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- Welcome Lunch & Trade Networking
Please take time to meet our exhibiting sponsors over lunch and learn how they can help you and your clients
- Conference Welcome
Michael Daws
Michael Daws
Director of Stewart, Tracy & Mylon
- Gold Sponsor Presentations. Your client Matters and Between the Spreadsheets
Deena Janes•Tony VidrayYour Client Matters: MAXIMISING BUSINESS GROWTH
What would your business look like if you could:
• Offer more services without having to find more time?
• Work with your favourite clients and charge more for the privilege?
• Become the ultimate practice manager you’ve always wanted to be?
There are three ways to grow your business.
This session will examine these three ways and provide insights into how one of these allows you to grow without having to:
• Find more clients
• Put your prices up
• Invest in more resources, WHILE
• Increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty AND
• Increasing your profits
Between The Spreadsheets: A new service offering to Accountants in Australia. The idea for standardised calculators came to me around 2001/2 when I had six different staff members give me six different Fringe Benefits returns to review.
I realised it wasn’t their fault it was mine! For not having a standard calculator across the firm template. At the time there was little or nothing on the market so I created an FBT Master using Lotus 123 which eventually lost out to Excel
Since then Tony has created many more calculator Masters and over the years we have kept refining and updating them as legislation and rates changed. I am very proud to bring you Between The Spreadsheets. It made my life a lot easier and it will help you too.
Step-by-step Calculators to make things easy.
Quick. Simple. Easy. That is the service offering of Between The Spreadsheets. The calculators are designed to save you time and money. Once you have the data to enter, you will see how the calculator comes to life, depending on what data you enter.
Many of the calculators are intuitive and as you answer one question, it unlocks other questions that you must answer to get to the end. They have been designed so that junior staff can enter the data and a more senior person can easily review the outcomes.
Once you start using the calculators of Between The Spreadsheets, you will be impressed.
Deena Janes
CEO - Chief Energy Officer of Your Client Matters
Tony Vidray
Between the Spreadsheets
- Silver Sponsor Presentation • SproutAg
George LastThe Agri Finance Market Place - How can accountants help their clients fund their growth
George Last
Partner at Sprout Agribusiness
- Afternoon Tea & Trade Session
- Accounting Trends. How do you compare?
Mark HoltonMeasuring performance of both financial and non-financial key performance indicators is one of the critical components of managing a successful accounting firm. Comparing these performance measurements to your peers adds further analytical value. This session will examine how the industry is performing, the recent trends and benchmarks available and how to compare them to your firm.
Mark Holton
Director of Smithink
- Part 1 • The Real Super Sole Purpose Test and Part IVA and Super Death Tax; when clever and when tax promoter
Peter Bobbin
Peter Bobbin
Consultant Lawyer at Bobbin
- Networking Drinks & Trade Session
Happy Hour Drinks Sponsor: Chamberlain's SBR
- Welcome Stand Up Dinner: Headlands Hotel Austinmer Beach
Join fellow ACP members and our supporting sponsor representatives for a casual welcome dinner
Dinner Sponsor: Chamberlains SBR
- Tea, Coffee & Trade Networking
Enjoy an early catch up over coffee with your fellow members and exhibiting sponsors
- Chair's Welcome Address
Michael DawsMichael Daws
Director of Stewart, Tracy & Mylon
- Part 1 • The Real Super Sole Purpose Test and Part IVA and Super Death Tax; when clever and when tax promoter
Peter BobbinPeter Bobbin
Consultant Lawyer at Bobbin
- Morning Tea & Trade Session
Please take the time to engage and check-in with our trade exhibitors
- Supercharge your Strengths Masterclass
Anna WebbThis workshop will enable the delegates to strengthen their leadership as well as take away some practical skills to help them with any burn out and stress that they are experiencing.
Anna Webb
Coach at Mim Bartlett Consulting
- Platinum Sponsor Presentation • Strategic Group
Aron RobertsonDive into the future of accounting with our session on the pivotal roles of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) in Australia's accounting sector for 2024. Discover how a half-billion-dollar national cybersecurity investment is reshaping business defences and explore AI's transformative impact on accounting workflows. From bolstering cyber resilience to integrating AI for efficiency and innovation, this presentation is a must-see for accounting professionals aiming to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Gear up for an insightful exploration of strategies and technologies that promise to redefine accounting practices in Australia. Join us to future-proof your firm!
Aron Robertson
Chief Information Officer at Strategic Group
- Lunch & Trade Session
- The Times They Are A-Changin
David SmithWhy history is repeating itself. Old solutions are no longer fit for purpose, new solutions emerging. Transformative developments such as robotic process automation and artificial intelligence will change the way we work. New ways to collaborate and changing work practices underpinned by technology are changing how firms are organised.
Are you equipped to capitalise on the new phase of technology transformation in your firm?
David Smith
Director
- Bronze Sponsor Panel Session : The Ultimate Trifecta – Mastering Efficiency with FYI + FUSE + ATOmate
Stan Corner•Jackson Brigg•Stefanie JohnsonFYI, FuseWorks, and ATOmate join forces to showcase their integrated ecosystem, highlighting the seamless integration and workflow efficiency beyond mere API connections. Through a blend of discussions and demonstrations, the panel will address existing challenges in accounting workflows, highlight opportunities, and demonstrate a high-level tax return process through the integration of FYI and FuseWorks platforms, including ATOmate’s role in streamlining ATO document processing. The panel will highlight the importance of adopting a flexible, best-of-breed approach to technology and workflows, underlining the ecosystem's ability to simplify operations without the need for a one-size-fits-all solution.
Stan Corner
Owner – Founder and CEO of Business Automation Works and ATOmate at ATOmate
Jackson Brigg
Head of Sales at Fuseworks
Stefanie Johnson
New Business Manager at FYI Docs
- Afternoon tea/grab a drink for the panel session
- Sponsor Break out Session • Strategic, Your Client Matters and Between The Spreadsheets
Aron Robertson•Deena Janes•Tony VidrayAron Robertson
Chief Information Officer at Strategic GroupDeena Janes
CEO - Chief Energy Officer of Your Client MattersTony Vidray
Between the Spreadsheets
- Panel Session • Mark Holton
Facilitator: Mark Holton
Panellist: David Smith
Panellist: Amanda Kenafake
Panellist: Anthony Whitehead
Panellist: Adrian AchesonMark Holton
Director of Smithink
- Rest and prepare for dinner at Steamers Restaurant.
Meet in the front foyer and outside at 6.20pm to walk to Steamers. 7 minute walk
- Dinner • Steamers Restaurant
- Tea, Coffee & Trade Networking
Enjoy an early catch up with fellow members and take the time to meet exhibiting sponsors
- Member's Meeting
Michael DawsAnnual General Meeting of ACP
Michael Daws
Director of Stewart, Tracy & Mylon
- Sponsor Breakout Session: SproutAg & Accountancy Insurance
- Scott Henderson: Understand People and Working with Different Personalities
Scott Henderson
Director of BSI Learning
- Morning Tea and Sponsor Prize Draw
- Key Note Speaker-Deng Adut
Deng Adut
Keynote Speaker
- Day 3 Closing Remarks
Michael DawsMichael Daws
Director of Stewart, Tracy & Mylon
- Farewell Lunch/packed lunch
- Golf • group booking, Wollongong Golf Club
A summary agenda may be downloaded here.