1. Charities and Social Enterprises: A day for practitioners and researchers to discuss current challenges and escalating change.

2. Charities and Social Enterprises: current challenges and escalating change.
9:30 Welcome and Introduction by Carolyn Cordery, Head of the Accounting Department, Aston Business School – Adrian Cadbury Lecture Room
9:35-10:55 Chair: Ian Thomson – Social Issues and Social Enterprises
Professor Ute Stephan: ‘Organizations and Positive Social Change: Lessons from 20 years of Evidence’
Dr Mohi Uddin and Professor Ian Thomson: ‘Social audit, social responsibility and social enterprise: a Bangladeshi case study’
Dr Rory Ridley-Duff: ‘Early experiences applying the FairShares Model to social enterprise development’
Panel: Practitioner Challenges in addressing social issues
(Angela Ellis-Paine TSRC, VSSN; Paul Robson, Age UK)
Discussion
10:55-11:15 Morning tea and coffee

3. Charities and Social Enterprises: current challenges and escalating change.
11:15-12:35 Chair: Margaret Harris– Regulation’s impact on the sector
Dr Alasdair Rutherford and Dr Diarmuid McDonnell: ‘Fundraising regulation and the “voluntary” levy: Examining the effectiveness of the UK Fundraising Levy on charity participation’
Chris Damm Chris Dayson: ‘Using regulatory data in public policy research on the third sector: Reflections from England and Wales’
Professor Ivo de Loo and Dr Melina Manochin: ‘Visual accounts: unregulated accountability disclosures’
Panel: Practitioner Challenges in regulation and compliance
(Mohit Dar, Aston PhD student; Alex Murdoch, London South Bank University)
Discussion
12:35-13:25 Lunch buffet CAMS (Move to MB G8)

4. Charities and Social Enterprises: current challenges and escalating change.
13:25-14:45 Chair: Carolyn Cordery– Charities and the Future (in MB G8)
Emeritus Professor Margaret Harris: ‘’The Charity sector today: Changes and challenges of the 21st Century'
Professor Carolyn Cordery: ‘The future of the Charities sector in 2045?’
Roundtable discussion on these and similar questions:
What comprises an ideal charity sector for the future?
What attributes make the charitable sector ‘uncharitable’?
How can charities be accountable and remain relevant within a radically changed society?
14:45-15:10 Afternoon tea and coffee (in main building)

5. Charities and Social Enterprises: current challenges and escalating change.
15:10-16:30 Chair: Ataur Belal – Challenges in Accountability and Disclosures
Adrian Cadbury Lecture Room
David Yates: ‘Maintaining Face: the nature of external accountability within UK service clubs’
Dr Bahar Ali Kazmi and Dr Uwe Napiersky: ‘International donors, NGOs and the use of accounting for accountability: an unholy mix?’
Dr Galina Goncharenko: ‘Accounting information demands of institutional donors from a human rights organization in Norway: Parallel reporting realities?’
Panel: Practitioner Challenges in Accountability and Disclosure
(Stewart Sherman-Kahn, Lions Clubs International; Kerry Brown, Crowe Clarke
Whitehall)
Discussion
16:30 Closing remarks by Carolyn Cordery, Aston Business School.
16:45-17:45 Drinks reception

6. Charities and Social Enterprises: current challenges and escalating change.