Information before you register

The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) together with the University of New South Wales, will be co-hosting the annual AASB Research Forum in 2021 on Monday, November 29.

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How will you be attending AASB Forum 2022?

Please select your registration type below.

Session registration

Select which session you are interested in attending during the Forum. You can log back in at a later date to update your selection if you change your mind, until the week before the Forum. ⁠The time is in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).

SESSION 1 - Exploring the Horizons of Financial Reporting

10:00 am (AEDT)

 

OPENING REMARKS AND WELCOME

Speaker: Siobhan Hammond, Senior Manager AASB
   

10:30 am

RESEARCH TOPIC 1: Exploring the Horizons of Financial Reporting 

Research team:       

  • Michael Davern, University of Melbourne
  • Dean Hanlon, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
  • Ram Subramanian , CPA Australia
  • Nikole Gyles, AASB    
  • Brad Potter, University of Melbourne

 11:00 am

 

PANEL DISCUSSION

Facilitator: Prof Stephen Taylor, UTS Business School, AASB Board Member

Panellists:   

  • Rachel Waterhouse, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Shareholders Association
  • Mel Yates, Director, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) 
  • Adrian King, Partner in Charge, Climate Change & Sustainability, KPMG Australia
  • Taryn Rulton, Chief Commercial Officer, La Trobe University and Board Member of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)

11:30 am

 

AUDIENCE DISCUSSION AND Q&A
Dec 05, 2022 | 1000 - 1200

SESSION 2 - Reporting and Assurance of Material Climate Change-Related Risk Disclosures: Evidence from Australia

 

1:00 pm 

(AEDT)

 

RESEARCH TOPIC 2: Reporting and Assurance of Material Climate Change-Related Risk Disclosures: Evidence from Australia

Research team:

  •         Kevin Thai, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
  •         Yang Xu, University of Queensland 
  •         Kathleen Herbohn, University of Queensland

 1:30 p

PANEL DISCUSSION

Facilitator: Alison White, Deloitte, AASB Board member

Panellists:

  •         Mathew Nelson, EY Oceania Chief Sustainability Officer, EY Net Zero Centre 
  •         Prof Wai Fong Chua, University of Sydney 
  •         Sarah Barker, Partner and Head of Climate Risk Governance, MinterEllison
  •         Fiona Manning, Senior Analyst and Manager of ESG Engagement (climate), Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ASCI)

 2:00 pm

AUDIENCE DISCUSSION AND Q&A
Dec 05, 2022 | 1300 - 1430

SESSION 3 - Improving the Visibility of Soil Health in Corporate Reporting

 

2.45 pm (AEDT)

 

RESEARCH TOPIC 3: Improving the Visibility of Soil Health in Corporate Reporting 

Research team:

  • Nick Pawsy, Charles Sturt University
  • Francisco Ascui, Federation University 
  • Mark Frost, Charles Sturt University 

 3:15 pm 

PANEL DISCUSSION

Facilitator: Prof Dean Hanlon, RMIT University, AASB Board member 

Panellists:

  • Prof Jayne Godfrey, former Dean of Business and Economics at the Australian National University and the University of Auckland
  • Doug Niven, Chief Accountant, Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC)
  • Sue Ogilvey, Program Director, Farming for the Future

 3:45 pm 

 

4:15 pm

 

 

4:30 pm

AUDIENCE DISCUSSION AND Q&A

 

IASB Session 

Speaker: Prof Ann Tarca (IASB Member) on Digital Reporting 

 

AUDIENCE DISCUSSION AND Q&A 
   

4.45 pm

  CLOSING REMARKS

 
Dec 05, 2022 | 1445 - 1700

SESSION 4 - In-person networking drinks

5.00 pm 

(AEDT)

NETWORKING DRINKS

 

Dec 05, 2022 | 1700 - 1800

Session registration

Select which session you are interested in attending during the Forum. You can log back in at a later date to update your selection if you change your mind up, until the week before the Forum. ⁠The time is in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).

SESSION 1 - Exploring the Horizons of Financial Reporting

10:00 am (AEDT)

 

OPENING REMARKS AND WELCOME

Speaker: Siobhan Hammond, Senior Manager AASB
   

10:30 am

RESEARCH TOPIC 1: Exploring the Horizons of Financial Reporting 

Research team:       

  • Michael Davern, University of Melbourne
  • Dean Hanlon, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
  • Ram Subramanian , CPA Australia
  • Nikole Gyles, AASB    
  • Brad Potter, University of Melbourne

 11:00 am

 

PANEL DISCUSSION

Facilitator: Prof Stephen Taylor, UTS Business School, AASB Board Member

Panellists:   

  • Rachel Waterhouse, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Shareholders Association
  • Mel Yates, Director, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) 
  • Adrian King, Partner in Charge, Climate Change & Sustainability, KPMG Australia
  • Taryn Rulton, Chief Commercial Officer, La Trobe University and Board Member of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)

11:30 am

 

AUDIENCE DISCUSSION AND Q&A
Dec 05, 2022 | 1000 - 1200

SESSION 2 - Reporting and Assurance of Material Climate Change-Related Risk Disclosures: Evidence from Australia

 

1:00 pm 

(AEDT)

 

RESEARCH TOPIC 2: Reporting and Assurance of Material Climate Change-Related Risk Disclosures: Evidence from Australia

Research team:

  •         Kevin Thai, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
  •         Yang Xu, University of Queensland 
  •         Kathleen Herbohn, University of Queensland

 1:30 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION

Facilitator: Alison White, Deloitte, AASB Board member

Panellists:

  •         Mathew Nelson, EY Oceania Chief Sustainability Officer, EY Net Zero Centre 
  •         Prof Wai Fong Chua, University of Sydney 
  •         Sarah Baker, Partner and Head of Climate Risk Governance, MinterEllison
  •         Fiona Manning, Senior Analyst and Manager of ESG Engagement (climate), Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ASCI)

 2:00 pm

AUDIENCE DISCUSSION AND Q&A
Dec 05, 2022 | 1300 - 1430

SESSION 3 - Improving the Visibility of Soil Health in Corporate Reporting

 

2.45 pm (AEDT)

 

RESEARCH TOPIC 3: Improving the Visibility of Soil Health in Corporate Reporting 

Research team:

  • Nick Pawsy, Charles Sturt University
  • Francisco Ascui, Federation University 
  • Mark Frost, Charles Sturt University 

 3:15 pm 

PANEL DISCUSSION

Facilitator: Prof Dean Hanlon, RMIT University, AASB Board member 

Panellists:

  • Prof Jayne Godfrey, former Dean of Business and Economics at the Australian National University and the University of Auckland
  • Doug Niven, Chief Accountant, Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC)
  • Sue Ogilvey, Program Director, Farming for the Future

 3:45 pm 

 

4:15 pm

 

 

4:30 pm

AUDIENCE DISCUSSION AND Q&A

 

IASB Session 

Speaker: Prof Ann Tarca (IASB Member) on Digital Reporting 

 

AUDIENCE DISCUSSION AND Q&A 
   

4.45 pm

  CLOSING REMARKS

 
Dec 05, 2022 | 1445 - 1700

Summary

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