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)**

 

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

  Agenda

Time	Description
9:00 – 9:30	Breakfast, Registration & Networking
9:30 – 9:35	Conference Introduction
9:35 – 9:45	Opening Remarks from CCPAA-ON
9:45 – 9:55	Remarks from CCPAA
9:55 – 10:00	Sponsor Appreciation
10:00 – 10:45	General Introduction and Recent Trends Introduction to GenAI and its growing popularity.  Highlight recent examples and innovations in GenAI. Speaker:  Marjan Alirezaie, Director of AI, Flybits
10:45 – 12:30	Challenges, Ethics and Governance in the Adoption of Gen AI How to mitigage the ethical and legal risks of Generative AI with actional steps to safeguard your profession and stay competitive in the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Address corporate governance challenges, risk considerations, and best practices.    Speakers:  Josephine Yam, JD, LLM, MA (AI Ethics), CEO & CO-Founder, Skills4Good AI  Yvonne Zhu, CISA, Partner, Responsible AI Risks and Controls, AI Assurance Leader, EY Canada
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch & Networking
13:30 – 14:15	Gen AI in Practice: Perspectives from Professional Accountants  Review current applications of GenAI in accounting and its integration into practices.  Analyze the effects of GenAI on accounting careers and opportunities. Speaker: Bryant Ramdoo, CPA, CA, National Audit and Assurance Innovation Leader, KPMG Canada
14:15 – 15:00	Current Implementation and Outlook of Gen AI Overview of GenAI deployment and training needs. Explore future trends and their implications.   Speaker:  Vishal Gossain, Partner, Risk Analytics and Balance Sheet Management Leader, EY Canada
15:00 – 15:15	Coffee Break & Networking
15:15 – 16:00	Panel Discussion Panelists: Marjan Alirezaie, Director of AI, Flybits   Josephine Yam, JD, LLM, MA (AI Ethics), CEO & CO-Founder, Skills4Good AI  Bryant Ramdoo, CPA, CA, National Audit and Assurance Innovation Leader, KPMG Canada Vishal Gossain, Partner, Risk Analytics and Balance Sheet Management Leader, EY Canada   Moderator: Shirley Lin, Audit Senior Manager, KPMG Canada