Eat your heart out, Larry! I am sitting in a room filled with accountants at the BYU Accounting Research Symposium. The presenters are mostly doctoral students and new faculty, and one of the express purposes of the symposium is to provide feedback on early-stage work, so I won't blog about any particular projects.
Two quick observatons. First, though I was an accounting major as an undergraduate at BYU, this is my first academic accounting conference of any kind, and though the nature of this gathering is unusual because of its focus on work by newbies, I am pleasantly surprised by the level of audience participation. Lots of comments and questions. This must be a great help for the presenters.
Second, lots of law-talk in the papers and presentations. SOX, Reg FD, and other securities regulations of all kinds have a prominent place here. Very easy entry for an securities professor with some knowledge of accounting.
P.S. Former Conglomerate guest blogger Darren Roulstone is sitting nearby and is an active participant in the discussion. He is obviously a rock star here, no doubt because of his guest blogging.
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1. Posted by Lawrence Cunningham on October 20, 2007 @ 7:45 | Permalink
Gordon,
You lucky duck! I’d be really jealous except that while you were at the BYU symposium, I was at Lisa Fairfax’s graciously-hosted and intellectually-stimulating conference on "SOX at 5" at University of Maryland.
And Lisa had the good sense to include a panel on accounting and the kindness to give me a place on that panel!
By all accounts, this was a superb conference handling a wide range of topics by a diverse assembly of contributors.
But I'm also glad you had a good time at your symposium and love the sense of continued growth in the law & accounting zone.
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