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 2024 Symposium was hosted on August 8-9, 2024, and included the following topics and presenters:

Combined Accounting and Tax sessions:

  • Perspectives from PwC Leadership: Paul Griggs, Laura Thonn, Krishnan Chandrasekha, Julie Peters & Margaret Burke
  • Impact of GenAI: Joe Atkinson
  • GenAI Solution Demonstrations: James Burke, Kiara Raab, Sebastian Arechabaleta, Matt Hubbard & Adam Kennedy
  • Talent Pipeline Update: Julie Peters, Carmelina Lalley, Alexa Merschel, Mike Devlin, Seth Drucker & Priscilla Bullock

Accounting sessions:

  • Technology, Regulation and the Impact on Talent: Brian Croteau, Christina Ho, Julie Bell Lindsay, Jeff Mahoney
  • Accounting and Technical Update: Angela Fergason & Kevin Vaughn
  • PCAOB Update: Brian Croteau & Kathy Healy
  • GenAI in the Audit: Tracy Tse & Brian Croteau

Tax sessions:

  • Tax Policy Update: Janice Mays & Chairman David Camp
  • Pillar Two: Where are we now?: Doug McHoney & Brooke Hrouda
  • Energy Transition - Tax as an Agent for Change: Wendy Punches & Jason Becker
  • Taxing Digital Assets: Rebecca Lee & Candace Ewell
     

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Julie Peters

Julie Peters

University Relations leader, PwC US

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