Submission requirements
- In submitting to the conference, authors are fully responsible for ensuring that their paper is original, and that they are not committing any form of plagiarism, intellectual property infringement, invasion of privacy or publicity, or infringing on any rights and/or interests of any third party. If any of these items are detected at any time before, during or after the event, the paper will be immediately withdrawn and removed from the conference program. Authors whose paper is withdrawn for the above reasons will still be able to attend the conference, but not present their paper, or withdraw, if still possible, following the same general registration rules and deadlines set for the conference.
- Submissions must include an abstract of not more than 250 words.
- Authors will be asked to select topic and methodology areas to assist with grouping research paper sessions.
- All papers submitted will receive one blind review facilitated by a member of the Scientific Committee.
- Author identification (names, institutions & e-mail addresses) should only appear on the cover page file. The submission title should appear on the cover page and the first page of the body of the paper.
- The blind submission file should not contain any author identifying information (names, email addresses or acknowledgements)
- Authors will be required to upload PDF versions of both the cover page, and blind submission.
- By submitting, authors accept the release of their paper online. Papers will be made available to conference delegates 4 weeks prior to the conference and remain available until 2 weeks following the event.
Submission process details
During the submission process authors will be asked to:
- Indicate if they would like their paper to be considered for The Lazaridis Institute Prize for Best Paper on Accounting Issues Affecting High-Growth Technology Firms.
- Indicate if you would like your paper to be considered for The Qualitative Symposium. (See the Call for Qualitative Symposium).
- Declare that their paper is an original work and at the time of submission it has not been accepted for publication.
Author Requirements
By submitting a paper for consideration for the CAAA Conference, authors acknowledge that:
- At least one author of the submitted paper must be a CAAA member.
- An author may submit a maximum of five papers but will only be allowed a maximum of two presentations in parallel sessions.
- They or a co-author will attend the conference to present the paper if it is accepted.
- Presenters of accepted papers must register by March 16, 2026, for their paper to be included in the program.
- They and/or a co-author will review at least one submission.
- They or a co-author will be a discussant for another paper if their paper is accepted and presented.
Process notes & key dates
Please note the following process notes & key dates:
- The submission deadline is January 11, 2026.
- All papers submitted will receive one blind review facilitated by a member of the Scientific Committee.
- Authors will be informed of paper acceptance by March 6, 2026. Any submitting author requiring an official conference invitation for visa purposes before this date is encouraged to contact the CAAA office at admin@caaa.ca.