QuickBooks Connect Toronto 2019 | Intuit Inc. | 9 December 2019 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2W6, Canada

Learn Without Limits

Invest in your tomorrow. Gain knowledge, skills, and insights you can apply to your business right away.

Sharpen skills you’ll use every day - Dive deep into topics that matter most to you with specialized interactive workshops and small group sessions led by experts and fellow business owners. Network with attendees at meetups, and check out QuickBooks innovations in action.

Smarter tools to help you grow - Up your efficiency game by getting the most out of your QuickBooks products and grow your business. Explore cutting-edge 3rd party apps, check out demos at the QuickBooks booth, and get a first look at new product features on the main stage.

Get personalized help for your business - Connect with expert consultants and the QuickBooks support team. Participate in panel discussions and curated meet-ups.
NEW this year – Book Braindates with fellow attendees to learn from your peers.

Inspiring success stories -Success always comes with a story—and the lessons learned along the way can inspire us all. Our main stage speakers will energize and delight as they share personal tales of motivation, adversity, and success.

Who attends and why?
Learn and grow at this exciting event designed to help you take your business to the next level.
• Small Businesses: Get growing
• Self-Employed: Get connected
• Accounting Professionals: Get inspired
• Developers: Get discovered

2019 Speakers

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Chris Hadfield
Astronaut

Marci Ien
Co-Host, The Social

Michael McQueen
Trend Forecaster and Author

Jade Simmons
Rockstar Concert Pianist

Matt Basile
Founder, Fidel Gastro’s

Ariege Misherghi
Accountant Leader, Intuit QuickBooks

Dominic Allon
SVP International, Intuit QuickBooks

Melika Hope, CPA, CA
Head of Product, QuickBooks Canada

BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS:

Asma Ahmed
Founder & Principal, Soapbox Presentations

Juliet Aurora
CEO, Kninja Knetwork

Martha Banner, CPA
National Manager, Cloud Practice Development, Grant Thornton LLP

Jag Bath
Cloud Partner, CapexCPA.com

Jennifer Bauldic
President, Jetstream Administration Inc.

Erin Bury
Co-founder & CEO, Willful

Sean Bush, MBA
Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Intuit

Lavesh Chattlani
Strategic Engagement Manager, Intuit

Brian Clare, CPA, CMA, MBA
Partner, Blueprint Accounting, Inc.

Kevin Clark
President & Co-Founder, Lendified

Michael Di Lauro, CPA, CMA
Accountant, Trainer and Writer, Michael Di Lauro

Gisèle Doucet
Owner & CFO, The Art of Accounting

Sean Duffy, CPA, CMA
Partner, Blueprint Accounting

Ricky Duquette
Vice President, Rickyel solution de gestion

Ashleigh Frankel
Co-Founder, The WiseMind Co.

Tania Franolic
Service Delivery Manager, QuickBooks Online – Accountant Division, Intuit Canada

Esther Friedberg Karp, MBA, CPB
President & CEO, EFK CompuBooks Inc.

Jayson Gaignard
Founder and Head Curator, MMT and Host of the Community Made Podcast

Laura Gay, CPA, CA
Partner, Stern Cohen LLP

Damien Greathead
VP - Global Accountants' Programs, Receipt Bank

Jason Hastie
CEO, TenjaGo

Suzanne Haynes
Owner, Bookkeeping Solutions

Ingrid Himmelman
Senior Manager, Deloitte Canada

Darian Kovacs
Founder, Jelly Marketing

Dawne Leaney-Davidson
Vice President, Marabirch Inc.

Steve Loates
Co-Founder, Kninja Knetwork

Tania Madarasz
Success Partner, LeadingLedgers Inc.

Roberto Martinez, MBA
Founder, CEO Google Trainer and Digital Coach, Braven Agency

Bogdan Masala
Regional Leader – Western Canada, Intuit

Misty Megia
Global Head of ProAdvisor Program and Education Strategy, Intuit

Barclay Moran
Solutions Architect, Intuit

Carrie Mulrooney, CB, CPB
Owner, GnarlyBooks.ca Incorporated

Kellie Parks, CPB
Cloud Accounting Aficionado, Calmwaters Cloud Accounting

Cato Pastoll
CEO & Co-Founder, Lending Loop

Helina Patience, CPA, CMA, B.Ed, BA
CEO, Entreflow Consulting Group

Guy Pearson
CEO & Founder, Interactive Accounting, Practice Ignition

Victoria Peters
COO, Envolta

Mike Potter
CEO, Rewind

Teresa Slack
CEO, Financly Bookkeeping Solutions

Tiffany Stewart
President, Marabirch Inc.

Janeen Stodulski
Partner, MNP LLP

Marnie Stretch
Owner, Accounting Loft

Dianna Thorne, CPA, CA
President, Targeted Accounting Professional Corporation

Steve Uster, MBA
Co-Founder & CEO, FundThrough

Steven Van Alstine, CPM, CAE
Vice President, Education for the Canadian Payroll Association

Andrew Wall, CPA, CMA
CEO & Founder, CPA4IT

Bob Wang
Senior Advisor, Deloitte

Susan Watkin
Principal, Watkin Business Advisory & Education

Tanis Young, CFP, CPB
Founder, Maven Bookkeeping Inc.

2019 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Practice Ignition
• ReceiptBank
• TSheets
• Wagepoint

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Fathom
• Fujitsu
• Plooto
• SOS
• Telus Business
• Zoho Expense

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• A2X
• Aero
• Artiffex
• AutEntry
• CPA|ACP
• Clover
• DocuSign
• FundThrough
• Helm
• IPBC
• Knit
• Knowify
• Lending Loop
• Lightspeed
• Method:CRM
• Paragon
• PaymentEvolution
• PayPie
• PaySimply
• QX Accounting Services
• Rewind
• Spotlight Reporting
• Trade Gecko
• TradoGram

SPECIAL SPONSORS:
• Avalara
• Ceridian
• Practice Ignition
• Remitr
• SOS
• Telus Business
• TSheets