Orlando June 14 - 17, 2026

In this tech-heavy world, Shola’s work helps humans deepen their levels of humanity and connection.

She works with global organizations using the power of empathy, effective communication and bold action. She calls this combination EMOTIONAL AUDACITY™ and the tools she shares facilitate the deepening of resilience, emotional intelligence and readiness for change.

In 2026, humans’ ability to embrace all kinds of change, uncertainty, and not-knowing isn’t exceptional, but rather table stakes. It’s at the heart of responsible leadership (of both oneself and others), thriving culture, and effective communication. It’s the difference between flourishing and flailing. Put another way, learning to love uncertainty is the #1 skill we’ll need this year – and beyond.

Not only that: This is what every one of your colleagues, customers, clients, partners, stakeholders, and teams needs too. Ditto for your family, friends, and kids. This skill fuels every relationship in business, in society, and in life. So why do we resist learning it? What are we waiting for?

April Rinne – change navigator, speaker, investor, author, and adventurer – has been obsessed with these themes and questions for more than 25 years. Her work and travels in more than 100 countries have given her a front-row seat to a world in flux, as well as a world of wisdom to navigate the unknown. Not only is she your guide to developing a “flux mindset,” she’s also ranked one of the 50 Leading Female Futurists in the world by Forbes and is a Harvard Law School graduate, a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, a member of the Silicon Guild and Thinkers50 Radar, a Fulbright Scholar, and the author of the international bestseller Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change.

April is a trusted advisor to well-known startups, companies, financial institutions, nonprofits, think tanks, and governments worldwide, including Airbnb, Nike, Intuit, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, AnyRoad, and Unsettled as well as governments ranging from Singapore to South Africa, Canada to Colombia, and Italy to India. For more than two decades, she’s been known for seeing emerging trends early, understanding their potential, and helping others do the same. April is a bridge- builder between stakeholders, cultures, priorities, and those excited about change and those resistant to it. Recently, she was the sole global faculty member of Finland’s inaugural “masterclass of happiness,” combining her Finnish heritage and “fluxiness” to reach audiences around the world.

Earlier in life April was a global development executive, an international microfinance lawyer, and a hiking guide. Before that, she spent the better part of four years traveling solo, with an insatiable desire to better understand how the rest of the world lives. (One lesson: Change is universal. How we deal with it is not.) She is as comfortable at Davos as she is talking with microfinance borrowers in an urban slum. A certified yoga teacher, she can often be found upside-down, doing handstands around the world.

Dr. Daniel Susskind is a bestselling author, a Research Professor in Economics at King’s College London, anda Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University, a Digital Fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, and an Associate Member of the Economics Department at Oxford University. He explores the impact of economic growth and technology — particularly artificial intelligence (AI) — on work and society.

Dr. Susskind is the author of three bestselling books, Growth: A Reckoning, A World Without Work, and The Future of The Professions.

 Daniel Hood is editor-in-chief of Accounting Today. He has been with the publication for over two decades, previously serving as managing editor. He has also served as a business editor for the New York Daily News Express, and as a production editor for The Wall Street Journal Europe.  

Tyler Otto is the president and owner of Specialized Accounting, a thriving, entirely remote hospitality accounting firm. Tyler brings a wealth of finance experience from the lodging industry, where he served as Senior Financial Analyst at Vail Resorts and Corporate Director of Finance with Imprint Hospitality. He is a fanatic about forging new connections and collaborating with industry peers and colleagues while welcoming newcomers.

Tyler is passionate about sharing his expertise and has presented at conferences such as Accounting Today’s Firm Growth Forum, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP), BKX (Bookkeepers.com), Association of Lodging Professionals (ALP), The Successful Bookkeeper Summit, and The Glamping Show, and in webinars with Relay, ThinkReservations, Earmark, and Kaplan. He has also appeared as a featured guest on Relay’s On the Money Mondays video series, as well as podcasts including Universal Accounting’s Building the Premier Accounting Firm, The Successful Bookkeeper, and The Ambitious Bookkeeper.

You can also find Tyler on UnAccountable!, an entertaining gameshow podcast tackling current accounting topics, along with his co-host and good friend, Jeremy Van Groll.

Jeremy Van Groll is an incorrigible financial nerd and is the Founder and President of Nonprofit Bookkeeping. During his twenty-five years of experience, he has partnered with domestic and international organizations to implement efficient financial and data management processes that allow nonprofit leaders to focus their efforts on their Mission and building relationships with Donors.

When not geeking out on spreadsheets, Jeremy enjoys attending concerts, singing karaoke, and following sports, especially the soccer and gymnastics teams of his two sons.

Maanoj Shah is the Director of Growth Strategy and Alliance at Finsmart Accounting. With over 25 years of experience, he is a Chartered Accountant and a certified CISA professional.
Maanoj has established his niche as an outsourcing expert, a People’s Champion, and a dynamic leader, with a focus on Business Strategy and scaling up.

At Finsmart Accounting, Maanoj has been instrumental in developing “Accounting Seat," an Accounting as a Service Model (AaaS), tailored for accounting and CPA firms. The solution addresses capacity challenges faced by accounting firms in their scaling journey, providing
them with a permanent solution.

Besides his professional ventures, Maanoj is committed to different social service projects. He is the co-founder of Mission ICU, a social initiative that focuses on establishing critical care in remote areas of rural India. Esteemed institutions like the World Economic Forum have recognized the initiative.

On a personal level, Maanoj leads an active lifestyle and is an avid tennis player and a passionate golfer.

Prashant has over 25 years of experience in the software industry with a deep focus on financial technologies. In his current role as the VP of Global Strategy and Alliances, he is responsible for revenue growth, product direction, and drives improvements and enhancements to the product across regions. In addition to this, he oversees the global advisor program that focuses on building alliances with audit and advisory firms.
Prashant joined Zoho from Oracle Financial Services Ltd., where he was involved in development and implementation of core banking products for leading banks and financial institutions across the globe. Prashant lives in Chennai, India, with his wife and
son.

Brad Gustafson leads the Accounting Partnerships Channel at Ramp. He has spent the past decade advising and consulting thousands of accounting firms across the United States, including managing Top 100 accounting firm partnerships as an Enterprise Account Director at Xero. He is motivated to help build a community of accountants around Ramp who are passionate about new technologies and the opportunities they provide the accounting profession.

Ariege is General Manager of BILL's Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Accountant businesses. A dynamic leader with over two decades of experience, she has a proven track record of driving growth and delivering innovative solutions for small and midsize businesses and accounting professionals. Joining BILL in late 2024, Ariege brings extensive experience in leading teams and transforming businesses, with a passion for empowering businesses through intelligent, automated financial solutions that free them to focus on what matters most.

Ariege joins BILL from Intuit, where she led several business segments, most recently the Accountant Segment within Intuit's® Small Business and Self-Employed Group. In this role, she served more than 700,000 accountants globally, helping firms embrace technology, better manage their practices, and become strategic advisors to their clients. Her prior experience includes product leadership roles at Redbox and PayCycle (acquired by Intuit). Ariege's career began in customer service at PayCycle, where her front-line experience shaped her approach to product and business leadership.

Recognized by Accounting Today as a Top 100 Most Influential Person (2019) and by the Silicon Valley Business Journal as a Woman of Influence (2021), Ariege holds a BS in Science, Technology, and Society, with a concentration in Computer Science, from Stanford University.

David Barrett is a lifelong programmer and technology leader who founded Expensify in 2008 and grew it into the world’s most popular preaccounting platform. From day one, David has
combined deep technical expertise with an unconventional approach to building products and teams, helping Expensify scale globally while maintaining a strong culture of ownership and innovation. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s top network engineers, having architected Expensify’s blockchain-powered database a full year before Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper — a testament to his forward-thinking approach to distributed
systems.

Prior to founding Expensify, David led engineering at Red Swoosh, a peer-to-peer content delivery network that was acquired by Akamai Technologies in 2007. Earlier in his career, he held a variety of roles spanning 3D graphics, virtual reality, and large-scale network infrastructure, building the technical foundation that would later power Expensify’s rapid growth.

Based in Portland, Oregon, David continues to lead Team Expensify with curiosity, conviction, and a builder’s mindset. When he’s not shaping the future of financial technology, he enjoys
playing Minecraft with his daughter.

Conrad Wadowski is the Founder and CEO of Kick. He has been starting businesses since high school, including his own bookkeeping company. He later co-founded Teachable, the online course platform used by over 100,000 business owners, which was acquired in 2020. After the acquisition, Conrad became obsessed with AI and with a new way to build software that automates busywork for business owners and accountants, so they can focus on what matters.

Jeff Seibert is the founder and CEO of Digits, the world's first AI-native accounting platform. He previously served as Twitter's Head of Consumer Product and starred in the Emmy Award-winning Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma.

Jeff was co-founder and CEO of the mobile performance analytics company Crashlytics, which was acquired by Twitter in 2013. Now owned by Google, Crashlytics runs on over 6 billion monthly-active smartphones and is the market-leading crash reporter for both iOS and Android.

A self-taught programmer, Seibert released his first app at the age of 13 and went on to graduate from Stanford with a B.S. in Computer Science. He's angel-invested in almost 100 startups and was named one of Insider's Top 100 Seed VCs in 2021.