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2007 Spring Conference Program 


Concurrent Sessions: Track A =

Salon A

  Track B =

 Salon B

 

Start End  Event

Wednesday May 23, 2007

9:00   VGFOA Board Strategic Planning Session - Princess Ann Room
12:00 1:00 VGFOA Board Lunch
1:00   VGFOA Board Meeting - Princess Ann Room
4:00   Registration Begins - Cottage Row Foyer
6:00 8:00 Reception    Sponsored by SunTrust Bank - Salon B & C
Reception Entertainment
  (RaJazz Band)   Sponsored by FitchRatings

9:00

  Hospitality Suite    Sponsored by PBGH, LLP - Courtney Terrace

Thursday May 24, 2007

7:30  

Registration Desk Opens - Cottage Row Foyer

7:30 8:30

Continental Breakfast    Sponsored by Commerce Bank - Peacock Foyer
(Breakfast seating in Salon C)

8:30 5:00 Internet Café - Avamere Room  •  Co-Sponsored by A.G. Edwards Capital Markets, Tectura & US Bank
8:30 8:35 Welcome, Rebecca Owens, VGFOA President - Salon A & B
8:35 9:30 Accounting Update: What's New From GFOA?, Stephen Gauthier, GFOA - Salon A & B
9:30 10:15

Dr. Joel L. Naroff, Economist, Commerce Bank - Salon A & B

10:15 10:30
Break  - Peacock Foyer  •  Co-Sponsored by Bingham Arbitrage Rebate Services and Public Resource Management Group, LLC
10:30 11:15 GASBs Recent Standards & Its Current Technical Agenda,  Ed Mazur, GASB -
Salon A & B
11:30 12:00 Flex Time,  Q&A with Ed Mazur (Salon A), Visit Vendor Exhibits, Visit Internet Café, Network, etc.
12:00 1:00

Lunch  •  Sponsored by Cherry Bekaert & Holland - Salon B & C

1:30 2:30

Emotional Intelligence "Just Do It", Elizabeth Jamison, Radford University - Salon A & B

2:30 3:00

Break - Peacock Foyer   Co-Sponsored by Regions Bank and Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.

3:00 4:00

Budgeting in Government,  Bernie Akporiaye, Data Management Group -Salon A

3:00 4:00

Where We Are and Where We Are Going,  Barry Faison, Virginia Retirement System - Salon B

4:00 5:00

How the Rating Agencies View Current Trends Affecting Local Governments,
Amy Lasky, Fitch Ratings, Robyn Kapiloff, Moody's and Karl Jacob, Standard & Poor's -
Salon A

4:00 5:00

OPEB Investment Programs, Nelson Bush, PFM Group - Salon B

6:00 8:00

Reception   •  Sponsored by Bank of America - Salon C
Reception Entertainment (Lewis McGehee)     Sponsored by Commerce Bank

9:00

 

Hospitality Suite   •  Sponsored by PBGH, LLP - Courtney Terrace

Friday May 25, 2007

7:30  

Registration Desk Opens - Cottage Row Foyer

7:30 8:30

Continental Breakfast    Sponsored by Wachovia Bank, NA. - Peacock Foyer
(Breakfast seating in Salon C)

8:30 12:00 Internet Café - Avamere Room  •   Co-Sponsored by A.G. Edwards Capital Markets, Tectura & US Bank
8:30 9:15

Are Healthcare Costs Putting the Squeeze on Your Budget?, Thomas R. Revels, President, informedHEALTH, LLC - Salon A

9:15 10:15 The Latest IRS Surprise: 3% Withholding of Vendor Payments, Shakeel Yusuf, Fairfax County - Salon A
8:30 10:15  CPA Ethics Course, Marycarol C. White, York County - Salon B
10:15 10:30
Break  - Peacock Foyer  •  Co-Sponsored by Davenport & Company, LLC,  Maximus and BB&T Capital Markets.
10:30 11:15 General Assembly Update from VML and VACO, Mike Edwards, VACO & Suzette Denslow, VML - Salon A
10:30 11:15

Sarbanes Oxley Finally Catches Us All -  Michael Garber, PBGH - Salon B

 11:15

12:00 Flex Time,  Learn More about the VGFOA (Salon A), Visit Vendor Exhibits, Visit Internet Café, Network, etc.
12:00 1:00

Lunch • Sponsored by The PFM Group - Salon B & C