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BAFA South-East Area Group 2025 Annual Conference

Event information
Date 6 June 2025
Time 9:00-17:00 (Timezone: Europe/London)
Event types:
Conferences

Confirmed speakers at the conference are:

Amir Amel-Zadeh, Associate Professor of Accounting at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. His research focuses on the impact of financial and non-financial disclosures on capital markets.

Amir Amel-Zadeh

Alnoor Bhimani, Professor of Management Accounting at London School of Economics (LSE) and the Founding Director of LSE Entrepreneurship. His research focuses on management accounting in the digital economy, tech entrepreneurship, and global governance.

Maria Correia, Professor of Accounting at London School of Economics (LSE). Her research focuses on credit markets, default prediction, business groups, and corporate governance.

Elroy Dimson, Professor of Finance at Judge Business School and Chairman of the Centre for Endowment Asset Management, University of Cambridge. His research spans long-horizon investment, endowment strategy, and financial history.

Lisa Jack, Professor of Accounting at the University of Portsmouth and Co-Editor of the British Accounting Review. She specializes in accounting practices in the agri-food industry, forensic accounting, and the use of theory in qualitative research.

Oumesh Sauba, CIMA’s Member in Practice Committee with AICPA-CIMA qualifications. He specializes in financial and management accounts, taxes, and has a keen interest in AI and Machine Learning.

Alongside the invited speakers’ presentations, there will be an opportunity for scholars to present their working papers in a poster session. The final decision about the selection of the poster presentations will be made by the BAFA-SEAG executive committee.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

We invite submissions addressing research questions in all areas of Accounting and Finance. There is no preference to any particular methodology or topic. We especially encourage PhD researchers to submit an extended abstract (no more than five pages) of their ‘job market’ papers. Send the abstract along with a title page including names of authors and affiliation to Dr. Xianmin Liu (xl8349b@gre.ac.uk), with “BAFA SEAG 2025” in the subject of your email.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday, 31 March 2025.

REGISTRATION:
Registration is NOW OPEN
. Please click on the link below for registration.
https://forms.gle/NAgjzJpDRSWH...

BAFA MEMBERSHIP:
BAFA-SEAG is a regional group of the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA). To learn more about us, please click here. This is a learned society which brings together those interested in teaching and research in accounting and finance. You can sign up for BAFA membership at this link: BAFA - BRITISH ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ASSOCIATION.

AGENDA:
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to know the conference Agenda, which will be available in May 2025.
VENUE: Lecture Theatre G09, ICMA Centre, University of Reading, Whiteknights
Campus, Shinfield Road, Reading, RG6 6DL.

VENUE: Lecture Theatre G09, ICMA Centre, University of Reading, Whiteknights
Campus, Shinfield Road, Reading, RG6 6DL.

BAFA-SEAG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Chair: Prof. Monomita Nandy (Monomita.nandy@brunel.ac.uk)
Secretary: Dr. Md Tarikul Islam (tarikul.islam@gre.ac.uk)
Treasurer: Prof. Salma Ibrahim (s.ibrahim@kingston.ac.uk)
Media Executive: Dr. Xianmin Liu (xl8349b@gre.ac.uk)

Conference Coordinator at Reading: Dr. Ronita Ram (ronita.ram@henley.ac.uk)

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