First Look Webcast: Practical Accounting Automation Using AI
Overview
In this engaging and practical session, Dr. Andrew Schwartz will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the field of accounting. Through real-world use cases and demos, this session demystifies AI, showing how it can be used today to automate repetitive tasks, streamline audits, detect fraud, enhance forecasting, and improve client service. Attendees will gain insights into tools already in the market, learn how to evaluate automation opportunities within their firms, and leave with actionable steps to begin leveraging AI responsibly. No programming required—just a curiosity to work smarter.forward.
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2025 First Look Webcast Series
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401k & Employee Benefits Update
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Eisner Advisory Group LLC • Pittstown, NJ
CPE: 1 Category: Management
June 18
Disaster Planning Beyond the Calculations
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Schreiber & Schreiber, CPAs • Metairie, LA
CPE: 1 Category: Taxation
July 30
Investment Strategies in a Volatile Market
Tom Stringfellow, CFA®, CPA®, CFP®, CIC • Chief Investment Strategist
Argent Trust Company • San Antonio, TX
CPE: 1 Category: Management
August 27
SSARS Engagements – What You Need to Know
Kurt Oestriecher, CPA • Managing Partner
Oestriecher & Company, CPAs • Alexandria, LA
CPE: 1 Category: A&A
September 27
Managing Change in a High-Speed World
Laila Morcos Zissis, PCC, NBC-HWC, CMC • Owner
Laila Morcos Zissis, LLC• New Orleans, LA
CPE: 1 Category: Personal Development
October 29
Creating a Positive Workplace Culture
Jim Schneider, CPA, CIA • President & Managing Partner
The Personnel Consulting Group • New Orleans LA
CPE: 1 Category: Management
November 12
Tax Credit Shake-Up: What the New Incentives and ITEP Rules Mean for You
Keri Hart • Senior Manager, Business Incentives
Kim Wallett • Senior Manager, Business Incentives
Advantous Consulting, LLC • Baton Rouge, LA
CPE: 1 Category: Taxation
December 9
Practical Accounting Automation Using AI
Andrew Schwartz, PhD • Professor
Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems
Louisiana State University
CPE: 1 Category: Technology
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Andrew Schwartz, LSU Business Education Complex Rotunda
As a Professor in the Information Systems and Decision Sciences Department in the E. J. Ourso College of Business Administration at Louisiana State University, Dr. Andrew Schwarz brings to his current position a unique blend of industry and academic qualifications. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D., Andrew completed his undergraduate degree at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, where he majored in social psychology and minored in sociology. Following completion of his bachelor’s degree, Andrew worked in the market research industry for Fortune 500 firms, crafting research aimed at developing advertising campaigns for both new and established products and built models to forecast future trends in the credit card and food and beverage industries. In 2003, Andrew graduated with a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Houston.
He is currently involved in research aimed at investigating: 1. IT acceptance and use 2. Information technology management issues, such as governance, firm boundary choice, and alignment 3. The implementation and diffusion of technology within organizations, and 4. Future technology trends Andrew has been ranked in the top 1% of the globe in terms of research productivity in top tier journals and his work has appeared in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, among others.
Non-Member Price $50.00
Member Price $30.00