As accounting educators, you have the critical responsibility of shaping our future CPAs. It requires taking the basic ingredients, adding your personal touch, along with the right amount of patience — all to help students rise to their full potential as highly effective new professionals. The NJCPA is offering its bi-annual accounting educator workshop to get you up to date on changes in the profession. You’ll emerge from the day with fresh, purposeful ideas to set you and your students up for success.
DESIGNED FOR
Educators at the high school and college-level
BENEFITS
Earn 3 CPE credits in Specialized Knowledge
HIGHLIGHTS
The Technology Landscape in Firms - What Students Should Know
Brad Muniz, CPA, Partner In Charge, Accounting & Auditing, Sobel & Co., LLC
Joe Zapf, CPA, Senior Associate, Sobel & Co., LLC
This presentation will address the common software used in medium sized accounting firms. We will also focus on the minimum competencies that each accounting graduate should possess. Finally, some thoughts on future of technology, how it will affect the graduates and thoughts on approaches to enhance their career development.
Professional Issues Town Hall
Ralph Albert Thomas, CGMA, NJCPA CEO & Executive Director
The business landscape in New Jersey and across the nation is constantly shifting. Ralph Thomas, NJCPA CEO & Executive Director, will bring that picture into greater focus with his accounting and finance professional issues update, covering macro trends in business, the profession and the economy, as well as legislative and regulatory changes and their implications.
Integrating Blockchain and AI into your Classroom
Sean Stein Smith, CPA, Assistant Professor, Lehman College
This presentation will focus on the importance of blockchain and artificial intelligence, both from a practitioner and educational perspective. In addition to the implications of these technology tools on the classroom and course work, statistics and information will also be presented highlighting the importance of this skills in the workplace. After introducing and highlighting both the topics and the importance of said topics, action steps and examples of how to integrate these tools into the classroom will be provided. Following the review and analysis of practical steps to introduce these tools into the classroom, resources, examples, and open source platforms will be covered. Specifically, open source blockchain platforms will be covered, including the partnership between the AICPA and the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA).
COURSE LEVEL
Basic
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Many thanks to our breakfast sponsor
Surgent CPA Review and lunch sponsor
Becker CPA Review.