Lisa Ling and Amy Purdy Added to QuickBooks Connect Main Stage Lineup
October 19 2018 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Main Stage and Breakout Session Speakers
Unveiled to Inspire and Delight Attendees
Intuit Inc. today announced the addition of several
entrepreneurs and business leaders including Lisa Ling, Amy Purdy
and Simon Enever to the main stage agenda of QuickBooks® Connect,
scheduled for Nov. 5-7 in San Jose, California. These speakers join
an already impactful lineup of main stage speakers, which includes
Alex Rodriguez and Mindy Kaling, all of which were selected to
inspire and share their entrepreneurial learnings with thousands of
small businesses, self-employed, accountants and developers.
Now in its fifth year, QuickBooks Connect is focused on helping
entrepreneurs, business owners and those who serve them, such as
accountants and developers, realize the potential of their
businesses and dreams. In addition to a jam-packed main stage
lineup, the conference also features breakout sessions where
attendees can dive into tangible lessons and practices that will
help them achieve their goals.
Main Stage Additions
New additions to the main stage lineup include:
- Lisa Ling, Journalist, Television
Presenter & Author: Lisa Ling joins QuickBooks Connect for
the second year in a row as emcee and host to interview speakers
and moderate panels. Lisa is currently the host of “This Is Life
with Lisa Ling” on CNN and is also known for being a prolific
television producer and author.
- Amy Purdy, Paralympic champion,
Best-selling author & Philanthropist: Amy is a professional
snowboarder and three-time Paralympic medalist. She is a New York
Times best-selling author and founder of Adaptive Action Sports, a
non-profit organization that helps those with disabilities get
involved in action sports.
- Simon Enever, Founder & CEO,
quip: Industrial designer and toothbrush innovator Simon Enever
is the CEO and Founder of quip, a Brooklyn based startup focused on
disrupting the oral health industry. His vision helped quip become
an international sensation and was recently awarded Time magazine’s
product of the year.
Inspiring Breakout Session Speakers
In addition to main stage presentations, QuickBooks Connect will
feature breakout sessions throughout the conference, providing
actionable learnings attendees can implement. In fact, 97% of past
QuickBooks Connect attendees said they walked away from the show
with learnings they could immediately apply to their business. This
year’s workshops and breakout sessions are structured to appeal to
the individual audiences that attend the conference:
- Small Business and the
Self-Employed: Connect with business experts for breakout
sessions, group discussions and one-on-one mentoring in topics
including financing, legal compliance, digital content, general
business advice and more. Leading voices from across the country
including Maxie McCoy, Lindsay Williams, Grace Kraaijvanger, Katya
Libin, Nathan Christensen, Paco de Leon and Ramon Ray are just a
sample of the experts who will coach self-employed and small
business attendees.
- Accounting Professionals: Three
days of training courses, sessions and workshops await accounting
professionals looking to grow their practice, gain insight into new
technologies and get actionable learnings to better serve their
small business and self-employed clients. Speakers include Mariette
Martinez, Hector Garcia and more. Attendees will also be able to
earn CPE credits.
- Developers: In-depth sessions
will enable developers to build solutions for today and beyond with
QuickBooks. Sessions include hands-on tutorials and one-on-one
support from the Intuit Developer team that will accelerate app
development and aid those interested in publishing apps on the
QuickBooks App Store. Additionally, for developers, the Intuit
Developer Group is hosting a hackathon scheduled for Nov. 3-4, 2018
at Intuit’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. And finally,
Intuit has opened the Small Business App Showdown where finalists
will get a chance to pitch their app to a panel of judges at
QuickBooks Connect for a chance to win $100,000.*
Registration Details
Main Day Passes are available for $299 and full three-day passes
are available for $599. Three-day passes include CPE credits plus
access to the special accountant-focused days on Nov. 5 and 7. For
additional details and pricing, visit
www.quickbooksconnect.com.
About Intuit
Intuit’s mission is to Power Prosperity Around
the World. Our global products and platforms, including
TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint and Turbo, are
designed to empower consumers, self-employed and small
businesses to improve their financial lives, finding them more
money with the least amount of work, while giving them complete
confidence in their actions and decisions. Our innovative
ecosystem of financial management solutions
serves approximately 50 million customers worldwide,
unleashing the power of many for the prosperity of one. Please
visit us for the latest news and in-depth information about
Intuit and its brands and find us on social.
*See our Official Rules
here: https://intuit.promo.eprize.com/showdown2018/public/fulfillment/rules.pdf.
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