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ExpensiCon, the World's Only Accounting and Fintech Festival Hosted by Expensify, Is Back in Italy For 2023
The invite-only, all-expenses-paid event at Borgo Egnazia in Puglia will bring together 100 of the top accounting firms and fintech players from around the
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nThe invite-only, all-expenses-paid event at Borgo Egnazia in Puglia will bring together 100 of the top accounting firms and fintech players from around the globe to kickstart the creation of an industry-changing community \n\n PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nExpensify, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXFY), a payments superapp that helps individuals and businesses around the world simplify the way they manage money across expenses, corporate cards and bills, today announced the return of ExpensiCon on May 18-22, 2023, in Puglia, Italy. An exclusive group of world-class accountants and fintech titans are invited to the Italian countryside for five days of community building, thought leadership, networking, roundtable sessions, and surprise events amongst the olive groves. Previous ExpensiCons in Bora Bora and Maui included attendees from PwC, Deloitte, BDO, CLA, Baker Tilly, and EisnerAmper, as well as fireside chats with Travis Kalanick of Uber, Zach Nelson of NetSuite, and Rod Drury of Xero.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220725005172/en/\n\"ExpensiCon is how we share our motto 'Live Rich, Have Fun, and Save The World' with our top partners and industry thought leaders to build a new type of community that’s laser focused on the future,” says David Barrett, founder and CEO of Expensify. “And what better place to kick things off than a five-star luxury retreat, worlds away from the distractions of everyday life? It’s the perfect environment to grow productive relationships with the most brilliant minds, and focus on solving the industry’s most pressing problems.”\n\nThe event will include a mix of keynotes, roundtable discussions, fireside chats, 1-on-1 networking opportunities and strategy sessions, and VIP events. In addition, attendees and their guests will also experience the beauty of Puglia on curated relationship-building excursions throughout the region that feature pasta making, wine tasting, yacht tours, and more.\n\nFounder & Chief Solutions Officer of QA Business and previous ExpensiCon attendee Clayton Oates mentions, \"One thing I loved about how Expensify approached ExpensiCon is that they threw out conventional wisdom about events. Rather than throwing a large-scale, content-rich event focused on short-term impact, at a boring convention center, th...