February 8 - 9, 2019 - Hilton Downtown Tampa
Program Overview
The topics are designed for a broad audience, including deans, chairs, and program directors. The program begins with a "Networking Breakfast" open to all conference attendees. 
For the 2019 meeting in Tampa, we have designed a mix of “at large” sessions and concurrent sessions customized to appeal to either department chairs or graduate program directors. Some of the topics and guests for this year's program include:
- Grant Thornton CEO Michael McGuire discusses current issues in the profession
- IMA CEO and President Jeff Thompson presents “The Future of the Accountant in Business”
- Recent accounting graduates share “what they wished they had learned” in their accounting programs
- AICPA presents on complex technological changes impacting the profession and related implications for curriculum redesign
- AACSB updates on recent changes to accreditation standards
- Leveraging advisory boards for maximum benefit
- Articulating the value proposition of graduate accounting programs relative to other options for attaining 150 hours
- Strategies for helping new PhDs become excellent classroom teachers
- Designing flexible and responsive curricula
- Teaching accounting students to “learn how to learn”
- Saying “No” as a department chair: Strategies for maintaining a healthy work-life balance
- Insights into careers in industry
- Dealing with students in crisis
- Leveraging student organizations for maximum benefit
- Leaders from both APLG and FSA discuss a potential merger of the two organizations
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