A KU bus drives down Naismith Drive in front of Capitol Federal Hall.

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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Overview

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.

Save the dates

  • Thursday, May 2–Saturday, May 4

  • Capitol Federal Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence

Agenda

Overview of Day 1 of the KU/Deloitte Auditing Symposium

Thursday, May 2 Agenda
7–9 p.m.Reception, 9th Floor Terrace, Oread Hotel

Overview of Day 2 of the KU/Deloitte Auditing Symposium

Friday, May 3 AgendaCapitol Federal Hall, KU School of Business
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
Paige Fields, Dean, University of Kansas
Brian Clark, Deloitte & Touche

8:20–9:10 a.m.

George Fackler, US Audit & Assurance Chief Operating 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"
Moderator: Emily Lucas, Center for Audit Quality (CAQ)

Vanessa Teitelbaum, Center for Audit Quality (CAQ)
Jason Cuomo, Moody's
Will Bible, Deloitte
Kazi Islam, PwC

3:40–3:50 p.m.Refreshment break
3:50–5:30 p.m.

Research Session
Moderator: Ryan Robinson

"The Effect of Audit Partner National Office Experience on Audit and Career Outcomes"

Lauren Matkaluk, Bowling Green State University
Nathan J. Newton, Florida State University
Mikhail Pevzner, University of Baltimore/SEC
Aleksandra (Ally) B. Zimmerman, Florida State University/SEC

"Audit Partners in Leadership Roles: Implications for Audit Quality"

Will Anding, Florida State University
Michael J. Mowchan, Baylor University
Timothy A. Seidel, Brigham Young University
Aleksandra (Ally) B. Zimmerman, Florida State University/SEC

"Labor Supply Drought: The Case of Accountant Talent Shortage and Audit Outcomes"

Jaehan Ahn, Northeastern University
Rani Hoitash, Bentley University
Udi Hoitash, Northeastern University
Eric Krause, Bentley 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
Overview of Day 3 of the KU/Deloitte Auditing Symposium
Saturday, May 4 AgendaCapitol Federal Hall, KU School of Business
7:30–8:30 a.m.Breakfast, Tim Barton Colloquium, 1010 Capitol Federal Hall
8:30–10 a.m.

Research session
Moderator: Yijing Cui

"Auditors' National Office Consultations"

Matthew G. Sherwood, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Miguel Minutti-Meza, University of Miami
Aleksandra (Ally) B. Zimmerman, Florida State University/SEC

"Auditor Reliance on Opaque Audit Methods: The Effects of Auditor Ownership and Task Experience"

Kathryn M. Holmstrom, Iowa State University

"You've Got a Chatbot Friend in Me: Do Generative AI Chatbots Improve the Quality of Auditors' Speak Up Decisions?"

Lori Shefchik Bhaskar, Indiana University
Andrew K. Jones, Indiana University
Kathryn Kadous, Emory University

10–10:15Refreshment break
10:15–11:45 a.m.

Moderator: Emma Hutcheson

"Do Accounting Firms Benefit from Human Capital Investments? Evidence from Centralized Training Facilities"

James J. Blann, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tyler J. Kleppe, University of Kentucky
James R. Moon Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology

"Stay in Your Own Lane: Navigating the challenges of Upward Knowledge of Sharing in Hierarchical Audit Teams"

Tina Carpenter, University of Georgia
Margaret Christ, University of Georgia
Miranda Hugie, University of Georgia

"Do Assigned Audit Partners Perform Higher Quality Audits Than Self-Selected Auditors?"

Tjibbe Bosman, University of Amsterdam
Jan Bouwens, 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
M. David Piercey, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"Consequences of US Audit Standards and Practice for Foreign Jurisdictions: Evidence from Expanded Audit Reporting"

Eric Lohwasser, Colorado State University
Eric T. Rapley, Colorado State University
Linette M. Rousseau, University of Houston

"Internal Controls and Non-GAAP Reporting"

Anne Albrecht, Texas Christian University
Roy Schmardebeck, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Marcy Shepardson, Indiana 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.