The themes for discussion include but are not limited to:

Accounting education & research
Corporate social reporting
Environmental accounting and auditing
Accounting for small & medium enterprises (SMEs)
Micro finance
Nurturing micro and small business
FDI and portfolio investment in Africa
Accounting for carbon credit
Combating effects of the global economic slow down
Economic meltdown and small economies
Increasing liquidity in small financial markets
Emerging corporate finance issues
IFRS developments
Accounting for financial instruments
Combating money laundering
Voluntary disclosures
Medium term expenditure framework
Public sector accounting and accountability
Corporate governance & ethics
Managing risk to risk return optimization
Harmonization of accounting standards
Transfer pricing and multinational considerations
Taxation and related practices
Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Activity Based Management (ABM)
Financial and non-financial measures of business performance
Accounting and strategic management
Other international business related topics

Important deadlines: Submission of abstracts: May 31, 2009 Submission of proposals for special sessions: May 31, 2009 Notification of acceptance: June 5, 2009 Early Bird Registration: June10, 2009 Submission of full papers: July 10, 2009