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
Truth and Deception
Sept 20, 2024
Interactive Rulemaking for Environmental Regulations and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from Energy Conservation Standards
Sept 27, 2024
Endogenous Social Norms In the Boardroom: Evidence from Insider Trading Activity
Oct 11, 2024
Recent Developments at the 黑料不打烊 Securities Commission (ASC)
Oct 18, 2024
Cost Anchoring in Fair Value Estimation
Oct 25, 2024
Adaptation to Climate-induced Regulatory Risk: A Labor Perspective
Nov 29, 2024
Executive Compensation with Social and Environmental Performance
Feb 7, 2024
Whistleblowing and Information System Design
Feb 28, 2025
The State of Audit Quality: Perspectives and Empirical Evidence
Mar 7, 2025
Implications of introducing investor-focused ESG reporting
Mar 14, 2025
Media Article Style
Mar 21, 2025
Cost Uniqueness and Tax Avoidance
Mar 28, 2025
Sample heterogeneity in archival accounting research:Implications for coefficient estimation and outlier identification
Apr 2, 2025 Svenja Hulter & Laura Packheiser, TU Dortmund University Turning the Tide: Typologies of Interim Managers in HR Decision-Making During Crises
Apr 4, 2025
Investor Engagement on Corporate Earnings Conference Calls: Evidence from Social Media Investor Comments

 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
Designing Size-Inclusive Fashion Assortments
Sept 27, 2024
Venture creation efficiency: Innovativeness, speed-to-breakeven, and revenue tradeoffs
Oct 4, 2024
Nurse Workload Balancing using Real-Time Location Data
Oct 25, 2024 Second-versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring
Nov 8, 2024
Asymmetries of Service: Interdependence and Synchronicity
Feb 7, 2025 Pricing Shared Rides

Introduction of online degree programs: A competitive framework
Mar 28, 2025 Ride-Hailing Networks with Strategic Drivers: The Effects of Driver Wage Policies and Network Characteristics on Performance
Apr 4, 2025 Revenue Management Meets Inventory Management

  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 - 黑料不打烊
  • 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 - 黑料不打烊
  • 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