66th World Continuous Auditing and Reporting Symposium

Sponsored by Rutgers University, AECA (Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas), Deloitte and the Business Research Unit of the Iscte- University Institute of Lisbon, this unique event brings together practitioners and academics from around the world, who share tactics for overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities in today’s shifting business landscape. The 66th World Continuous Auditing & Reporting Symposium (66 WCARS) will be held at the premises of the Iscte- University Institute of Lisbon, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 40, Lisbon on May 23-24, 2025.

This conference is the leading forum for the discussion of research and practice into the application of technology to auditing and reporting. The conference alternates between US (Rutgers 1998-2024, Texas A&M, 2003) and non-US locations, with previous non-US conferences held in Monaco (2004), Malta (2005), Sao Paulo, Brazil (2006-2017), Ferrara, Italy (2007), Crete (2008), Thessaloniki, Greece (2009), Malatya, Turkey (2012), Brisbane, Australia (2013, 2016), Reykjavik, Iceland (2014), Chengdu, China (2014), Huelva, Spain (2017), Florianopolis, Brazil (2018, 2019), Sevilla, Spain (2019), Salvador, Brazil (2019), Visakhapatnam, India (2023), Madrid Spain (2023, 2024), Durham, UK (2023, 2024) and Istanbul, Turkey (2024).

Conference Dates:

23 and 24 May 2025

programme

Academic papers, presentations, and proposals for panels are sought for 66 WCARS with the participation of academic researchers, practitioners, vendors, and implementers of new accounting related technology particularly encouraged.

The conference is open to any innovative idea relating to IT-enabled auditing and reporting, including, but not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence
Audit Analytics and Business Intelligence
Big Data
Blockchain and Smart Contracts
Continuous Assurance
Corporate Digital Responsability
ESG Reporting
Data Management Technologies
Process Automation
Internet of Things
Social Media
Supervised and non-Supervised Machine Learning Methods
Text and Voice Mining
The Audit Data Standard
XBRL

CALL FOR PAPERS

Please submit your presentation proposals by April 15th, 2025 to wcars.info@gmail.com

Authors´Guidelines

Your proposal must include the information listed below:

Authors and afiliations
Title
Keywords (3 keywords in the submission form. A maximum of 6 keywords is allowed.)
Context
Objectives
Methodology
Results (expected)
Contributions and Implications