The Accounting Business Expo is Australia’s largest business and technology event for accountants. Wayne Schmidt recently spoke with some of the event’s keynote speakers and organizers to preview the accounting trends and issues they’ll be discussing.

The planned themes and outcomes have been carefully chosen to help you embrace new ideas, grow your practice and take advantage of changing face of the industry.

The future of accounting

Sholto Macpherson from DigitalFirst.com is Head of Content for the Expo, and was instrumental in curating the speakers and agenda. He says the goal of the event is to communicate where accounting firms are in 2017, and share the latest and greatest thinking—not just for compliance, but also relating to sales, marketing and people management.

But Sholto is most excited about the side of the program that will discuss advancements in technology, and how this will continue to evolve accounting going forward.

A melting pot of the accounting profession

The Accounting Business Expo is open to anyone involved with the accounting profession, including practice owners, accountants, bookkeepers, other wealth professionals and anyone in the industry responsible for the finance function within their business.

Accountants and bookkeepers working together

Tim Munro from Change Accountants will be discussing the relationship between accountants and bookkeepers, and the opportunities you have to form profitable relationships that will benefit everyone. He says there are areas for bookkeepers to support accountants that haven't even been touched yet—especially in the wealth area.

Being a great accounting leader

Steph Hinds from Growthwise will be talking about how business is a game, and the best team will always win. She’ll be showing you how to lead your team, and place your employees and anyone else on your team in the right positions. She says this is vital if you want to take your firm to the next level.