45th Columbia Burton Accounting Conference
November 6-7, 2026
David Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School
645 West 130th Street (5th Floor, room 590)
Conference Schedule
Participants List
Friday, November 6, 2026 | |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Registration (Lobby of Geffen Hall) |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Welcome Remarks Shiva Rajgopal (Accounting Division Chair) |
| 11:15 am - 12:15 pm | “AI-Generated Earnings Summaries and Information Processing” Presenter: Jeroen Koenraadt (London School of Economics) |
| 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm | LUNCH (Geffen 540 & 570) |
| 1:45pm - 2:55 pm | Panel: “Research in the Age of AI” Panelists: Beth Blankespoor (University of Washington), Charlie Wang (Harvard Business School), and Shiva Rajgopal (Columbia University) |
| 2:55 pm - 3:20 pm | BREAK (Geffen 570) |
| 3:20pm - 4:20 pm | “Geopolitical Tensions and Supply Chain Disclosures: Evidence from Shipment Redactions” Presenter: Vivek Pandey (University of Rochester) Discussant: Omri Even-Tov (University of California, Berkeley) |
| 4:20 pm - 4:45 pm | BREAK (Geffen 570) |
| 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm | “Alternative Labor Data Disclosures and Macroeconomic Prediction Markets” Presenter: Kalash Jain (Columbia University) Discussant: Anya Kleymenova (Federal Reserve) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner - Pisticci, 125 La Salle Street, NY, NY 10027 |
Saturday, November 7, 2026 | |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | BREAKFAST (Geffen 540) |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | “How Informative Are Private Equity Valuations?” Presenter: Sebastian Hillenbrand (Harvard Business School) Discussant: Simon Oh (Columbia University) |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | BREAK (Geffen 540) |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | “In-House Innovation Rivalry” Presenter: Hao Xue (University of Texas, Dallas) Discussant: Tim Baldenius (Columbia University) |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | BREAK (Geffen 540) |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | “The Finance Organization in Motion: The Decision-Making Focus of CFOs and Rank-and-File Accounting Employees” Presenter: Mario Schabus (Monash University) Discussant: Fabrizio Ferri (University of Miami) |
| 12:30 pm | Closing Remarks & Lunch |
Accommodation
Columbia University has negotiated discounted room rates with specific hotels in New York City's Upper West Side, which offer competitive pricing and value-added amenities.
The preferred hotels are located in Upper Manhattan and offer guests a variety of amenities. To view negotiated rates or to make a reservation at a Columbia preferred hotel, please click Preferred Hotel List. Be sure to let the hotel know you will be a guest of the University and your are requesting the Columbia University Rate. You can also consider The George Manhattan, Tapestry which is a few blocks east from campus.
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