Eight Academic Societies on Accounting and Taxation to Hold Joint Conference on the 27th of Next Month

[Asia Economy Reporter Ji-hwan Park] Eight academic societies related to accounting and taxation in Korea announced on the 1st that they will hold an integrated academic conference on the social role and future of accounting on the 27th of next month.

The eight academic societies in the fields of accounting and taxation in Korea held a business agreement ceremony on the 28th of last month and decided to hold an integrated academic conference of the eight societies related to accounting and taxation.

The business agreement ceremony was attended by the chairman of the integrated academic conference promotion committee (Professor Jong-su Han, Ewha Womans University), President of the Korean Management Accounting Society (Professor Jin-bae Kim, Korea University), President of the Korean International Accounting Society (Professor Yo-hwan Kim, Dankook University), President of the Korean Taxation Society (Professor Gyu-an Jeon, Soongsil University), President of the Korean Tax Accounting Society (Professor Woo-young Yoon, Keimyung College University), President of the Korean Government Accounting Society (Professor Won-seok Choi, University of Seoul), President of the Korean Accounting Information Society (Professor Hak-yeol Kim, Pukyong National University), President of the Korean Accounting Policy Society (Professor Hyun-taek Oh, Cheongju University), and President of the Korean Accounting Association (Professor Seok-woo Jung, Korea University).

The integrated academic conference was originally scheduled to be held in April but was postponed once to June in order to participate in the social distancing campaign due to COVID-19. Professor Jong-su Han, the chairman of the promotion committee, stated that since the safety of members is the top priority, the integrated academic conference in June will be prepared in strict compliance with the guidelines and recommendations of the quarantine authorities.

The integrated academic conference is jointly hosted by the eight academic societies, with the Korean Accounting Association (KAA) serving as the organizing society.

Professor Seok-woo Jung of Korea University said, "As social issues related to accounting have recently come to the forefront and social interest has increased, the eight academic societies related to accounting and taxation will unite as one and jointly strive to enhance the reliability of accounting information."

The integrated academic conference will be held at Songdo Convensia, and about 80 research papers related to accounting and taxation are expected to be presented.

The day before, at the same venue, the 'KAA Annual Global Meeting (hereinafter KAGM) 2020' international academic conference hosted by the Korean Accounting Association will also be held in the form of an online webinar. In particular, Mary E. Barth (Stanford University), a world-renowned scholar in the field of accounting, and Philip Joos (Tilburg University), the immediate past president of the European Accounting Association, will participate online from the United States and the Netherlands respectively to deliver keynote speeches.

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