The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder Leeds School of Business will host an accounting conference featuring speakers from the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business April 12-14.
The conference, at Cross Creek Resort in Frisco, Colo., will examine the importance of accounting and tax information in decisions made by investors and managers.
Katherine Shipper, a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and a former professor at Duke University, will be the keynote speaker. Accounting faculty and doctoral students from the Leeds School of Business will attend the conference. Other attendees include faculty from Harvard University, Ohio State University, University of California, University of Michigan and University of North Carolina.
"We are excited about this opportunity to explore the latest issues in accounting research with some of the best accounting scholars in the country," said Barry Lewis, a Leeds School of Business accounting professor.
"We intend to develop this conference into one of the premier forums for innovative research that focuses on the important role that accounting plays in the efficient functioning of our capital markets and in the management of business enterprises."
The accounting conference is one of many activities by the Leeds School of Business that supports the school's focus on connections between business and society.