Preliminary Program
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Leadership Seminar Registration
Friday, February 14, 2025
Registration
Table Top Exhibitors: Becker and Gleim
Breakfast
Welcome and Plenary Opening Session
Accounting - 1.2 CH
Welcome: Afshad Irani, Washington & Lee University
Plenary Speaker: Paul Knopp, U.S. Chair and CEO, KPMG
Updates from the AICPA on the CPA Competency-Based Experience Pathway and the New CPA Exam
Accounting - 1.2 CH
Speakers: Jan Taylor, AICPA
Mike Decker, AICPA
Break
Shaping Tomorrow’s CPAs: Insights on the Competency-Based Experience Pathway and New CPA Exam
Accounting - 1.2 CH
Moderator: Felicia Farrar, Alabama Agriculture and Mechanical University
Panelists: Jan Taylor, AICPA
Mike Decker, AICPA
Ellen Glazerman, EY
Sunita White, Trinity University
Accounting - 1.2 CH
Leadership's Forgotten Value
Speaker: Kenneth P. Ruscio, President Emeritus, Washington & Lee University
Revitalizing the Accounting Profession: Initiatives to Attract and Prepare New Graduates
CPE - 1.2 CH
Moderator: Karen Osterheld, American Accounting Association
Panelists: Rebecca Shortridge, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Paul Bryant, Plante Moran
Liz Barentzen, CAQ
Donny Shimamoto, Intraprise TechKnowlogies
Concurrent Sessions
Session A: Teaching ESG Accounting: How? Where? When?
Accounting - 1.2 CH
Moderator: Steve Isberg, Towson
Panelists: Mark Evans, Wake Forest University
Megan Hess, Washington and Lee University
Session B: Innovating Accounting Education: Keeping Stem Relevant in your Curriculum Texas
Accounting - 1.2 CH
Moderator: Lee Kersting, Northern Kentucky University
Panelists: TBD
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Registration
Breakfast
AI on Campus and the Agents of Change
Accounting - 1.2 CH
Speaker: Gonzalo Tudela, EXAMIND AI
Lunch with Panel: The Chair’s Balancing Act: Managing Faculty, Research, and Administration
Accounting - 1.2 CH
Moderator: Le (Emily) Xu, Ne University of New Hampshire
Panelists: Steve Kachelmeier, The University of Texas at Austin
Sandra Richtermeyer, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jay Thibodeau, University of Central Florida
Note: The CPE Fields of Study curriculum is divided into twenty subject matter areas. These fields represent the primary knowledge and skill areas needed by accounting licensees to perform professional services in all fields of employment. Each Credit Hour is based on 50 minutes. The Program Level for each of these sessions is Basic, unless otherwise stated. Delivery Method: Group Live
American Accounting Association is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org
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