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SUMMARY:MEGA 2024
DESCRIPTION:It just doesn’t get any better or bigger than MEGA! Each year\, we bring together the biggest names in the business\, the brightest minds\, and the largest network of accounting and finance professionals for non-stop continuing education\, networking\, solution-centric exhibits\, and exciting add-ons.  \n\n\n\nJoin your colleagues for keynote and concurrent sessions focused on the latest trends and emerging topics\, including AI\, cybersecurity\, ESG\, risk management\, the talent pipeline and more. MEGA also offers an interactive Solutions Center and an opportunity to connect with FICPA leadership (staff\, Board and Council members) and share your unique member insights.  \n\n\n\nArrive on June 10 for 4 additional pre-conference CPE hours during our Learning Labs – included with your MEGA registration. Learning Labs feature career-inspiring 15-minute conversations with industry experts. Sign up during your MEGA registration to secure your seat.  \n\n\n\n*20 Conference CPE and 4 CPE when you attend the June 10 Learning Labs.   \n\n\n\nMEGA Co-located Events: \n\n\n\nJune 10:  Ethics: Protecting the Integrity of Florida CPAs (0004980) – Learn More and Register Here \n\n\n\nJune 10:  CPA Personal Financial Planning Boot Camp – Learn More and Register Here \n\n\n\nJune 12:  Newly Certified Ceremony – Learn More and Register Here \n\n\n\nJune 13:  Women’s Leadership Summit  – Learn More and Register Here(Note: If you are attending MEGA\, separate registration is not required; simply select the Women’s Leadership Summit Track. If you are not attending MEGA\, please register for the Women’s Leadership Summit.) \n\n\n\nCan’t attend in person?\n\n\n\n Livestream MEGA and be part of the FICPA’s largest continuing education event for accounting and finance professionals in Florida! 
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/mega-2024/
LOCATION:Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal\, 6601 Adventure Way\, Orlando\, FL\, 32819\, United States
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SUMMARY:Life Sciences CPE Session
DESCRIPTION:Webcast overview\n\n\n\nKPMG is pleased to invite you to our June 2024 Life Sciences CPE session. During this one-hour virtual session\, you will hear from KPMG professionals about financial reporting concerns and how to mitigate risk in audit\, as well as specific trends in the life sciences industry. \n\n\n\nTopics to be covered include:  \n\n\n\n\nUpdate on new accounting standards\n\n\n\nReview key SEC financial reporting matters
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/life-sciences-cpe-session/
LOCATION:Free Live CPE Webinars\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Specialized Knowledge
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SUMMARY:Building Effective and Efficient Tax Dashboards and Data Visualizations
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our second webcast in the 2024 Tax Innovation Webcast Series. \n\n\n\nTax accountants love data\, so much so that it’s often easy to overlook the value that could come from a visualization. Modern data solutions are now built in the cloud\, enabled by API\, and connected to sophisticated transformation capabilities\, making it possible for dashboards and visualizations to drive meaningful insights for all stakeholders. Gone are the days of clunky maintenance and key-person dependencies. Dashboards can now be accessible\, simple\, clean\, and powerful. So how do we build them? 
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/building-effective-and-efficient-tax-dashboards-and-data-visualizations/
LOCATION:Free Live CPE Webinars\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taxes
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SUMMARY:2024 Tax Strategist Private Equity Webcast Series - Unlocking Value
DESCRIPTION:In the complex world of private equity\, divestitures offer a pathway to unlock and realize value from investments. This webcast will guide participants through the tax strategies and considerations essential for planning and executing divestitures\, highlighting common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/2024-tax-strategist-private-equity-webcast-series-unlocking-value/
LOCATION:Free Live CPE Webinars\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taxes
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SUMMARY:Tax Audit Controversy Focusing On New York City
DESCRIPTION:Join BDO and representatives from the New York City Department of Finance (NYC DOF) for a panel discussion on the unique practice of the 5th-largest taxing jurisdiction in the United States. We will review procedural aspects of what to expect during an NYC DOF audit\, and how it might differ from a New York state audit. We’ll conclude with a discussion of potential new regulations that New York City is drafting in response to its 2015 corporate tax reform.
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/tax-audit-controversy-focusing-on-new-york-city/
LOCATION:Free Live CPE Webinars\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Taxes
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SUMMARY:Successful Planning for Year-End Starts Now
DESCRIPTION:Event Overview \n\n\n\nPlanning for year-end can be overwhelming\, but ensuring it is done right is crucial to the success and growth of your organization. In this webinar\, we will discuss rules\, limits\, and valuable information to prepare you and your organization for year-end. We will also dive into the importance of compliance and strategic planning for reaching your year-end goals.
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/successful-planning-for-year-end-starts-now/
LOCATION:Free Live CPE Webinars\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business Management and Organization
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SUMMARY:Harvesting Returns with Energy Investments
DESCRIPTION:Event description\n\n\n\nMany manufacturing companies hesitate to adopt energy management solutions due to concerns about poor IT integrations and asset performance. However\, as manufacturers aim to improve their financial performance by reducing operating expenses\, they are seeking sophisticated energy strategies to achieve efficiencies. \n\n\n\nBy utilizing historical and near real-time data\, manufacturers can reduce energy costs and accelerate sustainability goals by customizing operational strategies based on site-specific tariffs and onsite conditions. They can additionally optimize charge and discharge schedules to control distributed energy resources such as solar panels\, storage batteries\, wind turbines\, and gas generators. \n\n\n\nThis webcast will focus on energy strategies that can help manufacturers achieve efficiency\, reduce costs and accelerate sustainability goals. \n\n\n\nDate and time\n\n\n\nThursday\, June 13\, 2024 \n\n\n\n1:00 PM ET – 2:00 PM ET \n\n\n\nRecommended CPE credits\n\n\n\n1 \n\n\n\nLearning objectives\n\n\n\n\nDescribe ways to reduce cost and drive profitability by understanding how to curtail loads\, shave peaks\, and participate in energy response programs.\n\n\n\nIdentify ways to realize incremental value over manual strategy using day-ahead and real-time algorithmic trading strategies.\n\n\n\nExplain ways to optimize charge and discharge schedules and control distributed energy resources to drive profitability\, reduce O&M costs\, and lower emissions.
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/harvesting-returns-with-energy-investments-2/
LOCATION:Free Live CPE Webinars\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Specialized Knowledge
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T130000
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SUMMARY:COMBATTING CYBER RISK IN THE FOOD & BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
DESCRIPTION:OVERVIEW\n\n\n\nThe looming threat of a cyber-attack and the potential impact on your food & beverage business is more prevalent than ever. Even the most sophisticated cybersecurity teams struggle to combat external and internal threats. A cyber-attack may jeopardize sensitive information\, disrupt supply chains\, erode trust among customers\, and carry significant financial implications. Learn how to protect your recipes\, customer data\, and operational integrity from digital threats in a world where online security is as crucial as food safety. \n\n\n\nDuring this session we will delve into: \n\n\n\n\nReal-world data breach scenarios and case studies\n\n\n\nThe most common ways companies are attacked\n\n\n\nThe most effective ways to reduce the probability of an successful attack or mitigate the impact\n\n\n\nHow to implement actionable strategies and innovative solutions to fortify your cybersecurity defenses\n\n\n\nCritical steps to take and things to avoid\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an enlightening webinar that explores the critical topic of cybersecurity within the food & beverage industry\, where we’ll discuss innovative strategies to safeguard your business in the digital age. Don’t miss this chance to arm yourself with the knowledge and tools essential for protecting your company against the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats. \n\n\n\nSPEAKER\n\n\n\nJohn Rostern\, Vice President\, Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics·Marcum Technology \n\n\n\nCPE CREDITS\n\n\n\nThis event qualifies for 1 hour of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit in the area of Production. Marcum LLP is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/combatting-cyber-risk-in-the-food-beverage-industry/
LOCATION:Free Live CPE Webinars\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Production
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SUMMARY:AI Goes Mainstream: What Enterprises Need to Know
DESCRIPTION:Description:  \n\n\n\nLast year\, AI broke into the mainstream and business use cases with the advent of generative AI and large language algorithms (LLMs). IDC predicts that AI spending will continue to accelerate to over $301 billion globally by 2026.  \n\n\n\nDespite all the buzz\, a recent Gartner survey reveals that over half of organizations don’t have an internal policy on generative AI — opening them up to potential ethical\, legal\, and privacy risks. \n\n\n\nThis session will discuss the challenges organizations face as a result of AI’s rapid adoption and offer guidance on how to develop policies for responsible use and minimize risks.  \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives:  \n\n\n\n\nDescribe how enterprises are currently leveraging AI in business contexts.\n\n\n\nDiscuss risks and challenges associated with AI adoption.\n\n\n\nDevelop a comprehensive AI usage policy that enables innovation while mitigating risks.\n\n\n\n\nCPE Credit(s): 1 \n\n\n\nField of Study: Information Technology \n\n\n\nInstructional Delivery Method: Group Internet Based \n\n\n\nLevel: Basic \n\n\n\nPrerequisite: None \n\n\n\nAdvanced Preparation: None  \n\n\n\n*Click here for more CPE Information.
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/ai-goes-mainstream-what-enterprises-need-to-know/
LOCATION:Free Live CPE Webinars\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Information Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T140000
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SUMMARY:What you need to know for Q2 2024 financial reporting (Live offering – 1 of 2)
DESCRIPTION:Please join our partners and managing directors from the EY National Professional Practice Group for a webcast about current accounting and financial reporting developments.\n\n\n\nWhy should you attend?\n\n\n\nStaying up-to-date with current accounting and regulatory developments is critical to positioning your company for success. Each quarter\, thousands of professionals gain essential insights by participating in the EY financial reporting update webcast. \n\n\n\nAre you interested in continuing professional education (CPE)?\n\n\n\nParticipants are eligible for up to 1.2 CPE credits. A replay of the webcast with live polling will be offered on 18 June 2024 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please note that participants can earn CPE for only one offering of the webcast. \n\n\n\nSlides will be available before the start of the webcast\, so tune in early if you would like to download them beforehand.
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/what-you-need-to-know-for-q2-2024-financial-reporting-live-offering-1-of-2/
LOCATION:Free Live CPE Webinars\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Accounting
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SUMMARY:Pricing Fundamentals
DESCRIPTION:CPAs put a lot of time into billing clients\, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Pricing upfront based on the value received simplifies the billing process. It also keeps you from pricing your services too low and improves your happiness. Now is the time to break up with the billable hour\, consider alternative pricing models and productize your services to give your clients the high-value services they want. This session will examine how pricing will help you put the client first\, delighting them and your staff. By focusing on value\, you can work less and be more profitable. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nWhy the billable hour doesn’t work\n\n\n\nHow price improves the client experience\n\n\n\nObstacles you’ll face when it comes to charging your worth\n\n\n\nWhy productizing puts the focus on value\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDelivery Method: Self-Study \n\n\n\nCourse Level: Basic \n\n\n\nField of Study: Economics Technical \n\n\n\nPrerequisites: None \n\n\n\nThis course is approved for 1 CPE credit. \n\n\n\nNASBA Approved. Sponsor # 103021.
URL:https://www.freelivecpe.com/event/pricing-fundamentals-2/
LOCATION:Free Live CPE Webinars\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Economics
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