From The Trenches Accounting Summit by From The Trenches

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In the age of lockdowns, client demands and more compliance lodgement rounds, brave souls are needed to lead the accounting industry to a more calm, profitable and capable future.

We present to you the "From The Trenches - Trenches Summit".

2 days

77 speakers

4 categories

Experts in their field, sharing practical advice you can use TODAY!

Discover some of our practical and insightful sessions below

David Boyar & Paul Meissner

Opening Keynote - Live Podcast
Cate Kemp, Trent McLaren & Rebecca Mihalic

De-risk B2B payments, scams and fraud in your firm
David Boyar & Sylvia Gallagher

ATO Session: Managing the ATOs Lodgement Deadlines
Timothy Munro Founder, ChangeGPS

Estate Planning Masterclass for Accountants
Georgina Borland, Joseph Lyons, Bernard Salt AM &...

Xero Keynote: The state of small business
Meryl Johnston, Daniel Kniaz & Jeremy Rowe

CA Catalyst: An Accountants guide to helping startups
Paul Lodder & Harry Solomon

Improving Recoverability With Advanced Automation
David Boyar, Laurel Grey, Inbal Rodnay Steinberg &...

Tech implementation 101: Change management & beyond!

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Meet our speakers

We couldn't be more excited about our lineup. Which talks will you be checking out?

Grant Abbott

Director Lightyear Docs

Erin Adams

Product Compliance and Industry Engagement Manager (AU/NZ Product) Xero

Tony Anamourlis

Principal Director Abbott & Mourly

Jamie Beresford

CEO Practice Protect

Kelly Berger

Director Business Simplicity

Georgina Borland

Co-owner NCB Plumbing

David Boyar

Host From the Trenches

Jackson Brigg

Business Development Fuseworks

Lielette Calleja

Director & Founder All That Counts

Kate Carnell

Deputy Chair Beyond Blue

Brent Charlton

Director Altitude Advisers

Andrew Conway

Group CEO Institute of Public Accountants

Ethan Cooney

Head of Partnerships Practice Ignition

Emily Cox

Client Services Co-ordinator Change Accountants

Louanne Cox

Office Manager Frederiks Accountants

Ryan Devillers

Senior Business Development Consultant Slipstream Group

Allan Dib

Managing Dictator Successwise

Andrew Erkins

Co-Founder Digit Business

James Erving

Head of Customer Success (APAC) Fathom

Sylvia Gallagher

Acting Assistant Commissioner ATO

Aly Garrett

Founder All In Advisory

Amanda Gascoigne

Amanda Gascoigne Consulting The Balanced Firm

Courtney Going

Founder Simplicity Accounting

Celina Grech

Owner Calculated Consulting

Laurel Grey

National Manager, Digital Advisory RSM

Taryn Holman

Head of Sales & Marketing Seamless SMSF

Adam Holster

NAB

Florence Ioannou

LDB Group

Kerrie Jarius

Owner Brilliant Admin Solutions

Andrew Jeffers

CEO Shuriken Consulting

Michael Jeffriess

Director Lightyear Docs

Meryl Johnston

Founder & CEO Bean Ninjas

Cate Kemp

Financial Performance Engineer Small Business Financial Ops

Daniel Kniaz

CEO & Founder DiviPay

John Knight

Managing Director businessDEPOT

Kathy Kung

Head of Finance Australian Ethical Investment Ltd

Frank La Spada

Head of Technical Seamless SMSF

Amanda Linton

CEO The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers Australia

Paul Lodder

Domain Product Expert Dext

Joseph Lyons

Joseph Lyons - Managing Director, Australia & Asia Xero

Russell Martin

Co-Founder & CTO DiviPay

Sharon McClafferty

CEO Slipstream Group

Harry McFarlane

Division Director - Professional Services The Andersen Partnership

Trent McLaren

Head of Accounting Divipay

Paul Meissner

Host From The Trenches

Jon Melloy

Head of Business Development Practice Protect

Hamish Mexted

Director Convex Accounting

Rebecca Mihalic

Director businessDEPOT

Heather Moore

Client Relationship Manager The Garis Group

Ian Morkel

Director - Business Advisor & Mentor Kendons Business Advisors

Timothy Munro

Founder ChangeGPS

Paul Nay

Managing Director PMCN Consulting

Professor Andrew Noblet

Project Leader Counting on U (Deakin University)

Joyce Ong

Founder Tax Nuggets Academy

Matt Paff

Founder Value Adders

Aidan Parsons

Business Advisory - Lead Consultant The Outperformer

Mark Peard

Head of Market Development, Partnerships AU & NZ at Xero Xero

Guy Pearson

Chief Ignitioneer Practice Ignition

Inbal Rodnay Steinberg

Head of Technology Innovation Blue Rock

Matthew Rowan

Practice Solutions Expert Dext

Jeremy Rowe

CA Catalyst

Bernard Salt AM

Executive Director The Demographics Group

Cassandra Scott

Director Laurus Bookkeeping

Glen Senior

CEO The Small Business Company

John Shepherd

General Manager (Division Head) Industry Statistics Division Australian Bureau of Statistics

Shannon Smit

CEO & Founding Director Smart Business Solutions

Richard Snell

Sales Director APAC Karbon

Harry Solomon

Head of Marketing Dext

Peter Thorp

Director Australian Bookkeepers Network

Daniel Tramontana

Chief Operating Officer BGL

Andrew Van De Beek

Founder & Head of Purpose Illumin8

Melissa Voss

Co-Founder and Head of Clients & Partners FuseWorks

Jeri Wambeek

Co-Founder & Chief Solutions Architect WAOConnect

Marie Whitson

Director - Business Manager Mybiz.connexion Pty Ltd

Matt Wilkinson

CEO Bizink

Tina Winchester

Mental Health Director Mentally Well Workplaces

Nigel Wooden

Managing Director DWR

Meet your summit hosts

Brought to you by the creators of the From the Trenches Podcast...

David Boyar, CEO at ChangeGPS

Paul Meissner - Director at 5ways Group Chartered Accountants

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