Program

The program for the 2010 Symposium to be held on Thursday 22nd July 2010 is listed below. Each PhD presenter has strictly 25 minutes to present their paper, with 15 minutes being allowed for comments by an assigned discussant and a further 5 minutes for questions led by the chair.

Time	Event

8:30am	*Registration and Morning Coffee*
9:00am	Opening
9:30am	Session 1 AMANDA CARTER The importance of accounting services for development in regional and remote South Australia Panel member to comment: Professor Gene Whittenburg (San Diego State University, USA)
10:15am	Session 2 SABINE SCHUHRER Harmonisation of GAAP and GFS – why and how it happened and was it worth it? Panel Member to comment: Professor Niamh Brennan (University College Dublin, IRE)
11:00am	*Morning Tea*
11:30am	Session 2 MANISH AGARWAL Do Merger Review Regimes Impede Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions? Panel Member to comment: Associate Professor Ben Marshall (Massey University, NZ)
12:15pm	Session 2 YESSY PERANGINANGIN Size and Commonality in the Indonesia Stock Exchange Panel member to comment: Professor Robert Faff (UQ)
1:00pm	*Lunch*
2:00pm	Session 3 BERNHARD LOBMAYR Regulatory changes and their influence on concentration in high-risk medical device innovation Panel member to comment: Professor John Siegfried (Vanderbilt University, USA)
2:45pm	Session 3 ADAM LOCH Regulatory impacts on water trade: case study insights from Australian water markets Panel member to comment: Professor Lew Evans (Victoria University Wellington, NZ)
3:30pm	*Afternoon Tea*
4:00pm	Panel Session Expertise from panel including Professor Gene Whittenburg, Professor Niamh Brennan, Associate Professor Ben Marshall, Professor Robert Faff, Professor John Seigfied, Professor Lew Evans, Professor Yossi Aharony (Adelaide), Professor Paul Koku (Florida Atlantic University, USA) and Associate Professor Louise Single (St Edward’s University, USA)
5:00pm	Close
5:15pm	*Post-Symposium Refreshments*