"I'm out, but supporting them, speaking at conference and consulting with vendors," he wrote in an email in response to inquiry about the conference. He said he is taking a sabbatical before moving on to his next endeavor. The Sleeter Group was purchased last year by Diversified Communications which later purchased Accountex, a conference and trade show company based in the United Kingdom. Accountex will be held from November 15 through 16 at the Mirage Las Vegas, the usual city in the timeslot normally held by Sleeter for the accounting profession.
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You have to give the sponsors of Accountex USA, the conference that was known as SleeterCon credit for creativity in writing press releases. The February 23 release that says Doug Sleeter will keynote the event and ooze praise with phrases such as "Highly sought after for his ability to engage and educate accounting professionals on modern developments ..." His own description about his status with the company however, was a bit different.
