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Scaling New Heights®️ 2024: An Invitation to Boldly Go with Your Expertise

Written by Heather Day Satterley | Jul 12, 2023 9:01:22 PM

Are you ready to inspire, engage, and transform the accounting profession? Do you have the courage to "Boldly! Go" into the uncharted terrains of the industry and lead others along the way? If so, Scaling New Heights 2024 is your platform to shine.

The Scaling New Heights conference, a premier event for accounting professionals, is now officially accepting speaker applications. With our 2024 conference set to take place from June 16th through the 19th, 2024 at the Marriott World Center in Orlando, Florida, we are inviting thought leaders from all walks of the accounting field to bring their unique perspectives and knowledge to our diverse community of attendees.

SNH24 Conference Theme and Tracks

Our conference theme this year, "Boldly! Go," signifies our commitment to pushing boundaries, inspiring innovation, and navigating the ever-evolving accounting landscape. We're seeking speakers who echo this ethos through their expertise, innovative ideas, and dynamic presentation styles.

Our conference program features six major tracks designed to explore a broad range of topics essential to the contemporary accounting profession:

Practice Advancement: Amplify your strategies for practice growth, pricing, management, diversity and inclusion, marketing, and advisory topics.

Technology - General Ledger Training: Share your insights on platforms like QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Xero, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, AccountingSuite, and others.

Technology - General Business Software: Explore the future of productivity software applications, mobile platforms, no-code/low-code tools, Microsoft applications, Google applications, mobile solutions, and industry-specific solutions.

Tax Preparation and Advisory: Discuss the latest in tax regulations and updates, tax software training, tax planning, and advisory.

Professional and Personal Development: Engage the community in conversations around work/life harmonization, self-care, leadership skills, design-thinking, and wellness.

Speaking and Writing Skills: Deliver practical advice on improving performance skills, building compelling presentations, writing and presenting content, and conducting effective webinars.

We're particularly excited to offer a variety of presentation formats for our speakers, including panel discussions, workshops, lectures, and keynote sessions. These formats can be tailored to suit 50 or 100-minute sessions, providing flexibility in content delivery.

Our commitment to the profession

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive event. Thus, we strongly encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ethnicities, ages, orientations, and backgrounds. A multitude of perspectives enriches our conference and allows for a more comprehensive and nuanced exploration of topics.

Our call for speakers is open now and will conclude on September 30, 2023. We invite all potential speakers to submit their paper proposals through our official website during this window.

Let's come together to inspire, educate, and push the boundaries of the accounting profession. Join us in shaping the future and remember to "Boldly! Go" forward. Your expertise and insights are what will make Scaling New Heights 2024 a truly transformative event.