Conference Schedule | Kellogg Accounting Conference

Thursday, August 07, 2025

11:30am-1:00pm	Conference Check In Begins Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium (KGH 2200) 2211 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
11:30am-12:45pm	Welcome Lunch (Optional) Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium
1:00-1:10pm	Opening Remarks Sugata Roychowdhury, Northwestern University DeWitt W. Buchanan Jr Professor, Kellogg Accounting Information and Management
1:10-2:10pm	Session One Paper: Patent Privateering Presenter: Kristen Valentine – (University of Georgia) Discussant: Anna Costello – (University of Chicago)
2:10-2:35pm	Break
2:35-3:35pm	Session Two Paper: The Market for Accountants Presenter: Frank Zhou – (University of Pennsylvania) Discussant: Iván Marinovic – (Stanford University)
3:45-4:00pm	Break
4:00-5:00pm	Session Three Paper: *The Effect of Litigation Risk on Investors’ Trading* Presenter: Georg Rickmann – (Northwestern University) Discussant: Teri Yohn – (Emory University)
5:00-6:00pm	Reception Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium Balcony
6:00-8:00pm	Dinner Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium (KGH 2200)
7:45pm, 8:15pm	Conference Shuttle to Hotel Kellogg Global Hub Front Doors to Hyatt House Chicago/Evanston
8:30-10:00pm	Informal Meet & Greet Hyatt House Chicago/Evanston, H-Bar (in the Lobby) 1515 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

Friday, August 08, 2025

6:30-9:00am	Complimentary Breakfast Served at the Hyatt House for Guests Hyatt House Chicago/Evanston
8:00am	Initial Conference Shuttle Departure to Kellogg Global Hub Hyatt House Chicago/Evanston to Kellogg Global Hub
8:30am	Final Conference Shuttle Departure to Kellogg Global Hub Hyatt House Chicago/Evanston to Kellogg Global Hub
9:00-9:15am	Kellogg Welcome – Remarks from the Dean Francesca Cornelli, Northwestern University Dean, Kellogg School of Management
9:15-10:15am	Session Four Paper: Fear Cautions, Anger Commands: Information in Managerial Vocal Emotion Presenter: Edward Sul – (George Washington University) Discussant: Shane Dikolli – (University of Virginia)
10:15-10:40am	Break
10:40-11:40am	Session Five Paper: Disclosing to Politicians Presenter: John Gallemore – (University of North Carolina) Discussant: Mohan Venkatachalam – (Duke University)
11:40am-11:45am	Closing Remarks Sugata Roychowdhury, Northwestern University DeWitt W. Buchanan Jr Professor, Kellogg Accounting Information and Management
11:45am-1:00pm	Conference Lunch To-Go Box Lunches Available
1:00pm	Conference Airport Shuttle Departure Kellogg Global Hub to O’Hare International Airport Ideal for flights boarding after 3pm

Walking Directions

Directions to the White Auditorium inside the Kellogg Global Hub:
From the Global Hub Main Entrance, please turn right after our Front Desk and take the stairway up to the second floor. Turn left at the windows of the French Quarter, and the White Auditorium will be on your right at the end of the hallway.

Accessible entrance: From the main entrance, cross Gies Plaza and take the elevator bank closest to the lake. Exit on the 2nd floor; the White Auditorium is located at the end of the hall, to the left when you exit the elevator.

Conference Flow

For each session, there are 20-minutes for the presenter, followed by 15-minutes for the discussant, closing with a 25-minute moderated Q&A before a break.