotel in the heart of the new commercial district on Shaikh Zayed Road. The Novotel is only 15 minutes away from Dubai International Airport and 10 minutes away from major shopping centres, including the famous Mall of the Emirates, home to Ski Dubai.

Organised and hosted by the University of Wollongong in Dubai

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For further information please send an e-mail to Dr Munir Lutfi:
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