Last Thursday, on March 5, we held the biggest financial conference at Microsoft Canada HQ, Financial Process Automation Conference (FPAC). FPAC is an exclusive conference organized for Canadian accounting and finance departments to look at how they can automate their processes through advanced software.

About 250 people gathered at Microsoft Canada HQ on a beautiful sunny day in Toronto for FPAC 2020 and to learn about new technologies in finance, business and accounting.

FPAC 2020

FPAC 2020 Exhibitors 

11 exhibitors participated in the Financial Process Automation Conference (FPAC) 2020.

FPAC 2020 Exhibitors

FPAC 2020 had a jam-packed event agenda with 15 back to back presentations.

Sequence Company Name  Topic  Presenter
1 VOX ISM Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central – Financials David Cameron
2 Microsoft Financial Process Automation Tools Mike Fontaine
3 k-eCommerce E-Commerce Solutions Rob Cook
4 DynamicPoint AP automation (Portals) Mike Marcin
5 DiCentral EDI Solutions Billy Ray
6 FreePoint Technologies Machine Integration Al MacKinnon
7 Shoplogix Machine Integration Nick Marchioli
8 Axiom IT Security in 2020 Jason Marilla
9 VOX ISM Cyber Security Trevor Reid
10 Prophix Budgeting Jamie Leveridge
11 Workplace Medical Controlling the costs of Absenteesim – The CFO Perspective Bill Shapiro
12 VOX ISM Reducing the cost, time, and risk on your implmentation Mike Fontaine
13 VOX ISM Tips, Tricks, & Tools (TTT) from a real- life controller that makes my life easier today David Cameron
14 APMA O-AMP Funding Update Gian Paolo Vescio
15 NGEN Super Cluster Funding Christy Michalak

Event Recap Pictures

FPAC 2020 Prep
Microsoft Canada HQ, Mississauga: T Minus 2 Hours.
FPAC 2020 Exhibitors
FPAC 2020 Exhibitors' Group: T Minus 1 Hour.
Full house at Microsoft Canada HQ for FPAC 2020
Full house at Microsoft Canada HQ for FPAC 2020
VOX ISM's President Jim Heaton at FPAC 2020
VOX ISM's President, Jim Heaton, kicked off FPAC 2020 by welcoming everyone and introducing the VOX ISM Team.
VOX ISM's Financial Consultant, David Cameron at FPAC 2020
VOX ISM's Financial Consultant, David Cameron presented the latest financial software by Microsoft - Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Microsoft Solution Expert, Mike Fontaine, presenting the latest financial process automation tools from Microsoft at FPAC 2020
Microsoft Solution Expert, Mike Fontaine, presented the latest financial process automation tools from Microsoft at FPAC 2020.
Rob Cook, Business Development Manager, k-eCommerce, at FPAC 2020
Rob Cook, Business Development Manager, k-eCommerce, presented the key things every B2B e-commerce company needs to be successful.
Mike Marcin, DynamicPoint's Business Development Director at FPAC 2020
Mike Marcin, DynamicPoint's Business Development Director, presented DynamicsPoint EasyAP365 for Invoice Automation.
FPAC 2020
DiCentral's Director of Sales, Billy Ray, presented on their DiAutomotive and Manufacturing solution via WebEx.
Alan (Al) Mackinnon, Director of Sales, FreePoint Technologies at FPAC 2020
Alan (Al) Mackinnon, Director of Sales, FreePoint Technologies, presented on how to leverage IoT for productivity gain and quick ROI.
Nick Marchioli, Shoplogix's VP of Sales at FPAC 2020
Nick Marchioli, Shoplogix's VP of Sales, presented on Smart Factory Solutions - Financial Impact of IoT.
Jason Marilla, Axiom's Managing Director at FPAC 2020
Jason Marilla, Axiom's Managing Director, presented security threats that businesses should watch out for in 2020.
Trevor Reid, VOX ISM's Senior Technology Consultant at FPAC 2020
Trevor Reid, VOX ISM's Senior Technology Consultant, presented ten things that businesses can do to prevent cyber-attacks.
Jamie Leveridge, Partner Business Development Manager at Prophix at FPAC 2020
Jamie Leveridge, Partner Business Development Manager at Prophix, presented their planning and budgeting solution.
Bill Shapiro, Workplace Medical Corp's President and CEO at FPAC 2020
Bill Shapiro, Workplace Medical Corp's President and CEO, presented a CFO perspective on absenteeism in the workplace. Workplace Medical Corp is Microsoft's and VOX ISM's customer for the last five years using Microsoft Dynamics 365 - ERP, CRM and Office 365.
Mike Fontaine at FPAC 2020
Mike Fontaine came back for his second round of presentation to demonstrate VOX ISM's Manufacturing App, which currently ranks at Number 1 on Microsoft AppSource. He later also presented on the three tech trends to look out for in 2020.
APMA's Gian Paolo Vescio at FPAC 2020
APMA's Gian Paolo Vescio presented the latest updates on The Ontario Automotive Modernization Program (O-AMP).
NGen's Senior Technology Manager, Christy Michalak at FPAC 2020
NGen's Senior Technology Manager, Christy Michalak, presented their Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster Funding program.

Vendor Expo Snapshots

VOX ISM would like to thank all who participated in the Financial Process Automation Conference (FPAC 2020). By all accounts, it was a successful event.

A big thank you to all our exhibitors for the outstanding presentations.

Last but not least, the attendees. Thank you all for coming to Microsoft Canada HQ and participating in FPAC 2020.

Missed the event?

No worries! Join our FPAC 2020 conference recap webinar on Thursday, March 12 at 2:30 PM (ET).

FPAC 2020 Recap