7:30-8:30 Registration
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:30-9:30

Topic: Construction
(Architects, Electrical, Commercial & Residential Builders, GC’s)
Location: Hillsboro Room                     Moderator: Louis Gutberlet, CPA
                                         Panelists: (
Sunburst Software, InfoPlus, Quotewerks)
Description:
Join us for an exploration of how these applications maintain field and operational data such as: project planning and employee scheduling, job-costing, estimates and robust construction reports, all while actively synchronizing financial data with QuickBooks.


Topic: Manufacturing
Location: Salon IV                              Moderator: David Enix     
                                      Panelists: (AllOrders, AdvancePro, Acctivate)    Description:
Discover how these applications track planning and scheduling of inventory production, material requirements, bin, serial and lot information, kitting and/or assemblies, multi-locations, LIFO and/or FIFO Inventory Reporting, bar-coding (and more) while keeping QuickBooks financials up-to-date.

Exhibits
Location: Salon I-III

10:00-11:00 Topic: Specialty Contractors & Trade Professionals
(Carpentry, HVAC, Landscapers, Plumbers, Roofing, etc.)
Location: Hillsboro Room                     Moderator: Stacy Y. Patrick CPA
                                               Panelists: (ESC, Hindsite, )
Description:
Observe how these applications handle estimates, track field technicians, automate service and contract billing, improve crew dispatching, scheduling and productivity, generate job-cost reports, maintain inventory and report back to QuickBooks.

Topic: Wholesale and Distribution
Location: Salon IV                             Moderator: Julie Wallace     
                                               Panelists: (
AdvancePro, AllOrders, ACCTivate) Description:
Explore how robust inventory and order management applications track multi-locations, bin, serial and lot information, LIFO and/or FIFO Reporting, bar-coding (and more) while keeping QuickBooks inventory and financial information up-to-date and current.

Exhibits
Location: Salon I-III
11:30-12:30 Topic: Professional Services
(Accountants, Engineers, Lawyers, Prof. Consultants, etc.)
Location: Hillsboro Room                     Moderator: Mike Crosa
                                              Panelists: (
BigTime )
Description:
Join us for a discussion will review how scheduling and appointment applications integrate time and expense tracking, invoicing for multiple billing rates, service and contract billing, keeping client history and notes, while keeping QuickBooks Accounts Receivable up-to-date and current.

Topic: Document Management
Location: Salon IV                             Moderator: Peter Budreski    
                                                         Panelists: (
CabinetNG, SmartVault)     Description:
Explore ways of tracking and storing electronic documents and/or images of paper documents. Learn about comprehensive solutions that address the following: Location/storage, Filing, Retrieval, Security, Disaster Recovery, Retention Period, Archiving, Distribution, Work-flow, Creation and Authentication.

Exhibits
Location: Salon I-III
12:30-2:00 Private Networking Luncheon
Location: Hibiscus Room
2:30-3:30 Topic: Customer Relationship Management
Location: Hillsboro Room                     Moderator: Stacy Y. Patrick CPA
                                                   Panelists: (
LeGrandCRM, Approved Assoc. )
Description:
Track customer information such as sales, marketing, customer service and details on other contacts. Implement a system designed to improve services provided directly to customers and to use the information in the system for targeted marketing and sales purposes.

Topic: E-Commerce and Point-of-Sale
Location: Salon IV                           Moderator: Roxanne Browne     
                                                       Panelists: (PDG, Retail Pro)
Description
:
Learn ways to synchronize internet-based sales, inventory, or shopping-cart activity with QuickBooks. Offer your customers order-tracking, on-hand quantities, and more.

Exhibits
Location: Salon I-III

4:00-5:00 Topic: Advanced Reporting
Location: Hillsboro Room   Moderator: Mario Nowogrodzki, CPA, CITP      
Description:
If your trying to combine financial reports from multiple companies, or export to excel, there are easier alternatives that you should know about.

Topic: What's New in QuickBooks Enterprise 2009
Location: Salon IV                        Moderator: Julie Wallace

Description:
Intuit (the makers of QuickBooks) have unveiled their offerings for "Software as a Service" (SaaS). In this session, you will get a sneak-peak at what's being offered, as well as other nifty features.

Exhibits
Location: Salon I-III

5:30-6:30 Topic: Sharing and Networking QuickBooks Files
Location: Hillsboro Room      Moderator: Mario Nowogrodzki, CPA, CITP
                                            Panelists: (
MB )
Description:
Learn "Best" strategies for Sharing QuickBooks, including advantages/disadvantages of Remote Access, Terminal Services, and QuickBooks Database Server Manager.

Exhibits
Location: Salon I-III