Abstract:
Toward the end of October
1997 two important
Accounting congresses took
place in Paris, France. The first
congress, the 8th World Congress
of the International Association for
Accounting Education and
Research (IAAER), was held from
23-25 October 1997 at the Paris
School of Management. The
IAAER is the world body that
represents the interests of Accounting educators and
researchers. The theme of the
congress was "The Changing
World of Accounting: Global and
Regional Issues." Given the rapid
social, political, technological and
economic changes occurring in all
parts of the world, it was felt that
accounting educators should come
together to share their views on
how accounting education in their
country and/ or part of the world
is or should be responding to
change. The congress was
attended by approximately 700
delegates and nearly 200 papers, of
varying quality, were presented in
plenary, parallel and panel
sessions and in a research forum.
The incoming president of the
IAAER, Prof Bel Needles from De Paul University, Chicago, said in
his closing address that the shorter
term goals of the Association are to
pursue closer relations with the
International Federation of
Accountants (IFAC) and the
International Accounting Standards
Committee (IASC), to draft a
discussion paper on ethics and to
improve communication between
Accounting educators world-wide
through the use of technology.
