2012 Conference Hours: Mon, Jun 4, 8:20am-4:50pm Tue, Jun 5, 8:20am-3pm 2012 Free Show Hours: Mon, Jun 4, 10am-4pm Tue, Jun 5, 10am-4pm

Audience Demographics

2012 California Accounting & Business Show & Conference The 28th annual largest meeting of CPAs in California each year.

The 28th Annual 2012 California Accounting & Business Show, June 4-5, LAX Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, CA assembles 2,000 hard-to-reach CPAs and accounting professionals who influence and purchase a wide range of accounting, business, and financial services.

The Show & Conference is sponsored by the over 30,000 CPA members of the California CPA Society, and is the largest meeting of CPAs in California on an annual basis.

The demographics are 85% Southern California, including Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara, and points South, East and North.

We do have some accounting professionals fly from Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, and Oregon and Washington.

The composition are mainly midsize to smaller CPA practices, with partners and principals in attendance.

There are CPAs who have shifted over into the corporate world and have titles including controller, treasurer, CFO, CEO, president and VP finance. Those represent about 10% of the total attendance.

CPAs play a significant role as financial and business advisors to their client's businesses.

CPAs are the business doctors, and they serve a vital role in the recommendation and acceptance of new products and services for business.