Recent Trends in Accounting Research Conference (RTAR, 2024)
OVERVIEW
This international conference aims to connect global scholars and accounting professionals, focusing on emerging trends and challenges within the field. Topics covered will include financial reporting, auditing innovations, sustainability accounting, and management practices. Participants will have the opportunity to benefit from keynote speeches, engaging panel discussions, and networking sessions led by experts in accounting and finance. Hosted by the Kuwait Accountants and Auditors Association (KAAA) on December 19, 2024. This event will be held at Arab Open University.
Call for Research Papers:
We invite you to contribute to this event by submitting your original research papers. Accepted papers will be presented during the conference, and Selected papers will be published in the Journal of Advanced Accounting and Auditing (JAAA), with additional publication opportunities in the Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting (JFRA) - Q1 and with the Journal of Risk Finance (JRF), Sustainability - Q1.
Please submit your papers via email to AAlQatan@kwaaa.org
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Dr. Ahmad Alqatan
Conference Organizer
Co-Editor in Chief of JAAA
Dr. Ahmad Alqatan is currently an Assistant Professor and former Assistant of the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law. Dr Ahmad has published 29-refereed papers in academic journals, four chapters and two books. In addition, he organised a member of committees, a discussant, and a presenter at more than 58 international conferences. His principal research area is concerned with corporate governance, diversity earnings management, and firm performance. He has been awarded several times, such as the prestigious 2019 Best Paper Award of the honour issuer Financial Economics Meeting: Post-crisis challenge conference and the prestigious 2019, Best poster Award of the 15th Research and Innovation Conference, Most viewed paper award (2019). Also, Dr Ahmad got the title "The Pride of Kuwait" from Youth Public Authority in 2019. In addition, Alqatan got the fifth rank for the accounting research award in Kuwait (2021). Alqatan is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of eight international journals. Also, he got a Professional Internation Certificate of CertIFR, Certificate in International Financial Reporting Standards, ACCA, UK. (2021), Professional Internation Certificate of CertIA, Certificate in International Auditing, ACCA, UK (2022), Professional Internation Certificate of CertIPSAS, Certificate in International Public Sector Accounting Standards, ACCA, UK (2022) and the status of Fellow (FHEA), UK.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Khaled Hussainey is Professor in Accounting at Bangor Business School (United Kingdom). Formerly, he held positions at Portsmouth University, Plymouth University, Stirling University, Manchester University, and Ain Shams University. His research interests focus on corporate narrative reporting. He has been featured in the list of “World Ranking of Top 2% Researchers” by Stanford University (United States). He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed academic papers in journals such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, British Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Accounting Literature, Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting, European Financial Management, Accounting and Business Research, International Journal of Finance and Economics, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. He has received external research grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the British Academy, the Qatar National Research Foundation (QNRF), the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), and Abu Dhabi University. He is a Co-Editor of the Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, Editor of the International Journal of Emerging Markets, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Finance and Economics, Journal of Applied Accounting Research, International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation and Review of Accounting and Finance
Professor Mahbub Zaman is a globally recognized expert in corporate governance, sustainability, auditing, and corporate reporting. Holding a PhD from Alliance Manchester Business School, UK, he has served as Professor of Accounting at Queensland University of Technology, Hull University, and as Assistant/Associate Professor at Manchester University. He holds visiting positions at Deakin University (Australia), University of Quebec at Montreal (Canada), Aarhus University (Denmark), University of Malaya, Multimedia University, and University Technology Malaysia (Malaysia), Massey University (New Zealand), and University of Florida (USA). Over two decades, he has published extensively on auditing, reporting, and governance, using mixed methods and multiple theoretical perspectives. His work appears in top journals, including Journal of Banking & Finance, British Accounting Review, Critical Perspectives in Accounting, and Journal of Business Ethics.
He has served as Executive and Treasurer of BAFA-CPAF, PhD Director, and on the editorial boards of International Journal of Auditing, Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, and Journal of Management and Governance. His roles also include external examiner for programs at Birmingham, Durham, Glasgow, and Arab Open universities.
Professor Fatma Wyème BEN MRAD DOUAGI is a Professor of Finance and Accounting Methods at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Tunis. She previously held positions at Paris Dauphine University PSL, France. She leads the Finance, Accounting, and Taxation Research Laboratory (FCF), where she coordinates research teams, organizes conferences, research days, and targeted training sessions aimed at improving the skills of professors and enhancing the employability of young doctoral researchers.
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She is the author of several scientific publications in finance and accounting and has supervised around twenty doctoral theses. Additionally, she chaired the National Student Reorientation Competition for the academic and has been a member of the national selection committee for professors for several years. She is also a senior consultant for various companies, specializing in corporate finance.
Dr. Ahmed A. Elamer is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Brunel Business School, Brunel University London, where he also serves as Director of Reputation and Rankings and Deputy Director of The Accounting and Auditing Research Group. His research primarily explores sustainability in accounting, corporate governance, and Islamic banking, examining factors like sustainability's impact on firm value, corporate governance, and social responsibility. Dr. Elamer has published over 50 international journal articles in leading journals, including Journal of Business Ethics, Accounting Forum, and Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation.
He has been invited to present his research globally and holds multiple editorial roles, such as Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Accounting Research and Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting. Dr. Elamer's contributions to research are recognized internationally, as evidenced by his inclusion in Stanford University's list of the World Ranking of Top 2% Researchers.
