PwC's Accounting and Tax Symposium
The Accounting and Tax Symposium is an annual program hosted by PwC that precedes the American Accounting Association meeting. Selected accounting faculty from top colleges and universities across the country are invited to learn more about PwC and the profession. A variety of PwC partners and subject matter experts combine to provide a comprehensive update on topics that are important to the academic community.
The Accounting and Tax Symposium is a one and a half day in person program designed to update faculty on current business topics and issues. Our 2026 Symposium was hosted on July 30 - 31, 2026, and included the following topics and presenters:
Combined Accounting and Tax sessions:
Perspectives from Leadership: Deanne Byrne, Krishnan Chandrasekhar, Margaret Burke & Julie Peters
Where human skills and AI meet: PwC's Learning Collective: Margaret Burke & Yolanda Seals-Coffield
Roundtable discussion: What's next? Making sense of AI and the skills shift: Alexa Merschel & Leanne Vail
Balancing AI and human skills: Insights from early career CPAs: Carmelina Lalley, Ryan Bevolo, Yasmine Feddah, & Anna Tam
Accounting sessions:
Accounting technical update - SEC and PCAOB: Kathy Healy & Kevin Vaughn
FASB standard setting: Angela Fergason, Jay Seliber & Maria Constantinou
Scaling AI in the audit: Gabe Kwentus, Marie Smith, Maggie Perrien, Katherine Chomko, Yasmine Feddah, & Michael Saulis
Scaling AI in the audit (continued): Gabe Kwentus, Marie Smith, Maggie Perrien, Katherine Chomko, Yasmine Feddah, & Michael Saulis
Tax sessions:
Tax regulatory update: Rohit Kumar & Janice Mays
Trade policy volatility, IEPPA tariff response, and Pillar 2: Beth Bell
The changing role of private capital in global M&A: Mattias Gunnarson & Andrea Uhm
Redefining our role with AI: Matt Beachy & Tina Skidmore
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