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Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association 
 
About the association

Promoting excellence in accounting research, education, and practice, the Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA) is a community of accounting academics and practitioners. Founded in 2004, we have a reputable history built on leading-edge research and publications. The gender and geographic diversity of our membership and board create a rich environment for collaboration and innovation. We shape management accounting's future through teaching, research, and a robust network, ensuring our association a thought leader in the field.
　

Mission
　

The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association provides a platform for management accounting academics and practitioners in the Asia Pacific region to improve their contribution to global scholarship and the lives of the region's people. We accomplish this by fostering worldwide connections of communication, learning, and sharing of management accounting knowledge in education, research, and practice.

Vision

The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association will further create and disseminate professional knowledge through research at members’ universities and industries and become a premier international organization in management and accounting studies.

   Objectives

The association set the following objectives:

•  Pursue the truth in management and accounting fields, and develop a reliable information resource center.

•  Facilitate members’ ability to conduct cutting-edge research in management and accounting by creating research development sessions in our annual conferences.  

•  Aim to globalize high-level research and education in management and accounting fields by including western and eastern contributions in our conferences.

• Facilitate worldwide networking amongst the scholarly community engaged in management and accounting studies and provide a platform for disseminating management and accounting research through our annual conferences and The Asia Pacific Management Accounting Journal. 

•  Increase the practical importance of our scholarship by encouraging descriptive research on management accounting practices.

• Recognize outstanding scholars in management and accounting studies and pioneering researchers in new issues and technologies in management accounting.

•  Enhance exchange and collaboration between academics and practitioners nationally and internationally.

(Revised on January 5, 2021)

Background of the Association

The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA), established in 2004, is the leading association of scholars and specialists in management and accounting. The proposal to form the Asian Management Accounting Association was mooted at the Asian Management Forum, the first forum held on 3-4 November 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan. The founder members from countries of the Asia-Pacific region shared the same vision of advancing management and accounting research and practices with particular reference to the Asia-Pacific region.

When the second Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Forum was held on 24-25 November 2004 in Malaysia, the founder members recognized and agreed unanimously that the time had arrived to officially establish the Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association with two primary objectives. 
  

 2. For this purpose, APMAA shall undertake to organize forums and conferences, and the publication of the journal: Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Accounting (APMAJ).  

Professor Dr. Akira Nishimura assumed the APMAA President from the association's inception until 2009. On January 1, 2010, the baton was passed to Professor Dr. Susumu Ueno. APMAA renewed its governance structure on January 1, 2014, and Professor Dr. Susumu Ueno assumed the newly created post, Chair of the Board of Directors. He has been continuing the leading role in the association up until today. 

    APMAA's  Journey Uploaded on November 13, 2023   
    History of APMAA  Edited on December 30. 2022 
    A Proposal of the APMAA CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS (edited on October 25, 2020)

Future Conference Venues

The 2024 Annual Conference will be held at Vietnam National University-Hanoi (Accepted at the 2019 board meeting).

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Past Conference Venues

The 2023 (18th) Annual Conference was held at Trisakti University/University of Merdeka Malang, Indonesia, during.24 (Tuesday) -26(Thursday) and October 2023. The conference theme is "Challenges and Opportunities to Management Accounting in the Digital Era."

The 2022  (17th) Annual Conference was held at Dhurakij Pundit University, Thailand (Accepted at the 2018 board meeting). The conference theme is "Management Accounting: Recent Themes and Directions for a Digital Future."

The 2021 (16th) Annual Conference is co-hosted by APMAA, and Universitas Trisakti/ Udayana University team in Indonesia. The conference was successfully held online from November 9 (Tuesday) to 11th (Thursday). The conference theme is "Management Accounting and Society: A Global Perspective."　

The 2020 Annual Conference being scheduled by the Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia team, was canceled in light of the uncertainty of developments regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2019 (15th) Annual Conference, hosted by the Oatar University team led by Dr. Elgammal, Mohammed, was successfully held in Doha from November 2 (Saturday) to 5th (Tuesday). The conference theme is " Management Accounting and Finance in the 21st Century: Challenges and Perspectives."

The 2018 (14th) Annual Conference, co-hosted by APMAA and Waseda University, was successfully held in Tokyo, Japan from October 29 (Monday) to November 1 (Thursday). The conference theme is " The Forefront of Management Accounting:  Research and Practices."

The 2017 (13h) Annual Conference is hosted by Professor Dr. Hu, Yiming, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China from November 6 (Monday) to 9^th (Thursday). The conference theme is "Management Accounting and Society: A Global Perspective."　

The 2016 (12th) Annual Conference  hosted by Professor Dr. Chu, Hsuan-Lien, National Taipei University, Taiwan was successfully held  at The Sherwood Taipei from October 4^th(Tuesday) to 7^th(Friday).  The conference theme is "Opportunities and New Trends in Managerial Accounting."
　

The 2015 (11th) Annual Conference  hosted by Professor Dr. Sekar Mayangsari, Trisakti University and Dr. Grahita Chandrarin, University of Merdeka Malang, Indonesia was successfully held from 26th to29th of October. The conference theme is "Management Accounting For Sustainable Development."

The 2014 (10th) Annual Conference hosted by Professor Kanibhatti Nitirojntanad, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand was successfully held at the Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Hotel from October 27th to 30th. The conference theme is "Management accounting in a global, dynamic environment: Challenges and opportunities."

The 2013 (9th) Annual Conference hosted by Professor Dr. Susumu Ueno, APMAA Japan  and Nagoya University was successfully held from 1st to 4th of November, 2013. The conference theme is "Challenges for Management Accounting: Issues in Theory and Practices."

The 2012 (8th) Annual Conference, hosted by Professor Dr. Yuan Lue Fu, University of Xiamen, China, was successfully held from 14th to17th of November, 2012. The conference theme is "MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING: the Optimization of Management Control System."

The 2011 (7th) Annual Conference, hosted by Professor Dr. Ibrahim Kamal Abdul Rahman, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia was successfully held from 16th to19th of November, 2011. The conference theme is "Management Accounting: A Value Creation Tool for Sustainability."

The 2010 (6th) Annual Forum, hosted by Professor Dr. Yang-Tzong (Jimmy) Tsay, National Taiwan University  was successfully held from 5th to7th of November, 2010.

The 2009 (5th) Annual Forum hosted by Professor. Dr. Akira Nishimura was successfully held at the Center for Media Education and Study of Beppu University, Japan from the 31st October to the 2nd November 2009. More than 50 researchers and managers from nine countries attended the forum.

The 2008 Annual Forum being scheduled by Professor and Dr. Duangmanee Komaratat at Chulalongkorn University from 17 to 20 October 2008, was cancelled due to the political crisis in Thailand.

The 2007 (4th) Annual Forum was hosted by Professor Peng Shaobing, South-Western University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China on 28-29 July 2007.

The 2006 (3rd) Annual Forum hosted by Professor. Dr. Akira Nishimura was held at Fukuoka Garden Palace in Fukuoka, Japan on March 30-31. The main theme of the Forum was “Present and Future of Management Accounting.”

The 2004 (2nd) Annual Forum hosted by Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Kamal Abdul Rahman was held on 24-25, November 2004 at Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia. It was unanimously decided that the time had arrived to establish the Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association.

Contact:  Susumu Ueno (上埜 進) ueno@konan-u.ac.jp,
Chair of the APMAA Boards of the Directors and Representative Directors