Keynote Speaker: Trevor Hopper (University of Sussex)

Future of accounting & Accounting Research

Prof. Trevor Hopper is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Sussex. He holds a B.Sc (Bus Admin) from Bradford University and an M.Phil from Aston University. His research applies organizational and social theories to management controls using intensive case study methods, though he has made contributions to accounting history and financial accounting. His research has examined multinational firms' adoption of ERPs; the implementation and usage of ABC in European utilities; and world class manufacturing in firms and national programs of competitiveness. His current major interest lies in accounting in less developed countries and he is the consulting editor for the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. He has co-edited five books, including several issues of Issues in Management Accounting and The Handbook of Accounting in Developing Countries. He has published over ninety articles as book chapters and articles in research journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society, the Auditing, Accounting and Accountability Journal, the British Accounting Review, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, the European Accounting Review, the Journal of Management Studies, and Management Accounting Research. Professor Hopper was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Accounting Association in 2006, was awarded an honorary doctorate by Stockholm School of Economics in 2011, was inducted into the Interdisciplinary Accounting Hall of Fame in 2016, and has received various awards for outstanding papers and services to academic journals.