The agenda for the 2017 Accounting Business Expo is jam-packed with keynote presentations, panel discussions and fireside chats to help you embrace new ideas and make positive changes in your practice. But you need a plan to ensure you get the most out of the event.

Below are our top 10 picks for sessions that will leave you with clear takeaways and strategies to drive your firm’s success.

• Mega-trends in accounting and how to survive them

  — Tim Reed, MYOB (21 March, 10:30am)

• Critical skills for 2017: teach clients to automate

  — Lielette Calleja, All That Counts (21 March, 12:20pm)

• How to scale a cloud firm from startup to nationwide

  — Matthew Rowe, My Accounts & Noel Tiufino, My Accounts (21 March, 1pm)

• Why I would never buy your firm

  — Guy Pearson, Interactive Accounting (21 March, 1:30pm)

• Business is a game and the best team wins

  — Steph Hinds, Growthwise (21 March, 4pm)

• Slack it to me! Creating a culture of innovative communication

  — Tanya Titman, Consolid8 (22 March, 10:20am)

• Everything about marketing you were afraid to ask

  — Wayne Schmidt, Karbon & Lielette Calleja, All That Counts (22 March, 11:40am)

• Making it work: how accountants and bookkeepers can form profitable relationships

  — Kerry Black, Ebony Accounting Consultants; Leanne Berry, Love Your Numbers; Tim Munro, Change Accountants & Melanie Power, Bookkeeper Revolution (22 March, 1:30pm)

• Think globally, run locally. The art of running a distributed team

  — Jason Andrew, SmartBooks Online (22 March, 3:30pm)