The 56th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Region of the American Accounting Association will take place on April 30 – May 2, 2015 at the Wyndham Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio. Accounting educators, doctoral students, and professionals are invited to submit completed manuscripts for presentation at the meeting. Interested individuals are also invited to submit proposals for Panel Discussions and CPE Workshops.

Completed Manuscripts
Papers may be on any topical area of accounting using analytical, experimental, archival, behavioral, or any other approach. All submitted papers will receive double-blind review. The submission deadline for completed papers is 11:59pm EST January 31,2015.

Early submissions are strongly encouraged. Acceptance notification will be sent out no later than March 11,2015. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for the meeting for the paper to be included in the program. Accepted research manuscripts will compete for the Andrews Award for best overall research paper, and doctoral papers will also compete for the best doctoral paper.

We also have separate awards for the best two undergraduate papers and the best two masters' papers. There will be a separate call and submission process for the undergraduate and masters' papers. Those will be handled through Kevin Brown (kevin.brown@wright.edu). He is also the contact for anyone interested in serving the Region as a reviewer of student papers.

We will also have an award for the best paper related to Gender Issues and Work Life Balance (GIWLB). The winner will receive a plaque and a cash award of $100.

Proposals for Panel Discussions and CPE Workshops
Proposals for Panel Discussions and CPE Workshops may be in any accounting area dealing with accounting regulation, research methods, teaching-related issues, or on any other topic which is likely to be of interest to both accounting academics and professionals. CPE Workshops will be offered on Thursday, April 30, 2015, and Panel Discussions will take place on Friday, May 1, 2015 and on Saturday, May 2,2015.

Please send your proposals for Panel Discussions and CPE Workshops directly to Amal Said (Amal.Said@utoledo.edu) or Li Wang (lw37@uakron.edu) by January 31, 2015.