Accounting historians notebook, 2005, Vol. 28, no. 2 (October)

              The Accounting Historians Notebook, October 2005 1
Accounting Hall of Fame
Academy of Accounting Historians
Conference: October 6 - 8, 2005
The Accounting
Historians Notebook
Vol. 28, No. 2 © Academy of Accounting Historians October 2005
“The Accounting Profession in Tran-sition:
Historical and Contemporary
Perspectives on Change” was the
theme of a conference held at the
Fisher College of Business, Ohio State
University, on October 6-8, 2005. The
Accounting Hall of Fame joined with
the Academy of Accounting Historians
to sponsor the conference. Over 125
accounting professionals, scholars and
regulators attended including 16 repre-sentatives
from other countries – 5
from Turkey, 3 from Japan, 2 from
Thailand, 2 from Spain, 2 from Mex-ico,
1 from Canada, 1 from Australia
and 1 from the United Kingdom. The
conference included panel discussions
and presentations of scholarly papers
related to the recent and far-reaching
changes in the accounting profession
and the regulations and institution
within which it functions. Speakers
and panelist included senior represen-tatives
of the largest public accounting
firms, major academic institutions, the
Securities and Exchange Commission,
and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board.