AICPA & CIMA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments 2026

The event takes place at the Washington Hilton.

The listed audience includes regulatory and standard-setting representatives, industry leaders, CPAs at SEC-registered companies, auditors, audit committee members, and key stakeholders.

It is most useful for CPAs at SEC-registered companies, auditors and audit committee members, since the program is an update on reporting and auditing issues for registrants and their auditors, with regulators and standard-setting bodies among those in the room. Accountants at private companies or small practices with no public company clients would get less from it, because the subject matter is regulation of SEC registrants and their audits rather than general accounting practice.

Attendees at SEC and accounting regulatory conferences usually wear business formal or conservative business attire, with suits common among regulators and auditors. Washington in December is cold, so an overcoat is sensible.