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WHEN:

Dates – February 16 – 18, 2012

WHERE: Marriott Hotel and Convention Center, Coralville, IA

WHAT: An opportunity to interact with students from other accounting programs and learn about matters of current professional interest. Conference activities are designed to encourage active participation among students, faculty and accounting professionals.
The program includes the following:

• Thursday evening welcome reception
• Leadership in the Accounting Profession
• Detecting Deception in Accounting Settings
• The Numbers Game: How Financial Information is Communicated to Market Participants
• The Wisdom of Crowds – Political Contests and Accounting Applications
• Student Team Blast: Collaboration and Competition in the Workplace
• Faculty session on the future of technology in education
• Friday evening dinner at Kinnick Stadium
• GAAP/IFRS: Accounting for Leases
• IFRS Convergence: A Conversation about “Condorsement”
• What’s Next: Perspectives on the Profession

WHO: Conference participants include:

• Ernst & Young and Rockwell Collins professionals
• Speakers from the business community
• Accounting faculty and students (juniors and seniors) from the University of Iowa and other participating schools.

BENEFITS: Learn first-hand about challenges confronting the accounting profession. Network with accounting and business professionals. Active engagement with accounting students and faculty from other schools.

ATTIRE: All conference sessions and events are business casual.

Sponsored by

The Accounting Summit is co-sponsored by The University of Iowa’s Accounting Department, Ernst & Young, and Rockwell Collins.