Accounting Research Conference 2025

Description

Call for Papers and Participants

The School of Accounting and Finance at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is pleased to announce the 2025 PolyU Accounting Research Conference to be held on 5 December 2025 (Friday).

As a flagship event of the School of Accounting and Finance, the conference aims to provide a platform for rising scholars around the world to present their unpublished research papers. Consistent with this objective, all authors of submitted papers must have received their Ph.D. degrees within the last 5 years.

Each paper presentation will be followed by a discussion led by a world-renowned scholar. This year, we are honoured to have invited the following professors as our discussants (in alphabetical order):

• Rachel Hayes (George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Presidential Endowed Chair in Ethical Financial Reporting and Professor of Accounting, University of Utah)
• John Jiang (Eli Broad Endowed Professor of Accounting and Information Systems, Michigan State University)
• Brian Miller (Sam Frumer Professor of Accounting, Indiana University)
• Linda Myers (Haslam Chair of Business & Distinguished Professor of Accounting, University of Tennessee)
• Gaizka Ormazabal (Professor of Accounting and Control, IESE Business School)
• Clare Wang (Professor, Plante Moran / EKS&H Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder)

Paper Submission

The deadline for submissions is 31 July 2025 (HKT). Please submit your unpublished manuscripts to acct.conf@polyu.edu.hk. We welcome submissions of papers in all areas relevant to accounting. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by 1 September 2025. A travel subsidy, covering round-trip economy airfare (up to USD800 for Asia/ USD1500 for non-Asia) and three night’s hotel accommodation (single occupancy), will be provided to one overseas presenter of each accepted paper. The registration fee is waived for presenters.

Registration

Registration for the conference begins on 1 November 2025. Due to limited capacity, registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The registration fee is HKD2400 (equivalent roughly to USD300), which covers tea breaks, lunch, and dinner. Participants are responsible for making their own travel and accommodation arrangements.

For enquiries, please contact Ms Mandy Chan at acct.conf@polyu.edu.hk.

Conference Organising Committee

Prof. Nancy Su, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. Angie Wang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. Colin Zeng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University