RMIT Accounting Educators’ Conference 2022
Monday 28 November, 2022
Monday 28 November, 2022
RMIT University’s School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain, together with CPA Australia, warmly invite you to attend the RMIT Accounting Educators’ Conference 2022.
RMIT has a proud history of hosting this annual event for thirteen consecutive years. The conference welcomes the exchange of ideas and information about research, education, projects, practice and policies.
Explore the latest research developments in accounting education
Debate the future of accounting education
Learn from the experience of others
Held Monday 28 November, 2022, the AEC conference will feature a keynote address, a panel of guest speakers and parallel sessions with accounting and education scholars. The conference provides a forum for sharing and shaping ideas, insight, and discussion on accounting education and related research that support the underlying theme of the conference.
We are pleased to announce that Dr Keith Kendall will be our keynote speaker at the RMIT Accounting Educators’ Conference.
Dr Keith Kendall was appointed Chair of the Australian Accounting Standards Board in May 2020. During the previous 25 years, he has worked in a variety of roles in accounting, law and taxation, including in academia, government and public practice. He has also held (and continues to hold) a number of volunteer roles in the not-for-profit sector, including with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. A Fellow of CPA Australia and a member of CAANZ, he is a former member of CPA Australia’s Taxation Centre of Excellence. As part of his role on the AASB, Dr Kendall also serves as a member of the (Australian) Financial Reporting Council and the New Zealand Accounting Standards Board.
The theme of the RMIT Accounting Educators’ Conference 2022 is “The role of accounting education as a conduit for Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) adoption”.
In a rapidly changing educational environment at international, national, and institutional levels, the theme of this year’s conference is both significant and topical. By attending this conference, you will be part of a community engaging in a dialogue about the future of accounting education.
Since the inception of the RMIT Accounting Educators’ Conference in 2010, this event has been proudly supported by CPA Australia who have helped to make this conference the leading event on the Asia Pacific accounting education calendar. We are most grateful to CPA Australia for their support and participation in this event.
We look forward to meeting you as a member of this community and hearing what you have to say.
CPA Australia Melbourne Office, Level 20, 28 Freshwater Pl, Southbank |
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From 8.30am |
Registration open. Coffee and Tea available! |
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9.00am – 9.30am |
Welcome to AEC 2022 Dr Meredith Tharapos and Dr Pavithra Siriwardhane, Conference Convenors Acknowledgement of Country Conference Opening Professor Robyn Moroney, Head, Department of Accounting, RMIT University Karen Hellwig, Executive General Manager Member Education, CPA Australia |
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9.30 am – 10.30am |
Plenary Presentation Dr Keith Kendall, Chair, Australian Accounting Standards Board Sustainability Reporting: Where to from here? |
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10.30am – 11.00am |
Morning Refreshments |
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Concurrent Sessions |
Professional Skills Seminar Room 1 |
SDG’s in Curricula Seminar Room 2 |
Assessment & Curricula Seminar Room 3 |
Chair |
Suraiyah Akbar |
Sonia Magdziarz |
Clara Nkhoma |
11.00am – 11.30am |
Implementation of online discussion boards to enhance professional skills and business- news-habits of accounting students Edward Tello Melendez, Monash University |
Accounting post-graduate student views on the usefulness of a course teaching the United Nations sustainable development goals Abdel K Halabi, Federation University |
Student engagement with instructor-generated video Karen McBride, University of Portsmouth, UK* *Online presenter |
11.30am – 12.00pm |
Accounting education for Gen-Z: Lessons from student co-creation Daniela Juric, Monash University |
Enhancing the incorporation of sustainability accounting in accounting education in Australian universities: the perspective of academic staff Marie Kavanagh, University of Southern Queensland |
Higher order cognitive skills in accounting education: An Australian case study Seedwell Sithole, University of Tasmania |
12.00pm – 12.30pm |
Engaging generation Greta in accounting teaching Jennifer Rose, University of Manchester, UK |
SDG 8 and modern slavery: An accounting education curriculum Christine Helliar, University of South Australia |
The role of accounting in society after the Covid-19 pandemic: Future directions of accounting education Farzaneh Jalali, Latrobe University |
12.30pm – 1.00pm |
International accounting graduates (IAG) employment intentions and outcomes in Tasmania Youyin Yu, University of Tasmania |
Empower the future eco-warriors (Accountants) by embedding SDGs into active learning case studies (curriculum and assessments) Xingdong Yan, Accounting Pod |
Accounting curricula, climate crisis and carbon net-zero transition Amrinder Khosa, University of Tasmania |
1.00pm – 1.45pm |
Lunch |
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Concurrent Sessions |
SDG’s in Curricula Seminar Room 1 |
Professional Skills Seminar Room 2 |
Student Engagement Seminar Room 3 |
Chair |
Lina Xu |
Prabashi Dharmasiri |
Kevin Thai |
1.45pm – 2.15pm |
Integrity of assessments in challenging times Lorena Mitrione, Monash University |
Ethics education and serious games Clara Nkhoma & Sonia Magdziarz, RMIT University |
Outcomes from the office of student success Nicola Beatson, University of Otago |
2.15pm – 2.45pm |
Adopting collaborative learning to facilitate case-based learning: the case of an environmental management accounting course Thuy Thanh Tran, University of Kassel, Germany* *Online presenter |
Communication skills in accounting: Awareness and fear Martin Turner, Central Queensland University* *Online presenter |
Introducing indigenous perspectives into the accounting curriculum: An initiative for a national set of educational resources Amanda White, University of Technology Sydney |
2.45pm – 3.15pm |
Reviewing the status of teaching sustainability accounting in accounting classrooms: Jordanian study Merwiey Alaqrabaw, Hashemite University, Jordan* *Online presenter |
An analysis of students’ text- based interactions while collaboratively reading and annotating a financial reporting standard Cecile Janse van Rensburg, University of Pretoria, South Africa* *Online presenter |
Cultural intelligence in the transnational teaching of accounting in Vietnam Ha Nguyen, RMIT University, Vietnam* *Online presenter |
3.15pm – 3.45pm |
Afternoon Refreshments |
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3.45pm – 4.45pm |
Panel Discussion Chair: Associate Professor Gillian Vesty, RMIT University ESG: Opportunity or minefield? Terence Jeyaretnam - APAC Leader & Partner, Climate Change & Sustainability, EY Subhash Abhyawansa - Associate Professor in Accounting, Swinburne University of Technology Patrick Viljoen - Senior Manager ESG – Policy and Advocacy, CPA Australia Jason Leonard - Partner, IBM Consulting, Australia/New Zealand |
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4.45pm – 5.00pm |
Closing Address Dr Meredith Tharapos and Dr Pavithra Siriwardhane, RMIT University |
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5.00pm – 6.00pm |
Networking Drinks |
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Name: Meredith Tharapos
Name: Pavithra Siriwardhane
The RMIT Accounting Educators' Conference is a refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices of accounting education. The conference promotes collaborative excellence between members and institutions from practice and education. The aim of the Conference is to provide an opportunity for academics and professionals with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge knowledge gaps, strive for excellence in research and promote the evolution of accounting education in the development of future accounting professionals. The conference invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation, critiques, empirical analysis, practice, and performance evaluation.
The RMIT Accounting Educators’ Conference is held annually and was first held in 2010. Previous conference themes include:
RMIT recognises the important role the education sector can play not only supporting the SDGs agenda, but actually promoting and contributing to the achievement of all 17 Goals.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
