Dear PSAAR friends,

The  European Accounting Association Public Sector Accounting Committee  (EAA PSAC) is organizing an online event entitled “AI’s emerging role in public sector financial and sustainability reporting: Implications for practice and research” on Monday, 19 January 2026 at 4.00 pm CET. 

The panelists who are prestigious speakers from academia and the profession are the following (in alphabetic order):

• Deborah Agostino. Associate Professor in Accounting Finance and Control at Politecnico di Milano
• Anatoli Bourmistrov. Professor in Accounting and Management Control at Nord University Business School
• Tjerk Budding.Full professor Public Sector Accounting at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vriej University Amsterdam 
• Tomas Müller-Marqués Berger. Chair of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, IPSASB  
• Arman Vatyan. PEMPAL Program Leader, PULSAR Program Manager, the World Bank

The moderator of the panel is Sandra Cohen, professor of Accounting at Athens University of Economics and Business and the Chair of EAA PSAC.

The duration of the event is expected to be up to one and a half hours. The event is taking place under the auspices of EAA.

The registration of the event is already open at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZnxDqXudRPuy32fbj6FgAg

Looking forward to meeting you in the event to discuss about the future of public sector financial and sustainability reporting through an AI prism.