2020 CARE Conference - Accounting for Sustainability and Responsible Investing
UPDATE:
It is with deep regret that we write today to notify you that we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 CARE Conference. This decision was not made lightly, and we are very well aware of the hardship this causes our organizers, speakers, and delegates.
Thank you for your continued interest in the Center and in Accounting for Sustainability and Responsible Investing. We look forward to discussing the topic at the 2021 CARE Conference. Mark your calendars for May 19-21, 2021; we look forward to welcoming you to Notre Dame!
In the meantime, we hope you and yours remain healthy.
June 8-12, 2020
Heron Island, Queensland, Australia
The 2020 CARE conference will be held on Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, from June 8 to June 12, 2020. This conference is the first of two conferences on the topic Accounting for Sustainability and Responsible Investing. The second, which will be held at the University of Notre Dame May 20-21, 2021, will focus on selected academic research papers that are based on discussions at this conference.
The conference will bring together accountants, finance-professionals, law-professionals, law-makers, standard-setters, economists, investors and scientists as well as academics from the sciences, accounting, finance, law and economics. As with all CARE conferences, the main goal will be to set a research agenda for many emerging scholars, which will address key issues related to accounting for sustainability and responsible investing. We anticipate that the highly informed, often provocative speakers coupled with the location of the conference on the most vulnerable Great Barrier Reef, will bring much attention to these critical issues.
| Keynote Speakers (pre-dinner Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings) | |
| Professor Chris Easton | Research Scientist, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University |
| Professor Graham Farquhar, AO | Leading Australian Climate Scientist, Australian National University |
| Dr. Geoff Garrett, AO | Former Queensland Chief Scientist |
| Dr. Karl Braganza | Manager of Climate Monitoring, Australian Bureau of Meteorology |
| Panel Sessions | |
| Tuesday - Setting the stage: Why should and how can accounting and finance faculty become involved? | |
| KEYNOTE | |
| Gerben De Zwart | Managing Director, Quantitative Strategies, APG, The Netherlands |
| PANEL SESSION | |
| Professor Stephen Taylor | Member, Australian Accounting Standards Board |
| Don Chew | Editor, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance |
| Paul Druckman | Chairman, World Benchmarking Alliance |
| Professor Michael Molitor | Climate Change Research Center, University of New South Wales |
| Andrew Porter | Immediate Past Chair, Group of 100 and CFO, Australian Foundation Investment Company |
| Alan Willis | CPA Canada |
| Professor Gord Richardson | Rotman School of Accounting, University of Toronto |
| Professor Paul Griffin | University of California, Davis |
| Natalie Ambrosio | Editor, Four Twenty Seven |
| Panel Q&A | Q&A with all of the day's speakers |
| Wednesday - Responsible Investing | |
| Jeremy Deaton | Associate Director, Editorial, Nexus Media |
| Dr. Don Hamson | Managing Director, Plato Investment Management |
| Richard Spencer | Head of Sustainability, Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales |
| Simon O'Connor | CEO, Responsible Investment Association Australasia |
| Dr. Gavin Smith | Manager ESG Portfolio, Quantitative Management Associates |
| Jing Zhang | Manager, Moody's Analytics |
| Professor Martina Linnenlueke | Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Disclosure, Macquarie University |
| Professor Tom Smith | Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Disclosure, Macquarie University |
| Panel Q&A | Q&A with all of the day's speakers |
| Thursday - Measurement | |
| Professor Sandra Vera Munoz | Chair, Department of Accountancy, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame |
| Professor Richard Barker | University of Oxford |
| Roseline Klein | Watercare Services Ltd. |
| Professor Naomi Soderstrom | University of Melbourne |
| Professor Jeff Hales | Chair, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board |
| Kris Peach | Chair, Australian Accounting Standards Board |
| Nick Ridehalgh | Partner; National Leader, Better Business Reporting Group, KPMG |
| Dr. Alan Teixeira | Global Head of IFRS Implementation, Deloitte |
| Ian Mackintosh | Chair, Corporate Reporting Dialogue |
| Panel Q&A | Q&A with all of the day's speakers |
Sponsorship by: Cambridge Business Publishers and the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business.
Agenda subject to change. Please contact Lorie Marsh (lmarsh1@nd.edu) for additional information or questions.