Professional Development discourse in the ASEAN Accountants Conference Presentation
Fauzanna, Wulan

1) Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2)Faculty of Humanities, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia

Abstract

Conference presentation (CP) is one of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programme for accountants in the ASEAN region. This programme is carried out at professional conferences whereby the presenters discuss the Accountancy profession and professional development programme for accountants in the region. The ASEAN Federation of accountants (AFA) has a regular conference that aims to discuss and find out solutions for the accountancy issues in the ASEAN region attended by the members and stakeholders. The study investigated the professional development discourse that contains several professional development activities for the members of the accountant organisation in ASEAN. Data was collected from 13 presentations at the AFA conference in 2019. The presenters represent the organisation that conducts accountancy activity. The presentation was audio recorded, transcribed and then analysed to identify the professional development discourse that exists in the presentation applying the framework of Boyes (2004).
The findings show that the professional development discourse appears in the presentation- training for business communication skills, building awareness of professional scepticism and fraud, the uses of technology and other training for skills that support the work of accountants. The study concluded that the professional development discourse that appears in the conference presentation can be implemented to improve the accountancy services in the ASEAN region to meet the needs of the public.

Keywords: Professional development discourse, CPD programme, Conference Presentation, ASEAN Accountants.

Topic: Accounting