Participant

Handbook
ASEAN Accoun*ng Educa*on Workgroup
Annual Mee*ng 2023
Universi* Sains Malaysia

19-20th March 2023

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About AAEW
AAEW is a non-profit educational organization to advance accounting education in the ASEAN
region. We host regular meetings on technical or general accounting-related topics, publish a
newsletter, and organize activities that put accounting educators, students and practitioners on
various platforms to collectively develop accounting education.

Every year, AAEW organized an annual meeting where lecturers and students gathered to discuss
various updated accounting and accounting education issues. In 2023, the annual meeting is
hosted by the School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, in Penang Island, Malaysia.

About Universi0 Sains Malaysia

Universiti Sains Malaysia (abbreviated as USM) is a public research university in Malaysia.

Founded on 1 June 1969 as a statutory body, it is among the oldest institutes of higher
learning in Northern Malaysia. It has three campuses: a main campus on the island of Penang,
a health campus in Kelantan, and an engineering campus in Nibong Tebal.
USM is Malaysia's only Accelerated Programs for Excellence (APEX) government-
funded autonomous university.

About Penang Island

With an area of 295 km2 (114 sq mi), Penang Island is the fourth-largest island in Malaysia,
aXer Banggi Island, Bruit Island and Langkawi Island. It is also the most populated island in the
country, with an es[mated popula[on of 678,000. The island is connected to the mainland by
two Penang Bridges. The first bridge begins at Gelugor on the island and ends in Perai on the
mainland, while the second bridge is located to its south. The mainland por[on of the Penang
state is known as Seberang Perai (Province Wellesley), and together with Penang Island and
other smaller islands, form the state of Penang.

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About The Meeting

The 12th AAEW Meeting is hosted jointly by AAEW and USM and co-hosted by the University of
Padjadjaran (UNPAD), Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
(TARUMT), and the University of Muhammadiyah North Sumatra (UMSU).

There will be five main meeting agendas:

1. Seminar and Round-table Discussion: Theme: “Sustainability Reporting in ASEAN:
Development and Future Trends”
2. AFA-AAEW Research Discussion: Theme: “Technology Adoption by the Accounting
Profession and Accounting Schools”
3. AAEW Office Bearer Election
4. ASEAN Accounting Students' Activities
5. Excursion and Dinner

The Participants of the AAEW Meeting

The participants of the meeting are lecturers and students. There will be special activities for
students, which can be joined by online mode or offline campus events. All accounting students of
AAEW member institutions are welcome to join our online activities for free. Those who are
interested in coming to Penang need to be nominated by the campus officials, as the seats are
limited.

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Agenda

Sunday, 19th March 2023

Location: Penang Hill

Students and lecturers attending the AAEW event on-site are welcome to join the
Penang Hill trip.

TIME ACTIVITY REMARKS

8:00 – 8.15 Gather at USM Sungai Dua Gate, in front of Prepara?on to Penang Hill
USM’s Mosque
8.15 – 9.00 Traveling ?me to Penang Hill Using Traveling Van
9:00 – 11.30 Enjoying Penang Hill. Ac?vi?es include a train Free and Easy
ride, scenery picture-taking, and group pictures
11.30 – 12.30 Traveling to lunch place Traveling Bus

Pelita Nasi Kandar Close to USM or Nasi Kandar

Line Clear in George Town
12.30 – 13.00 Lunch Time Pelita Nasi Kandar
13:00 – 13.30 Zuhur Praying at USM Mosque or in George Par?cipants who are arriving
Town on Sunday morning are
welcomed to join us at USM
Gate
13.30 – 16.00 Shorty City Tour to George Town Traveling Bus

16.00 – 17.00 Travel to Restaurant for early Dinner close to Traveling Bus
USM
17.00 Early Dinner Op?ons: Smile Tom Yam or
Tom Yam Adik Beradik (both
are closed to USM)

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Monday, 20th March 2023

Location: Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, USM

Students and lecturers are welcome to join this event on campus. Other participants may
join this event online.

TIME ACTIVITY

8:45 – 9.05 Registration + Morning Refreshment

9.05 – 9.15 National Anthem (Negaraku) + USM Song (Menara Ilmu)

9.15 – 9.20 Doa Recitation (SupplicaIon)

9:20 – 9.30 Opening Speech by Dean, School of Management, UniversiI

Sains Malaysia - Professor Dr. Noor Hazlina Ahmad
9:30 – 9.45 Keynote Speech – Dr. Nanny Dewi Tanzil, President, AAEW

9:45 – 10.00 Keynote Speech – Ms. Elaine Hong, Regional Director for China and
Southeast Asia, ICAEW

10.00 – 11.30 International Forum: “Sustainability Reporting in ASEAN: Development and Future
Trends”
Speaker 1: Dr. Arie Pratama, Associate Professor and Senior Researcher,
Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas
Padjadjaran, Indonesia
Speaker 2: Dr. Lim Kim-Hwa, CEO of Crea8 (Malaysia) and a Fellow in Finance at the
University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge University, UK
Speaker 3: Dr. Henly Pahilagao, College of Accounts & Business, Far Eastern
University-Alabang, The Philippines
Speaker 4: Dr. Siem Monileak, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Finance and AccounIng,
NaIonal University of Management, Cambodia
Moderator: Dr. Kishan Krishnen, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, AccounIng
SecIon, School of Management, UniversiI Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

11:30 – 12.00 Talk and PresentaEon

Global Business Services (GBS) for Sustainable Future :
Dr. Afzal Izzaz Zahari
12.00 – 12.30
Equipping Future Accountants and weaving in ESG and Sustainability issues:
Professor Dr. Ho Yew Kee

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 12:30 – 13.30 Cultural Performance and Lunch

13.30 – 14.30 AAEW Office Bearer Election

Associate Professor Dr. Koh SzeKee
Professor Dr. Ho Yew Kee
14.30 – 16.30 AFA – AAEW Research Progress Discussion
Professor Dr. Rozainun Abd Aziz
Dr. Sekar Mayangsari
14.30 – 16.30 InternaIonal Students’ Activities – Mini Games

16.30 Closing + Hi-Tea

International Students’ Activities

Monday, 20th March 2023

Time Session Ac0vi0es Note

Onsite Students:
● Introduc[on
Session Will join this session at Muzium
& Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, USM.
● Mini Game 1:
ASEAN Quiz
2.30 p.m. -
4.30 p.m. Student Ac[vi[es -
● Mini Game 2:
Interac[ve Session
(2 hours) Word Scramble

● Mini Game 3:
Telepathy Game Online Students:

● Final Words Will join this session via Cisco

Webex Mee[ngs link provided
in the registra[on confirma[on
email.

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Detailed Descrip0on of Student Ac0vi0es

Introduc0on Session

General: The facilitators in each group (physical) or breakout room (online) will
start the ice breaking session by first asking the students to open their
camera for a more interac[ve session. AXer that the facilitators will
start to introduce themselves according to the guide below, then pass
the introduc[on flow to the other students.

Guideline for ❖ Name

Session: ❖ Na[onality
❖ University of Studies
❖ Program and Year of Studies
❖ 2 Fun Fact about your Country & University
❖ 3 Fun Fact about Yourself

Mini Game 1: ASEAN Quiz

General Rules: 1. The ques[ons will be words where it is a certain something of a

country and the students have to guess which ASEAN country it is
from.

2. Each ques[on will have a theme which are the na[onal flag, food,
clothes, currency, capital city and language.

3. Each theme will have about 5 ques[ons, where the students are
given 30 seconds to answer each ques[on.

4. For this game, we will show an example for the par[cipants

before star[ng the actual game.

Scoring System: For each ques[on answered correctly, the group will get 1 mark.
There will be a total of 30 marks accumulated (6 theme x 5 ques[ons),
if they answered everything correctly.

Mini Game 2: Word Scramble

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General Rules: 1. The ques[ons will be words where the spellings are rearranged
and students have to guess what the original word is.

2. Each ques[on will be based on the 17 Sustainable Development

Goals.

3. Par[cipants are given 40 seconds to answer each ques[on.

4. AXer each ques[on’s answer is revealed, the facilitators will

explain briefly what the goals' main objec[ves are. To make the
session more interac[ve, the facilitators will also ask the students
to describe their understanding of the goals before explaining.

5. For this mini game, we will show an example for the par[cipants
before star[ng the actual game.

Scoring System: For each ques[on answered correctly, the group will get 1 mark.
There will be a total of 16 marks accumulated, if they answered
everything correctly.

Mini Game 3: Telepathy Game

General Rules: 1. This game will be conducted in a total of 5 rounds (backup 3 more
rounds). All par[cipants are required to open their camera
throughout the game session.

2. In each round, each group will be given a word by the game master.
Without having any discussion, in the count of three, all the group
members need to make a pose at the same [me in front of the
camera which they think is related to the word given.

3. The number of group members who make the same pose will be
counted. The group with higher number of members making the
same pose will get 1 mark for each round.

4. For example, if the word “Heart” is given, if the group consists of

10 members, in which 4 of them make the finger heart pose, 3 of
them make the big heart pose and the remaining three make the
small heart pose. Under this circumstance, we will count it as 4
people for making the same pose in this round.

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 5. The mini game con[nues un[l all the rounds are completed.

Scoring System: In each round, the group with higher number of members making the
same pose will get 1 mark, and the score will be accumulated.

Final Words from Students

General: The facilitators in each breakout room will start the final words session
by first expressing how they felt about the session. AXer that the
facilitators will start to cue the other par[cipants to share their opinion
and final words on the event/session. AXer that the par[cipants will
move back to the main room for the next session.

Session Guideline: ❖ Thoughts on the Interac[ve Session

❖ Thoughts on the 12th AAEW Event
❖ Thoughts on the respec[ve group students and facilitators
❖ Exchanging Social Media

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Prepara0on for Interna0onal Students’ Ac0vi0es

Session Details Note

Scan the QR Code with a phone or

The same registra[on
register through the link below by 18th
form for physical and
Registra[on March 2023, 6.00 p.m. (UTC+08:00)
online anendance
Kuala Lumpur:
students.
hnps://forms.gle/c1dmgS2wLB2ydjCF8

A confirma[on email will be sent to the

students aXer the registra[on, where the
venue (physical) and the Webex mee[ng
link (online) are stated in the email.
Applicable for both
AXer Registra[on physical and online
Students may need to download the anendance students.
WhatsApp Applica0on, and enter into
the group link men[oned in the
confirma[on email to obtain latest
informa[on about the student ac[vi[es.

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 Students need to gather in Muzium &
Applicable for only
Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, USM, where the
physical anendance
student comminees will guide them for
students.
the planned ac[vi[es.

Students will need to join the mee[ng by

clicking the Webex Mee0ng Link
provided in the registra[on confirma[on
Before Student
email. Students may enter the mee[ng
Ac[vi[es
through browse or download the Cisco
Webex Mee0ngs Applica0on. Applicable for only
online anendance
students.
Students are also encouraged to take a
look at the Cisco Webex Mee0ngs
Guideline provided in the Student
Handbook before entering the mee[ng
link.

Dress Code:
Applicable for both
Students are required to wear casual physical and online
wear or anything they are comfortable anendance students.
with.

Interac0ve Session:

During Student Applicable for only

Students are encouraged to par[cipate in
Ac[vi[es physical anendance
the student ac[vi[es ac[vely.
students.

Students are required to change their

name in the mee[ng as men[oned in the
Cisco Webex Mee0ngs Guideline Applicable for only
provided in the Student Handbook. online anendance
students.
Students are encouraged to open their
web camera throughout the ac[vi[es .

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CISCO WEBEX Mee0ng Guideline For Online Par0cipants

Before Joining the Mee0ng

Click into the Cisco Webex Mee[ng link provided in the confirma[on email or in the WhatsApp
Group.

You may either enter the mee[ng by clicking ‘Open Webex’ which will direct you to the
installed Webex Applica[on in your device. Another way to join the mee[ng is by clicking ‘Join
from your browser’ which will redirect you to a website for you to join the mee[ng.

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Enter your name_university name as the example given below,
Example: Accoun[ng Society_Universi[ Sains Malaysia

Enter your email address and join the mee[ng by clicking join as guest. If you have a webex
account you may sign in.

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Before entering the mee[ng, you may adjust your audio connec[on and camera sepng. You
are also able to add in your desired background. Once everything is adjusted to your
preference, you have to click the start mee0ng bunon at the bonom right.

A reminder to enter the mee[ng room with your mic muted, so that there is no interrup[on
during the session.

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Main Screen of Mee0ng Plaaorm

Click here Click here Click

Leave Chat
to unmute to turn on here to
meeting Box
the web share
microphone camera screen

Changing Virtual Background inside the Mee0ng

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Breakout Room Session
During the interac[ve session, you are required to join the breakout room session according
to the grouping we will send in the WhatsApp Group.

Click the ‘Par[cipant’ bunon and join the breakout session with the number of your group,
aXer the emcee announcement for the interac[ve session to start. If you are assigned to group
1, click join Breakout Session 1.

Once you have entered the breakout session, the screen will be as below:

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 Chat Box
Unmute Turn on Leave
your Mic to Your Session
Speak Camera
throughout
the Session

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