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Pacioli Dinner 2026 Community Registration

For accounting professionals and students. Hosted by the Dhillon School of Business.

TUESDAY, OCT. 27

5:15 - 8:30 P.M. | MARKIN HALL ATRIUM

Keynote speaker Tim Chan, CPA, MBA, CIA presents What Sets You Apart? Creating Value in an Age of AI and Change, an insightful session exploring how AI, automation, data analytics, evolving regulations and changing workplace dynamics are reshaping the accounting profession. Gain practical strategies for strengthening the evergreen capabilities that set professionals apart, including professional judgment, critical thinking, communication, systems thinking and learning agility.

Learn how to remain relevant and adaptable, lead through change and continue creating lasting value in an increasingly complex profession.

This session may qualify for up to 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.

Program

5:15 p.m. | Networking reception

6:00 p.m. | Welcome

6:15 p.m. | Dinner

7:15 p.m. | Keynote speaker Tim Chan: What Sets You Apart?

8:15 p.m. | CPA Alberta Common Final Exam convocation recognition

8:30 p.m. | Closing remarks

Tim Chan CPA, MBA, CIA 

With over 20 years of professional experience, Tim is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor. Through his consulting practice, WAI Professional Corporation, he provides executive advisory and financial control support by serving as a fractional CFO. He is also the co-founder of Untapped Energy Association, a federally registered nonprofit organization that upskills professionals in data, analytics, and artificial intelligence literacy.

Tim is an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business and an assistant professor at Mount Royal University’s Bissett School of Business. He teaches undergraduate and post-graduate students in business technology management, financial and managerial accounting and digital transformation.

In partnership with CPA Alberta, Jumpstart, and Lethbridge Chapter of CPAs.

Free to attend - RSVP  https://airtable.com/app7ih6HTn6EtlYpU/pagotOEXXmfgsnPlM/form