2024 Deloitte/KU Auditing Symposium
The 2024 Deloitte/University of Kansas Auditing Symposium will be May 2–4 at the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence.
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The theme of the 2024 Deloitte/University of Kansas Auditing Symposium is "Innovations in Auditing.”
The biennial event features a mixture of practitioner and academic presentations and provides opportunities for engaging discussion between leading practitioners and academics.
Participants will:
- Understand the challenges facing the audit profession.
- Understand how public accounting firms and regulators are addressing these challenges.
- Identify the latest academic research in auditing.
Participants will earn 14 CPE credits
Field of Study: Auditing
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of auditing
Advanced Preparation: None
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Live
Registration and Cancellation: Registration information can be found on the Symposium registration page. Registration is free. Please advise if you register but are unable to attend. For questions or more information regarding cancellations, complaints and program cancellation policies please contact Amy McCurdy at (785) 864-4500.
The University of Kansas School of Business is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website.
Agenda
| Thursday, May 2 Agenda | |
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| 7–9 p.m. | Reception, 9th Floor Terrace, Oread Hotel |
| Friday, May 3 Agenda | Capitol Federal Hall, KU School of Business |
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| 7–8 a.m. | Breakfast, Tim Barton Colloquium, 1010 Capitol Federal Hall |
| 8–8:20 a.m. | Welcome and opening remarks Keith Jones, Director of Accounting, University of Kansas |
| 8:20–9:10 a.m. | George Fackler, US Audit & Assurance Chief Strategy Officer, Deloitte "Shaping the Audit of the Future – Rapid Change and Evolving Landscape of the Capital Market" |
| 9:10–9:20 a.m. | Refreshment break |
| 9:20–10 a.m. | Erica Williams, Chair PCAOB PCAOB Update |
| 10–10:50 a.m. | Jason Cuomo, Senior Vice president, Moody's Corporation – Moody's Investors Service "Moody's Ratings – The Value of the Audit Report and Financial Adequacy" |
| 10:50–11 a.m. | Refreshment break |
| 11–11:50 a.m. | Kazi Islam, Assurance Strategy Leader, PwC US "Future of the Profession" |
| 11:50–1:10 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:10–2 p.m. | Will Bible, Digital Transformation and Innovation Leader, Audit & Assurance, Deloitte "Using the Machines: Auditors and Gen AI" |
| 2–2:10 p.m. | Refreshment break |
| 2:10–3:40 p.m. | Panel Discussion: "The Impact of Innovation and Technology on Financial Reporting and the Audit" Vanessa Teitelbaum, Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) |
| 3:40–3:50 p.m. | Refreshment break |
| 3:50–5:30 p.m. | Research Session "The Effect of Audit Partner National Office Experience on Audit and Career Outcomes" Lauren Matkaluk, Bowling Green State University "Audit Partners in Leadership Roles: Implications for Audit Quality" Will Anding, Florida State University "Labor Supply Drought: The Case of Accountant Talent Shortage and Audit Outcomes" Jaehan Ahn, Northeastern University All presentations will close with a 10-minute Q&A from the audience. |
| 5:30 p.m. | Bus transportation to Oread Hotel (every eight minutes from 5:30–6:30 p.m.) |
| 6:30–8:30 p.m. | Reception and dinner, Griffith Room, Oread Hotel |
| Saturday, May 4 Agenda | Capitol Federal Hall, KU School of Business |
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| 7:30–8:30 a.m. | Breakfast, Tim Barton Colloquium, 1010 Capitol Federal Hall |
| 8:30–10 a.m. | Research session "Auditors' National Office Consultations" Matthew G. Sherwood, University of Massachusetts, Amherst "Auditor Reliance on Opaque Audit Methods: The Effects of Auditor Ownership and Task Experience" Kathryn M. Holmstrom, Iowa State University Lori Shefchik Bhaskar, Indiana University |
| 10–10:15 | Refreshment break |
| 10:15–11:45 a.m. | Moderator: Emma Hutcheson James J. Blann, Georgia Institute of Technology Tina Carpenter, University of Georgia "Do Assigned Audit Partners Perform Higher Quality Audits Than Self-Selected Auditors?" Tjibbe Bosman, University of Amsterdam |
| 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1–2:30 p.m. | Moderator: Bailey Thompson "Would a Balanced PCAOB Inspection Approach Increase Auditors' Use of Innovative Audit Procedures?" Yoon Ju Kang, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Eric Lohwasser, Colorado State University "Internal Controls and Non-GAAP Reporting" Anne Albrecht, Texas Christian University All presentations will close with a 10-minute Q&A from the audience. |
| 2:30–2:25 p.m. | Concluding remarks |
Transportation
Buses will transport participants from the Oread Hotel to Capitol Federal Hall and will run every eight minutes from 6:45–8:30 a.m. Friday, May 3 and 7:15–9 a.m. Saturday, May 4. Participants may leave their luggage in a locked room in Capitol Federal Hall on Saturday as there will be no busses back to the Oread Hotel after the Symposium. Please let the Symposium organizers know if you need a ride back to the Oread Hotel.
If you are driving, please park in lot 90 directly south of Capitol Federal Hall. Feel free to park in any open yellow space, but please avoid the blue spaces, which face the building. Please do not pull through or back into parking stalls, as the rear license plate must be visible to parking staff.
Acknowledgment
The School of Business would like to thank Deloitte and the Deloitte Foundation for more than 50 years of generous sponsorship of the Auditing Symposium. The interactions of academics and business professionals enabled by this event have greatly enhanced the development of auditing theory and practice.