As the FAR International Conference is approaching, we talked to the presenters about their academic career, their interest in the audit profession and the role of The Human Factor in their research.

As the FAR International Conference is approaching, we talked to the presenters about their academic career, their interest in the audit profession and the role of The Human Factor in their research.

As the FAR International Conference is approaching, we talked to the presenters about their academic career, their interest in the audit profession and the role of The Human Factor in their research. Professor Reggy Hooghiemsta (University of Groningen) will be the second presenter during our International Conference on the 21st of June. His 2016B02 research team focuses on the impact of multiple team membership on audit quality.

The yearly International FAR Conference was held on Monday June 22. Given the unprecedented circumstances, the event took place in an online, Corona-proof setting. Still nearly 200 participants from all over the world registered for this virtual meeting. About 50 percent were academics and the other 50 percent consisted of, for example, practitioners, regulators and government officials. The theme of the conference was purposefully broad: ‘academic and practitioner insights on audit quality’. This theme seamlessly fits with FAR’s main purpose: facilitating knowledge development and knowledge dissemination concerning audit quality.

As communicated to you earlier, we have decided to postpone the 5th FAR conference until June 2021. However, we are proud to announce that we will be hosting an interesting online and interactive session in the afternoon (1:00 - 5:30 pm CET) of Monday the 22nd of June 2020.

The "human factor" plays a key role in audit quality. Breukelen, 14 June 2019 - The "ecosystem" of the entire financial reporting and assurance supply chain, in which an auditor has a role, largely determines the quality of the audit.