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UW Financial Reporting Conference

UW Financial Reporting Conference 2026

May 8, 2026

Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle

Hosted by the UW Foster School of Business and the Milgard School of Business, UW Tacoma

The 20th Financial Reporting Conference brings together leading experts from the FASB, SEC, corporate finance, accounting, and academia. Participants will explore current regulatory issues, the costs and benefits of non-GAAP reporting, agentic and off-the-shelf AI accounting solutions, and governing AI use in accounting.

Washington CPE Credit Conference participants are eligible for up to 8 hours of Washington State CPA continuing education credit.

Conference Registration

  • Early Bird (by April 10) $395
  • Conference Registration $445 (after April 10)
  • UW Staff (NetID Required) $270 – Contact Carrie Keyes

Details and registration link to be added in 2026.

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Refunds are available prior to April 24, 2026; substitutions allowed with 48-hour notice. Contact Carrie Keyes.

To request disability, dietary, or health accommodations, contact Carrie Keyes by April 24, 2026.

Schedule

SCHEDULE

7:30–8 a.m.
Registration

8 a.m.
Welcome
Dawn Matsumoto, Chair, Department of Accounting
Foster School of Business, University of Washington–Seattle

Shahrokh Saudagaran, PhD Milgard Professor
Center for Leadership & Social Responsibility
Professor of Accounting
Milgard School of Business, University of Washington Tacoma

8:10–9:10 a.m.
Current Issues at the FASB
Christine Botosan, Board Member
Financial Accounting Standards Board

9:10–9:25 a.m.
Break

9:25–10:25 a.m.
Overview of SEC including DCF and OCA
Paul Munter, Former Chief Accountant
United States Securities and Exchange Commission

10:25–10:40 a.m.
Break

10:40–11:40 a.m.
FASB/SEC Q&A
Moderator: Shahrokh Saudagaran, Milgard School of Business

11:40 a.m.–12:50 p.m.
Lunch Break

12:50–2 p.m.
“Non-GAAP Reporting: Benefits, Costs, and Potential Solutions”
Moderator: Sarah McVay, Foster School of Business

2–2:15 p.m.
Break

2:15–3:45 p.m.
“AI in Accounting: Demos and Discussion, from Off-the-Shelf to Agentic Solutions”
Moderator: Beth Blankespoor, Foster School of Business

3:45–4 p.m.
Break

4–5 p.m.
Managing and Governing AI Use
Moderator: Beth Blankespoor, Foster School of Business

Speakers

Featured Speakers & Panelists


Christine Botosan
Board Member, FASB

Christine Ann Botosan was appointed to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on July 1, 2016, later reappointed to a second term that extends to June 30, 2026. Prior to joining the FASB, Ms. Botosan was a professor of accounting at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. An award-winning professor and researcher, Ms. Botosan has a broad knowledge of accounting issues, with particular expertise in the areas of financial statement analysis and valuation. Ms. Botosan served in a variety of roles during her tenure at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah including as a leadership fellow in the office of the vice president, as the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Presidential Chair in Ethical Financial Reporting and as the associate dean of graduate affairs.


Paul Munter
PhD, CPA

Former Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Paul Munter served as SEC’s Chief Accountant (2021–2025), following senior roles at KPMG and teaching positions at multiple universities. He holds a PhD from the University of Colorado and is a CPA in CO, NY, and FL.

Panelists TBA

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