CPA Research Speaker Series

Everyone is welcome to attend these talks! Contact the department at busaba@ualberta.ca if you wish to receive notification regarding upcoming seminars.

Accounting Series

The CPA Research Speaker Series (Accounting) are held In Person in BUS 3-06 on Fridays from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM MST (unless otherwise noted).

2024 - 2025​

Date Speaker Topic
Sept 13, 2024 Edwige Cheynel,
Washington University in St. Louis		 Truth and Deception
Sept 20, 2024 Xiaoli Tian,
Georgetown University		 Interactive Rulemaking for Environmental Regulations and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from Energy Conservation Standards
Sept 27, 2024 Paul Fischer,
University of Pennsylvania		 Endogenous Social Norms In the Boardroom: Evidence from Insider Trading Activity
Oct 11, 2024 Ryan Clements,
Alberta Securities Commission		 Recent Developments at the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC)
Oct 18, 2024 Leslie Hodder,
Indiana University		 Cost Anchoring in Fair Value Estimation
Oct 25, 2024 Xin Zheng,
University of British Columbia		 Adaptation to Climate-induced Regulatory Risk: A Labor Perspective
Nov 29, 2024 Pierre Chaigneau,
Queen's University		 Executive Compensation with Social and Environmental Performance
Feb 7, 2024 Lin Qiu,
Purdue University		 Whistleblowing and Information System Design
Feb 28, 2025 Quinn Swanquist,
The University of Alabama		 The State of Audit Quality: Perspectives and Empirical Evidence
Mar 7, 2025 Henry Friedman,
University of California, Los Angeles		 TBA
Mar 14, 2025 Robbie Moon,
Georgia Institute of Technology		 TBA
Mar 21, 2025 Raj Mashruwala,
University of Calgary		 TBA
Mar 28, 2025 Karen Nelson,
Texas Christian University		 TBA
Apr 4, 2025 Partha Mohanram,
University of Toronto		 TBA

 Note: Information regarding seminars is subject to change.

Business Analytics Series

The CPA Research Speaker Series (Business Analytics) are held In Person in BUS 4-06 on Fridays from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM MST (unless otherwise noted).

2024 - 2025​

Date Speaker Topic
Sept 13, 2024 Javad Nasiry,
McGill University		 Designing Size-Inclusive Fashion Assortments
Sept 27, 2024 Moren Levesque,
York University		 Venture creation efficiency: Innovativeness, speed-to-breakeven, and revenue tradeoffs
Oct 4, 2024 Vedat Verter,
Queen's University		 Nurse Workload Balancing using Real-Time Location Data
Oct 25, 2024 Maria Ibanez,
Northwestern University		 Second-versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring
Nov 8, 2024 Andrew Daw,
University of Southern California		 Asymmetries of Service: Interdependence and Synchronicity
Feb 7, 2025 Julia Yan
University of British Columbia		 Pricing Shared Rides
Asoo Vakharia,
University of Florida		 Introduction of online degree programs: A competitive framework
Mar 14, 2025 Zhongju (John) Zhang,
Arizona State University		 TBA
Mar 28, 2025 Philipp Afeche,
University of Toronto		 TBA
Apr 4, 2025 Stefanus Jasin,
Univerisity of Michigan		 TBA
May 2, 2025 Soroush Saghafian,
Harvard University		 TBA

  Note: Information regarding seminars is subject to change.

Past Speakers Series

Contact the department at busaba@ualberta.ca if require information for years not listed.

2023-2024

Accounting Series

  • Peter (Seung Hwan) Oh - McGill University
  • Stephanie Cheng - Tulane University
  • Yoon Ju Kang - University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Ryan Wilson - University of Iowa
  • Helen Zhang - University of Minnesota
  • Lan Guo - Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Hao Xue - Duke University
  • Shane Dikolli - University of Virginia
  • Shivaram Rajgopal - Columbia University
  • Beatrice Michaeli - University of California, Los Angeles
  • Joyce Tian - University of Waterloo 

Business Analytics Series

  • Sentao Miao - University of Colorado Boulder
  • Radha Mookerjee - The University of Texas at Dallas
  • Sarang Deo - Indian School of Business
  • Tinglong Dai - Johns Hopkins University
  • Borzou Rostami - University of Alberta
  • Martin Cousineau - University of Montreal
  • Nicos Savva - London Business School
  • Sheng Liu - University of Toronto
  • Tim Huh - University of British Columbia 
2022-2023

Accounting Series

  • Ke Feng - University of Alberta
  • Chan Li - University of Kansas
  • Elizabeth Demers - University of Waterloo
  • John Campbell - University of Georgia
  • Kelvin Yeung - City University of Hong Kong
  • Rahul Sukumar Menon - Purdue University
  • Hyun Hwang - University of Texas at Austin

Business Analytics Series

  • Tom F. Tan - Southern Methodist University
  • Gonzalo Romero - University of Toronto
  • Pengyi Shi - Purdue University
  • Björn Gunnarsson - University of Akureyri
  • Anita Carson - Boston University
  • Cristian Bravo - University of Western Ontario
  • Beryl Chen - University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Jianqing Chen - University of Texas at Dallas
  • Nan Liu - Boston College