TACTYC 2026
Orlando, Florida
May 14 – 16, 2026. Three days of sessions for accounting faculty at two-year colleges. Up to 10 CPE credits available.
3
Days
73
Sessions
10
Max CPE
7
Tracks
Thursday, May 14th
1:00-4:00
Pre-Conference Workshop
Wendy Tietz, Julie Duncan, & Teresa Thompson
Room: Royal Palm 3 · cap 50
2:00-6:30
Registration and Check-in
Room: Majestic Palm Foyer · cap N/A
5:00-6:30
Welcome Reception and Conference Kickoff (Light Refreshments Provided
Room: Majestic Palm Ballroom · cap 625
Friday, May 15th
7:00-8:30
Breakfast Buffet
Room: 27 Palms Fire Pit · cap N.A
8:30-8:45
Welcoming Remarks
Tracie Miller (TACTYC) & Kristin High (FICPA)
Room: Majestic Palm Ballroom · cap 625
8:45-9:45
Keynote Speaker: Equipping Students for the Future - Beyond Technical Skills
Ken Bouyer
Room: Majestic Palm Ballroom · cap 625
Personal Development - 1.0
Session 1
#1.1
10:00-10:50
Trends in Recruiting and Talent Development
Ken Bouyer
Room: Meyer · cap 20
Accounting - 1.0
#1.2
10:00-10:50
Making Accounting Come Alive: Engaging Students Through Real-World Applications and Interactive Learning
Ernest Asare-Nkansah
Room: Royal Palm 3 · cap 50
Accounting - 1.0
#1.3
10:00-10:50
AI Hallucinations Exposed: Fundamentals First
John Wild & Jonathan Wild
Room: Royal Palm 1 · cap 50
Information Technology - 1.0 AI
#1.4
10:00-10:50
Bringing Investing to Life in the Classroom
Kimberly Young
Room: Pomelo · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0 Finance
#1.5
10:00-10:50
The Psychology of Giving Students Feedback
Donna McGovern
Room: Royal Palm 2 · cap 50
Personal Development - 1.0
#1.6
10:00-10:50
Tax Case Studies: Communication and Ethics
Gregory Carnes & Suzanne Youngberg
Room: Clemen-tine · cap 30
Tax - 1.0
#1.7
10:00-10:50
Sponsor Session - Beta Alpha Psi Connecting Community College Students to Accounting Careers: The Emerging Scholars Program
Pat Poli
Room: Mandarin · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0
Session 2
#2.1
11:00-11:50
Two Year Bridge Symposium: Lessons Learned and the Future
Bette Kozlowski
Room: Clemen-tine · cap 30
Accounting - 1.0
#2.2
11:00-11:50
Guardians of Integrity: Preparing Future Leaders to Detect and Prevent Fraud
Kristin Martin
Room: Meyer · cap 20
Accounting - 1.0
#2.3
11:00-11:50
Teaching in the Age of AI
Mark Edmonds & Carolyn Christesen
Room: Royal Palm 1 · cap 50
Information Technology - 1.0 AI
#2.4
11:00-11:50
Building Managerial Accounting Through Real-World Cost Analysis Investigation
Kwohn Whitaker
Room: Pomelo · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0
#2.5
11:00-11:50
Professional Soft Skills for Intro Courses
Wendy Tietz & Rachel Gambol
Room: Royal Palm 2 · cap 50
Accounting - 1.0
#2.6
11:00-11:50
Three Things to Increase Student Engagement
Debbie Porter
Room: Royal Palm 3 · cap 50
Personal Development - 1.0
#2.7
11:00-11:50
Sponsor Session - RSM US LLP, From Syllabus to Success
Shalyce Adamson & Meredith Beal
Room: Mandarin · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0
12:00-1:10
Lunch: Scholarship Presentation, Cook Prize Recognition and TACTYC Opportunities
Tracie Miller
Room: Majestic Palm Ballroom · cap 625
Session 3
#3.1
1:20-2:10
What's Next for Accounting Education?
Jeff Jones
Room: Royal Palm 1 · cap 50
Accounting - 1.0
#3.2
1:20-2:10
The Power of Praise and How to do it Right!
Connie Belden
Room: Royal Palm 3 · cap 50
Personal Development - 1.0
#3.3
1:20-2:10
News or Nonsense? AI and Critical Thinking
Wendy Tietz & Tracie Miller
Room: Royal Palm 2 · cap 50
Information Technology - 1.0 AI
#3.4
1:20-2:10
Personal Finance in Financial Accounting
Patrick Grewe
Room: Pomelo · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0 Finance
#3.5
1:20-2:10
Payroll Accounting Approaches/Legislative Updates
Eric Weinstein
Room: Clemen-tine · cap 30
Accounting - 1.0
#3.6
1:20-2:10
How to Incorporate the FMAA in Your Classes
Amy Ford
Room: Meyer · cap 20
Accounting - 1.0
#3.7
1:20-2:10
Sponsor Session - Becker Professional Education, Becker’s Two-Year College Partnership Program
Amy Johnson
Room: Mandarin · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0
Session 4
#4.1
2:20-3:10
Coaching Beyond the Classroom
Roshelle Overton
Room: Clemen-tine · cap 30
Personal Development - 1.0
#4.2
2:20-3:10
QuickBooks Online: New Integrated Experience
Matthew Lowenkron
Room: Royal Palm 3 · cap 50
Accounting - 1.0
#4.3
2:20-3:10
AI as a Teaching Partner: Enhancing Student Engagement and Faculty Productivity
Cathy Scott & Markus Ahrens
Room: Royal Palm 1 · cap 50
Information Technology - 1.0 AI
#4.4
2:20-3:10
Personal Finance Through Students' Journeys
Martina Peng
Room: Meyer · cap 20
Accounting - 1.0 Finance
#4.5
2:20-3:10
Tax Update
Doug Kelley
Room: Royal Palm 2 · cap 50
Taxes - 1.0
#4.6
2:20-3:10
Preparing for Gen Alpha on Campus Industry Session - Forvis Mazar
Rachel Pauletti
Room: Pomelo · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0
#4.7
2:20-3:10
Sponsor Session - McGraw Hill, Building Introductory Courses for Today’s Students
Wayne Thomas
Room: Mandarin · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0
3:10-3:40
Refreshment Break
Room: Majestic Palm Foyer · cap N/A
Session 5
#5.1
3:40-4:30
Scoop by Scoop: Learning Process Costing
Erin Hall & Nicole Johnson
Room: Meyer · cap 20
Accounting - 1.0
#5.2
3:40-4:30
Elevating Teaching Excellence: Insights from Cook Prize Winners & AAA/FASO Resources
Markus Ahrens, Cathy Scott, Robyn Barrett, & Teresa Thompson
Room: Clemen-tine · cap 30
Accounting - 1.0
#5.3
3:40-4:30
AI Assignments: Real World and Auto Gradable
Wayne Thomas
Room: Royal Palm 3 · cap 50
Information Technology - 1.0 AI
#5.4
3:40-4:30
From Disconnected to Invested: A Case Study
Julie Duncan
Room: Pomelo · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0 Finance
#5.5
3:40-4:30
TACTYC Talks
Moderator: Lori Hatchell
Room: Royal Palm 1 · cap 50
Accounting - 1.0
Virtual Technology in Accounting
Mayra L. Mojica Butler
Cracking the Case: Experiential Fraud Learning
Annette Hoelzer
Teaching Mortgage Decisions with Excel
Martina Peng
#5.6
3:40-4:30
Bridging the Gap
Paulette Schirmer & Jeanette Landin
Room: Royal Palm 2 · cap 50
Accounting - 1.0
#5.7
3:40-4:30
Sponsor Session - Certiport - Pearson, Preparing Workforce-Ready Accounting Students Through Certification
Scott Stoddart & Travis Qualls
Room: Mandarin · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0
Session 6
#6.1
4:40-5:30
Tech Tools from a Non-Techie
Teresa Thompson
Room: Royal Palm 1 · cap 50
Information Technology - 1.0
#6.2
4:40-5:30
Learning from Data Visualizations
Karen Congo-Farmer & Amy Fredin
Room: Meyer · cap 20
Accounting - 1.0
#6.3
4:40-5:30
Adjusting Accounting Assessment Due to Gen AI
Vernon Richardson
Room: Royal Palm 3 · cap 50
Information Technology - 1.0 AI
#6.4
4:40-5:30
Helping Students Become Career-Ready
Adria Vasquez & Adel Palacios, Jr.
Room: Clemen-tine · cap 30
Accounting - 1.0
#6.5
4:40-5:30
Equipping Students for Emotional Resiliency
David Krug
Room: Royal Palm 2 · cap 50
Personal Development - 1.0
#6.6
4:40-5:30
Creating Assessments in the Age of AI
Marilyn Brooks-Lewis & Jean Bowes-Taylor
Room: Pomelo · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0 AI
#6.7
4:40-5:30
Sponsor Session - KPMG, How is Technology Changing in the Classroom - Insights and Free Resources from KPMG
Sean Treccia & Bette Kozlowski
Room: Mandarin · cap 25
Accounting - 1.0
Saturday, May 16th
7:00 - 8:30
Breakfast Buffet
Room: 27 Palms Fire Pit
Session 7
#7.1
8:30-9:20
Teach Smarter: A Sustainable Teaching Cycle
Tracie Miller & Stephanie Poindexter
Room: Royal Palm 1 · cap 50
Accounting - 1.0
#7.2
8:30-9:20
Teaching Taxes Through Service Learning
Eduardo Rivas
Room: Pomelo · cap 25
Taxes -1.0
#7.3
8:30-9:20
AI Enabled Teaching that Sustains Educators
Heaven Warner
Room: Royal Palm 3 · cap 50
Information Technology - 1.0 AI
#7.4
8:30-9:20
TACTYC Talks:
Moderator: Lori Hatchell
Room: Clemen-tine · cap 30
Accounting - 1.0
10 Analytics/AI Labs in 10 Minutes for Intro
Vernon Richardson
Task Based Simulation - Itemized Deductions
Suzanne Youngberg
TBD
#7.5
8:30-9:20
Good Thinkin'! The HEART of Ethical Reasoning
Jerrilyn Eisenhauer
Room: Royal Palm 2 · cap 50
Behavioral Ethics - 1.0
Session 8
#8.1
9:30-10:20
Excel Lookups and Pivot Tables for Accounting
Debby Bloom
Room: Royal Palm 1 · cap 50
Accounting - 1.0
#8.2
9:30-10:20
ACAT Credentials to Empower Community Colleges
Wilfredo Moran & Eddie Garcia
Room: Clemen-tine · cap 30
Accounting - 1.0
#8.3
9:30-10:20
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Cathy Scott & Connie Belden
Room: Pomelo · cap 25
Information Technology - 1.0 AI
#8.4
9:30-10:20
Leverage AI to Teach Smarter, Not Harder
Kwohn Whitaker
Room: Royal Palm 3 · cap 50
Information Technology - 1.0
#8.5
9:30-10:20
Build Your Own AI Bot - No Coding, No Cost
DeAnna Martin
Room: Royal Palm 2 · cap 50
Information Technology - 1.0
Session 9
#9.1
10:30-11:20
Best Practices in Online Content Delivery
Jason Hamlin
Room: Royal Palm 1 · cap 50
Behavioral Ethics - 1.0
#9.2
10:30-11:20
Boost Retention and Capacity via Course Setup
John Mayes & Susan Eason
Room: Clemen-tine · cap 30
Accounting - 1.0
#9.3
10:30-11:20
AI Driven Engagement in Accounting
Reynaldo Jasso
Room: Pomelo · cap 25
Information Technology - 1.0 AI
#9.4
10:30-11:20
Following the Money: Inspiring Future Accountants
Annette Hoelzer
Room: Royal Palm 2 · cap 50
Accounting - 1.0
#9.5
10:30-11:20
Does Virtual Exam Proctoring Work?
Martin Blaine
Room: Royal Palm 3 · cap 50
Accounting - 1.0
11:30a -12p
Raffles, Rewards and Wrap-Up
Tracie, Larrie & Roshelle (TACTYC)
Room: Majestic Palm Ballroom · cap 625
Questions about the program?
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