Seminar on the Current Challenges in Auditing: The Impact of Technology
Program
13:30 – Coffee
14:00 – Seminar begins
14:05 – The Impact of Technology – Professor W. Robert Knechel
15:20 – Questions
15:50 – Closing remarks
W. Robert Knechel, PhD is Distinguished Professor and the Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar in Accounting at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. He is currently the Director of the International Accounting and Auditing Center (IAAC). Robert holds an appointment at the University of Auckland as a Professor of Accounting Research, and previously held appointments at Maastricht University, KU Leuven, and UNSW. He is on the Board of the Foundation for Audit Research in the Netherlands and has served as a member of the Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group (SEIAG) of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). He has recently completed a term as the Senior Editor for The Accounting Review, and previously served as Senior Editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. He was honored with the 2015 Outstanding Educator in Auditing Award given by the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association and has received Honorary Doctorates from BI Oslo (Norway) and Nyenrode University (Netherlands).
The seminar is free of charge but you need to register to be able to attend
Registration: Please register by November 18th through the link provided above
Warmly welcome!