by admin | Mar 22, 2023 | Articles, Events
The week beginning Monday 13 March was a busy one in the accounting industry. In Melbourne on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 was the latest edition of Accounting Business Expo. Then on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 was the inaugural edition of Accountex in Sydney. At...
by Rob Pillans | Jun 16, 2022 | Articles, Events
The Accounting Business Expo was held in Sydney at the International Convention Centre on 28 and 29 April. For those of you who didn’t make it let me give you a taste of what you missed. This was the first ABE since 2019 and it is effectively a combination of...
by Rob Pillans | Dec 10, 2019 | Articles, Events
Accountech Live was a two day industry event in Melbourne in November which I attended for both days. This was the first year under the ownership of international organisation Terrapinn who purchased it from National Media who in turn had purchased ATSA (Accountants...
by Rob Pillans | Sep 24, 2019 | Articles, Events
I attended the two days of Xero’s annual conference on 4 and 5 September. I did not make it to the wrap party so can’t comment on that. There was less hype this year compared to last year. It seemed a bit calmer and reflects, I believe, the growing maturity of Xero as...
by Rob Pillans | Jul 22, 2019 | Articles, Events
Following a suggestion from my friend Thea Foster I attended the AICPA Engage conference in Las Vegas from Monday 10 June to Thursday 13 June. The conference offered hundreds of sessions across technical and non-technical topics and was attended by about 4,000...
by Rob Pillans | Apr 3, 2019 | Articles, Events
Patrick Lencioni is a pretty big name on the business speaking circuit having published some very popular business and leadership books. Three of his better known books are: The Advantage – Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business The Five...
