Conference Program
Updated 30 November 2010
Saturday 4 December 2010
Emerging Scholars Colloquium
Location: Albury Campus, Charles Sturt University, Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Registration in the Learning and Teaching Hub, Charles Sturt University, Albury-Wodonga Campus |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Welcome Speech Dr Charl de Villiers Senior Lecturer in Accounting, The University of Auckland |
| Session A | Research Mentoring Dr Dianne Mcgrath, Charles Sturt University. |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Mr Ben Jacobsen Shareholder Activism: Towards Social Responsibility |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Faizah Mohd Khalid The Significance of Implementing Environmental Management Accounting for Malaysia's Sustainability |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Morning Tea |
| Session B | Research Mentoring Dr Charl de Villiers, The University of Auckland |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Ms Norhayati Mat Husin Intellectual Capital Reporting of Malaysian Companies: Assessing Quantity and Quality Through Multidimensional Framework. |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Ms Kristiana Tri Wahyudiyati Forest Community Development: Enhancing Corporate Social Responsibility in Indonesia’s Forestry Sector |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| Session C | Research Mentoring Associate Professor Trevor Wilmshurst, University of Tasmania |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Ms Amanpreet Kaur Stakeholder Engagement in Sustainability Reporting by Australian Local Councils |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Mrs Arthik Davianti Accountability and Responsibility for Sustainable Development: A Comparative Study of the Development of Carbon Accounting in Indonesia and Australia |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Helen Wright Motivations for Membership of Sustainability-Focused Business Organizations |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Afternoon Tea |
| Session D | Research Mentoring |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Ahmad Sujan Corporate and State Economic Interests Chipping at Environmental Concerns: The Case of a Pulp Mill |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Sanjaya Kuruppu An Exploration of the Interrelationships between Strategy, Management Control Systems, and External Sustainability Reporting |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Shane Leong Accountability via Central Database Regimes in the Context of the Australian Political Finance Regime |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Conclusion Speech Dr Sumit. K. Lodhia Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of South Australia. |
| 18:30 – Late | Dinner and Drinks at Lake Hume Resort, Thurgoona. Sponsored by ACCA (Transport will be provided) |
Sunday 5 December 2010
CSEAR Conference 2010
Location: Albury Campus, Charles Sturt University, Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona
| Time | Activity | |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Registration | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Welcome Morning Tea Dianne McGrath (Conference Convenor) Gordon Boyce (Chair Technical Committee) | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 1 Stream A Chair: Ben Jacobsen Sandra van der Laan and Lee Moerman Recognising Contingent Liabilities: Long-tails and accounting frameworks Heidi Sundin, David Brown and Peter Booth Management control systems in a multi stakeholder environment, a study of stakeholder salience |
Stream B Chair: Cornelia Beck Lorne Cummings, Asit Bhattacharyya and Robert Staib Evaluating Corporate Environmental Performance across Developed and Developing Economies: Evidence from Australian and Indian Companies Trevor Wilmshurst, Sha May Lim and Sonia Shimeld Red Dust – There She Blows – An Environmental Incident, Corporate Disclosure and Legitimacy Theory |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 2 Stream C Chair: Donna Mangion Stephanie Perkiss, Graham Bowrey and Nick Gill Environmental Refugees: An accountability perspective Freda Hui and Graham Bowrey An examination of CSR Assurance Reports of Equator Principles Signatories |
Stream D Chair: Jean Raar Akintola Owolabi and Francis Iyoha Link between accounting/auditing environment and the remittances of Africans in Diaspora Susan Wild Accounting for Cultural Assets - An Alternative Metrics from New Zealand Maori Culture |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Official Welcome: Professor Allan Curtis (Head, Albury Campus) Welcome to Country: Yalmambirra on behalf of the Wiradjuri Council of Elders | |
| 15:45 – 17:30 | Opening Plenary Mr Bernard Murphy (Chairman, Maurice Blackburn) |
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| 17:15 – 18:30 | Refreshments | |
| 19:00 – Late | Dinner at Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona | |
Monday 5 December 2010
CSEAR Conference 2010
Location: Albury Campus, Charles Sturt University, Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona
| Time | Activity | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration/Coffee | |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Walking Plenary - Wetlands Tour | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Morning Tea | |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 3 Stream E Chair: Gordon Boyce David Campbell Demutualisation and strategic CSR in UK building societies. Jim Fraser From Sumerian Pictograms to MS Excel- 7000 years of Agricultural Economics |
Stream F Marcus Milne Asit Bhattacharyya, Lorne Cummings and Robert Staib The Association Between Firm Characteristics and Levels of Corporate Social and Environment Reporting in Australian and Indian Organisations. Yingjun Lu, Indra Abeysekera and Corinne Cortese Determinants of Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure of Socially Responsible Chinese Listed Firms |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Plenary Professor Max Finlayson (Director, Institute for Land, Water and Society and Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity, CSU) | |
| 14:30 – 15:15 | Session 4 Stream G Chair: Sandra van der Laan Mohammad Imtiaz Ferdous and Carol Adams A framework for understanding the contribution of EMA in In pursuing environmental performance |
Stream H Chair: Bob Miller Sumit Lodhia Sustainability Reporting in the Australian Commonwealth Public Sector: An application of New Institutional Theory |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | Session 4 (Continue) Stream G Chair: Sandra van der Laan Edward Tello and James Hazelton Improving Water Information through Standardised Water |
Stream H Chair: Bob Miller Bakhtiar Alrazi, Charl de Villiers and Chris van Staden The Environmental Reporting of Electric Utilities: an International Comparison |
| 16:30 – 17:45 | Pre-dinner break | |
| 17:45 | Bus Pick-up | |
| 18:00 - Late | Dinner at Gypsy Gardens (Lincoln Causeway, Gateway Island, Wodonga) Sponsored by The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia | |
Tuesday 7 December 2010
CSEAR Conference 2010
Location: Albury Campus, Charles Sturt University, Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona
| Time | Activity | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Coffee | |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session 5 Stream I Chair: David Campbell Jeff Birchall, Amanda Ball, Ian Mason and Markus Milne Environmental and Economic Benefits of the New Zealand Carbon Neutral Public Service Programme Shane Leong and James Hazelton Accountability via central database regimes in the context of NSW political donations |
Stream J Chair: Susan Wild Susan Conway, Wilmshurst Trevor and Belinda Williams ASX Guidelines for Disclosure on Australia Company Websites Changing Times Is the ASX perception of stakeholders information needs met? Janine Hogan and Sumit Lodhia Sustainability reporting and reputation risk management: An Australian case study |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Morning Tea | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Plenary Professor Ken McPhail (University of Glasgow) | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Open Forum - CSEAR into the future | |
| 13:00 – 13:15 | Closing | |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors:
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
- ACCA
- CPA Australia
- Charles Sturt University, Faculty of Business, School of Accounting, Institute for Land, Water and Society and Albury Campus