26th Annual Fall Conference
16.00 Credits
Member Price $469.00
Price will increase by $35 after 10/4
Non-Member Price $529.00
Price will increase by $35 after 10/4
Overview
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Designed For
All practitioners
Notice
Conference materials will be available electronically in the "My CPE" section of the NESCPA website two days prior to the conference.
Lodging
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Exhibitors
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Wednesday, November 4
General Session
- Welcome from the Committee Chairman
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- Legal & Regulatory Watch: Insights from Nebraska's Attorney General's Office - Mike Hilgers, Nebraska Attorney General
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- What's Changed, What's Coming, What Matters: A Practical Tax Update - Matt Ottemann & Jon Grob, McGrath North
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- Beyond the Numbers: Mastering the Art of Business Negotiation - Bryan Slone, Koley Jessen, PC, LLO
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- The Future of the CPA Profession: A National Perspective - Dan Dustin, NASBA
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- The ROI of Vulnerability: Mental Health Literacy for CPAs - Adam Nemer
Pressure, long hours, client demands, staffing challenges, and seasonal deadlines have long shaped the accounting profession. As burnout, anxiety, and changing workplace expectations continue to affect firms and finance teams, CPAs and accounting leaders need practical tools to support both people and performance.
For nearly 20 years, Adam Nemer led as a CFO and senior operations executive at Kaiser Permanente while silently struggling with severe, yet undiagnosed depression and anxiety. In this session, Adam connects that personal story to practical leadership behaviors CPAs and accounting leaders can use to normalize mental health, recognize when colleagues may be struggling, engage in supportive conversations, and guide people toward appropriate help.
Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of why mental health literacy belongs in their professional toolboxes — and how cultures of wellbeing and psychological safety can improve focus, retention, trust, client service, and performance. They will also leave with a practical first step they can take to begin building mental health literacy in themselves, their teams, and their organizations.
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- The Ethical Leader - Chuck Gallagher, CSP
This session is available to registrants only.
Thursday, November 5
General Session
- Welcome to the 2nd day
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- Nebraska's Future: How State Tax Policy Shapes Business & Opportunity - Jared Walczak, Platte Institute
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- Powering Nebraska's Future: Meeting the Energy Needs of a Growing State - Timothy McAreavey, OPPD
Nebraska’s energy needs are changing rapidly as the state experiences new business development, population shifts, and growing demand from data centers and other major energy users. This session will explore what Nebraska’s energy landscape could look like over the next 5–10 years, including the opportunities and challenges that come with growth. Learn how Nebraska is preparing to meet increasing demand, the role energy plays in economic development, and how natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, storage, and other resources may shape the state’s future energy mix.
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- Leveraging Nebraska's Economic Development Incentives - Panel - Heath Mello, Omaha Chamber, Jason Ball, Lincoln Chamber, and Jim Greisch
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- Unasked Questions, Unmet Needs: Strengthening Client Relationships - Melissa Toledo, RSM
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- AI You Can Use Today: Practical Applications for Accountants - Janny Mullen, Eide Bailly
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- Leveraging AI Without Risking the Business: A CPA’s Guide to Security, Privacy, and Trust - Russell Vaughn, Ascend Technologies
This session is available to registrants only.
General Session
- Attitude Over Everything: Leading What's Next - Aaron Davis, Author, Speaker, Cancer Survivor
The accounting profession is changing faster than ever. Technology, AI, talent shortages, evolving client expectations, and increasing demands require more than technical expertise, they require the right attitude.
In this high-energy, practical session, former national champion and leadership expert Aaron Davis shares his proven AOE (Attitude Over Everything) framework to help leaders prepare for change, adapt with confidence, and create cultures where people choose excellence every day.
Attendees will discover how to:
- Lead through uncertainty without losing momentum
- Build a culture of ownership, resilience, and accountability
- Strengthen engagement and retain top talent
- Respond to challenges instead of reacting to them
- Leave with practical strategies they can implement immediately with their teams
Because organizations rarely outperform the attitude of the people leading them.
This session is available to registrants only.
- Elizabeth Adams - Yahoo Inc (Omaha)
- Lori Applegate - Lincoln Surgical Hospital (Lincoln)
- Alan Ashcraft
- Perry Demma - Perry L. Demma, CPA (Lincoln)
- Jeremy Eddie - Omaha Zoological Society (Omaha)
- Michael Gorka - Michael Gorka, CPA (Lincoln)
- Kevin Harford - University of Nebraska System (Lincoln)
- Kayla James - University of Nebraska System (Lincoln)
- Neal Lyons - UNICO Group Inc. (Lincoln)
- Michael Massman - Massman Nelson Reinig, PC (Omaha)
- George Nelson - Massman Nelson Reinig, PC (Omaha)
- Brooke Pauley - Horsepower Today (Omaha)
- Noah Rieber
- Todd Rogge - HUB International Great Plains (Omaha)
- Paul Schlorholtz - Duncan Aviation, Hanger I (Lincoln)
- Edward Schroeder - Edward W. Schroeder, CPA, Inc. (Blair)
- John Schulz - John E. Schulz CPA, LLC (Omaha)
- Leonard Sommer - Hancock & Dana PC (Omaha)
- Daniel Wells - Hancock & Dana PC (Omaha)
Non-Member Price $529.00
Member Price $469.00