Our theme for the conference is “Conversations with purpose” focusing on greater collaboration to create new opportunities and to address the challenges of the rapidly changing professional services environment.
Our event will start with our pre-conference social tour of Washington D.C., on Saturday, 22 October to give people a chance to get together in a more informal setting. The conference sessions will then run from midday on Sunday, 23rd October running through to midday on Tuesday 25th October.
Our programme includes a variety of expert speakers including a best selling author, a former White House Chief of Staff and one of Accounting Today’s 100 Most Influential People in Accounting. We will also have a range of discussion groups addressing the key issues that are impacting lawyers and accountants:
At the conference we will launch MSI’s Strategy 25 with MSI’s CEO, Andrew Leck setting out our vision and purpose for the strategic growth and development of MSI Global Alliance over the next three years.
You will have the opportunity to participate in our 'MSI Regional Showcases’ session during which members will share recent collaboration success stories and highlight opportunities in their regions.
And of course, there will be plenty of time to network and meet with fellow attendees throughout the conference and during our social events.
The conference will provide all our members with an excellent opportunity to re-connect in person, build new relationships, and share experiences.
For any questions or assistance, please contact Vicky Gallagher.
Author
Corban Addison is the internationally bestselling author of four novels, and one work of narrative non-fiction, Wastelands. An attorney, activist, and world traveller, he is a supporter of numerous humanitarian causes.CEO, Business Roundtable
Joshua Bolten is CEO of Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies. Before joining Business Roundtable in January 2017, Bolten was Managing Director of Rock Creek Global Advisors, a consulting firm that he co-founded in 2011. Bolten spent the preceding two years as a visiting professor at Princeton University. Bolten’s twenty years of government service includes eight years in the White House under President George W. Bush as Chief of Staff (2006-09), Director of the Office of Management & Budget (2003-06), and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy (2001-03). For the preceding two years, he was Policy Director of the Bush 2000 presidential campaign. Bolten’s previous private sector experience includes work at Goldman Sachs in London and O’Melveny & Myers in Washington, DC. Bolten received his undergraduate degree from Princeton in 1976 and his law degree from Stanford in 1980. He is a member of the board of Emerson Electric Co. He also serves on the boards of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the ONE Campaign.Attorney, Kaeske Law
Based in Dallas, Texas, Mike Kaeske has decades of courtroom experience trying tough, complex cases to verdict. In 1995, Mike graduated from UT with a joint J.D./M.B.A and began trying cases for Baron & Budd. Early in Mike’s career, D Magazine recognized his talents, selecting him in the first group of the Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40 in 2002 and again in 2004. In 1999, Mike left Baron & Budd to form his own firm, Kaeske Law, opening offices in Austin and Dallas, where he has handled a range of significant cases for the last two decades. In 2011, Texas Lawyer recognized Mike for obtaining one of the largest verdicts in Dallas County history. The jury award followed a commercial dispute in an alternative energy transaction that included claims of breach of partnership agreements, breach of fiduciary duties, and fraud. Mike handled the case from its inception through its post-verdict settlement following a lengthy trial.
CEO, MSI Global Alliance
Andrew is the CEO of MSI Global Alliance. He has spent over 30 years in the accountancy profession in a variety of roles including training, consultancy and leading market growth programmes across the world.
Prior to MSI, Andrew was Associate Partner and Business Development Leader at EY for Scotland. He is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Co-founder & Partner, ConvergenceCoaching, LLC
Jennifer is co-founder and partner of ConvergenceCoaching, LLC, a national consulting firm.
Named as one of Accounting Today’s 100 Most Influential People in Accounting, INSIDE Public Accounting’s Top 10 Most Recommended Consultants and CPA Practice Advisor’s Top 25 Thought Leaders and Most Powerful Women in Accounting, Jennifer has worked in both the public accounting and industry sectors before co-founding ConvergenceCoaching, LLC.
Jennifer serves on the Digital CPA Planning Committee, is a member of the Association for Accounting Administration (AAA), Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM), American Marketing Association, American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and International Coach Federation. She is a member of the New Horizon Group, CPA Consultants’ Alliance and CPA Practice Advisor Thought Leaders.
Jennifer is a nationally recognized speaker, teacher and facilitator delivering leadership and management programs to associations, state societies and firms.