Accounting conferences are the best places to learn new information and growth strategies while expanding your clientele. They feature keynote speeches from industry forerunners, providing opportunities to learn from their successes. You can also network to build relationships with others in the profession and beyond. This can often lead to new partnerships and collaborations.
Whether you’re a seasoned accounting professional or new to the profession, joining an accounting seminar is beneficial to your career.
In this article, we share the 13 key CPA events you can’t miss this year. We’ll tell you what each conference focuses on and who we recommend it for.
13 Key Conferences You Can’t Miss
| Conference Name | Location | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Sage Future | San Francisco, CA | April 28–30, 2026 |
| BDO Alliance EVOLVE 2026 | Las Vegas, NV | May 3–6, 2026 |
| AICPA Engage | Las Vegas, NV | June 8–11, 2026 |
| Scaling New Heights 2026 | Orlando, FL | June 14–17, 2026 |
| Bridging the Gap Conference 2026 | Charlotte, NC | July 28–30, 2026 |
| Taxposium | Cleveland, OH | July 13–15, 2026 |
| NAEA Tax Summit 2026 | New Orleans, LA | July 27–29, 2026 |
| Xerocon Denver 2026 | Denver, CO | August 19–20, 2026 |
| Women Who Count Conference 2026 | Hilton Head, SC | October 20–24, 2026 |
| Intuit Connect | Las Vegas, NV | October 26–28, 2026 |
| AFP Treasury and Finance Conference | Las Vegas, NV | November 8–11, 2026 |
| SYNERGY 2026 | Las Vegas, NV | November 16–19, 2026 |
| DIGITAL CPA (DCPA) 2026 | San Diego, CA | December 6–9, 2026 |
1. Sage Future
If you use Sage in your everyday work, you’ve probably heard of Sage Future 2026. It’s the software company’s flagship North American conference, bringing together 4,000-5,000 finance leaders, accountants, and technology professionals.
For its 2026 edition, the three-day event focuses on AI-powered finance, modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategies, and digital transformation for small to mid-market businesses.
Keynote speakers include their leadership executives, NYT best-selling author and tech journalist Kara Swisher, and Senior Vice President and CFO of the New York Yankees Scott Krug.
You can expect to attend nearly 300 educational sessions in AI and automation, ERP strategies, and product-specific training. Over 100 of the sessions are CPE-eligible.
If you’re a CFO, finance leader, controller, accountant, or finance professional at a small to medium-sized business, consider joining Sage Future 2026.
2. BDO Alliance EVOLVE 2026
BDO Alliance EVOLVE is the annual members-only event by BDO Alliance USA —one of the nation’s largest associations of independently owned local and regional accounting, consulting, and service firms.
EVOLVE attracts 2,000 attendees with cutting-edge technical training, practice management education, and networking opportunities.
At this event, you can connect with firm owners, directors, audit partners and managers, and advisory and consulting practitioners.
3. AICPA Engage
If you can only attend one accounting event on this list, let it be AICPA Engage. It’s the profession’s largest and most comprehensive annual gathering in the US. This year marks its 10th anniversary with the theme, “The Next Wave: A Decade of Possibility Starts Now.”
Thousands of accounting and finance professionals will gather for four days of learning, networking, and professional development in every discipline in the field. Whether you need auditing updates, tax planning strategies, practice management insights, or technology training, you’ll find authoritative content that can earn you up to 42 CPE credits.
Some of their keynote speakers include CEO of AICPA & CIMA, Susan Coffey; Senior Manager at EY, Nickolas Davidson; and CEO of Conscious Accounting, Nicole Davis.
The event attracts the full spectrum of accounting and finance professionals, including CPAs in public practice, industry, government, and education; firm owners and partners; senior managers; auditors; and tax professionals.
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4. Scaling New Heights 2026
Scaling New Heights 2026 helps professionals leverage AI and other technology innovations to make strategic advances in their practice and lead it with confidence. It’s the annual QuickBooks ProAdvisor conference, bringing together 1,000+ attendees across the industry for four days.
This year’s theme is “Strange New World.” And unlike conferences focused solely on compliance or traditional practice, topics will focus on addressing the unprecedented changes reshaping accounting: artificial intelligence, worker shortages, private equity consolidation, and policy changes.
At this event, you’ll be able to network with accountants and bookkeepers, practice owners and firm leaders, and advisory and tax professionals.
5. Bridging the Gap Conference 2026
Bridging the Gap Conference is The Unique CPA’s signature annual event. It’s a distinctive gathering that prioritizes the human side of accounting alongside technical excellence.
Bridging the Gap acknowledges that the accounting profession’s future depends on creating a healthier, more sustainable work culture that values professionals as whole people. Topics explicitly address mental health, generational differences, purpose-driven work, and building a profession that appeals to younger talent while supporting experienced practitioners through industry transformation.
At this event, you’ll meet a variety of professionals like CPAs, accounting teams, mental wellness advocates, firm owners and leaders, and even career changers.
6. Taxposium
Taxposium is the National Association of Tax Professionals’ (NATP) conference. Thousands of tax professionals congregate for three intensive days learning about shifting regulations, new technologies, and changing client expectations.
The conference is held at the end of tax season. This allows attendees to reflect and learn without the pressure of deadlines. At the same time, they can still implement changes before the next cycle.
Expect to attend a variety of expert-led sessions covering tax law changes, compliance updates, planning strategies, and emerging tax developments. CPE credits are also available for these.
Taxposium is perfect for you if you’re either a tax preparer, an enrolled agent specializing in tax representation, a CPA, a tax advisor, or an IRS practitioner.
7. NAEA Tax Summit 2026
NAEA Tax Summit 2026 is for tax professionals who want to grow their expertise, strengthen their practice, and connect with a national community of peers.
At the event, you can expect advanced tax education, hands-on workshops, and dynamic networking designed for Enrolled Agents and the broader tax community. From expert-led sessions on tax law, ethics, and representation to the latest technology and practice-management trends, you’ll earn IRS, CTEC & now NASBA-approved continuing education while sharpening your practice for the year ahead.
The summit attracts various tax practitioners, such as enrolled agents, tax preparers and professionals, firm partners and owners, CFOs and tax directors, tax consultants, and IRS practitioners.
8. Xerocon Denver 2026
XeroCon Denver 2026 is Xero’s flagship technology and innovation conference in North America, bringing together the global Xero community for two days of learning, networking, and celebration.
The conference delivers a curated mix of education, inspiration, and hands-on insights to use in your practice and with your clients. Topics include Xero strategy and product showcases, the company’s AI Roadmap, Melio, Xero Analytics, client advisory services, and thought leadership on business and AI. Attendees can also enjoy exhibitor demo showcases.
Xerocon Denver is designed for accountants and bookkeepers, practice owners and firm leaders, small business owners, advisory services practitioners, and technology decision-makers for firms.
9. Women Who Count Conference 2026
This exclusive women-only conference creates a supportive community where women in accounting and finance connect, gain insights, and celebrate each other’s achievements. Unlike larger, impersonal conferences, Women Who Count provides a safe space to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities women face in male-dominated industries.
- + Resume reviews and career counseling
- + Job search strategies and networking techniques
- + Salary negotiation guidance
- + Work-life balance frameworks
- + Mentoring connections
Thousands of women will be at Women Who Count, including those in public practice, industry, government and nonprofit sectors, as well as finance professionals, senior executives, entrepreneurs, career changers, students, and recent graduates.
10. Intuit Connect
Intuit Connect is an accounting event dedicated to helping multi-service accounting firms leverage technology, including Intuit’s software. Firms can apply their learnings to build high-value advisory services and achieve sustainable growth.
At the event, you can expect to watch automation sessions and demos, listen to lectures on business model transformation, and attend leadership development programming. These educational sessions can earn you up to 14 CPE credits.
Intuit Connect attracts accounting firm owners and partners, advisory-focused practitioners, and firm administrators.
11. AFP Treasury and Finance Conference
If you’re a CPA who’s transitioning into an advisory, CFO, or corporate finance role, this conference is for you. The Association for Financial Professionals’ (AFP) Annual Conference is the largest in its field, attracting 7,000 attendees every year.
This four-day event is for finance and treasury decision-makers seeking practitioner-led education, peer networking, and in-person collaboration. Unlike most accounting conferences, AFP focuses on corporate finance functions like treasury management, FP&A, risk management, capital markets, payments, and finance operations. It aims to teach attendees about strategic finance leadership, not just accounting compliance.
Attendees include CFOs and senior finance executives, treasury managers and directors, corporate finance professionals, and payments specialists.
12. SYNERGY 2026
Synergy 2026 is Thomson Reuters’ annual conference. Over 1,200 tax, audit, accounting, legal, risk, and trade professionals come together for more than 200 sessions over three days. This event is perfect for Thomson Reuters customers looking for tax and compliance content combined with digital transformation.
- + IRS updates
- + US corporate tax strategy
- + E-invoicing and e-reporting mandates
- + International tax developments (OECD Pillar Two, transfer pricing)
- + Audit efficiency
- + Risk management
Attendees also gain hands-on training with Thomson Reuters products, including ONESOURCE, UltraTax, and Checkpoint.
Synergy will likely attract attendees like corporate tax professionals, CFOs and finance leaders, accounting firm partners and managers, tax technology specialists, legal counsel, risk, and compliance officers, and tax auditors.
13. Digital CPA Conference (DCPA) 2026
DCPA brings together over a thousand CPAs, firm owners, and accounting leaders from across the United States to explore how digital tools, automation, AI, and advisory-led strategies are reshaping the profession.
Known for being practitioner-focused, community-driven, and future-oriented, Digital CPA specifically addresses how firms can evolve beyond transactional services into technology-enabled, advisory-focused practices.
The event is great for firm owners and partners, advisory practitioners expanding their services, audit professionals, tax practitioners, SMEs, and accounting leaders.
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