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In association with Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, APIRA 2013 will be chaired by Professor Katsuhiko Kokubu and his organizing committee.

The APIRA 2013 conference being held on 26 - 28 July 2013 will be held at the Kobe Convention Center, 6-9-1 Minatojima-nakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 6500-0046, Japan. (View Map).

The Emerging Scholars Colloquium being held on 25 July 2013 will be held at Kobe Convention Center.

The Seventh Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference is being organized by Kobe University jointly with Hosei University, Osaka City University, Kyoto University, Kansai University, Kwansei Gakuin University, and Meijo University. It will be hosted in Kobe, Japan in 2013. This will be the 7th triennial conference, after successful conferences in Sydney (1995), Osaka (1998), Adelaide (2001), Singapore (2004), Auckland (2007), and Sydney (2010).

With a reputation for academic rigor, and the participation of world leading researchers, APIRA 2013 promises to attract strong representation from interdisciplinary accounting researchers the world over. Some of the most prolific researchers from the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, the Asia-Pacific region, and many other countries are represented in APIRA's International Editorial Committee. A strong interdisciplinary program of research papers and forums addressing the relationships between accounting, auditing and accountability and their social, institutional, economic and political environments will be included in the program.

So mark your diary, and plan to be in Kobe, one of the Japan's most vibrant and exciting cities, renowned for its harbour from 26 - 28 July 2013, for an exhilarating period of intensive discussions, debates, and networking with leading and emerging scholars in our field.

We look forward to your presence at APIRA 2013 in Kobe.