TARC 2017 TRENDS IN ACCOUNTING RESEARCH CONFERENCE

TARC 2017 together with an international PhD colloquium and workshop is organized by the Department of Accounting, School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology (Kaunas, Lithuania) in cooperation with Kiel University of Applied Sciences (Kiel, Germany), Linnaeus University (Växjö, Sweden) and University of Łódź (Łódź, Poland). The conference is a two-day event, featuring doctoral student presentations and workshops, keynote speeches, interactive paper sessions and social activities. The aim with the conference is to bring researchers together from different countries and to discuss the latest trends and issues related to accounting. We are looking forward to warmly welcome all participants from around the world on October 4th- 6th 2017, Kaunas.
 

CONFERENCE TOPICS

The special topic of the conference is „Contemporay issues of information technology in accounting“. The conference organizers invite participants to debate and discuss interdisciplinary aspects of accounting focusing on how modern information technologies are changing accounting information systems, auditing methods and decision making.
Major topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Auditing, Accounting Education, Accounting History, Accounting and International Capital Market, Financial Analysis and Reporting, Global Accounting and IFRS, Corporate Governance, Accounting and Information systems, Data Analytics andExtensive Business Reporting Langiage (XBRL), Management Accounting and Control, Public Sector and Nonprofit Accounting, Taxation, Sustainability Accounting and Reporting, Environmental Accounting and other related topics.

PhD COLLOQUIUM and WORKSHOP

We strongly encourage PhD-students and their supervisors to submit work in progress for presentation and to receive quality feedback from an appointed international reviewer and to contribute from advice from the audience. The participants of the PhD-colloquium will also have the opportunity to attend a short workshop and also discuss their research problems with international participants.

PUBLICATION

All submitted papers will be reviewed by an international scientific committee (two blind reviews).

• Authors of all accepted papers must submit a ONE-PAGE ABSTRACT that will be published in the digital conference proceedings with ISBN number.
• Authors have the option of sharing the full paper at the conference webpage.
• The two best papers after the conference will be selected for publishing in Engineering Economics (indexed in Thomson Reuter‘s Web of Science) and Theoretical Journal of Accounting. Other accepted papers will be eligible for consideration for publication in the Theoretical Journal of Accounting and Engineering Economics where they will be subject to the normal review process.

CONFERENCE LANGUAGE

English

TARC 2017 PROGRAM CHAIRS

Prof. Lina Dagilienė (Kaunas University of Technology) – Chair of Organizing Committee
Prof. Tomasz Wnuk-Pel (University of Łódź, Poland) – Co-Chair of Organizing Committee
Prof. Jan Alpenberg (Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden) – Co-Chair of Organizing Committee
Prof. Jan-Hendrik Meier (University of Applied Sciences, Kiel, Germany)- Co-Chair of Organizing Committee

SPECIAL TARC 2017 GUEST

College of Innovative Business and Accountancy, Dhurakit Pundit University, Thailand
 

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO KAUNAS!