DAY 1: April 29, 2016

Time	Room: DMS 4140
08:45 ‑ 09:00	Introductory Comments
09:00 ‑ 10:00	Plenary Session Revisiting the Political Economy of Regulation: Locating a Transnational Disclosure Initiative on the Regulatory Map Lisa Baudot, University of Central Florida David J. Cooper, University of Alberta
10:00 ‑ 10:30	Coffee break
	Room: DMS 4140	Room: DMS 4130
10:30 ‑ 11:15	Parallel session 1A: Crime, Collusion, Corruption The “Normalization” of Deviance: A Case Study on the Development of Collusion and Corruption Cynthia Courtois, Universié Laval, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Yves Gendron, Université Laval	Parallel session 1B: Corporate Social Responsibility Social and Environmental Reporting: A Suitable Promise? Paulina Arroyo, ESG UQAM Marie-Andrée Caron, ESG UQAM
11:15 ‑ 12:00	Accounting for Crime in the US: Race, Class and the Spectacle of Fear Cheryl Lehman, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY T. Hammond, San Francisco State University Gloria Agyemang, Royal Holloway, University of London	Loblaw Companies Limited: Responding to the Accountability Predicament Arising from the Rana Plaza Building Collapse Merridee Bujaki, Carleton University Sylvain Durocher, University of Ottawa
12:00 ‑ 13:15	Lunch (Room: DMS 4101)
13:15 ‑ 14:00	Parallel session 2A: The Blurred Concepts of Audit Quality and Materiality Materiality Matters: Materiality Judgments as a Site of Entanglement Between Matter and Meaning Katherine Ruff, York University	Parallel session 2B: Gramscian Studies Maintaining Market Principles: Government Auditors, PPP Equity Sales and Hegemony Stewart Smyth, Sheffield University Management School Dexter Whitfield, University of Adelaide
14:00 ‑ 14:45	The Beautiful Audit and the Value-Added Audit System of Worth Marion Brivot, Université Laval Mélanie Roussy, Université Laval Maryse Mayer, Université Laval	Translations of Corporate Governance Regulation Across Jurisdictions Blurring Auditors’ Operational Independence Gunilla Eklöv Alander, Stockholm University
14:45 ‑ 14:50	Short break
14:50 ‑ 15:35	Parallel session 3A: Enterprise Risk Management Managing Production, Accounting & Risks: The Case of Managing Product Quality Risk in Enterprise Risk Management Matthäus Tekathen, Concordia University Niels Dechow, EBS Business School, Germany	Parallel session 3B: Recognizing International Accountants Pay it Forward: The Moral Project of Recognizing International Accountants in the Canadian Accounting Profession Joanne C Jones, York University Kelly Thomson, York University
15:35 ‑ 15:55	Coffee break
15:55 ‑ 16:40	Parallel session 4A: Professional Identities and Career in Accounting Firms Are partners ordinary auditors? Partners’ identity construction in the Big 4 Firms in France Claire Garnier, HEC Montréal	Parallel session 4B: IFRS Development and Dissemination The Removal and Reinstatement of Prudence in Accounting: How Politics of Acceptance Defeats Financialisation Omiros Georgiou, University of Manchester
16:40 ‑ 17:25	We Don’t Talk Anymore: Changing Modalities in Continuing Professional Development and the Identity of Women Accountants in Northern British Columbia Jim Haslam, University of Sheffield Kathryn Haynes, University of Newcastle Kathie Ross, University of Newcastle	Getting IFRS Accepted: the Power of Common Sense Elisavet Mantzari, University of Westminster Omiros Georgiou, University of Manchester Lisa Jack, University of Portsmouth
19:00	Dinner The Courtyard Restaurant, 21 George St, Ottawa. Please note: Each guest will be responsible for the purchase of their own beverages (except coffee and tea).

DAY 2: April 30, 2016

Time	ROOM: DMS4140	ROOM DMS4130
09:00 ‑ 09:45	Parallel session 5A: Accounting Research Orientation and Quality The Hidden Face of Judgment: A Foray into the Processes of Evaluating the Quality of Academic Journals Claire-France Picard, Université Laval Sylvain Durocher, University of Ottawa Yves Gendron, Université Laval	Parallel session 5B: Discursive Constructs in Accountancy Accuracy or Ideological Myth Used for Symbolic Legitimation Louella Moore, Washburn University, USA
09:45 ‑ 10:30	What Is Accounting? The “Being” and “Be-ings” of the Accounting Phenomenon and its Critical Appreciation Nihel Chabrak, United Arab Emirates University Jim Haslam, University of Sheffield Helen Oakes, University of Sheffield	The Use of Users: Lobbying on Group Accounting International Regulatory Provisions Renata Stenka, University of Reading Sylvia Jaworska, University of Reading
10:30 ‑ 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 ‑ 11:30	Parallel session 6A: Surveillance in the Non-Profit Sector Impacts of Transparency Mechanisms on Humanitarian Organizations: The Case of Handicap International Bruno Cazenave, ESCP Europe Jérémy Morales, Royal Holloway, University of London	Parallel session 6B: Accountability in Different Settings – Part I Counter Accounting, Getting the Governance of Government Right Mercy Denedo, Heriot-Watt University Ian Thomson, University of Birmingham Akira Yonekura, Heriot-Watt University
11:30 ‑ 12:15	Disciplining UK National Museums and Art Galleries Aminah Abdullah – University of Roehampton, UK Iqbal Khadaroo – University of Sussex, UK Christopher Napier – Royal Holloway, University of London, UK	Negotiations of Accounting Figures and the Individualizing Effects of Hierachical Accountability Claudine Grisard, York University Cameron Graham, York University Marcia Annisette, York University
12:15 ‑ 13:30	Lunch (DMS 4101)
13:30 ‑ 14:15	Parallel session 7A: Regulatory Space Issues The Creative Destruction of Auditing Regulation Mouna Hazgui, HEC Montreal Bertrand Malsch, Queen’s University	Parallel session 7B: Accountability in Different Settings – Part II Justifications of the Self and Reverse Information Control Dominic Detzen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterda Sebastian Hoffmann, University of Edinburgh
14:20 ‑ 14.30	Concluding Comments (DMS 4140)

Each presenter is given 45 minutes and is free to decide between two options:

• Option 1: The presenter is first given 20 minutes for an uninterrupted presentation. Then 25 minutes are devoted to questions and comments from the audience.
• Option 2: The presenter accepts questions and comments from the audience anytime during the presentation.