MakersHub simplifies AP for complex businesses with AI-powered data capture and automation. We extract and code every bill line-by-line, enabling real-time visibility, smart approvals, and seamless workflows—from intake to payment. Unlike payment-first tools, MakersHub manages the entire AP process. Built by operators, for operators. Faster. Smarter. Error-free.

Canopy helps accountants build the firm they’ve always wanted with AI-powered practice management that includes a CRM, secure document exchange, workflow, time & billing, engagements & proposals, as well as client intake and automations. Trusted by more than 4,000 accounting firms, Canopy’s solutions are SOC2-certified and data-encrypted. Learn more at https://www.getcanopy.com/.

You do more than accounting. We do more than payroll. ADP® offers accounting professionals’ advanced HR tools and flexible partnership options backed by dedicated support to help increase firm revenue, along with anytime access to authorized client data and complimentary practice tools with award-winning Accountant ConnectSM. Learn more at adp.com/accountant.

Cloud Accountant Staffing helps accounting firms hire proven offshore talent quickly. Our hiring portal and fast-moving process matches firms with vetted, full-time accountants in days, not months. We remove hiring friction so firms can scale with confidence, speed, and flexibility – without burnout, turnover, or traditional recruiting delays.

Live Oak will support you with customized financial products focused on your success. Our experts embrace a creative approach to solving problems and surpassing goals. We understand the nuances of your business model and will help you avoid costly mistakes. Let’s craft a loan solution that will help you thrive.

PracticeERP is a comprehensive CPA firm management software that streamlines daily operations, so you can focus on what matters most. Built on NetSuite, it combines CRM, client management, time and expense tracking, billing, and more in one platform. With advanced AI capabilities like automated reporting and intelligent forecasting, PracticeERP helps your team work smarter, not harder, by eliminating busy work and boosting efficiency.

Fieldguide is the leader in purpose-built, professional-grade agentic AI for audit and advisory. Built by and for practitioners, Fieldguide’s end-to-end platform powers the entire engagement lifecycle with AI agents that automate time-intensive workflows to empower practitioners to focus on judgment and client service. Top firms, including the Big 4, trust Fieldguide to scale their capacity, elevate client trust, and accelerate transformation.

Most accounting firms try to grow by adding more—more services, more technology, more people. Over time, growth feels less like momentum and more like complexity: inconsistent client experiences, burned-out leaders, and teams unclear on priorities. The firms that scale successfully take a different path.

They build a firm playbook.

In this session, based on the principles from The Simple Firm, Darren Root explores why a clearly defined firm playbook is the single biggest catalyst for sustainable growth, team alignment, and a consistent client experience.

This session is designed for firm leaders who want to grow intentionally without burning out themselves, their teams, or their clients. You’ll leave with a practical framework for beginning, or refining, your firm’s playbook and a new perspective on what it really takes to build a scalable, modern accounting firm.

Liz Scott is a visionary leader in accounting technology, an award-winning trainer, and a prolific writer. As founder of Liz Scott Training & Consulting, she creates engaging courses, articles, and resources that help firms harness technology, automation, and AI. Recognized as a Top Trainer by Insightful Accountant, Liz is also co-host of the “The Appy Hour” webinar series and author of practical guides that make innovation simple and actionable. Through her speaking, writing, and training, Liz empowers accountants to embrace change with confidence and drive lasting growth.

Dominic Piscopo, CPA, the founder of Big 4 Transparency and host of the Big 4 Transparency Podcast, is on a mission to bring salary transparency to the accounting profession. He created Big 4 Transparency just over 4 years ago, which has since amassed a crowd-sourced database of over 21,000 records and has become the place over 300,000 accounting professionals go for compensation data. Over the last few years, he’s been working directly with firms ranging from 10 person firms all the way to the Big 4, providing them with the most granular, timely and easy to use benchmarking solution on the accounting market.

The dataset that Big 4 Transparency has amassed can drive insights on what is happening in the accounting industry, and has been used in many analyses in the industry on a wide variety of topics from employee satisfaction trends to hours being worked by accounting professionals.