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June 7–9, 2023
White Oaks Resort & Spa

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada

It’s been a few years of virtual conferences, webinars and zoom meetings for everyone in the Spire community. We are pleased to host this year’s Spire Partner Conference in person. We invite Spire Partners to join us for an exclusive partner conference providing value and time well spent.

We have created an all-inclusive package for Spire Partners to make your conference experience pleasant and affordable. The conference agenda we are working on promises to offer technical Spire training, open conversations, round table discussions and shared learning opportunities from our team and your Spire peers.

The entire Spire executive team will be there. We look forward to seeing you and hearing from you directly, learning together and discussing the Spire topics important to you.

Spire Integration Partners will also attend to share their existing and new products developed to enhance your customer’s Spire experience. We have also added several new SIPs in the last couple of years with solutions you may not have seen yet. The Spire channel has grown since we last met in person. We have new Spire Partners doing exceptionally well and bringing unique skills to the community. Seasoned Spire Partners also have extensive valuable knowledge worth sharing amongst peers. New partners possess knowledge of other systems and contemporary skills. Whether you are new to the channel or have been with us since the beginning, this conference has something for you. Most importantly, you will have time to collaborate and share your Spire successes, struggles and strategies with like-minded individuals.

Join us for this one-of-a-kind Spire event because Together, We Succeed.

Wednesday, June 7

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7:00 PM

Spire Partner Sign-In & Welcome Reception

Conference attendees arrive and finally get to meet and reconnect. Come sign in to the conference, pick up your Spire Partner Conference items and enjoy some food and beverages. 

Day 1: Thursday, June 8

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Session(s)/Event(s)

7:00 AM to 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM to 8:45 AM

Housekeeping

Let’s get started. Katie Griffin will take a few minutes to go over what partners can expect over throughout the conference, helpful hotel information, and conference tips to maximize your experience.

8:45 AM to 9:45 AM

Welcome Partners & What’s New at Spire – Al Romeyn
Description coming

9:50 AM to 10:50 AM

Review of recent Spire versions – Warren Flett

Spire Partners will have a chance to review important aspects of the most recent versions of Spire. Warren Flett will look at new features and how to implement them successfully, improvements on known issues, and other key elements Spire partners need to be aware of when planning for upgrades. Q & A to follow.

10:50 AM to 11:00

Coffee Break 

11:00 AM to 12:10 PM

Exhibitor Spotlights – Katie Griffin

Spire Integration Partners each enter the spotlight with Katie Griffin to quickly answer the questions Spire Partners want to know. Learn who they develop for, the challenges they solve and how they help enhance Spire for your clients.

12:10 PM to 1:05 PM

Lunch 

1:05 PM to 2:05PM

Discovery, Data Conversion & Deployment Challenges – Katie Griffin, Rick Notman & Peter Reimer

Spire is no longer just the best solution for BV users. Over the last year, we have seen conversions to Spire from other contemporary and antiquated software. These new opportunities present their own set of challenges, from discovering to demonstrating Spire, converting the data, and finally hitting the launch button. Together Katie Griffin, Peter Reimer and Rick Notman will address some of the challenges that partners brought to our attention and discuss the different ways to manage them. Q & A to follow.

2:10 PM to 3:10 PM
A Business Case: Inventory and Purchase Seasonal Requirements.  Open Q & A – Warren Flett & Rick Notman

It’s more important that ever to maintain appropriate levels of inventory for fulfulling customer sales without delay. In this session, Warren and Rick will highlight a number of Spire features surrounding Purchasing and maintaining Inventory quantities and costs while working through a business case scenario for seasonal inventory requirements. Q & A to follow.

3:10 PM to 3:30 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 PM to 5:00 PM

Partner Mini-Think Tanks

Spire Partners select to participate from 6 different discussion tables. The discussion tables allow partners to share their professional experiences surrounding these topics. The Spire team will participate in as many tables as possible. A different set of 6 topics will be offered the following day.

Spire Partners will share challenges, resources, strategies, solutions, workarounds and more around the following topics:

  • Crystal Reports
  • Email set-up challenges
  • Spire API
  • Dealing with demanding clients
  • Partner tips for managing upgrades
  • Spire UDFs

This is also an opportunity to discuss with our exhibitors how they can help solve some of your client challenges.

6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Partner Reception

Join your Spire people in the beautiful setting of the White Oaks Gardens. Delicious food stations, seating options, a fire pit, irresistible desserts and some light music set the ambiance for quality time with the Spire team and your fellow channel members. Time to relax and mingle after a productive Spire day.

Day 2: Friday, June 9

Time

Session(s)/Event(s)

7:00 AM to 8:50 AM

Breakfast

8:55 AM to 9:55 AM
Planning, Recording and Reconciling the Accounting with open Q & A – Warren Flett & Rick Notman

Two core facets around accounting are planning for the revenue and expenses you expect to incur, and reconciling the activity to your expectations, in addition to recording accounting transactions. In this session, Warren and Rick  focus on Spire accounting modules and the processes and tips that make planning and reconciliation easier to perform, within the General Ledger, Budgets, Accounts Payable and Receivable, and more. Q & A to follow.

9:55 AM to 11:15 AM

Exhibitor Spotlight – Katie Griffin

Spire Integration Partners each enter the spotlight with Katie Griffin to quickly answer the questions Spire Partners want to know. Learn who they develop for, the challenges they solve and how they help enhance Spire for your clients.

11:15 AM to 11:25 AM

Coffee Break

11:25 AM to 12:20 PM

Holistic Sales Processes  with Open Q & A – Warren Flett & Rick Notman

Sales is about more than just taking an order. This session will focus not only on functions within order entry, but also in processes leading up to the sale and also afterwards. This includes other ways to register sales transactions other than one-off manual entry. Q & A to follow.

12:20 PM to 1:10 PM

Lunch 
1:15 PM to 3:05 PM

Partner Mini-Think Tanks

Spire Partners select to participate from 6 different discussion tables. The discussion tables allow partners to share their professional experiences surrounding these topics. The Spire team will participate in as many tables as possible. A different set of 6 topics will be offered the following day.

Spire Partners will share challenges, resources, strategies, solutions, workarounds and more around the following topics:

  • Managing Contacts, Types & Emails
  • Manufacturing/ Production best fits
  • Data Conversions, Imports & Implementations
  • Hardware and Environments
  • Financial Management Focus 
  • Successions & Acquisitions 

This is also an opportunity to discuss with our exhibitors how they can help solve some of your client challenges.

3:05 PM to 3:15 PM

Coffee Break

3:15 PM to 4:30 PM

Partner Open Forum & Ask the Experts
Al Romeyn, Peter Reimer, Matt Kalina, Rick Notman, Katie Griffin

The Spire executive team is available to answer Spire Partner questions you might still have. This expert panel will offer a solution-oriented, open Q & A session.

4:35 PM to 5:35 PM

Wrap Up 

The agenda is subject to change 

Al Romeyn
CEO

Along with his founding partner Peter Reimer, Al Romeyn and his team created Spire accounting software. For almost ten years Al has led the Spire team and together they have grown Spire to where it is today. Al is a father of two and a grandpa of four. When he’s not in the office, you can find Al on the river fishing or riding his motorcycle along the coast.

Peter Reimer
COO

Peter heads the R&D and Tech support at Spire, working hard to support all our Spire community and continuing to improve the software. Peter is a father of three and a Grandpa of one. When he’s not in the office, you can find Peter boating/kayaking on the lake, or working in his garden with his wife Kathryn.

Matt Kalina
Director of Development

Matt Kalina is the Director of Development at Spire. Matt has been with Spire since its inception and is dedicated to leading the development team in continuously improving Spire. Matt is an integral part of the management team at Spire and his contributions to making Spire great extend beyond just the software. When Matt isn’t working, he enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, and squash.

Katie Griffin
Director of Business Development

With over fifteen years of experience in sales, business development, marketing, and client relations in the accounting software field, Katie Griffin joined the Spire team almost two years ago. When Katie isn’t busy with Spire things, she enjoys travelling, spending time with her family and friends, but most of all, playing and training her big dog Hodor!

Rick Notman
Director of Quality Assurance

With over twenty-five years of experience creating, supporting, testing, installing, and extending the functionality of accounting software, Rick’s work is pretty cool. He’s the guy who tries to break Spire every day. Rick is a proud father of two hard-working sons. Rick’s long-term goal is to open a BlockBuster location and run it out of his office.  Yes, all his movies are in a database, sortable by title, category, actor and director.

Warren Flett
Product Information Specialist

Warren Flett joined Spire a year ago, bringing over a quarter of a century of experience in testing, supporting and training partners and clients in accounting software. When Warren isn’t recording the next Spire training video, he is devoted to his wife and pre-teen daughters, training for the next marathon, or playing his bass guitar.

The White Oaks Resort
and Spa boast a fantastic venue for our Spire event. If you have any questions regarding the hotel’s policies, services  or health and safety concerns, please contact them directly at 1-800-263-5766