The Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association is a major event that took place in a different country during springtime each year. Host this year EAA congress, hold from 9^th to 11^th May 2012, was the capital of Slovenia.

The EAA Annual Congress offers a unique opportunity for presenting research and finding out what colleagues in the fields of management and accounting are doing. Every year over 1,000 delegates attend this popular event and close to 800 papers.

In addition, the EAA Annual Congress provides a friendly and sociable context in which to meet colleagues from other countries, to formulate joint research projects, and generally to keep in touch with European trends in education and research.