Conference Announcement: FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FRAUD PREVENTION

                      FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON
               CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FRAUD PREVENTION

                              Hosted by:
              George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

                             May 10, 2008


     You are cordially invited to submit papers for presentation
     at the first annual conference on Corporate Governance and
     Fraud Prevention to be held at George Mason University on
     Saturday, May 10, 2008. The conference is aimed at bringing
     together scholars working on current issues in the broad
     area of Corporate Governance, Fraud, and Ethics. George
     Mason University would award a cash price of $1,000 to the
     best paper presented at the conference. The award is
     sponsored by the Goodman and Company, LLP. The conference
     will feature the following invited speakers: Ronald
     Anderson of American University, Jere Francis of University
     of Missouri-Columbia, and K. Ramesh of Michigan State
     University.


     TOPICS:

     The Conference encourages submission of theoretical,
     empirical and experimental works on the broad topic of
     Corporate Governance and Ethics. Relevant topics include,
     but are not limited to, the following list:

     - Understanding, identifying, and measuring good governance.
     - The causes and consequences of good governance or lack
       thereof.
     - The impact of corporate governance on international capital
       flows.
     - The governance role of external monitors and activist
       shareholders.
     - The role of governance in detecting and preventing fraud.
       Business ethics and corporate social responsibility.


     PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

     The deadline for submission is February 28, 2008. The
     organizers will seek to provide all authors submitting a
     paper an indication within March 20, 2008. To submit a
     paper for consideration, please email a PDF or MS Word
     version of the paper to:

     CONTACT:       Tania Vega-Morales
     Email:         MAILTO:tvegamor@gmu.edu

     Call Tania at:

     Tel:           703-993-4199

     or visit the conference website at:

                    http://somweb.gmu.edu/ecgfp

     for further information.


     FURTHER INFORMATION:

     The conference will be held in conjunction with a one day
     Corporate Governance and Ethics Symposium scheduled on May
     9, 2008. The symposium will feature speakers from the SEC,
     the PCAOB and big four accounting firms. Participants will
     have the opportunity to have a high level dialogue with
     leading experts on emerging trends relating to audit
     practices, regulation and governance and would receive two
     hours of CPE credits to meet Virginia BOA Ethics
     requirements from the afternoon session. Please contact:

     CONTACT:       Massood Yahya-Zadeh
     Email:         MAILTO:mzadeh@gmu.edu

     for further information.

     Conference participants have the option of attending either
     the one day research conference or attend the Symposium and
     Conference together. The registration fee for the daily
     events is $175 each and the two-day combined registration
     fee is $300. Participants whose papers are accepted for
     presentation at the research conference would have their
     registration fee waived for the research conference. The
     registration fee will cover lunch, refreshments and an
     evening reception. Transportation and accommodation would
     be the responsibility of the presenters. Further details
     about the conference and registration forms can be obtained
     from the conference website at:

                    http://somweb.gmu.edu/ecgfp

     George Mason University's School of Management is located
     in Fairfax, Virginia, a short distance away from Washington
     DC, with metro access to the city center. The University
     has close to 30,000 students and the School of Management
     enrolls over 3,700 students.
Posted 1/17/08