Now Live: Advantage 2019 Session Schedule
Sage Intacct just published the Advantage 2019 session schedule. Filter by day, track, session type or level to find content that most interests you. The agenda is yours to explore!
Register today so you’ll be ready to build your agenda as soon as the schedule builder goes live at the end of August. Don’t delay as the Early Bird rate of $1,399 (a discount of $300 off the standard conference price) expires on September 13. And as a special offer, all Early Bird ticket holders will be automatically entered into a drawing to win a $250 gift card to the MGM Las Vegas.
See the list below for a sample of sessions available:
Financial Services Track
Tuesday, October 22
Welcome Reception
5:30 PM – 08:30 PM
Kick-off Advantage 2019 in style enjoying delicious fare and cocktails while networking with the Sage Intacct community.
Wednesday, October 23
8:00 AM – 09:45 AM
General Session: Never-ending Imagination
Join Sage Intacct executives and other special guests at this year’s opening keynote to hear Sage Intacct’s vision for 2020 and beyond
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
- Prospect Track: Welcome to Advantage
Kick off 3 exciting days with a special session designed exclusively for prospective customers. - Financial Services Track: How Family Offices Thrive in the Digital Age
Hear from the family office expert and founder of Family Office Association as he shares insights as to how the world’s best single-family offices make decisions and set trends. - Healthcare Track: Taking Healthcare Finance to the Cloud—One CFO’s Journey
Michelle Naus, CFO of Tri-County Mental Health Services, discusses how she moved to the cloud using Sage Intacct to manage highly complex financial processes. - Non-Profit Track: Surviving and Thriving in an Era of Change for Nonprofit Organizations
Russell Guthrie, a leader in finance, policy, and communications strategy at IFAC, will provide a global perspective and insights to help finance leaders find their voice on issues like governance, culture, and technology.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
- Financial Services Track: What Every Family Office Should Know: Experts Share Insights
Hear from successful finance leaders of Family Offices who are strategists and forward thinkers. - Healthcare Track: Preparing for an Audit in Healthcare – Sage Intacct and You
Join Brian Goldrick, Director of Accounting at Vera Whole Health, as he takes you through his audit preparation and how he uses Sage Intacct to make sure his financial statements are consistently audit-ready. - Non-Profit Track: Telling Your Story Through Financials with the New Focus on Disclosures
Learn about liquidity vs. availability, whether to restrict or not restrict, and other ways to add meaningful disclosures to your financial statements.
1:45 PM – 02:45 PM
- Financial Services Track: Using Integrations to Maximize Efficiencies
Learn how implementing integrations with other systems can maximize efficiency and controls. - Healthcare Track: Ask the Experts – Things to Mind for 2020 in Healthcare
Learn how healthcare organizations continue to look for new ways to control costs and better understand their businesses. - Non-Profit Track: Ask the Experts – Things to Mind for 2020 in Healthcare
Learn how healthcare organizations continue to look for new ways to control costs and better understand their businesses. - Non-Profit Track: Bringing Data Together in Sage Intacct for Impact in a Nonprofit
Learn how to select metrics and then how to incorporate results into reports and performance cards. - Non-Profit Track: Proactive Fraud Prevention and Detection at Nonprofits
Learn top ways nonprofits can guard against fraud and how Sage Intacct can help your organization prevent, detect, and deter fraud.
3:00 PM – 04:00 PM
- Prospect Track: Top 5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Accounting System Now
How do you know when it’s time to make a change? Join Sage Intacct as they explore survey results on the 5 most common triggers for change. - Non-Profit Track: Q&A with Nonprofit Experts in Audit, Legal, HR, and IT
Join Sage Intacct’s nonprofit experts in audit, legal, HR, and IT who have brought their top tips for looking forward to 2020.
04:30 PM – 05:30 PM
- Non-Profit Track: Seamless Integration among Best-of-Breed Solutions
Learn about multiple ways to build integrations, their pro’s and con’s, along with tips and tricks to avoid common pitfalls. - Non-Profit Track: Which Budgeting Tool Is Right for My Nonprofit Organization?
Learn about three different budgeting tools Sage Intacct users can use to prepare and maintain their budgets: Microsoft Excel, Sage Intacct Budgeting and Planning, and Adaptive Insights.
5:30 PM – 07:00 PM
Marketplace Expo Happy Hour and Pub Crawl
Spend some time visiting with Sage Intacct sponsors and learn about other best-in-class solutions that complement your Sage Intacct solution.
ThurSDAY, OCTOBER 24
8:00 AM – 09:00 AM
- Prospect Track: From Quickbooks to Sage Intacct in Six Weeks
Learn about how Boston Logic transitioned to Sage Intacct in six weeks, and how Sage Intacct helped the team after go-live and today. - Healthcare Track: Move from Volume to Value in Healthcare
Join Pavan Makhija, CFO of Possible, on the journey they have taken to align costs and outcomes. - Non-Profit Track: Harnessing the Power of Sage Intacct for 990 and 990-PF Reporting
Learn tips and tricks to help you pivot your financial reporting into the disclosures required by the IRS by leveraging dashboard components.
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
- Financial Services Track: Building for Success in Real Estate and Lending: Customer Insights
Attend this panel to hear customers in the real estate and lending space discuss real-time KPIs on loans, audit compliance, custom and automated revenue recognition, open APIs that allow for streamlined integrations, seamless scalability, minimizing the reliance on Excel-based reports, and more. - Non-Profit Track: Reporting Options for Nonprofit Visibility
In this session, see the key capabilities, types of reports available, limitations, and tips for each of the following reporting options: Financial Reports, System Reports, Custom Reports, and Interactive Custom Report Writer. Some of these products are available at an additional cost and may require additional setup. - Non-Profit Track: Mission Possible: How to Create an Effective Return on Mission Strategy
Learn how Room to Read, where measuring results is second nature, illustrates to donors their Return on Mission (ROM) to show their true impact.
12:30 PM – 01:45 PM
- Prospect Track: Prospective Customer Networking Lunch
Join other prospective customer attendees for lunch with existing Sage Intacct customers for your chance to get more insight into their experience with Sage Intacct.
01:45 PM – 02:45 PM
- Non-Profit Track: Leveraging Workflows to Control Expenses with Spend Management
Learn to leverage Sage Intacct Spend Management within Purchasing workflow transactions to gain more insight as to where you are in the present moment against revenue and expense targets. - Non-Profit Track: Nonprofit Revenue Recognition Considerations
The new revenue recognition standards (Topic 606 and ASU 2018-08) are the most significant changes to GAAP in decades.
3:00 PM – 04:00 PM
- Financial Services Track: Driving Innovations with Integrated Document Management, Investments, and Banking
Learn more about how Sage Intacct has developed integrations to facilitate automated data entry and connections with investment custodial accounts, bank and charge card accounts, and a SharePoint document management system. - Non-Profit Track: The Modern Nonprofit: Taking Transparency to the Next Level
Join this panel of nonprofit finance professionals as they discuss how they use the tools within Sage Intacct to deliver better insights and drive better decisions within their organizations.
4:30 PM – 05:30 PM
- Prospect Track: Implementation Best Practices
Learn about our implementation methodology and how you can prepare for a successful configuration of Sage Intacct. - Non-Profit Track: What’s New and What’s Coming in Sage Intacct for Nonprofits
Sage Intacct will discuss allocations, budgets, dashboards, inventory, projects, reporting, spend management, and more.
Friday, October 25
8:30 AM – 09:30 AM
- Healthcare Track: Lions, Tigers, and Healthcare Dashboards, Oh My!
Join Sage Intacct’s Linda Pinion as she shares actionable dashboards with key performance indicators that you can use to ensure your future success and accelerate your growth. - Non-Profit Track: Position Your Nonprofit Board for Success
Join this session to learn about board roles and responsibilities when overseeing a not-for-profit organization.
09:45 – 10:45 AM
- Non-Profit Track: Leverage Projects for Effective Grants and Contract Management
Learn how to easily extend your grant records to include your unique program delivery details including how to report on grant delivery, financial data, and impact metrics.
