During the congress a total of nine symposia will take place. You may find a summary of these below and a more detailed description HERE.

Symposium 1: Accounting and Corporate Governance – The contribution of fieldwork
(organized in collaboration with the Journal of Management and Governance)
Time: Thursday, 21^st April 2011 - 09.00-10.30hrs
Chair: Thomas Ahrens
Speakers: Bino Catasus, Christopher Humphrey, Steve Salterio, Joni Young

Symposium 2: Managing an Accounting Journal in the ISI Age
(organized in collaboration with the Journal of Management and Governance)
Time: Thursday, 21^st April 2011 - 11.00-12.30hrs
Chair: Roberto di Pietra
Speakers: Salvador Carmona, Chris Chapman, Lisa Evans, Robert Scapens

Symposium 3: Economic and financial crises: impairment and valuation
(sponsored by KPMG)
Time: Thursday, 21^st April 2011 - 11.00-12.30hrs
Chair: Peter Walton
Speakers: Orazio Vagnozzi, Jeroma Haas
Discussant: Alessandro Pansa

Symposium 4: Financial Accounting – Research, standard setting and practice: the quest for a missing link?
Time: Thursday, 21^st April 2011 - 14.00-15.30hrs
Chair: Sasson Bar Yosef
Speakers: Mary Barth, Christian Leuz, Laurence van Lent, Ettore Abate

Symposium 5: The European Commission green paper on Audit policy: lessons from the crisis and future opportunities
(sponsored by ICAEW)
Time: Thursday, 21^st April 2011 - 16.00-17.30hrs
Chair: Robert Hodgkinson
Speakers: Michel Léger, Andrea Toselli, Marleen Willekens, Paola Ciani, Annette Köhler

Symposium 6: Accounting History – Past, present and future
(organised in collaboration with SISR, Società Italiana di Storia della Ragioneria - Italian Society of Accounting History)
Time: Friday, 22^nd April 2011 - 09.00-10.30hrs
Chair: Stefania Servalli
Speakers: Marcia Annisette, Garry Carnegie, Christopher Napier, Massimo Sargiacomo, Steve Walker

Symposium 7: Intangibles and Intellectual Capital: The Ultimate Accounting Frontier?
(sponsored by PWC)
Time: Friday, 22^nd April 2011 - 11.00-12.30hrs
Chair: Stefano Zambon
Speakers: John Dumay, Thomas Günther, Andrea Toselli

Symposium 8: Familiness in accounting studies: opportunities for research and publications
(organized in collaboration with European Accounting Review)
Time: Friday, 22^nd April 2011 - 13.30-15.00hrs
Chair: Carlo Salvato
Speakers: Sasson Bar-Yosef, Gavin Gassar, Lucan Gnan, Wim Voordeckers

Symposium 9: What is the relevance of management accounting research?
Time: Friday, 22^nd April 2011 - 15.30-17.00hrs
Chair: Robert Scapens
Speakers: John Christensen, Markus Granlund, David Cooper, Rick Payne