International Scientific Conference

Accounting, Audit, Analysis:

The Modern Economic, Technological and Societal Trends: New Challenges or Opportunities

The aim of the conference and the associated special issue is to further our understanding of audit, accounting, analysis, accountability and governance practices given the recent changes in economic, technological and societal trends in the world in general and the Central and Eastern European Nations including the Baltics, in particular. 

The conference will explore how these trends are transforming the fields of accounting, audit, accountability, governance, business analysis, and management, while evaluating their dual role as both a challenge and an opportunity for the future of science and business.

Main topics of the conference include, but not limited to:

I. Trends of Development in Accounting Science and Practice 

• The Evolution and Advancement of Accounting Thought and Research in General and Central and Eastern European Nations Including the Baltics.
• Accounting History, the Development of Accounting Practice and Regulations of Private and Public Sectors in the Central and Eastern European Nations Including the Baltics.
• The Transformation and Evolution of Accounting Studies in the Age of Advanced Technologies, Shaping the Future of the Profession.
• Accounting Professionals' Experiences and Attitudes in the Accounting Profession in the Central and Eastern European Nations Including the Baltics.

II. The Modernization and Advancement in Science and Practices of Audit, Assurance, Corporate Governance  

• The Reinvention of Audit Methodologies and Practices Through the Adoption of New Technologies.
• Audit History, the Development of Audit Practice and Regulations of Private and Public Sectors in the Central and Eastern European Nations Including the Baltics.
• The Transformation of Internal Audit: Revolutionizing the Internal Control System with Innovative Approaches and Opening New Prospects.
• The Extent of Sustainability Accounting, Assurance, and Reporting Practices, the Role of Governance Structures on Corporate Disclosure and Reporting in the Central and Eastern European Nations Including the Baltics context.
• The Transformation and Evolution of Audit Studies in the Age of Advanced Technologies, Redefining the Future Trajectory of the Profession.

III. Advancing Financial Analysis Sciences and Business Management in the Age of Technological Transformation 

• The Development of Traditional and the Formulation of New Approaches in Financial Analysis, Business Performance Assessment Science, Management Processes, and Business Practices.
• The Metamorphosis of Management Accounting Research: Encompassing Novel Methodologies and Future Possibilities.
• Management Accounting, Control and Digitalization in Organizations.
• Challenges Faced in the Field of Management Accounting in Central and Eastern European Nations Including the Baltics.

IV. Role of Audit, Accounting, Accountability Management and Governance Structures in Addressing the Challenges of Environmental Issues and Climate Change

• The Development of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reporting, Interplay of Gender and Culture of Boards Facing Environmental and Climate Change Challenges in Accounting, Audit, Accountability and Governance Context.
• Developments and Challenges in the Field of Environmental Accounting; Assistance of Technology the Accounting Profession in Addressing the Environmental and Climate Change Issues.
• Accounting for Disaster, Extinction, Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Climate Justice in Central and Eastern European Nations Including the Baltics.
• Social, Health and Environmental Accounting (SEA), Including Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in Central and Eastern European Nations Including the Baltics.
• Accounting for Housing, Homelessness, Human Rights and Accountable Institutions, Including Judicial Accountability and Accounting for Social Justice in Central and Eastern European Nations Including the Baltics.

Conference language - English.

Conference takes abstracts.

The abstracts submission language - English.

Conference abstracts will be issued in conference proceedings (https://www.journals.vu.lt/proceedings).

In addition, we invite submissions for a special issue of Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting - „Challenges and Opportunities in Science and Business: The Impact of the Trends in Economics, Technology and Society on Accounting, Audit, and Analysis“ (Link)