The business environment is complex and evolving more rapidly than ever. A world-wide pandemic has required us to work differently, accelerated our adoption of technology by years and injected new risks and opportunities into the system. In order to position ourselves for success, we must understand prevailing environmental trends, how they impact what we do as assurance providers, and the opportunities they present.

This session will provide attendees with an update on recent changes to the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct as well as current and planned projects of the Professional Ethics Executive Committee. Recent revisions to the SEC independence rules will also be highlighted.

The AICPA Chief Auditor and the Immediate Past Chair of the Accounting and Review Services Committee (ARSC) will discuss recently issued standards for audits and attestation engagements and recent activities of the ARSC for reviews, compilations and financial statement preparation engagements performed in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARSs). The discussion will also include the Auditing Standards Board and ARSC's active agendas including ongoing efforts to modernize auditing and attestation standards, enhance outreach to stakeholders regarding proposed standards and post-implementation reviews of issued standards. This session will feature a discussion of the current status of the projects to: Revise the quality control standards and make narrow revisions to auditor/accountant communications regarding NOCLAR.

Join us to hear the Co-chairs of the AICPA LGBTQ+ Initiatives committee give an overview of the strategic initiatives, as well as the mission and vision of the committee. During this session you will also hear about a new resource that Dr. Jones assisted the committee in creating, which will aid your understanding of the importance of being an advocate to your LGBTQ+ workforce and community, and provide actions to leverage on your inclusiveness journey.

This session is dedicated to the possibility that accounting professionals can win larger engagements and serve those they win more effectively when they learn and adopt subscription-based pricing. Subscription pricing is not taking your annual price and dividing it by 12. It is more challenging than that and not for everyone. If you think you have ability to think about your pricing and service model differently than you have in the past, you are invited to attend this session delivered by Sage’s senior director and co-host of The Soul of Enterprise [http://thesoulofenterprise.com... [http://thesoulofenterprise.com...]] podcast, Ed Kless.

What’s inclusion got to do with it? At Plink leadership, we believe leaders build their competence by demonstrating the traits of inclusive leaders. Most leaders don’t intend to exclude others. Yet, leaders can fail to get the best out of their teams due to personal bias and the inability to adapt and listen deeper. In this session, you will gain insight into what it means to be an inclusive leader, including taking on the difference as your own and being courageous in conversation and your actions.

An interactive session with members of the senior standard setting committees.

The accountants view of Graphic Packaging's ESG Story. The role of accounting, risk, and audit in ESG

This will include security, applications, equipment, challenges with contract employees vs. full time team members, etc. The focused will be on the challenges in this space felt by all sized firms from sole practitioners to large regional firms. Attendees will walk away with not only the perfect technology stack for dealing with a remote workforce, but also the "must have" security practices to have in place.