2008 Fall Conference Program  (Click HERE for printable version of program)

Time

Event/Session

Room/Location

  Wednesday October 29, 2008
8:00 5:00 CPFO Exams (Preregistration required) Mill Mountain
12:00 5:00 Registration Roanoke Foyer
1:00   Presentation of Colors • William Fleming High School Air Force Junior ROTC Roanoke Ballroom C/D
1:00 1:15 Welcome Steve Solomon, Fairfax County Housing Authority and VGFOA President Roanoke Ballroom C/D
1:15 1:30 Opening Remarks Honorable David Bowers, Mayor, City of Roanoke Roanoke Ballroom C/D
1:30 2:45 Leading by Accident: Leadership in the 21st Century Elizabeth Jamison, Radford University Leadership Development Center Roanoke Ballroom C/D
2:45 3:00 Break Sponsored by BB&T Capital Markets Crystal/Roanoke Foyer
3:00 4:00 Federal Legislation Affecting Local Governments Susan Gaffney, GFOA Federal Liaison Roanoke Ballroom C/D
4:00 5:00 The Reporting of Intergovernmental Financial Dependency and Related Risks by State and Local Governments Ed Mazur, Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP and retired GASB Board Member Roanoke Ballroom C/D
6:00 7:30 Reception Sponsored by PNC Bank
Reception Entertainment by
The Sessions Band Sponsored by MAXIMUS
Shenandoah
 Thursday October 30, 2008
8:00 5:00 Registration Roanoke Foyer
7:30 8:30 Breakfast  Sponsored by Cherry, Bekaert & Holland Roanoke Ballroom E/H
8:30 10:00 Keynote Address: What's new with the GASB? Robert Attmore, Chairman, Governmental Accounting Standards Board Roanoke Ballroom C/D
10:00 10:30 Break Sponsored by The PFM Group Roanoke Ballroom E/H
10:30 12:00 Rating Agency Update Erin Daugherty, Moody's, Barbara Rosenberg, Fitch Ratings, and Karl Jacob, Standard & Poors Roanoke Ballroom C/D
12:00 1:30 Lunch, Awards and Business Meeting •  Sponsored by SunTrust Bank Shenandoah
  Concurrent Sessions  
1:30 3:30 VSCPA Ethics Course ($50 Fee) Carol White, York County and VGFOA President Elect Pocahontas
1:30 2:30 What is on the Commonwealth's Budgetary and Legislative Horizon for 2009-Will this Impact my FY 2010 Budget? Mike Edwards, VACO & Neal Menkes, VML Roanoke Ballroom C/D
2:30 3:30 Arbitrage Rebates Versus Yield Restriction Terence Burke, Pinnacle Arbitrage Compliance Roanoke Ballroom C/D
3:30 3:45 Break Sponsored by Regions Bank Roanoke Ballroom E/H
3:45 5:00 Nuts and Bolts of Internal Controls-How do I Implement SAS 112? Cathy Liles, Goodman & Co. Roanoke Ballroom C/D
6:00 7:30 Reception Sponsored by Commerce Bank
Reception Entertainment by
Jordan Harman Sponsored by BB&T Capital Markets
Crystal Ballroom A/C & Roanoke Ballroom E/H
  Friday October 31, 2008
7:30 8:30 Past Presidents' Breakfast Sponsored by MGT of America, Inc. Crystal Ballroom A
7:30 8:30 Breakfast Co-Sponsored by Wachovia Bank & Evergreen Investments Roanoke Ballroom E/H
8:30 9:45 The State of the Virginia and National Economy Ray Owens, Chief Economist of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank Roanoke Ballroom D
  Concurrent Sessions  
9:45 10:45 OPEB Trust Administration Panel: Part A: OPEB Update & Issues; Part B: VACO/VML Pooled OPEB Trust (Panel Members) Vivian McGettigan, Fauquier County Government and Public Schools and VGFOA Board Member; John Tuohy, City of Falls Church and VGFOA Past President; James 'Mac' McReynolds, York County and VGFOA Past President; Nelson Bush, PFM Group; Robert Lauterberg, VML/VACO Finance Program and Dan Homan, Wachovia Retirement Services Crystal Ballroom D/E
9:45 10:45 CDA's: The Good, The Bad and the Opportunity. Ken Powell, Stone & Youngberg, LLC Roanoke Ballroom D

10:45

11:00 Break Sponsored by McGuireWoods  
  Concurrent Sessions  
11:00 12:15 Fraud in Washington D.C...What Internal Controls Broke? Ben Lorigo, Executive Director of the Office of Integrity and Oversight, retired Crystal Ballroom D/E
11:00 12:15 Innovations in Local Government - Our Members are Leading the Way Fairfax County: Tenant Collection and Cash Management Process - Presented by Carol Clancy, Steve Solomon and Esther Caesar: York County: Digital Check/Payment Package Lookup - Presented by Janet Clark Roanoke Ballroom D
12:15 1:30 Gourmet Boxed Lunches Co-Sponsored by U.S. Bank, Bingham Arbitrage Rebate Services, Inc. and Davenport & Company Crystal/Roanoke Foyer &
Shenandoah A