A panel of industry experts will discuss three key topics and trends relevant to the accounting industry: the impact of cryptocurrency and AI in accounting, corporate governance, and the importance of professional branding for practitioners, followed by interactive breakout table discussions. Breakfast will be available to attendees.
DESIGNED FOR
Accounting professionals in public and private practice as well as accounting students
BENEFITS
For professionals
- Enhance existing practice areas or expand into new practice areas
- Identify potential organizations to partner with
- Obtain tools to improve their role as a mentor in their organization
- Share enthusiasm for the accounting industry with next-generation professionals
- Recruit new talent
For students
- Connect with hiring organizations
- Identify potential mentors
- Expand horizons for potential career paths
- Develop excitement around their future career in accounting
For everyone
- Gain insights on innovative topics and trends impacting the accounting industry from experts in their topic area
- Networking
- Share cross-generational perspectives to strengthen the general field of accounting
HIGHLIGHTS
- Cryptocurrency and AI in accounting: crypto update for accounting professionals, including a general crypto market update, tax specific treatments of ETFs, outlook for 2025 and examples from firms); and AI update for accounting professionals, including general AI use cases and examples, errors when deploying AI and examples of AI being used by firms.
- The role of accounting in corporate governance: increased focus and adoption of corporate governance domestically and internationally; impact of political, cultural and economic forces on corporate governance; characteristics of, and how to measure corporate governance (internal and external aspects); endogeneity in the relationships between corporate governance and other matters of concern to accounting; and other trends in corporate governance.
- Professional branding for accountants: what is professional branding; what is my professional brand; professional opportunities; brand statement and value proposition for career growth and business development; and how to incorporate branding in the mentor-mentee relationship.
Following the panel presentation, participate in table breakout discussions to converse with other interested professionals and students in a free flow of conversation around the topic specific to the table.
PREREQUISITES
None
ADVANCE PREPARATION
None
ADDITIONAL NOTES
If you are unable to attend in person and would like to stream the panel session online between 9:30 and 10:30, you can do so FREE through the generous sponsorship of the Daniel J. Ragone foundation. When registering, use the code “ragoneremote” and the link for the streaming session will be sent to you two days before the event.” 1 CPE will be awarded for those who attend the panel session remotely.