The Summit Has ArrivedFor accounting firm executives with one agenda
Nov 2–4, 2026
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
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Numbers75,000 firms. One deadline. Two doors.
- Weeks
- Days
- Hours
- Mins
A complete playbook on what you know, and three days in the room that changes who you know
The Summit is an intense three days. See what is included in your pass.
Hotel
- Two night accommodations at Mandalay Bay
Summit Sessions
- Opening keynote
- Nine working sessions
- Executive round table
- Office hours
Summit Events
- Dinner and reception
- Executive dinner
- Fireside conversation
Food
- Breakfast both mornings
- Lunch
- Dinner each evening
A table, not an audience
Strength in Numbers is how you finally capture the value you created. With the accountants, not the fund managers.
When the guest list is built entirely from decision makers, the conversations start at the level most events never reach.
*Limited to two executives per firm.
Three days, built to a rhythm
Full breakdown and action plan for Strength in Numbers.
- 1:00 PMRegistration and ArrivalArrival at Mandalay Bay, hotel check in and Summit registration.
- 4:00 PMEvent OpeningThe room meets for the first time, in Banyan Room A.
- 5:00 PMOpening KeynoteSteven Gelley opens the Summit.
- 6:00 PMDinner and ReceptionTwo and a half hours in Banyan Room B. The evening is free after.
- 8:00 AMBreakfastBanyan Room A, before the first session of the day.
- 9:00 AMStrength in Numbers, then The PE PlaybookTwo hours with Steven Gelley on what the numbers are worth and who is buying them.
- 11:15 AMThe CAC Valuation Is ComingThe morning closes on what acquisition cost does to a valuation. Lunch follows at Border Grill.
- 2:30 PMHuman Constraints at ScaleThe afternoon session, in the Executive Suite.
- 7:30 PMDinner, then two evening sessionsThe SaaS Comparison and How a C-Corp Accounting Firm Looks, both with Steven Gelley.
- 8:00 AMBreakfast and Round TableThe previous day reopened with the whole room in it.
- 9:00 AMLet’s Do the MathSteven Gelley runs the numbers. Hotel checkout follows at 10:20.
- 11:00 AMOffice HoursTechnology, M&A or Strength in Numbers, with Elena Gonci and Steven Gelley.
- 1:00 PMThe Summit concludesAfter office hours close.
The next chapter of this profession gets written by the people in the room
Consolidation is reshaping how accounting firms grow, merge, and thrive. Bring your questions to roundtables and fireside chats with peers who are making the same decisions, and leave with a clearer view of your own path forward.
A copy with every pass
Included in the price. Nobody arrives without one.
Sent when you register
So the room opens on chapter one instead of chapter zero.
Signed at check in
By the author, who opens the Summit the same evening.
Every hour has a title
Three days of working sessions, run in one room so nobody is choosing between tracks. Every executive in the building is in every session.
- Monday
Opening Keynote
Steven Gelley
- Tuesday
Strength in Numbers
Steven Gelley
- Tuesday
The PE Playbook
Steven Gelley
- Tuesday
The CAC Valuation Is Coming
Speaker to be announced
- Tuesday
Human Constraints at Scale
Speaker to be announced
- Tuesday
The SaaS Comparison
Steven Gelley
- Tuesday
How a C-Corp Accounting Firm Looks
Steven Gelley
- Wednesday
Round Table on Day One
Steven Gelley
- Wednesday
Let’s Do the Math
Steven Gelley
- Wednesday
Office Hours: Technology, M&A or Strength in Numbers
Elena Gonci and Steven Gelley
Two doors. Most owners only have one
Seventy five thousand firms are arriving at the same deadline. Three days that set up the next thirty years.
Forty eight seats, two per firm. Bring the executive who will act on what they hear.
Seats close when the room is full.