Cost: $40 (check made out to "IMA" or cash); pay at event
Food: Full breakfast and lunch included in the cost
Dress Code: Casual
Here are the June 2019 topics:
Accounting Education: A Solution for the Skills Gap
Field of Study: Accounting
Current and potential employers increasingly emphasize a disconnect to educators: between the abilities that are required for accounting jobs and the actual competencies that the workforce possesses. Having addressed the issue as an audit partner and as a faculty member, Pace University’s Steven Mezzio highlights how the profession, as a whole, is adopting new approaches to the accounting and auditing model of protecting the public interest.
Power Your Tribe: Resilient Teams in Turbulent Times
Field of Study: Business Management & Organization
The good news is that the turbulence that threatens to wreak havoc on our lives can also create new opportunities for those enterprises and those individuals with the right set of skills and the proper mindset. A global thought leader and culture coach, Christine Comaford reminds us of how and why the concept of emotional resilience may provide teams and their members with the ability to navigate through challenging times.
Risks and Opportunities: Understanding the ESG Landscape
Field of Study: Accounting
In seeking “decision-useful information,” stakeholders are increasingly considering internal and external nonfinancial factors when they assess an enterprise’s long-term prospects. In a recent white paper for Donnelley Financial Solutions, John Truzzolino found that companies are being assessed on their so-called “ESG score,” even if they do not release data on their environmental, social and governance risks.
Smooth Failing: What Disaster Can Teach You about Succeeding
Field of Study: Business Management & Organization
Because the processes of innovation and experimentation are directly connected to failure, some enterprises deliberately seek out employees whose track records reflect disaster as well as success. The best-selling author of J.K. Lasser’s tax books, Barbara Weltman provides examples of how many individuals’ understanding of the process of failure later became critical to their success in the business world.