PAC 2025 Annual Conference on Professional Accounting Futures - November 7, 2025

PAC is pleased to acknowledge funding support for this conference from CPA Ontario.

PAC 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Please view the agenda above for the timing & schedule of the day.

Speaker Topic and Presenter
Introduction and Opening Remarks Dushyant Vyas, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Management, UTM Craig Smith, Executive Vice President, Member & Student Services, CPA Ontario

Speaker Topic and Presenter

Introduction and Opening Remarks

Dushyant Vyas, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Management, UTM
Craig Smith, Executive Vice President, Member & Student Services, CPA Ontario

Speaker Topic and Presenter
Research Perspectives: Implications of Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning John Campbell, Herbert E. Miller Chair in Financial Accounting, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia
Research Perspectives: Lessons from International Capital Markets Akash Chattopadhyay, Assistant Professor in Accounting, Department of Management, University of Toronto Mississauga
Luncheon Keynote: Standard Setting Perspectives Dr. Joyce Joseph, Board Member, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Research Perspectives: Accounting for Intangible Assets and Natural Capital Anup Srivastava, Professor of Accounting and Canada Research Chair, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
Research Perspectives: Climate Risk Disclosures Jody Grewal, Assistant Professor in Accounting, Department of Management, University of Toronto Mississauga

Speaker Topic and Presenter

Research Perspectives: Implications of Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

John Campbell, Herbert E. Miller Chair in Financial Accounting, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia

Research Perspectives: Lessons from International Capital Markets

Akash Chattopadhyay, Assistant Professor in Accounting, Department of Management, University of Toronto Mississauga

Luncheon Keynote: Standard Setting Perspectives

Research Perspectives: Accounting for Intangible Assets and Natural Capital

Anup Srivastava, Professor of Accounting and Canada Research Chair, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary

Research Perspectives: Climate Risk Disclosures

Jody Grewal, Assistant Professor in Accounting, Department of Management, University of Toronto Mississauga

Panel Discussion: Retailization of Private Markets
Panelist: PJ Patel, Co-CEO and Senior Managing Director, Valuation Research Corporation
Panelist: TBC, Private Credit or Equity Investor

Panel Discussion: Implications of the Rise of Private Capital
PJ Patel, Co-CEO and Senior Managing Director, Valuation Research Corporation
Panelist: Konstantin Pavlenkov, PhD candidate, Harvard Business School
Panelist: Karim Jamal, Professor and Chair, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta

Closing Remarks & Adjournment
Michael Marin, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream; Associate Director, IMI; Associate Director, PAC

PAC is pleased to acknowledge funding support for this conference from CPA Ontario