ACC Tennessee Half Day MBA Program

 Join ACC Tennessee for its flagship
MBA in a Half Day CLE Program

Agenda

12:30 - 1:00 PM Central
Check In & Box Lunch Pickup

1:00-4:00 PM Central
Session I
Financial Literacy: Learning to Speak the Language of the Finance Team
Panelists: Dr. Marilyn Young (Belmont Professor of Accounting) and Alexa Karpinski, CPA (VP of Accounting and Financial Systems for CHS)
Learn from our panelists on how financial reporting and legal considerations shape corporate disclosures, with a focus on the opportunities for collaboration between the financial reporting team and in-house counsel

Session II
AI on the Business Side
Panelists: Dr. Catherine Bass (Director of Belmont Data & AI Collaborative), Jesse Blocher (Vanderbilt Professor of the Practice of Data Science and Finance), Kyle Turner (Vanderbilt School of Law Assistant Director of Emerging Technologies and Digital Initiatives), and Lisa Gibson (LP Corp Senior Corporate Counsel - Technology & Privacy)
Are you curious (and you should be) about how the business side of your company is using and planning to use AI tools? Each of our panelists is well versed in what's going on and where businesses are headed in the AI Age.

Session III
The Lifecycle of a Company – Legal Risk, Capital, and Conflicts at Every Stage

Panelists: Shane Mulrooney (Founder & GC, NewEra ADR) and Timothy Van Hal (Partner, Barnes & Thornburg)
Join us for a panel with real world experience on navigating how legal risk, capital, governance, and conflicts of interest evolve over a company’s lifecycle, from formation through exit.

4:30-6:00 PM Central
Networking & Social Hour

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2.0 General and 1.0 Dual
CLE Hours in Tennessee (Pending Approval)

All in house counsel welcome
Free for Members
$65 for Non Members

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Thank you to
Gold Sponsor Barnes & Thornburg
for contributing their space and
joining ACC Tennessee for the Social Hour.