Avondale Business School presented a paper at the European Accounting Association (http://www.eaa-online.org) Annual Conference at Bocconi University entitled “Are they ready? Accounting academics’ perspectives of the preparedness of new student cohorts”. The paper was from the research done by Warrick Long as part of his PhD, and was co-written by colleagues, Associate Professor Lisa Barnes, Professor Tony Williams and Associate Professor Maria Northcote, all from Avondale College of Higher Education. It was presented in Milan, Italy on 1st June 2018.
Presenting to this conference proved a success with the paper receiving positive feedback at the conference by participants, particularly as the conference is the largest and most competitive conference for presenting of “Accounting” issues globally, see scientific program link (http://www.eaacongress.org/UserFiles/EAA%202018%20Scientific%20Programme%20-%2022.05.18.pdf).
But the importance of the papers acceptance is shown in the statistics from the conference itself. A total of 1,089 papers were presented at the conference, with only 24 of them being from the Accounting Education stream, of which 5 papers were from Australia, with 90 papers presented by representatives from Australia in total (as shown below)
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The paper was presented in a concurrent session competing against 34 other presentations. With over 3,000 delegates in attendance, the European Accounting Association Conference is one of the largest conferences in the world. But it wouldn’t be worth travelling 29 hours door to door unless a bit of sight-seeing followed in the city of Milan, settled in 400 B.C.
The Duomo (Milan Cathedral) is a tourist must-see. The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete with its Gothic architecture. The Milan Cathedral in Italy is the world’s fourth-largest church in the world. This view is taken from the roof looking down to one of the main plazas. It took over 700 steps to capture this view!
Milan is also home to Santa Maria delle Grazie convent, housing Leonardo da Vinci’s mural “The Last Supper”. The Last Supper is a late 15th-century mural that took over four years to complete. The work is presumed to have been started around 1495–96. The painting represents the scene of the last supper of Jesus with his apostles, as it is told in the Gospel of John, 13:21. Leonardo has depicted the consternation that occurred among the twelve disciples when Jesus announced that one of them would betray him. It is one of the world’s most recognizable paintings. The ABS representative couldn’t help but take this selfie!
And of course, no trip to Europe would be complete without analysis of their “small and smart” vehicles and parking precision, for a city with a growing population but limited space.
Finally, it was time to admire the architecture of the city buildings and of course, the conference venue of Bocconi University, where the conference paper was successfully presented.
Overall, the conference was a success with over 3,000 delegates attending, and over 1,000 papers presented over the three days. Great to see Avondale Business School show casing their research on the world stage. https://wp.avondale.edu.au/abs/
