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How Generative AI is Changing Workflows: Insights from Paul Z 

SHARE: NASBA’s 116th Annual Meeting featured keynote speaker Paul Zikopoulos (Paul Z), Vice President of Technology Group Skills Vitality and Enablement at IBM. Zikopoulos discussed artificial intelligence and how it increasingly contributes to the workplace and profession.   By definition, artificial intelligence, more commonly known as AI, leverages computers and machines to mimic the problem-solving and…

Berkovich Offers Blindspot Guidance

SHARE: Gaps between the actual and the expected future are what Oren Berkovich, CEO of SingularityU Canada, calls “blindspots” and he advised the Annual Meeting that when it comes to technology, we all underestimate the future. The key to successfully leading in today’s environment is to “develop the ability to purposefully choose which mindset to…

PCAOB Still Studying Use of Technology

SHARE: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will release standards for the use of big data and emerging technology — but not yet. They are still in the research stage, PCAOB Chief Auditor Megan Zietsman reported to the NASBA Annual Meeting. She explained that before the PCAOB develops any standards they want to do a…

NASBA Restructuring to Outsource IT

SHARE: NASBA’s transition to fully outsourcing its IT operations to CGI is scheduled to be concluded this month. At the January NASBA Board of Directors Meeting, NASBA President Ken L. Bishop described how the decision was made to turn to outsourcing, why CGI was selected as the supplier and what this strategic move is expected…

Integrating Tomorrow’s Technology

SHARE: What technology skills are needed by new accountants and how can higher education develop those skills quickly enough to meet current needs will be the topics for a panel of outstanding educators at NASBA’s Annual Meeting. NASBA Director-at-Large and Chair of the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB) Consultative Advisory Group Raymond Johnson will…

Envisioning a New Pathway to CPA

SHARE: State Board Report November After hearing many professionals discuss how technology is changing the accounting profession and will continue to do so, NASBA President and CEO Ken L. Bishop challenged those at the Annual Meeting to move out of their comfort zone and consider how the traditional description of a “CPA” may be modified…