"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.