Skip to content

About IAASA


IAASA-IAFA Accounting Education Conference
Friday 1 November 2024

IAASA hosted the IAASA-IAFA Conference on ‘Integrating Sustainability Reporting and Assurance into Accounting Education’ at Maynooth University on Friday 1 November 2024.

SpeakersConference videos Speaker slide decks
Minister Dara Calleary, T.D. Available here.
Professor Ian Thomson:
Embedding sustainability into accounting education
Available here.Available here
Orla O’Brien
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in Irish law
Available here.Available here.
Kevin Prendergast
Implications of sustainability reporting and assurance for accounting education – the regulatory perspective
Available here.Available here.
Patricia O’Neill
Metaverse School of Innovation
Available here.
Professor Susan Smith
Introduction to AccountingStreams
Available here.
Joan Curry
Equipping Accountants for Sustainability Reporting and Assurance
Available here.Available here.
Panel A
What competencies will accountants need to effectively perform sustainability
reporting and assurance?
Available here.
Panel B
What are the implications of sustainability reporting and assurance for accounting education? What changes are necessary in accounting education to develop the future competencies required?
Available here.
YouTube Playlist (ALL) Available here.

Biographies
Speaker biographies Available here.
Panel A
What competencies will accountants need to effectively perform sustainability reporting and assurance?

Elerina Conneely (Kerry Group), Glenn Gillard (Deloitte), Derarca Dennis (EY), Dr. Judith
Wylie (UU), Kevin Prendergast (IAASA)

Available here.
Panel B
What are the implications of sustainability reporting and assurance for accounting education? What changes are necessary in accounting education to develop the future competencies required?

Ian Browne (CAI), Jacky Bateman (ACCA), Dr. Louise Gorman (TCD), Professor Ian Thomson
(Dundee University), David Potts (AIA)

Available here.