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Sovos Always On: Pittsburgh

Drop the Puck on Compliance Complexity: a night of hockey and tax at PPG Paints Arena. Join Sovos for an exclusive evening in downtown Pittsburgh with sharp compliance insights, peer conversation and live NHL hockey from a premium suite as the Penguins take on the Utah Mammoth.

  • Thursday 29 October 2026
  • 4:00pm to 9:00pm ET
  • PPG Paints Arena
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About the session

About this session

Get an honest, real-world assessment of what is actually working and what is not as businesses adapt to an AI-driven compliance landscape. Swap winning plays with peers navigating the same pressures as you and walk away with ideas and strategies you can implement immediately.

Then the evening shifts. Make your way to a premium suite and watch the Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Utah Mammoth from the best seats in the house.

What the sessions cover

  • The State of Tax: What's Changed, What's Next. Three shifts, real deadlines, real exposure. From the IRS FIRE-to-IRIS transition, to expanding sales and use tax enforcement, to the accelerating rollout of global e-invoicing mandates, this session breaks down what is changing and what it demands of your business now.
  • Tax Compliance at a Turning Point: AI, Innovation and What's Actually Possible. 86% of tax and finance leaders rank AI as their top priority, yet only 20% feel confident in their ability to adopt it today. Sovos shares its vision for how agentic AI is moving beyond the hype to orchestrate complex, fragmented tax processes, and what that means for the future of the compliance function.
  • Inside Tax Transformation: Customer Fireside Chat. A candid conversation with a tax leader on the front lines of AI adoption: how they think about data access, where their existing processes are breaking down, and what they are doing with AI inside their tax function today.
  • Head to the suite. Food and beverages will be waiting as you settle in and watch warm-ups from the best seats in the arena, then enjoy the game from the comfort of a private suite.

Space is extremely limited. Request your seat today to join Sovos for an evening of compliance conversations and live NHL hockey in downtown Pittsburgh.

What you will take away

  • Know your IRIS exposure before the season hits. The FIRE-to-IRIS transition is mandatory and the technical demands are significant, from new XML schema requirements to TCC transfers. This session cuts through the confusion and tells you exactly where your organization stands.
  • Sales and use tax enforcement is expanding. Shifts in enforcement priorities mean more organizations are facing unexpected exposure. You will get a practical breakdown of where risk is growing and what to do about it.
  • The gap between AI ambition and AI readiness is real, and closeable. Hear Sovos's vision for agentic AI that orchestrates tax processes end to end, not just individual tasks, and what that roadmap looks like for organizations like yours.
  • A real customer. A real story. No slides. The fireside chat format means you will hear directly from a tax leader on the front lines of AI adoption, candid, unscripted and immediately relevant to the decisions you are making right now.
  • Strategy first, then Penguins hockey. Walk into the suite having had the conversations that matter, with the people who matter, then enjoy the game from a premium suite with all food and beverages included.

Speakers

Who you will hear from

Chris Lynch

Chris Lynch

Chief Marketing Officer, Sovos

Chris Lynch, CMO at Sovos, drives revenue growth through standout positioning, brand strategy, and go-to-market leadership, guiding organizations through rapid change, innovation, and transformative compliance challenges.

Kelly Conner

Kelly Conner

Director of Product Marketing, Sovos

Kelly Conner is a product marketing leader at Sovos, helping tax teams modernize workflows, strengthen compliance, and reduce risk through innovative, AI powered technology that drives smarter, more efficient tax operations.

Agenda

How the evening runs

4:00 pmArrival and drinksArrive at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh and connect with fellow tax and finance leaders over drinks before the evening begins.
4:30 pmThe State of Tax: What's Changed, What's NextThree shifts. Real deadlines. Real exposure. From the IRS FIRE-to-IRIS transition, to expanding sales and use tax enforcement, to the accelerating rollout of global e-invoicing mandates, this session breaks down what's changing and what it demands of your business now.
5:00 pmTax Compliance at a Turning Point: AI, Innovation & What's Actually Possible86% of tax and finance leaders rank AI as their top priority, yet only 20% feel confident in their ability to adopt it today. In this session, Sovos shares its vision for how agentic AI is moving beyond the hype to actually orchestrate complex, fragmented tax processes, and what that means for the future of the compliance function.
5:30 pmInside Tax Transformation: Customer Fireside ChatA candid conversation with a tax leader on the front lines of AI adoption: how they think about data access, where their existing processes are breaking down, and what they're actually doing with AI inside their tax function today.
6:00 pmHead to the SuiteMake your way up to your premium suite. Food and beverages will be waiting as you settle in and watch warm-ups from the best seats in the arena.
7:00 pmPuck Drop: Penguins vs. Utah MammothSit back, enjoy the game, and keep the conversation going, all from the comfort of a private suite.

Where

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PPG Paints Arena

1001 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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