FAR offers the unique opportunity to bring researchers and audit firms together for knowledge exchange and collaboration. This online conference is focused on sharing findings from FAR Research Projects, disseminating existing knowledge on relevant questions from auditing practice, and discussing views from practice, standard setters and regulators.

On Monday 21 June 2021 from 12.30 till 5.30 pm CET, we will be hosting another interesting online version of our International Conference.

Program:

12.30 - 12.40 Welcome and opening speech - Jan Bouwens, FAR Managing Director

12.40 - 13.40 Plenary 1 – The auditor’s evaluation of misstatements – Exploration, drivers, and consequences (Ann Vanstraelen, Maastricht University & Ulrike Thürheimer, UNSW Sidney)

13:50 – 14:50 Plenary 2 – Why some auditors thrive while others struggle – The effects of multiple team membership on audit quality (Reggy Hooghiemstra, University of Groningen)

14:50 – 15:10 Break – Listen to a podcast with Tjibbe Bosman on “Robotic Process Automation for the Extraction of Audit Information”

15:10 – 16:10 Plenary 3 – Imitation behavior of junior auditors: Does it enhance or hamper audit quality? (Eddy Cardinaels, KU Leuven & Evelien Reusen, Erasmus University Rotterdam)

16:20 – 17:20 Plenary 4 – CEO behavioral integrity, auditor responses, and firm outcomes (Shane Dikolli, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)

17.20 – 17.30 Closing reflections – Jan Bouwens, FAR Managing Director

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