Programme
Date: Friday, 24 April 2026
Venue: Lancaster Suite, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster, U.K
Programme:
| 10:00-10:30 | Registration and coffee |
| 10:30-10:35 | Welcome |
| 10:35 – 11:15 | Academic session: Risky Business: The Evolution of the Risk Relevance of Earnings over Time Dimitris Kanelis (Maastricht University) and Patrick Vorst (Maastricht University) |
| 11:15 – 11:35 | Policy session: Developments in Corporate Reporting Elisa Noble — Senior Project Director, Accounting and Reporting Policy, Financial Reporting Council |
| 11:35 – 12:15 | Academic session: Are Disclosed Merger Synergies Realized? Atif Ellahie (University of Utah), Xuanheng Huang (Bocconi University), Irem Tuna (London Business School) and Roberto Vincenzi (Bocconi University) |
| 12:15 – 12:35 | Policy session: Strengthening the Research Contribution to Policy Development- Sharing Experience from ICAEW John Boulton — Director, Policy, ICAEW |
| 12:35 – 13:20 | Lunch and networking |
| 13:20-13:40 | Policy session: UK Endorsement Board: Research, Influence and Adoption of International Accounting Standards for use in the UK Matthew Tilling – Senior Project Director, UK Endorsement Board |
| 13:40 – 14:20 | Academic session: Corporate Cryptocurrency Holdings and Analysts’ Forecasting Environment Yi Huang (University of Bristol), Adriana Korczak (University of Bristol) and Nikolaos Tsileponis (University of Bristol) |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Policy session: Evidence-informed Standard-setting: IASB Activities and the Contribution of Academic Research Ana Simpson — International Accounting Standards Board |
| 14:40-15:00 | Coffee |
| 15:00 – 15:40 | Academic session: Mandatory Sustainability (ISSB) Reporting: Early Evidence from Türkiye Amir Amel-Zadeh (University of Oxford), Thomas Bourveau (University of Oxford), Furkan M. Cetin (LSE) and Jeroen Koenraadt (LSE) |
| 15:40 – 16:20 | Academic session: Lost in Definition: The Complexity of Accounting Terms and Stock Price Informativeness Wan Chu Cheong (LSE) and Xi Li (LSE) |
| 16:20 – 16:25 | Concluding remarks |
Academic sessions consist of a 30-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Q&A.
Attendance to the symposium does not attract a registration fee however participants are expected to cover their travel costs. Attendance is by registration – details on the registration process is available at: https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/larps/. The symposium is funded by the International Centre for Research in Accounting (ICRA) and Lancaster University Management School.