22nd Annual 2016 New Jersey Accounting,
Business & Technology Show Conference Program
Day One - Wednesday, May 18
Register today for the low-cost CPE educational program at $45/day with 6 CPE credits. $80 for 2 days with 12 CPE credits. The CPE is accredited by National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). Sponsor ID number 104942
Conference registration and free coffee service: 7:30-8:00 am Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secuacus, NJ. Come early for free coffee.
Session 1 8:00-9:40 am Conference Session Room. General Session(2 CPE Credits)KEYNOTE SESSION
Frank Abagnale Catch Me If You Can to keynote all new CPE program and Free Show.
Meet the master actor of all time. How a life of forgery, embezzlement and impersonation became a movie Catch Me If You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio 2016 Oscar winner.
Frank W. Abagnale is one of the world’s most respected authorities on the subjects of forgery, embezzlement and secure documents. For over forty years he has lectured to and consulted with hundreds of financial institutions, corporations and government agencies around the world.
Mr. Abagnale has been associated with the FBI for over four decades. He lectures extensively at the FBI academy and for the field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is a faculty member at the National Advocacy Center (NAC) which is operated by the Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys. Today the majority of Mr. Abagnale’s work is for the U.S. government.
Exhibits Open 9:40 am –3:30 pm Exclusive show viewing time 9:40-11 am. Free coffee service in the Exhibit Hall.
General Session – Conference Session Room (1 CPE credit)
Session 2: 11:00-11:50 am –Conference Session Room (1 CPE credit)
Technology Update for the Profession.
James C. Bourke, CPA.CITP.CFF.CGMA, Partner, WithumSmith+Brown, PC, Red Bank, NJ
In this CPE session, Jim Bourke will discuss a number of hottest technology trends and issues in the profession and actively get the attendees involved in the session.
To keep competitive, today’s CPA professionals need to be in a position to react instantaneously to client needs and concerns. Technology plays a huge role in meeting client expectations on a timely basis.
Today, it’s all about Cloud / Social / Mobile!
If you’re not aware of the changes taking place in this space, you’ll be left behind. Jim will discuss the impact on our profession of cloud, social and mobile, including how to react to the next generation of professionals entering our space that have grown up knowing only this “way of life.”
Jim will discuss a range of technologies from tax, scan and populate, digital signatures, outsourced client accounting to the pro’s and con’s of Office 365 and the importance of datacenters for the private cloud. He’ll review the biggest hacks of the past few months and share some cybertips to help make your practice and your clients’ a little “more” secure.
Session 3:12:00 noon - 1:20 pm
Exclusive Show viewing time in the exhibits.Low-cost lunch - You don’t have to leave the convention center.See examine and compare accounting, business, finance and services at one time and one place in New Jersey.
Concurrent Sessions – (select one of two)Conference Session Room (2 CPE credits)
Session 4 1:20 - 3:00 pm
Interpreting Financial Data
Gary Olynik, CPA, CMA, Accountant Network Accountant Advocate, Sage
Are financial statements just for preparing tax returns? In this session we will look at the nature of the data trapped within general ledger systems and reveal how this data can be transformed into information that can be used by accountants to provide recommendations to customers to improve financial performance. Learn what to measure, how to analyze it and what to communicate.
Session 5 1:20 - 3:00 pm
Building Your Firm for the Future.
MB Raimondi, CPA.CITP, MS Taxation, Advanced QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor and Intuit Solution Provider, Trumbull, CT
3:00-3:30 pm - Exclusive Show viewing time in the exhibits. See examine and compare accounting, business, finance and services at one time and one place in New Jersey.
Session – Conference Session Room (1 CPE credit) KEYNOTE SESSION
Session 6 3:30 - 4:20 pm
The National and New Jersey Economic Outlook in an Election Year.
Joel L. Naroff, Ph.D., Naroff Economic Advisors
Hear from a nationally acclaimed economist on the state of the economy – both National and New Jersey. How is Trump economics or Hillary economics going to effect your business, your clients and the nation in 2016.
Show concludes at 3:30 pm. CPE program concludes at 4:20 pm.
Speakers and Program subject to change.
Day Two - Thursday, May 19
Meadowlands Exposition Center
355 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, NJ at Harmon Meadows
Conference registration and free coffee service: 7:30-8:00 am Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, NJ. Come early for free coffee.
Session 10 8:00-9:40 am Conference Session Room. General Session(2 CPE Credits) KEYNOTE SESSION
Technology Futures – 2016
Dana ‘Rick’ Richardson,CPA, CITP, CGMA, Richardson Media & Technologies, Canton, CT
Rick Richardson began providing CPAs with his technology futures forecast in 1981 and this year will mark an unbroken string of 36 years of predicting our technology future. Rick will provide attendees with his vision of both the short and longer-term future for technology, including technologies important to the accounting professional. Topics will include a review of prior-year predictions, what major-market companies are doing and how their actions will affect all of us, current trends in hardware, software, and communications as well as emerging technologies that will bring those trends into reality. Rick will conclude with his personal forecasts on our technology future. Look for Rick to bring some of the latest technologies with him to share with participants.
Exhibits Open 9:40 am –3:30 pm Exclusive show viewing time 9:40-11 am. Free coffee service in the Exhibit Hall.
Concurrent Sessions –(select one of two) Conference Session Room (1 CPE credit)
Session 11: 11:00-11:50 am
How to Automate Your CPA Office on a Budget.
Michael Giardina, CEO, Office Tools
Session 12: 11:00-11:50 am
New Jersey Tax From an Expert.
Alan J. Preis, CPA, Alan J. Preis, CPA, PC
Get up to speed on current events, New Jersey tax and legislative matters, court cases and other hot topics. Explore relevant state tax issues, including GIT changes permitting limited netting and the prospects for further changes under the Christie administration.
Session 13:12:00 noon - 1:20 pm
Exclusive Show viewing time in the exhibits. Low-cost lunch - You don’t have to leave the convention center.See examine and compare accounting, business, finance and services at one time and one place in New Jersey.
Concurrent Sessions – (select one of two)Conference Session Room (2 CPE credits)
Session 14 1:20 - 3:00 pm
How to be a Rainmaker.
The marketing function is crucial to the success of your CPA practice. This lively session will discuss advertising, networking, social media, websites and more, introducing you to the tools to develop a strategic marketing plan. Increase your earnings, grow your practice, become a rainmaker.
Sandra Johnson, CPA, EA, CFE, Managing Partner, Johnson Kass & Greenberg CPAs
Introduced by: Andrea Parness, CPA, Owner, A Parness Company, CPA
Session 15 1:20 - 3:00 pm
The Tech Savvy Client is Here: Are you ready?
Christina Wiseman, MBS, Product Manager, Web Services & Mobile Technologies, Thomson Reuters
Cloud computing, client portals, mobile technology, and eSignatures are some of the hottest topics in the profession right now. The reason is simple: Clients are becoming more tech-savvy, and their expectations are changing. They expect the same convenient online services offered by banks and other financial services. In this session, we’ll discuss why implementing online portals and other services is so important for retaining your best clients, finding and attracting better clients and how successful firms have madethis happen.
3:00-3:30 pm - Exclusive Show viewing time in the exhibits.See examine and compare accounting, business, finance and services at one time and one place in New Jersey.
Prize drawing to be announced at 3:15 pm.
Session 16 3:30 - 4:20 pm (1 CPE credit) General Session
Firms that Have Great Technology Attract Great Talent
Amy Vetter, Global Vice President, Education & Enablement, Head of Accounting, USA, Xero
Introduced by: Gail Perry, Editor-in-Chief, CPA Practice Advisor
Firms must adapt to meet the needs of the next generation of talent. Amy will discuss tools for generational planning, and how to leveragetechnology and change management within a firm in order to recruit the best.
Show concludes at 3:30 pm CPE Conference concludes at 4:20 pm
Speakers and Program subject to change.