The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), in conjunction with Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR), is pleased to announce the 2026 Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets. This year’s conference will be held in person in Washington, D.C. on September 10-11, 2026. Attendance is free and open to academics, Ph.D. students, and financial regulators.  

The conference aims to:

• Foster rigorous economic research on audit-related topics, including the economic impact of auditing, audit regulation, and audit oversight on capital markets.
• Inform the academic community about PCAOB activities and developments.
• Obtain input from the academic community on topics of interest to the PCAOB.

Papers to be considered for this conference should be submitted by May 15, 2026. For more information, please visit https://pcaobus.org/news-events/events/2026-conference-on-auditing-and-capital-markets--conference-announcement-and-call-for-papers.