2006 Information Technology Conference Calendar
by Roman H. Kepczyk, CPA, CITP

Keeping current with the latest technologies as well as determining what applications are worth implementing can be a daunting task for every IT partner, particularly  when you consider they are often charged with managing other responsibilities.  With a limited amount of time available to manage this, it is important that IT partners optimize their exposure to technology resources to ensure that they are getting good information.  In addition to reading, we feel it is imperative that IT partners be exposed to other firms and vendors via conferences and symposiums.  Our personal experience has been that we learn the most from CPA Association technology meetings, where we can share information with peer firms in a non-competitive environment.  If your firm is not currently a member of one of these groups, we would suggest you consider joining one.  In addition we recommend attending some of the following Accounting Industry or Computer Industry Conferences, where you will have a chance to meet and hear a variety of vendors and independent speakers.  This year, we will be presenting at the AICPA TECH and Practitioners Symposium, AAA Accounting Technology Administrators Fly-In, and Xcentric's XcIT Ed. Symposium, where the focus is on getting IT Partners educated.  We encourage IT partners to review the programs and determine which would benefit them from a leadership perspective and if you have technical personnel, which would benefit them from a technology perspective.  In addition, your technical personnel should be involved with local technology events and users groups such as those sponsored by Microsoft and industry user conferences for your practice management, audit, and tax applications. 

Accounting Industry:

XcIT Ed. (April 26-27, 2006)
Georgia Society of CPAs, Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.xcitworkshop.com/

Florida Institute of CPAs Business Technology Conference (May 18, 2006)
Ft. Lauderdale Marriott North, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
http://www1.ficpa.org/CourseNet/Conference/Description.aspx?courseID=06BT

New Jersey Accounting, Business and Technology Show (May 24-25 2006)
Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, New Jersey
http://www.flaggmgmt.com/nj/

Florida Accounting & Business Expo (May 31-June 2, 2006)
Renaissance Orlando Resort at Sea World, Orlando, Florida
http://www1.ficpa.org/ficpa/CPE/Courses/Conferences/FABExpo

California Accounting & Business Show & Conference (June 5-6, 2006)
LAX Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.flaggmgmt.com/ca/

AICPA TECH 2006 (June 12-14, 2006)
Hilton, Austin, Texas
https://www.cpa2biz.com/CPEConferences/default.htm

AICPA Practitioners Symposium (June 12-14, 2006)
Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
https://www.cpa2biz.com/CPEConferences/default.htm

AAA Accounting Technology Administrators Symposium (June 20, 2006)
Westin, Indianapolis, Indiana
http://www.cpaadmin.org

Illinois Business & Technology Solutions Show (August 22-23, 2006)
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois
http://www.btshow.org/show/index.html

CCH Tax and Accounting User Conference (October 29-November 1, 2006)
Boca Raton Resort, Boca Raton, Florida
http://CCHGroup.com/UserConference

Creative Solutions Users Group (November 1-4, 2006)
Gaylord Palms Resort, Orlando, Florida
http://www.creativesolutions.thomson.com/uc/

2006 QuickBooks Consultants Conference (Sleeter Group) (November 7-9, 2006)
Tuscany Suites, Las Vegas, Nevada
http://www.sleeter.com/seminars/2006_QCC

Computer Industry:

Interop (April 30-May 5, 2006)
Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/

SANS Security 2006 (May 11-16, 2006)
Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California
http://www.sans.org/security06/

Computer Security Institute-NetSec2006  (June 12-14, 2006)
Phoenician Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona
http://www.csinetsec.com/

Consumer Electronics Show (January 8-11, 2007)
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
http://www.cesweb.org

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