Welcome
Bette Kozlowski, KPMG
Jennifer Riley, University of Nebraska
Joy Gray, Bentley University 
 

Lessons from Practice #1: Pandemic Driven Practice and Training Changes
Accounting - 1.0 CH
Practitioners from core audit, tax, and advisory will discuss the impacts of the pandemic on practice. How have their daily work lives changed? Are there areas that will likely not go back to pre-pandemic practices? How have internships, onboarding, and continuing education training needs changed?

Moderator: Diane Janvrin, Iowa State University

Panelists: Brittany Deeter, Grant Thornton
Christine Griffith, KPMG
Adam Newland, PwC
Lisa Nichols, Deloitte

Teaching Session #1: Basic Analytics with Alteryx
Accounting - 1.0 CH
Using SQL as a foundational technology, we will demonstrate how to students to Alteryx for basic data analysis.  We will review some of the core functionality of Alteryx and relate that to traditional SQL data analysis.  A set of core exercises will be available for attendees to use in their own classroom.

Lorraine Lee, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Margarita Lenk, Colorado State University
Firm Speaker: Alissa Wuerfel, KPMG

Teaching Session #2: Unstructured Data Challenges
Accounting - 1.0 CH
Learn how practitioners currently use unstructured data and how you, even with no previous background working with unstructured data, can introduce students to this area using freely available software. The case is designed as an introduction to unstructured data for auditing, accounting information systems, fraud examination, and financial statement analysis courses but can be used in any accounting course where the content of relevant documents is subject to examination.

Diane Janvrin, Iowa State University
Ingrid Fisher, University at Albany- SUNY
Firm Speaker: Cesar Koirala, EY 

Teaching Session #3: Customizing Analytics Cases for use in YOUR class
Accounting - 1.0 CH
Using a case from the EY Foundation’s Academic Resource Center, we  show examples of how faculty members have customized the same case in different ways for two different classes, using some of today’s most popular disruptive technologies: Alteryx and Tableau.  

Tom Aleman, Wake Forest University
Joy Gray, Bentley University

Lessons from Practice #2: Disruptive Technology Shaping the Future of the Accounting Profession: From Business Processes to Audit, Tax and Other Professional Services
Accounting - 1.0 CH
Panelists will discuss the impact emerging and disruptive technologies are having on the accounting profession from user, auditor and service provider perspectives including various technologies: artificial intelligence, machine learning, adaptive security, (robotic) process automation, mobility apps/phones/tablets, advanced cloud computing, virtualization, social apps, use of drones.

Moderator: Ann O’Brien, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Panelists: Kyle Baxter, Deloitte
Ajay Kumar, Deloitte
Kumwar Kwatra, EY
Lauren Wetherald, Grant Thornton
Brad Zastoupil, PwC

Mini Session: Subject Matter Expertise from Software Providers
Accounting - 0.50 CH
Using an elevator speech, representatives from software tool providers will discuss how to obtain their products and how to find experts to assist with product integration in your classroom.

Moderator: Jennifer Riley, University of Nebraska
Panelists: Kate Lovejoy, Celonis 
Kim Yohannan, Alteryx
Microsoft, TBD 

Happy Half-Hour
Join our firm guests, presenters, and your fellow participants for a little after the sessions!

Teaching Session #4: Robotic Process Automation (RPA): What, When, How, & Where
Accounting - 1.0 CH
Learn what RPA is and how to implement it in your courses. Usable class cases will be presented to make the transition to teaching RPA as easy as possible.

Ann Dzuranin, Northern Illinois University
David Wood, Brigham Young University
Firm Speaker, Puneet Manchanda, KPMG

Teaching Session #5: Drones for Audit Automation
Accounting - 1.0 CH
Drones have been integrated into the audit process. Learn how with CountThings software.

Deniz Appelbaum – Montclair State University
Firm Speaker, TBD

Lessons from Practice #3: Impact of Distributed Ledger Technology
Accounting - 1.0 CH
Practitioners will emphasize distributed ledger technology and provide various perspectives for the discussion: tax implications of cryptocurrencies, audit of a client blockchain, consulting with clients on use cases for implementation.

Moderator, Lorraine Lee – University of North Carolina Wilmington

Panelists: Brian Mistler, EY
Patrick O'Kain, KPMG
Jarick Poulson, Deloitte
Markus Veith, Grant Thornton 

Teaching Session #6: Introducing AI Modeling Concepts to Students: Logic Programming Versus Neural Networks
Accounting - 1.0 CH
Introduction of modeling concepts in AI, comparing and contrasting Logic Programming using the SWI Prolog Editor to highlight Prolog’s use of resolution to address financial accounting assertions and Neural Networks using Palisade’s NeuralTools showcasing its use in classification problems for bankruptcy predictions.

Robert Nehmer, Oakland University
Firm Speaker, Ricardo Neves, KPMG 

Lessons from Practice #4: New hire panel - What I Wish I’d Known
Accounting - 1.0 CH
New hire panelists will discuss what technologies and tech-related skills they felt prepared to use and which technologies and skills they had to learn on-the-job, sharing their wish lists for educators at the conference! Their experiences range from learning what real Excel proficiency means to advanced analytics and coding skills.

Moderator: Margarita Lenk, Colorado State University

Panelists: Dania Abul-Erin, KPMG
Jon Hunt, Deloitte  
Meg Jarratt, Grant Thornton
Anna Mongeon, PwC

Teaching Session #7:  Process Mining: Do firms Do What They Think They Do?
Accounting - 1.0 CH
Come learn about the capabilities and limitations of process mining and get hands-on experience performing process mining on sample data using Celonis software.

Kim Church, Missouri State University
Cheryl Dunn, Grand Valley State University
Pamela Schmidt, Washburn University
Firm Speaker: Brian Finkel, Deloitte