Outline: The Future of Accounting Keynote Presentation
California Accounting Show
11 – 11:50 a.m., LAX Hilton, 2nd Floor Conference Center
Message: Your world and your customers’ world is about to change in substantial ways…and if you are ready…you and your clients can prosper…but if you are not…your relevance will be in question.
Approach: A journey through how new technologies are being used today and what it will mean…examples, videos, actual devices on stage
External Situation and Facts: What’s driving this change
· Technology: IoT, AI, Conversational UI’s, wearables as examples of how these are being used to bring the technology to life
· Scale: speed of adoption of these technologies
· Data: how it is now captured and used
· Digital Natives: what does growing up in this environment mean
Closer to home: What does this mean for accountants and their clients
· Examples of AI and ML in accounting
· Threats and opportunities
· Impact on small businesses
Future role of an accountant and You
· What has already changed
· The trusted advisor
· What will you have to change
· How will that help you and your clients
· What might that future look like…Video
Action: What can we do together now