Accountancy & Business Law, University of Otago

Department of Accountancy and Business Law

2008 Seminar Programme

Seminars are held on Fridays from 1- 2pm in the Commerce Building.
All seminars carry one hour of structured CPD credit.

Date	Topic	Presenter	Room
14 March	Cross Sectional Analysis in Capital Markets Research	Professor Roger Willett Accountancy & Business Law, University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
28 March	The 'Hidden Cost of Reward': revisited	Dr Paul Pillai & Dr Carolyn Stringer Accountancy & Business Law, University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
11 April	The Effects of Auditor Dismissals and Resignations on Audit Fees: Evidence Based on SEC Disclosures under Sarbanes-Oxley	Professor Paul Griffin UC Davis, California & Dr David Lont Accountancy & Business Law, University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
18 April	The International Crisis of Income Taxation: Combating Tax Havens, Capital Flight and Corruption	Emeritus Professor Solomon Picciotto Lancaster University Law School	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
25 April	Asset Management - What is it?	Professor Roger Willett Accountancy & Business Law, University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
9 May	* Research methods/projects	Professor Roger Willett Accountancy & Business Law, University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
16 May	*Honours presentations	Honours students	CO2.07
23 May	*Honours presentations	Honours students	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
30 May	The Determinants of Career Success in the New Zealand Accountancy Profession	Dr Ros Whiting Accountancy & Business Law, University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
4 June	Creating Critical mass and Focus for Accounting Education Scholarship at the University of Otago	Emeritus Professor Richard Wilson Loughborough University, UK (JA Valentine Visiting Professor in Commerce)	1 - 2pm CO 401
6 June	Alignment in Accounting Education and Training	Emeritus Professor Richard Wilson Loughborough University, UK (JA Valentine Visiting Professor in Commerce)	1 - 2pm CO 207
9 June Monday	Corporate Social Responsibility (Joint Seminar with Department of Management)	Rachael Truscott CIEAM Scholar Queensland University of Technology	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
13 June	Enrolment motives and learning outcomes: Students’ learning experiences of an optional financial accounting course	Dr Gregory Liyanarachchi Accountancy & Business Law, University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
20 June	Asset management - What is it?	Professor Roger Willett Accountancy & Business Law, University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
25 June Wednesday	OPEN LECTURE: Entrapment in the Investment Decision-making Process	Emeritus Professor Richard Wilson Loughborough University, UK (JA Valentine Visiting Professor in Commerce)	5.30-6.30 Archway 2
2 July	New Zealand audit and non-audit fees: Have fees risen since the passage of SOX and the introduction of IFRS?	Dr David Lont Accountancy & Business Law University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
25 July	The impact of moral reasoning and retaliation on whistle blowing: NZ evidence	Dr Gregory Liyanarachchi Accountancy & Business Law University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
1 August	*Shareholder value creation in NZ	Daniel Rathman MBus student Accountancy & Business Law University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
8 August	Tropical Tax Relief: an exploration of the India-Mauritius double taxation avoidance convention	Edwina Hill Accountancy & Business Law University of Otago	1 - 2pm CO 401
12 Sept	Auditors’ assessment of disclosure adequacy of NZX listed companies	Dr Gregory Liyanarachchi Accountancy & Business Law University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
19 Sept	The attitudes of auditors to fraud in the UK & US	Professor Derek Mathews Cardiff Business School UK	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
24 Sept Wednesday	"Fresh Thinking" on Delivering Public Sector Accountability: The case of the Ugandan community-led HIV/AIDS Programme	Professor Deryl Northcott AUT Business School, Auckland	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
26 Sept	Options available to distressed companies under the new insolvency regime	Jeff Hart Deloittes, Wellington	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
3 Oct	High school student perceptions of Accounting and Accountants: A stereotypical analysis	Paul Wells AUT, Auckland	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
8 Oct Wednesday	Pride & prejudice: French resistance to IFRS	Dr Keith Hooper AUT, Auckland	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420
17 Oct	TBA	Dr Gregory Liyanarachchi Accountancy & Business Law University of Otago	1 - 2pm Boardroom CO 419/420

* Seminar for internal audience only

Additional information and seminar papers are available from:
Seminar Convenor:
Professor Ralph Adler
Tel: 03 479 8453
Fax: 03 479 8450
Email: radler@business.otago.ac.nz