Friday, May 15, 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: Wei Li, Ph.D., CPA - Chair of the Departments of Accounting & Information Systems and Business Analytics at the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
8:00 - 9:00 am: Unlocking Efficiency: The Future of Finance & Accounting (TECH-1) | Room 124
SPEAKER: Steve McKechnie - RGP
8:00 - 10:00 am: Financial Reporting Panel - SEC, FASB, Big 4 (A&R-1) | James R. Unger Global Forum (Room 330)
SPEAKERS: Kyle Moffatt - PwC; Guarav Hiranandani - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Patrick Gilmore - Deloitte; Hillary Salo - Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Vice Chair
9:00 - 10:00 am: 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: Financial Reporting Panel - SEC, FASB, Big 4 - Q&A (A&R-2) | James R. Unger Global Forum (Room 330)
- SPEAKERS: Kyle Moffatt - PwC; Guarav Hiranandani - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Patrick Gilmore - Deloitte; Hillary Salo - Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Vice Chair
- Track 2: Effective Data Visualization for Finance Professionals: Tools and Best Practices (FP&A-3) | Robert M. & Janet L. Archer Business Analytics Lab (Room 118)
- SPEAKER: Ron Monteiro - KICT Inc.
- Track 3: Blackline Unleashed: "Ask the Experts" (TECH-2) | Room 124
- SPEAKERS: Brian Murator - BlackLine
11:20 – 12:00 pm: Lunch Break | Rooms: 120, 122, 222, 230, 232
12:05 – 12:40 pm: Keynote – Performing Great Accounting Research in the Era of AI (KEY-5) | James R. Unger Global Forum (Room 330)
SPEAKER: Shelby Collins – WNY Research Solutions
12:50 – 1:55 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Learn Accounting Research, Soup to Nuts (A&R-7) | Room 334
- SPEAKER: Shelby Collins - WNY Research Solutions
- Track 2: Driving Organizational Efficiency - Governmental/Nonprofit Sector (A&R-10) | Room 401
- SPEAKERS: Shannon Keyes Ciucevic, Stephen Latza - Cuyahoga County Fiscal Department; Jason Steiner, Link Technologies; Judy Ghazoul Hilow - Malachi House
- Track 3: ASU 2024-03 (DISE): Income Statement Expense Disaggregation - Accounting & ERP Considerations - Session 1 of 2 (A&R-8) | Room 430
- SPEAKERS: Bryan Sinclair, Kimberly Groppe, Chris Pedersen - RGP
- Track 4: M&A Value Drivers: Quality of Earnings and Tax Considerations (FP&A-1) | Room 124
- SPEAKER: James Skakun – BMF
- Track 5: QuickBooks Online - Making it Work for You - Session 1 of 2 (TECH-6) | Room 301
- SPEAKERS: Addison Anderson, Trey Galloway - Rea Business Advisors
2:00 – 3:15 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Grant Writing and Applications - Governmental/Nonprofit Sector (A&R-11) | Room 401
- SPEAKERS: Shannon Keyes Ciucevich - Cuyahoga County Fiscal Department; Eileen Egan - City of Olmsted Falls; Judy Ghazoul Hilow - Malachi House; Mark van't Hooft - 51±¬ÁÏ; Maggie Finlay - Forvis Mazars
- Track 2: Dimensional Data Reconciliation for FP&A and Financial Reporting (FP&A-4) | Room 432
- SPEAKER: Ron Lewis - KeyBank
- Track 3: Ethical Application of Artificial Intelligence: Guiding Principles for Accountants - Session 1 of 2 (L&M-1) | Room 124
- SPEAKER: Tiffany Crosby - The Ohio Society of CPAs; Justin P. Breidenbach - Capital University
- Track 4: 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 5: QuickBooks Online - Deep Dive - Session 2 of 2 (TECH-7) | Room 301
- SPEAKERS: Addison Anderson, Trey Galloway - Rea Business Advisors
- Track 6: ASU 2024-03 (DISE) - Deep Dive - Session 2 of 2 (A&R-9) | Room 430
- SPEAKERS: Bryan Sinclair, Kimberly Groppe, Chris Pedersen - RGP
3:15 – 3:30 pm: Afternoon Coffee Break | Donald S. and Johnna F. Grant Atrium
3:30 – 4:45 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: 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 2: Grants Management Compliance & Accountability - Best Practices in 2026 - Governmental/Nonprofit Sector (A&R-12) | Room 401
- SPEAKERS: Shannon Keyes Ciucevich - Cuyahoga County Fiscal Department; Eileen Egan - City of Olmsted Falls; Judy Ghazoul Hilow - Malachi House; Maggie Finlay - Forvis Mazars
- Track 3: Ethical Application of Artificial Intelligence: Guiding Principles for Accountants - Session 2 of 2 (L&M-1) | Room 124
- SPEAKER: Tiffany Crosby - The Ohio Society of CPAs; Justin P. Breidenbach - Capital University
- Track 4: Advanced Profitability Analysis Using Data and Technology (FP&A-5) | Room 432
- SPEAKER: Joel Forquer - KeyBank
4:50 – 5:05 pm: Closing Remarks & Door Prizes | Donald S. and Johnna F. Grant Atrium
SPEAKERS: Norman Meonske - Conference Founder; John Wronkovich - 51±¬ÁÏ Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship