INTACCT International Workshop
University of Porto
10th - 11th September 2009
Below you will find more information on this workshop session and comments from our Researchers after the event.
IFRS, Accounting and Financial Institutions
Day 11, 10th September
Welcome and workshop opening session
Prof. Wayne Landsman, Univ. North Carolina/USA: Some thoughts on Research in (Financial) Accounting
Prof. Luzi Hail, Univ. of Pennsylvania/USA: From the idea to the paper. The case of “Equity Cross-Listings in the U.S. and the Price of Debt”.
MICHAEL ERKENS HEC, School of Management, Paris Early Stage Researcher Comments:
“The workshop in Porto was the first I attended as an ESR of the INTACCT community. Besides getting in contact with most of the other researchers and faculty members I expected to gain better and richer insights into the topics of fair value accounting, IFRS adoption and accounting in/for financial institutions.
At the end I can say that this was one of the most valuable workshops I have ever participated. The guest speakers were leading scholars from European and American universities, as well as researchers and practitioners from European financial regulator and auditing firms. Having the opportunity to talk to them one on one not only about my own research ideas was extremely rewarding and enriching. The comfortable atmosphere during the workshop and the very well organized social program made me feel sad when flying back to Paris.”
Prof. Stephen Ryan, Univ. of New York/USA: Accounting in and for the Subprime Crisis.
Dr. Martien Lubberink and Dr. Wieteke Numan, Netherlands Central Bank: “The bank and insurance sectors and the financial crisis: the point of view of a regulator.”
Day 2, 11th September
Prof. Wayne Landsman, Univ. North Carolina/USA: Fair value accounting for financial instruments: some implications for bank regulation.
Prof. Edgar Löw, Partner at KPMG/Germany: Full fair value accounting versus IAS 39 for banks.
FANI KALOGIROU Lancaster University Early Stage Researcher Comments: “The Porto workshop has been an excellent opportunity for a diversified panel of 
experts to express their view on an interesting issue, such as “fair value accounting”. Watching European and U.S. researchers interacting, along with practitioners has broaden my thinking and provided me with new perspectives on research. Moreover, good company, food and weather rendered this experience a wonderful break!”
Nicolas Véron, Research Fellow at Bruegel (Brussels): Policy and governance challenges facing the IASB.
Prof. Günther Gebhardt, Univ. Frankfurt and INTACCT/Germany and Rolf Reichardt, Hessische Landesbank/Germany: Model based accounting research for the banking industry.
DIONYSIA DIONYSIOU University of Ljubljana Early Stage Researcher Comments:
“The theme of Porto INTACCT International Workshop was Financial Institutions, Fair Value Accounting and IFRS. Academics, practitioners and regulators were invited to express their views on the issue. Considering the current financial crisis, the presentations were very helpful in providing ‘food for thought’. The topics discussed were valuable in developing future research questions. The workshop was very interesting and educative, not only in terms of academic knowledge, but also in terms of meeting the other researchers and distinguished academics. We also had the opportunity to test port wine which was very pleasant.”
Workshop closing session
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