Special Accounting Major presentation on a career in accounting and the job outlook for becoming a CPA. This special session was in conjunction with the NABA Baltimore Chapter and the Tomorrow's CPA student group of MACPA. This session featured six universities in Maryland - Towson University (host), Morgan, UMUC, University of Baltimore, Stevenson University, and University of Maryland. MACPA CEO Tom Hood, voted second most influential leader in the CPA Profession in Accounting Today’s 2013 list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting (his ninth time on the list) sees five fundamental shifts facing accounting now – Leadership, Learning, Technology, Generations and Workplace. In a world of rapid change and increasing complexity, the winners will be those individuals and organizations who can keep their L>C², their rate of learning must be greater than the rate of change and greater than their competition. Tom’s updates are always popular for CPAs and include the latest trends and issues the profession is facing locally, nationally, and globally.