Make connections, get inspired, grow your practice
Get Connected brings together our community of accountants, industry experts, and the Intuit team for a day of thought leadership, education, and networking.
Learn about the latest accounting tech, discover integrated business tools and all-new AI automation within a more powerful QuickBooks on the Intuit platform, and hear from leaders in the accounting and bookkeeping space. It’s your time to be inspired and get actionable advice that will move the needle for your practice.
Agenda
Times noted are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Breakfast is offered and connect with Exhibitors
Hear from Intuit Canada’s leadership team and a featured external keynote as we kick off Get Connected—together as one community.
Puja, Gary, and Mike Libbey
Strategy in a World of Disruption
As a globally recognized innovation strategist and bestselling author, Shawn Kanungo has emerged as one of the world’s most sought-after voices on innovation and generative AI. He spent 12 years at Deloitte working closely with leaders to help them better plan for the opportunities associated with disruptive innovation. In his high energy keynotes, Kanungo draws on his extensive experience to provide audiences with an optimistic roadmap for the future; one that embraces unexpected approaches to innovation to remain competitive and relevant.
Stay current on the latest QuickBooks Online features and enhancements — and learn how to put them to work for your clients. This session walks through the latest QuickBooks Online updates so you can confidently guide clients, streamline your workflows, and deliver more value with every interaction.
Presenter(s):
Stephany St. Louis
Ricky Duquette
Meeting Room: Orion A
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
How can teams create an organizational culture that encourages open discussion? This session will focus on how leaders can balance embedding accountability within a psychologically safe working environment. Moving from a feeling of always reacting to being able to anticipate issues and prevent issues from repeating is possible.
Presenter(s): Rohit Malik
Meeting Room: Orion D
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
What is effective hourly rate? Learn how this game-changing metric enables an accurate understanding of true client profitability once time, tools, and internal effort are factored in.
Presenter(s): Andrew Seguin
Meeting Room: Orion C
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
Explore how to center human expertise while optimizing your work with AI-powered sales tools.
Presenter(s): Katrina German
Meeting Room: Orion B
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
How to translate financial data into decisions around profitability, pricing, cash flow planning, and sustainable growth.
Presenter(s): Tiffany-Ann Bottcher
Meeting Room: Orion B
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
Create a practical framework for designing a business that runs smoothly without constant owner involvement. Speaking with experience across accounting, operations, and business growth, panelists will walk through the shifts required to create consistent results and support long-term business value. Learn why clear systems outperform guesswork and how technology and real-time financial visibility enables better delegation and decision-making.
Moderator: Mike Libbey
Presenter(s):
Rachel Devine
Chris Bell
Tim Hayward
Robert Gauvreau
Meeting Room: Orion C
Audience: Owner/Partner
Speaker: David Bergstein
Your construction clients are often managing seven or more disconnected tools just to handle leads, estimates, and invoicing — and that fragmentation shows up in their books. In this session, we'll show you how QuickBooks Online Advanced brings every phase of a construction project into one AI-powered platform, from the first client inquiry to the final payment.
Through a live, real-world demo, you'll see how consolidating these workflows eliminates manual data entry, improves job costing visibility, and gives you cleaner, more reliable data to work with. The result: better insights for your clients, fewer reconciliation headaches for your firm, and a more profitable, professional operation for everyone involved.
Presenter(s): Ingrid Himmelman
Meeting Room: Orion A
Audience: All Audiences, Operations - Intermediate
Speaker: David Bergstein
How are accounting and bookkeeping firms are actually using AI in their daily work? Hear about what your peers are trying! Identify common friction points and failure modes so you don't repeat them, and take away resources on peer communities and practical tools to continue your learning.
Presenter(s): Tanya Hilts
Meeting Room: Orion D
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
Hear from Intuit product experts and leadership as they showcase the power of the Intuit platform. Catch a glimpse into future innovations and learn how you—and your clients—can outdo what’s possible with Intuit. See how Intuit multiplies what you’re capable of with AI agents and trusted Experts at your back and by your side. Discover how Intuit AI and a more powerful QuickBooks help you evolve the way you work, save time, streamline workflows, and deliver more strategic, high-value advisory services.
The accountant's edge has never been about crunching numbers — it's about knowing what the numbers mean. In this session, we explore how Intuit Intelligence can help free accountants to do what they do best: advise, strategize, and lead.
Presenter(s): Barclay Moran
Meeting Room: Orion A
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
How do you design a client experience that builds trust, sets expectations, and creates space for advisory relationships? This discussion will offer ways of understanding horizonal, vertical and ratio analysis, and how to best frame insights when communicating to clients.
Presenter(s):
Cheryl Baldwin
Kerry Smithies
Meeting Room: Orion C
Audience: Owner/Partner
Speaker: David Bergstein
What are the best ways to move enterprise resource planning prospects over to QuickBooks Online? This session will review best practices on clearly articulating the value proposition, asking the right discovery questions, and guide customers toward key needs over broad wants.
Presenter(s): David Lin
Meeting Room: Orion B
Audience: All Audiences, Operations - Intermediate
Speaker: David Bergstein
How can your firm prepare to build a resilient future? This session offers a dynamic group exercise that teaches a proven process to identify and measure the vital skills for your team.
Presenter(s): John Marshall
Meeting Room: Orion D
Audience: Team Lead, Owner/Partner
Speaker: David Bergstein
Are you ready to take your firm's efficiency and advisory to the next level? Join us for an exclusive deep dive into the new Intuit Accountant Suite. We’re moving beyond the basics to show you how this unified, AI-powered platform can transform how you manage your firm, clients, and team.
Presenter(s): Alex Noort
Meeting Room: Orion A
Audience: All Audiences, Operations - All
Speaker: David Bergstein
Find out how accountants can use AI and plain-English prompts to build simple internal tools that solve real firm problems, without coding or technical experience. This approach, often called “vibe coding,” allows non-developers to turn everyday firm frustrations into practical solutions in hours, not months.
Presenter(s): Mike Libbey
Meeting Room: Orion B
Audience: All Audiences, Operations - All
Speaker: David Bergstein
This session will uncover how to create compelling brands, optimize marketing spend, and develop sustainable strategies to grow their firms.
Presenter(s): Daria Malin
Meeting Room: Orion C
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
Review practical, field-tested workflows that help firms deliver consistent results while protecting team capacity and client boundaries.
Presenter(s): Stacy Stanley Young
Meeting Room: Orion D
Audience: Accountants/Bookkeepers
Speaker: David Bergstein
Connect with our exhibitors and learn about the apps that support your business
AI Bank feeds offer a more intuitive way to track transactions, reduce manual data entry, and gain better insights
Presenter(s): Ricky Duquette
Meeting Room: Orion A
Audience: Operations - All, Accountants/Bookkeepers
Speaker: David Bergstein
Your strengths, passions, and cadence are central components to leverage when building your unique advisory business. This session offers areas of reflection on why advisory remains important and how to consider your distinct expertise apart from what AI tools can provide.
Presenter(s): Cindy Warner
Meeting Room: Orion C
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
As firms adopt multi-app tech stacks, the challenge isn’t choosing tools—it’s making them work together seamlessly at scale. This panel features Business Solutions Partners sharing real-world experiences delivering complex QuickBooks implementations, including integrations, data migrations, and workflow design. Learn what worked, what didn’t, and the proven approaches they use to scope, de-risk, and deliver successful outcomes.
Moderator: Audrey Patry Hérard
Presenter(s):
Andrew Coutts
Anna Abbruzzese
Tal Sethi
Meeting Room: Orion B
Audience: All Audiences, Operations - All
Speaker: David Bergstein
An interactive discussion for accountants and bookkeepers who want to go beyond traditional services and build a strong presence in their market. This session is designed as a facilitated conversation where participants can share experiences, challenges, and ideas while learning from one another.
Presenter(s): Sherley Joseph - Community Manager
Meeting Room: Orion D
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
Tonight is about connecting, having fun, and getting inspired for the journey ahead. Delicious food and refreshing drinks will be served all evening.
Agenda topics and timing are subject to change.
Breakouts have limited capacity and are available on a first come, first served basis
Breakfast is offered and connect with Exhibitors
Are you ready to take your firm's efficiency and advisory to the next level? Join us for an exclusive deep dive into the new Intuit Accountant Suite. We’re moving beyond the basics to show you how this unified, AI-powered platform can transform how you manage your firm, clients, and team.
Presenter(s): Alex Noort
Meeting Room: Orion C
Audience: All Audiences, Operations - All
Speaker: David Bergstein
Find out how accountants can use AI and plain-English prompts to build simple internal tools that solve real firm problems, without coding or technical experience. This approach, often called “vibe coding,” allows non-developers to turn everyday firm frustrations into practical solutions in hours, not months.
Presenter(s): Mike Libbey
Meeting Room: Orion D
Audience: All Audiences, Operations - All
Speaker: David Bergstein
Explore how trust, autonomy, and organizational clarity become measurable drivers of performance, particularly through eNPS.
Presenter(s):
Mélissa Drouin
Sean Duffy
Meeting Room: Orion B
Audience: Owner/Partner, Team Lead
Speaker: David Bergstein
Your clients are losing time — and money — to manual time tracking and disconnected payroll processes. This session shows you how the QuickBooks Time and Payroll integration creates a seamless workflow from time entry to payroll run, so you can help clients operate more efficiently and get paid accurately. We'll walk through the full flow hands-on, covering QuickBooks Payroll, QuickBooks Time, and Projects — giving you the practical knowledge to guide clients toward a smarter, more connected way of managing their teams and labour costs.
Presenter(s): Kudzanai Chasosa
Meeting Room: Orion A
Audience: All Audiences, Operations - All
Speaker: David Bergstein
The accountant's edge has never been about crunching numbers — it's about knowing what the numbers mean. In this session, we explore how Intuit Intelligence can help free accountants to do what they do best: advise, strategize, and lead.
Presenter(s): Barclay Moran
Meeting Room: Orion C
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
Discover how accounting firms can use QuickBooks Online Advanced to save time and deliver deeper client value. Learn best practices for getting data in and files ready with Spreadsheet Sync, streamlining year-end work through better communication and process management. See how firms go beyond compliance to provide financial insights and strategic guidance using built-in AI tools.
Presenter(s): Joelle Sater
Meeting Room: Orion B
Audience: Accountants/Bookkeepers, Operations - Intermediate
Speaker: David Bergstein
Explore how navigating key personnel departures, experimenting with leadership structures, encountering growth ceilings, and working through personal adversity can reveal gaps in systems, clarity, and decision-making.
Moderator: Ingrid Himmelman
Presenter(s):
Teya Jensen
Amanda Mungal
Omar Visram
Meeting Room: Orion A
Audience: Owner/Partner
Speaker: David Bergstein
E-commerce payment gateways can quickly turn clean books into a tangled mess — especially as platforms, apps, and payment options continue to evolve. Review current workflows for managing common e-commerce payment gateways with confidence and efficiency. Learn why timing differences and fees create discrepancies, and how small process changes dramatically reduce cleanup time.
Presenter(s): Teresa Slack
Meeting Room: Orion D
Audience: All Audiences, Operations - Intermediate
Speaker: David Bergstein
Your construction clients are often managing seven or more disconnected tools just to handle leads, estimates, and invoicing — and that fragmentation shows up in their books. In this session, we'll show you how QuickBooks Online Advanced brings every phase of a construction project into one AI-powered platform, from the first client inquiry to the final payment.
Through a live, real-world demo, you'll see how consolidating these workflows eliminates manual data entry, improves job costing visibility, and gives you cleaner, more reliable data to work with. The result: better insights for your clients, fewer reconciliation headaches for your firm, and a more profitable, professional operation for everyone involved.
Presenter(s): Ingrid Himmelman
Meeting Room: Orion A
Audience: All Audiences, Operations - Intermediate
Speaker: David Bergstein
Panelists will offer reflection and actionable examples of how to design a modern accounting firm that works for your life instead of competing with it.
Moderator: Stephanie Folohan
Presenter(s):
Kerry Smithies
Winnie Hsu
Michelle Arnason
Meeting Room: Orion C
Audience: Owner/Partner
Speaker: David Bergstein
Thinking like a reviewer means understanding the difference between following a process and applying judgment. Learn how a see-do-teach approach for training staff strengthens confidence, consistency, and analytical skill building. This session explores methods for stronger file review in QuickBooks Online and beyond.
Presenter(s):
Stacy Stanley Young
Ken Neuman
Meeting Room: Orion B
Audience: Owner/Partner, Team Lead
Speaker: David Bergstein
How are firms using AI as a thinking and decision-support tool? This session highlights how professional judgment remains at the forefront as AI tools support pricing conversations, scope clarity, proposal language, and promote advisory confidence.
Presenter(s):
Tiffany-Ann Bottcher
Tanya Hilts
Meeting Room: Orion D
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
Tips and techniques needed to use QBO to meet NPOs’ specialized accounting, tax and reporting requirements.
Presenter(s): Jason Aviss
Meeting Room: Orion A
Audience: Accountants/Bookkeepers
Speaker: David Bergstein
Learn how firm owners can structure and optimize their business model so growth strengthens financial performance.
Presenter(s): Megan Sigmeth
Meeting Room: Orion C
Audience: Owner/Partner
Speaker: David Bergstein
This session demonstrate how to weave Intuit’s QuickBooks Online training and certifications into a 2–3 year Training & Development path that produces consistent, audit-ready outcomes across a growing team. We’ll share a practical system built around three pillars: SOPs, a monthly training program, and a buddy program. Each pillar maps to to QuickBooks Online workflows so firms can reduce rework, speed up month-end close, and create capacity for advisory services.
Presenter(s): Siobhan Harrop-Scott
Meeting Room: Orion B
Audience: All Audiences
Speaker: David Bergstein
Stop settling for good enough. Let’s discover together, proven strategies to identify, attract, and hire exceptional talent that fits your culture and fuels growth.
Presenter(s): Tanis Young
Meeting Room: Orion D
Audience: Owner/Partner
Speaker: David Bergstein
Connect with our exhibitors and learn about the apps that support your business
We're bringing back our fan favourite QuickBooks Tips & Tricks session in a BIG way. Join us on the main stage at 3:15 pm to catch the showdown and cast your vote for the best QuickBooks tip.
Expert on Resiliency and Workplace Wellness
An educational behaviourist (one of very few in the world) and a globally recognized speaker and scholar, Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe is also your friendly neighbourhood scientist who makes life make sense. Her career has been dedicated to translating research on resiliency, stress, and hope into clear, evidence-based strategies for everyday life and work. With a treasure trove of awards and a worldwide following, she is on a mission to help audiences rethink their relationship with stress and build lasting resilience.
Join us in the Exhibit Hall to close out Get Connected Toronto 2026. Raise your glass, celebrate the learnings and connections, and say farewell until next year. Light refreshments presented by Intuit Accountant Suite.
Agenda topics and timing are subject to change.
Breakouts have limited capacity and are available on a first come, first served basis
Please note: No CPD credits will be available for Tech Hub sessions
Please note: No CPD credits will be available for Tech Hub sessions
Agenda Categories
Here are the subjects we'll cover at Get Connected:
- Implementing responsible AI and ethics
- Unlocking value from the Intuit platform
- Leading the shift to strategic client advisory
- Scaling for sustainable and profitable growth
- Cultivating strong teams and firm leadership
- Navigating industry shifts and challenges
This event is eligible for CPD credits
This event is eligible for CPD credits
Event venue
The International Centre
Conference Centre Entrance
6900 Airport Road, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4V 1E8
Directions
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Parking
We provide complimentary parking to enhance your experience. With ample free parking onsite, you can arrive worry-free and focus on enjoying your event. Parking details are available here.
Recommended accommodation
Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites
5875 Airport Road, Mississauga, Ontario, L4V 1N1
$279 per night, plus tax - Standard room
Mainstage speakers
Breakout speakers
2026 Sponsors
Frequently asked questions
Get Connected is Canada’s annual event of the this year and a can't-miss experience for accounting and bookkeeping professionals. Hear from Intuit and industry experts in an inspiring day of networking, education, and much more.
Get Connected is a paid registration event at a cost of $349 plus tax to attend for a full day/two days of networking, education, and much more.
Unfortunately, breakout sessions and the keynote aren't being recorded.
Feel free to drop us a note at Ca_events@intuit.com. We will respond as quickly as possible.
Parking is not included in the cost of the event. You can find more Parking information here.
An email needs to be sent to Ca_events@intuit.com. Refunds will be processed according to the timelines provided below for the applicable city and will be subject to a $20 processing fee to cover credit card transaction fees and resources.
Toronto - June 17-18, 2026:
Full Refund: Cancellation on or before May 20, 2026
50% Refund: Cancellation between May 21, 2026 and June 3, 2026
No Refund: Cancellation on or after June 4, 2026
Get Connected will be eligible for up to 12 CPD Credits. Please see the Get Connected agenda for qualifying sessions and available credit information. A certificate will be emailed to participants up to 2 weeks after the event date. For further questions, reach out to Ca_events@intuit.com.
Please contact Ca_events@intuit.com to inquire about available accessibility services.
Accommodation information is coming soon
The details regarding speakers, sessions and itinerary will be added to our event webpage as they are confirmed in March.
GROUP REGISTRATIONS
Yes, group and bulk discounts are available from March 3 for new ticket purchases with a minimum of 5 tickets. For more information, please email Ca_events@intuit.com.
Please note: These packages are only available for individuals within the same firm or business. Partial refunds will not be issued for unused promo codes or tickets if you purchase 5 or more tickets using a group or bulk discount.
Group registrations (minimum 5 tickets) are processed as one invoice (e.g., 5 tickets paid for by one person). Intuit’s events team will provide promo codes to the main registrant for the group for the registrant to disseminate to each applicable member of the group.
The main registrant buys tickets for the group from the same firm (e.g., 5 tickets).
Intuit’s events team provides a promo code to the main registrant.
If a transfer is needed, the person who bought the tickets must email Intuit and include the new recipient, and if the transfer is permitted Intuit’s events team will issue a new code for the ticket transfer.
Group transfers can be done until 1 day before the event by emailing Ca_events@intuit.com with the recipient copied. The recipient will then receive a registration link and discount code from Intuit’s CA Event team to complete within 72 hours, and any cost reimbursement must be managed directly between the original ticket holder and the transfer party.
Group or bulk packages are non-refundable for unused portions. Please ensure your headcount is confirmed before purchasing.