GenAI Horizons 2024: Innovation, Ethics, and Practice

Summary

Generative Artificial Intelligence, often shortened to Gen AI, refers to deep-learning models that can generate high-quality text, images, and other content based on the data they were trained on. Rooted in natural language processing, now it has seized the popular imagination.

Over the last few years, it has taken off quite quickly, with ChatGPT the most famous example  of how it has affected our daily lives. This language model that was built to generate human-like text based on context has now been used to answer questions, idea generation, writing assistance, and coding assistance using just a few words to prompt the model. In the business world, many companies have built their own internal Chat GPT function, and introduced AI to different parts of their operations. While AI is sure to bring disruption to different professions and industries, it also opens up a world of different possibilities and efficiencies. 

CCPAA-ON’s 16th Annual Conference, “GenAI Horizons 2024: Innovation, Ethics, and Practice“, aims to understand the impact of generative AI on the different industries and career paths that CPAs have taken or will take, exploring how it is currently being used, and the future potential use cases of this technology. 

Event Information

Date & Time: Date: October 27, 2024, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm EDT

Location: Xinflix Auditorium

• Address: 421 Bentley St Unit #9, Markham, ON L3R 9T2

Early Bird Price (Ends Oct 18th, 2024): Member: $120  Non-member: $135

Regular Price: Member: $135  Non-member: $150

Online registration closes 9:00 p.m., October 25th, 2024.

Dress code: Business casual

CPD: 5 Hours (including 2 Ethics Hours)**

*Once registered, you will receive an email confirmation.

**Active participation is mandatory for receiving the CPD certificate.

Agenda

9:00 – 9:30

Breakfast, Registration & Networking

9:30 – 10:00

Conference Introduction and Remarks

10:00 – 10:45

General Introduction and Recent Trends

10:45 – 12:30

Challenges, Ethics and Governance in the Adoption of Gen AI

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch & Networking

13:30 – 14:15

Gen AI in Practice: Perspectives from Professional Accountants

14:15 – 15:00

Current Implementation and Outlook of Gen AI

15:00 – 15:15

Coffee Break & Networking

15:15 – 16:00

Panel Discussion