| Date | Saturday, 15 April 2017 |
| Time | 8.30 am to 5.30 pm Dinner: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
| Venue | Institute on Asian Consumer Insight (ACI) Seminar Room 1,
Blk S4-B5-50 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 639798 (Location Map) |
| Host | Nanyang Business School (NBS), Nanyang Technological University |
The goal of this Symposium is to bring together scholars in Singapore working on current topics in accounting. A unique feature of this Symposium is that speakers represent junior faculties from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Singapore Management University (SMU). This allows junior researchers in Singapore to promote, develop and exchange their research, as well as to receive feedback concerning their research.
| 8.40 am - 8.55 am | Registration |
| 8.55 am - 9.00 am | Welcome Address by Prof Tan Hun Tong, Nanyang Technological University |
| 9.00 am - 10.00 am | Paper 1: Katrina and Analysts Asst Prof Kelvin Law Nanyang Technological University (NTU) |
| 10.00 am – 10.20 am | Tea Break at ACI Function Room |
| 10.20 am – 11.20 am | Paper 2: The Role of Big 4 Auditors in the Global Primary Market: Does Audit Quality Matter Most When Investors Are Protected Least? Assoc Prof Charles Shi National University of Singapore (NUS) |
| 11.20 am – 11.30 am | Break |
| 11.30 am – 12.30 pm | Paper 3: Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism Asst Prof Sean Shin Singapore Management University (SMU) |
| 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch at ACI Function Room |
| 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm | Paper 4: Strategic Disclosure on Twitter Asst Prof Richard Crowley Singapore Management University (SMU) |
| 3.00 pm – 3.10 pm | Break |
| 3.10 pm – 4.10 pm | Paper 5: Strategic Corporate Disclosure under a Demand Shock: Evidence from the Lehman Brothers Bond Index Rating Redefinition Asst Prof Yupeng Lin National University of Singapore (NUS) |
| 4.10 pm – 4.30 pm | Tea Break at ACI Function Room |
| 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm | Paper 6: Achievement drive and analysts’ performance Asst Prof Yachang Zeng Nanyang Technological University (NTU) |
| 6.00 pm | Dinner at NTU Peach Garden |
For any enquries, please contact:
Assoc Prof Kevin Koh
Email aKohWL@ntu.edu.sg
Tel 6790 4096