We’re excited to officially open the Call for Speakers for PEAK 2026, the Colorado Accounting & Finance Summit. After a strong inaugural year, PEAK returns for its second annual event, and we’re looking for speakers who are ready to deliver meaningful, practical content to Colorado’s accounting and finance community.

Target Dates: November 11–12, 2026 (Dates will be confirmed in mid-February.)

PEAK is designed to go beyond theory. Our audience is looking for hands-on learning, real-world examples, and practical takeaways they can put to work immediately, not abstract ideas that stay on the slide deck.

Who Attends PEAK

PEAK attracts a diverse mix of accounting and finance professionals, including:

• Consultants (Tax, technology, advisory, etc.) 
• Solo practitioners
• Small and mid-sized firm professionals (tax, audit, consulting)
• Business and industry accountants (CFOs, controllers, etc)
• Firm leaders and managers

What We’re Looking For

We are seeking session proposals that are:

• Actionable and implementation-focused, with clear takeaways
• Interactive and hands-on when possible (case studies, demos, exercises, or facilitated discussion)
• Relevant to today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities

Topics may include (but are not limited to):

• Tax updates, planning strategies, and compliance challenges
• Practice management and firm operations
• Leadership, talent development, and workforce issues
• Technology, automation, AI, and cybersecurity
• Standards, trends and other issues impacting professionals working in business and industry.

If attendees leave your session with a checklist, tool, framework, workflow, or a clearer path forward then you’re speaking our language.

New and Veteran Speakers Welcome

Whether you’re a seasoned presenter or a first-time speaker with strong real-world experience, PEAK welcomes proposals from both. We value substance over polish and are especially interested in speakers who can translate experience into usable insight.

Submit Your Proposal

Speaker proposals are due by March 1, 2026 at 11:59 pm MT.

Selected speakers will be part of building a practical, high-quality professional development experience for Colorado’s accounting and finance community.

Learn more and submit your proposal:
https://cocpa.org/peak-the-colorado-and-finance-summit/peak-call-for-speakers