Thursday, May 14, 2026
7:30 – 7:45 am: Registration | James R. Unger Global Forum Entryway (Room 330)
7:50 – 8:00 am: Opening Remarks | James R. Unger Global Forum (Room 330)
SPEAKER: Deborah Spake - Dean of the 51 Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
8:00 – 9:00 am: Keynote –&Բ;Debrief to Win: Building Accountable Teams That Perform (KEY-1) | James R. Unger Global Forum (Room 330)
SPEAKER: Robert “Cujo” Teschner
9:00 – 10:00 am: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Keynote –&Բ;Economic Update – Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (KEY-2) | James R. Unger Global Forum (Room 330)
- SPEAKER: Lisa Barrow - The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- Track 2: The Modern AI Excel Stack for Finance and Accounting Professionals (TECH-3) | Crawford Hall Business Theater (Room 224/324)
- SPEAKER: George Mount - Stringfest Analytics
10:00 – 10:20 am: Morning Coffee Break | Donald S. and Johnna F. Grant Atrium
10:20 – 11:20 am: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Beyond Controls: Getting Real 51 Fraud (KEY-3) | James R. Unger Global Forum (Room 330)
- SPEAKER: Anne De Traglia - Sabre Corp
- Track 2: Impairment Testing Considerations and Procedures (A&R-4) | Room 301
- SPEAKERS: Robert A. Hauptman, John Durbin, Manish Garg - Stout Advisory Services; Boki Lemajic - Hyland Software
- Track 3: Effective Data Driven Storytelling (FP&A-2) | Room 124
- SPEAKER: Ron Monteiro - KICT Inc.
- Track 4: Current Trends Shaping the Future of FP&As (FP&A-6) | Room 334
- SPEAKERS: Matt Soful, Jeff Priest - OneStream Software; Cory Hindel - PwC
- Track 5: Chief Tax Officers Panel Discussion (TAX-1) | Crawford Hall Business Theater (Room 224/324)
- SPEAKERS: Jenelle Wolfe, Shane Maloney - Eaton; Tom Fagan - Armanino; Christopher De Penti - Keybank
11:20 – 12:00 pm: Lunch Break | Rooms: 120, 122, 222, 230, 232
12:05 – 12:40 pm: Keynote –&Բ;Love Mondays: A New Perspective on Work and Performance in Finance and Accounting (KEY-4) | James R. Unger Global Forum (Room 330)
SPEAKER: Ron Monteiro - KICT Inc.
12:50 – 1:55 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Chief Audit Executive (CAE) Panel (AUD-1) | Room 124
- SPEAKERS: Lisa Stiffler - KPMG; Colin Wilkinson – Parker Hannifin; Rob Thompson – Lincoln Electric; Janis Thiedemann – Quanex; Quo Vadis Cobb – Jacobs Engineering; Anne De Traglia
- Track 2: SAP Analytics Cloud with AI-driven forecasting and planning (FP&A-8) | Crawford Hall Business Theater (Room 224/324)
- SPEAKER: Evan Sevits - SAP Americas
- Track 3: CPM Before ERP: Rethinking the Traditional Transformation Sequence (FP&A-7) | Room 401
- SPEAKERS: Matt Soful, Jeff Priest - OneStream Software; Cory Hindel - PwC
- Track 4: Value Strategy & Modeling (A&R-5) | Room 334
- SPEAKERS: Tim Osborne, Adam Jorgensen - Stout Advisory Services
- Track 5: Streamlining Financial and Accounting Data Prep with Power Query (TECH-4) | Robert M. & Janet L. Archer Business Analytics Lab (Room 118)
- SPEAKER: George Mount - Stringfest Analytics
- Track 6: Tax Accounting Refresher and Hot Topics (TAX-2) | Room 301
- SPEAKER: David Oriani - PwC
2:00 – 3:15 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: CXO and Corporate Controller Panel Discussion (A&R-3) | Crawford Hall Business Theater (Room 224/324)
- SPEAKERS: Stacy Gilbert, Ron Lewis - KeyBank; Gordon Edwards – Akron Children’s Hospital; Steve McNally – IMA
- Track 2: Value Strategy & Modeling - Q&A session (A&R-6) | Room 301
- SPEAKERS: Tim Osborne, Adam Jorgensen - Stout Advisory Services
- Track 3: Ethical Application of Artificial Intelligence: Guiding Principles for Accountants - Session 1 of 2 (L&M-1) | Room 124
- SPEAKERS: Tiffany Crosby - The Ohio Society of CPAs; Justin P. Breidenbach - Capital University
- Track 4: Governance That Fits: Designing an Internal Control Environment for Private Companies (AUD-2) | Room 401
- SPEAKER: Dana Mountjoy – BMF - Bober Markey Fedorovich
- Track 5: When Control Failures Lead to Fraud – Best Practices for Internal Auditors (AUD-3) | Room 430
- Patricio Munoz - KPMG
- Track 6: Corporate Tax Policy Update (TAX-3) | Room 432
- SPEAKERS: Atirek Ratani, Sophie Yin, Jess Morgan - EY
- Track 7: SAP Analytics Cloud – Interactive Deep Dive for FP&A (FP&A-9) | Room 334
- SPEAKER: Evan Sevits - SAP Americas
3:15 – 3:30 pm: Afternoon Coffee Break | Donald S. and Johnna F. Grant Atrium
3:30 – 4:45 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Strategic Tax Planning for Business Stability and Sale Readiness (TAX-4) | Room 432
- SPEAKER: David Silverman - Somich & Associates CPAs
- Track 2: Tax for Non-Tax Accountants (TAX-5) | Room 401
- SPEAKER: Christopher J. De Penti, CPA - KeyCorp
- Track 3: Building Financial and Accounting Data Models with Power Pivot (TECH-5) | Robert M. & Janet L. Archer Business Analytics Lab (Room 118)
- SPEAKER: George Mount - Stringfest Analytics
- Track 4: Ethical Application of Artificial Intelligence: Guiding Principles for Accountants - Session 2 of 2 (L&M-1) | Room 124
- SPEAKERS: Tiffany Crosby - The Ohio Society of CPAs; Justin P. Breidenbach - Capital University
- Track 5: AI Agents: Transforming the Internal Audit Landscape (AUD-4) | Room 334
- SPEAKERS: Sean Humphreys & Ben Franjesevic - Protiviti
4:50 – 5:15 pm: Closing Remarks & Door Prizes | Donald S. and Johnna F. Grant Atrium
SPEAKERS: Norman Meonske - Conference Founder; Deborah Spake - Dean of The 51 Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
5:15 – 6:00 pm: Reception | Donald S. and Johnna F. Grant Atrium