AAA Global Connect 2026 - Formerly the Annual Meeting
One Registration.
New Opportunities.
A More Connected Experience.
What's New
DATA Tracks Included | Sustainability Tracks Included | New TAR Track | Expanded CPE
What's Included
Meals & Networking | Leadership Programming | Exhibit Hall & Core Sessions
Several Submission Types Close Soon
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Connect. Learn. Lead.
More Content. More Disciplines. One Connected Experience.
Optional Add-ons (additional fees apply):
CTLA And Ethics Research Symposium | Sunday Data & Technology Pre-Training
Sunday Sustainability Conference | Tuesday Celebration Luncheon & Presidential Scholar Experience
Program
| CTLA Preliminary Program* | |
| Saturday, August 1, 2026 | |
| 7:00 am–7:50 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am–8:20 am | Welcome and Opening Session |
| 8:20 am–9:40 am | Keynote Speaker |
| 9:40 am–10:00 am | Break with Exhibitor Partners |
| 10:00 am–10:50 am | Select from seven Concurrent Sessions |
| Topics include technology in the classroom, motivating learning, best practices, active learning, flipping the classroom, and course innovations. | |
| 11:00 am–11:50 am | Select from seven Concurrent Sessions |
| 12:00 pm–1:20 pm | Luncheon |
| 1:30 pm–2:20 pm | Select from seven Concurrent Sessions |
| 2:20 pm–3:10 pm | Break with Exhibitor Partners |
| 3:10 pm–4:00 pm | Select from seven Concurrent Sessions |
| 4:10 pm–5:00 pm | Select from seven Concurrent Sessions |
| 5:10 pm–6:30 pm | Reception |
| Sunday, August 2, 2026 | |
| 7:00 am–7:45 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:45 am–8:35 am | The AAA/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize 2025 Recipients’ Panel |
| 8:45 am–9:35 am | Select from two Concurrent Sessions |
| 9:45 am - 10:35 am | Select from two Concurrent Sessions |
| 10:35 am–11:00 am | Break |
| 11:00 am–11:50 am | Select from two Concurrent Sessions |
| 12:00 pm–12:50 pm | Select from two Concurrent Sessions |
| *Schedule subject to change | |
About the Conference
The Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting (CTLA) focuses on enhancing faculty skills and expanding resources to promote effective student learning.
This is achieved through presentations, panel discussions, and sharing of best practices in instruction, emerging technologies, and addressing the needs of practitioners.
Attendees also benefit from creative classroom activity ideas, real-world cases, and networking with peers.
CTLA is open to anyone interested in developing and refining their teaching strategies, materials, and accounting teaching expertise. It welcomes both new faculty and PhD students, as well as experienced educators, to attend and engage.
Session Types
50-minute 1.0 CPEs Teaching, Learning, and Technology focused sessions including:
- Interactive concurrent sessions
- Mini-teaching tips sessions
Conference Focus Areas
Best practices in teaching
Integrating leading-edge technologies
Improving critical thinking skills
Assessing student learning
Motivating and facilitating learning
Course-specific innovations
Important Information
- Delivery Method: Group Live
- Program Level: Basic and Overview
- Prerequisites: None
- Advance Preparation: None
All cancellations must be submitted in writing to info@aaahq.org. A refund of the conference fee, minus a $100 administrative fee, will be given for cancellations received by July 16, 2025.
No refunds will be available after July 17, 2025, this includes cancellations of meal tickets purchased, guest registrations, CTLA, Ethics Symposium and Pre-Conference Workshops.
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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