As an active participant in the largest gathering of experts and those interested in the accounting field, with the participation of 67 speakers and experts, and more than 40 accompanying events, we were honored by the technical partnership for the conference organized by the Saudi Organization for Auditors and Accountants in Riyadh, under the auspices of His Excellency the Minister of Commerce and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority, Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, in the presence of His Excellency Deputy Minister of Commerce, Dr. Iman Al-Mutairi, and His Excellency the Minister of Education,
Professor Youssef bin Abdullah Al-Bunyan. His Excellency Dr. Majid Al-Qasabi announced in his opening speech via a video recording that the Saudi Organization for Auditors and Accountants provided 10 scholarships to each of the universities in the Kingdom, لدعم وتمكين القدرات البشرية لأبناء وبنات الوطن.
in order to enter the commission’s fellowship test, to support and empower the human capabilities of the sons and daughters of the country. He pointed to the development of the accounting and auditing profession, which reflected positively on the profession in general in the Kingdom,
as the Kingdom advanced 15 ranks in the competitiveness index in the application of auditing and accounting in business from 32nd to 17th place, and its representation in the Authority joined a number of professional international memberships. To use it and its members to participate in international councils and committees. The opening ceremony witnessed the launch of a number of initiatives, most notably the accounting hackathon initiative, which aims to adopt innovation in technical solutions in the accounting and auditing sector, and the accounting simulation laboratories initiative, which adopts the establishment of virtual laboratories in colleges of administration in Saudi universities to transfer the professional and technical reality to students and support their practical accounting practices.
He also announced joint cooperation in the field of developing the capabilities of human cadres with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, in order to qualify more than 7,500 graduates in financial and accounting disciplines. The conference discusses accounting education, its international best practices, methods of developing accounting educational curricula, and sheds light on the profession and the promising opportunities it achieves,
in addition to reviewing and exchanging the best local and international experiences and expertise in the accounting profession. It is noteworthy that the conference is a link between interested, academics, university students and specialists in accounting, to discuss important topics and the latest trends in the profession, and exchange knowledge.