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Overview

Agenda Overview


Highlights

Conference Sessions
In addition to the general session keynotes from Intacct executives, Advantage 2008 features several concurrent training classes and track sessions throughout each day to help you get the most from your Intacct implementation. Here is a look at the various tracks:

Hands-On Training
Have you ever thought, "How do I …?" The sessions in the Hands-On Training Track will answer just that! Bring your own laptop and take advantage of our hands-on training sessions to hone your skills on key Intacct product features and other financial management tasks

Product Innovation
Drill down on the specifics of deploying and configuring Intacct financial management solutions in this track. Learn the fine points of implementing and adapting the software to fit your business needs, such as the creative use of custom fields and rules, the application of multi-currency features and developing advanced reporting options. Intacct product experts, customers and partners will share the innovative ways they have deployed Intacct.

Client Success
Learn how your peers are leveraging Intacct to tackle critical business management goals like improving productivity, successfully managing multiple entities and streamlining the lead-to-cash process, by attending sessions in the Client Success Track. These sessions are a great opportunity to network with peers and bring home tangible knowledge to drive your use of Intacct and improve your business results.

CPE Credits
Advantage 2008 attendees can earn CPE credits through the keynote sessions, the hands-on training classes, and some of the track sessions.

Ask Intacct
Throughout the Conference, Intacct experts will be available to meet with you 1:1 to answer your specific Intacct deployment, technical and product questions. You'll be able to book 1/2-hour time slots with implementation consultants and product engineers at the Conference on a first-come, first-booked basis.

Solutions Showcase
This year’s Solutions Showcase will feature numerous innovative ways to leverage and extend your Intacct implementation. Don't miss this opportunity to meet with Intacct’s top solution providers as they highlight the applications they've developed to help you succeed with Intacct and your business.

Advantage 2008 Special Events and Activities

Big Wave Golf Tournament
Join Intacct's CEO Mike Braun, other Intacct executives, and fellow conference attendees for a special day on the golf links on Monday, September 15. Please visit the Golf Tournament page for all the details. (Note: There is a separate fee to participate in the tournament.)

Intacct Luau Welcome Reception
The Conference kicks off with a festive luau. Held in the Courtyard and Solutions Showcase area, our opening night Welcome Reception will be a great opportunity for you to network with fellow attendees while perusing the exhibits.

Surfin’ Safari Conference Party
The fun continues on Tuesday night with our Surfin’ Safari Conference Party. Join the Intacct gang to hang ten and let loose with your fellow conference attendees. This will be one party you don’t want to miss.

Partner Summit
Following the User Conference, Intacct will hold a special Partner Summit on September 17-18. This is a partner-only event featuring Intacct executives sharing additional information on company and product direction, along with a variety of additional track sessions on best practices in selling and implementing Intacct. This is unique opportunity to gain additional knowledge and tools to succeed as an Intacct partner. Visit the Partner Summit page for the full details and agenda.

Detailed Schedule

For the description of each session below, please visit our Sessions page.

Monday, September 15

7:30am to 4:30pm Big Wave Golf Tournament
11:00am to 7:00pm Registration Open
1:00pm to 5:00pm Ask Intacct Meetings Available
1:00pm to 2:45pm Pre-Conference Hands-On Training Sessions:
           • Intacct Insight™ - Financial Reporting and Analysis
           
• Intacct 101
2:45pm to 3:15pm  Break and Refreshments
3:15pm to 5:00pm  Pre-Conference Hands-On Training Sessions:
           • Intacct Insight™ - Dashboards
 
          • Managing Multiple Business Entities and Currencies
5:30pm to 8:00pm Intacct Luau Welcome Reception and Solutions Showcase

Tuesday, September 16

7:00am to 7:00pm Registration Open
7:00am to 8:00am  Breakfast and Solutions Showcase
8:00am to 9:45am Opening General Session Keynotes:
           • Intacct – Ride the Wave
           • Panel: SaaS and the Accounting Profession
           • Leveraging the Intacct Ecosystem
9:45am to 10:15am Break and Refreshments
10:00am to 12:00pm Ask Intacct Meetings Available
10:15am to 12:00pm Hands-On Training Sessions:
           • Intacct Insight™ - Financial Reporting and Analysis
           • Intacct 101
10:15am to 11:00am Track Sessions:
           • Product Innovation: Automating Payments with Intacct and Wells Fargo
           • Client Success: Best Practices for SaaS Companies
11:15am to 12:00pm Track Sessions:
           • Product Innovation: Intacct’s SOA, Web and XML Services
  
         
Client Success: Best Practices for Services Companies
12:00pm to 1:45pm Lunch and Solutions Showcase
1:00pm to 3:30pm Ask Intacct Meetings Available
1:45pm to 3:30pm Hands-On Training Sessions:
           • Graduating from QuickBooks to Intacct
           • Intacct Revenue and Contract Management
1:45pm to 2:30pm 

Track Sessions:
           • Product Innovation: Payment Gateways
           
Client Success: Better Reporting for Better Decisions

2:45pm to 3:30pm Track Sessions:
           • Product Innovation: What’s Coming in Order Management and Purchasing
 
          • Client Success: Optimizing the Lead to Provisioning and Renewals Process
3:30pm to 4:00pm Break and Refreshments
4:00pm to 5:30pm  Afternoon General Session Keynotes:
           • Intacct Support
           • Intacct Innovation

           • Executive Q&A Panel
5:30pm to 7:30pm  Solutions Showcase
6:30pm to 10:00pm Surfin’ Safari Conference Party

Wednesday, September 17

7:00am to 4:00pm Registration Open
7:00am to 8:00am Breakfast and Solutions Showcase
8:00am to 12:00pm Ask Intacct Meetings Available
8:00am to 9:45am Hands-On Training Sessions:
           • Integrating Intacct and Salesforce
           
Managing Multiple Business Entities and Currencies
8:00am to 8:45am Track Sessions:
           • Product Innovation: Making Intacct More Accessible
           • Client Success: Virtual IT: 100% SaaS and Open Source
9:00am to 9:45am Track Sessions:
           • Product Innovation: Inventory Management
           • Client Success: Improving Financial Visibility
9:45am to 10:15am  Break and Refreshments
10:15am to 12:00pm Hands-On Training Sessions:
           • Leveraging AvaTax for Intacct
           • Client Success: Best Practices for Software Companies
10:15am to 11:00am Track Sessions:
           • Product Innovation: Streamlining the Billing Process
           • Client Success: Best Practices for Software Companies
11:15am to 12:00pm Track Sessions:
           • Product Innovation: Global Business Management and ATLAS Preview
           • Client Success: Integrating Intacct with Other Business Applications
12:00pm to 1:15pm  Lunch and Solutions Showcase
1:00pm to 3:00pm Ask Intacct Meetings Available
1:15pm to 3:00pm Hands-On Training Sessions:
           • Intacct Revenue and Contract Management
           • Customizing Intacct
1:15pm to 2:00pm Track Sessions:
           • Product Innovation: Tips and Tricks – Optimizing Your Use of Intacct
           • Client Success: Automated Sales Tax Management
2:15pm to 3:00pm Track Sessions:
           • Product Innovation: Intacct Insight – Reporting and Dashboards
           •Client Success: Global Business Management and Consolidations