Agenda for November, 17th round Table

AGENDA
Title: On the Sustainable Reporting IASB InitiativeWednesday 17th November 15-17 Moscow time / 12-14 UK /  Format: Round table discussion (online)Joining link: send your request to: avysotskaya@hse.ru

AGENDA

Title: On the Sustainable Reporting IASB Initiative

Wednesday 17th November 15-17 Moscow time / 12-14 UK /  

Format: Round table discussion (online)

Joining link: send your request to: avysotskaya@hse.ru 

Aims: ·         to discuss preliminary results on Sustainable reporting research ·         to receive valuable feedback from experts in the topics raised ·         to draft a submission research paper
Time slot	Name	Topic
15:00-15:15	Irina Khvostova	The debate and existing problems on the internationally recognised sustainability reporting standards
15:15-15:30	Olga Volkova	Towards consistency and global comparability in sustainability reporting (principles) (incl. ESG issues)
15:30-15:45	Nadia Gulko & Anna Vysotskaya	Materiality concept problem
15:45-16:00	Elena Ryabova & Alexei Makarov	The role of the existing initiatives in sustainability reporting within the national regulatory space (case of Russia?)
16:00-16:15	Irina Khvostova	Climate-related risks and corresponding disclosures
16:15-16:30	Anna Vysotskaya	Audit and assurance for sustainability information
16:30-16:45	Invited Expert’s Feedback	Expert’s View & Feedback
16:45-17:00	NA	Q&A
Event participants: ·        Dr. Irina Khvostova, Senior Lecturer: HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod / Faculty of Economics / Department of Financial Management, Programme Academic Supervisor: International Bachelor's in Business and Economics ·        Dr. Alexey Makarov, Department Head, Professor: HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod / Faculty of Economics / Department of Financial Management ·        Dr. Marina Pomorina, Professor: Faculty of Economic Sciences / School of Finance ·        Dr. Elena Ryabova, Associate Professor: HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod, Programme Academic Supervisor: Economics and Business Analytics (correspondence course), Economics and Business Analytics (part-time) ·        Dr. Maria Shtefan, Deputy Director of the Branch: HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod, Department Head, Associate Professor: HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod ·        Dr. Olga Volkova, Professor, Deputy Head: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management ·        Dr. Anna Vysotskaya ·         Dr Nadia Gulko, Associate Professor of Accounting, LIBS, University of Lincoln, UK
Invited experts: ·         Emma Holmes, Senior Lecturer in Accountancy and Finance and Programme Leader at Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, UK. Emma has taught on a number of postgraduate and undergraduate modules, specialising in the areas of Financial Accounting and Taxation. Prior to starting her academic career, Emma qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the London Top Tier Assurance department of a Big 4 firm. She successfully led external audit engagements for both private and public companies using IFRS and local GAAP. She was also selected to attend an intensive training and facilitation course which enabled her to lead and deliver several assurance technical training courses to Big 4 graduates. Emma has also been a tutor at a private financial college where she taught both Financial Accounting and Taxation for ICAEW and ATT qualifications. ·         Adriana Tiron-Tudor. Full Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor, Coordinator at Master program: Accounting management, audit and control, FSEGA, UBB. Adriana is a chartered accountant and a financial auditor, member of IPSASB for 2012-2018, and Public Sector Accounting and Audit Group, Accountancy Europe, 2010-2018. Now she is the Common Content Project Initiative, Steering Committee President.Her research focuses on sustainability reporting for large companies, SME, public sector entities and NGOs.  Another topic of interest is represented by the digitalisation of the accounting profession. ·         Ewa Dziwok. Head of Department. Department of Applied Mathematics. University of Economics in Katowice, Ewa is an Associate Professor and head of Department of Applied Mathematics at University of Economics in Katowice. Her research focuses on quantitative methods in finance, risk management, green monetary policy and sustainable finance. Currently she participates in international project GrEnFIn (Greening Energy Market and Finance). She is in charge of double degree Master studies Quantitative Asset and Risk Management ARIMA (CFA and PRMIA accreditated).She previously held a position of Liquidity Manager and Investment Analyst at ING Bank Śląski, Treasury Department. As a guest professor she regularly gives lectures at several universities (Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Germany).