October 17 - 19, 2007 - Omni Hotel - Charlottesville, VA.

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2007 Fall Conference Program 

Omni Hotel Meeting Room Floor Plan    


Concurrent Sessions: Track A =

 

  Track B =

 

 

Start End  Event

Wednesday October 17, 2007

10:00   Board Meeting & Lunch - Monticello Room
12:15   Pre-Conference Meeting - Wilson Room
12:30   Registration - Prefunction Salon A
1:00 4:30 Horton Cellars Winery Tour ($25 fee) Information Here
1:00 2:00 Telecommunications and Public Utilities Regulations in the US and Virginia - Salon A - Eric Hurlocker, Hunton & Williams, LLP
2:00 3:00 Innovations in Collection Practices and Potential Federal Offset of Local Debt - Salon A - Frank O'Leary, Treasurer, Arlington County, VA.
3:00 5:00 OPEB Trust Roundtable - Salon A - Thomas Lowman, Bolton Partners, Nelson Bush, The PFM Group, Joseph Mason, John Ackerly & Cleighton Hilbert, Davenport & Company LLC, and Patrice Brown, ICMA
6:00 7:00 Reception - Salon A - Sponsored by: KPMG International
Reception Entertainment (Laurence Elder-Pianist) - Co-Sponsored by: Public Resource Management Group, LLC and Davenport & Company, LLC.
9:00   Hospitality Suite - Rm. 234 - Sponsored by: BB&T Capital Markets

Thursday October 18, 2007

7:30  

Registration  - Prefunction Salon A

7:30 8:30

Continental Breakfast - Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom (Seating in Salon BC)    Sponsored by: Commerce Bank

8:30 5:00 Internet Café - Monticello Room - Sponsored by: Cherry Bekaert & Holland
8:30 8:45 Call to Order/Colors/VGFOA Welcome - Salon BC - Rebecca Owens, VGFOA President - (Colors - Charlottesville Police Department Color Guard)
8:45 9:00 Welcome - Salon BC - The Honorable David E. Brown, Mayor, Charlottesville, Virginia
9:00 10:45 Our Economy:  National, State, and Regional Outlooks - Salon BC - Mark Vitner, Wachovia Bank and Ray Owens, Federal Reserve Bank
10:45 11:00 Break - Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom - Sponsored by: Regions Bank
11:00 12:00 What To Expect in the 2008 General Assembly Session - Salon BC - Mike Edwards, VACO and Neal Menkes, VML
12:00 1:30 Lunch Buffet & 40th Anniversay Celebration (Innovations Award Presentation - Joellen Kerns) -  Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom (Seating in Salon BC) - Sponsored by: Suntrust Bank
1:45 2:45 Rating Agencies - Salon BC - Amy Laskey, Fitch Ratings, Robyn Kapiloff Rosenblatt, Moody's Investors Services and Karl Jacobs, Standard and Poor's
1:45 2:45

OPEB Implementation Roundtable - Salon A - Moderator: Carol White, York County - Panel: John Wallingford, Prince William County Schools, Terry Stone, Hanover County, and John H. Tuohy, Falls Church. 

2:45 3:00 Break - Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom - Co-Sponsored by: SB & Company, LLC and A.G. Edwards Capital Markets
3:00 4:00 State Government Financing Programs - Salon BC - Chip Bassett, Bassett Financial Management, LLC, Rick Davis, Office of the Treasurer of Virginia, Sheryl Bailey, Virginia Resources Authority and Kent Dickey, Department of Education
3:00 4:00 Federal Home Loan Banks: Mission, Markets and Liquidity - Salon A - Denise de Bombelles, Federal Home Loan Banks
4:00 5:00 Evolving Role of the Debt Manager in Local Government - Salon BC - Len Wales, Fairfax County, VA.
4:00 5:00 Performance Audits under the new Yellow Book Standards - Salon A - John Montoro, Cherry Bekaert & Holland, LLP.
6:00 7:00

Reception    Salon A - Sponsored by: Robinson Farmer Cox Associates
Reception Entertainment (Dave Lewis) -  Co-Sponsored by: Commerce Bank and Hunton & Williams, LLP

9:00  

Hospitality Suite - Room 234 -  Sponsored by: BB&T Capital Markets

Friday October 19, 2007

7:30  

Registration - Prefunction Salon A

7:30 8:30

Past Presidents Breakfast  - Ashlawn & Highlands Rooms - Sponsored by: US Bank

Continental Breakfast Buffet - Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom (Seating in Salon BC) - Co-Sponsored by: The PFM Group and Bank of America

   8:30

12:00 Internet Café - Monticello Room - Sponsored by: Cherry Bekaert & Holland
8:30 9:30 Lessons Learned from Embezzlement - Salon B - Sheila Minor, Prince George County
9:30 10:30 Payables Outsourcing: A Single Solution to Many Problems - Salon B - Mike Longhi, Arlington County and Diane Battle, Wachovia Bank
8:30 10:30 VSCPA Ethics Course - Salon C - Marycarol White, York County
10:30 10:45 Break - Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom - Sponsored by: McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
10:45 12:00 Utility Session - Capital Budgeting - Salon B - Bruce Grant, Western Virginia Water Authority
10:45 12:00 What to expect from your auditor and what your auditor expects from you! - Salon C - John Gilberto and Doug Beelendorf, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
12:15 1:15 Lunch Buffet with Business Meeting & Recognition of Walter Kucharski's Service to the Commonwealth - Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom (Seating in Salon BC) - Co-Sponsored by: Bingham Arbitrage Rebate Services, Inc. and McGuire Woods, LLP

 1:15

2:30 Tips for Quick Teambuilding - Salon BC - Elizabeth Jamison, Radford University Leadership Development Center