2008 Spring Conference Program (14 CPE's Available)   (Click HERE for printable version of program)

Speaker Bios can be viewed by clicking on speakers name (when available)

Time

Event/Session

Room/Location

  Wednesday May 21, 2008
8:00 12:00 Executive Board Members Meeting Princess Anne
8:00 5:00 CPFO Exams (Pre-registration and Fee Required, information HERE) Ferebee
12:00 12:30 Conference Planning Committee Meeting (Planning Committee only) Albemarle
12:30 5:00 Registration Cottage Row Prefunction
1:00 2:15 Legislative Update Mike Edwards, VACO & Neal Menkes, VML Salon A/B
2:15 3:30 Electronic Accounts Payable Shakeel Yusuf, Fairfax County and VGFOA Board Member Salon A/B
3:30 3:45 Break Sponsored by RSM McGladrey Prefunction Area
3:45 5:00 What is new with the Auditor of Public Accounts Kim Via, APA Salon A/B
6:00 7:30 Reception Sponsored by SunTrust
Reception Entertainment by Keith Nesbit
Sponsored by Commerce Bank
Salon C/Prefunction
 Thursday May 22, 2008
7:30 8:45 Breakfast  Sponsored by Commerce Bank Salon C
8:30 5:00 Internet Café Co-Sponsored by McGuire Woods, Davenport & Company and PBGH, LLC Avamere
8:45 9:00 VGFOA Opening Remarks Steve Solomon, Fairfax County Housing & VGFOA President Salon A/B
9:00 9:15 Welcome The Honorable Meyera E. Oberndorf, Mayor, City of Virginia Beach -  Introduction by Patricia Phillips, City of Virginia Beach, and GFOA Board Member Salon A/B
9:15 10:30 What's New from the GFOA Charles Cox, GFOA President Salon A/B
10:30 10:45 Break Sponsored by The PFM Group Courtney Terrace
  Concurrent Sessions  
10:45 12:00 Communicating in the Digital Age Elizabeth Jamison, Radford University Leadership Development Center Salon A
10:45 12:00 Arbitrage Management, as recently implemented by Arlington County and The PFM Group Magnus Carlsson, Arlington County & Nelson Bush, The PFM Group Spotswood Arms
10:45 12:00 Capital Project Planning and Evaluation: Expanding the role of the Finance Officer
Joe Casey
, Hanover County and GFOA Board Member
Princess Anne
12:00 1:30 Lunch & Awards Presentations Sponsored by KPMG, LLC Salon B/C
1:45 3:00 GASB Update Ed Mazur, Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP and GASB Board Member, retired Salon A/B
3:00 3:15 Break Sponsored by SB and Company Courtney Terrace
3:15 4:30 Current Condition of the Banking Industry Panel: John Small, VA Department of the Treasury, David Ryder, Wachovia Bank & Tuck Reed, SunTrust Bank Salon A/B
6:00 7:30 Reception Sponsored by Bank of America
Reception Entertainment by Lewis McGehee
Sponsored by U.S. Bank
Salon B/C
  Friday May 23, 2008
7:30 8:30 Breakfast Sponsored by Wachovia Bank Salon C
8:30 12:00 Internet Café Co-Sponsored by McGuire Woods, Davenport & Company and PBGH, LLP Avamere
  Concurrent Sessions  
8:30 10:30 VSCPA Ethics Course Carol White, York County and VGFOA President Elect Salon B
8:30 9:30 Is There Hope in Sight? The Economy.. Joel Naroff, Commerce Bank Salon A
9:30 10:30

Which Financing Option is Right for Me? Darrell Hill, BB&T, Courtney Rogers, Davenport & Company, Sheryl Bailey, VRA and James "Mac" McReynolds, York County & VGFOA Past President

Salon A
10:30 10:45 Break Co-Sponsored by Maximus, Bassett Financial Management, BB&T Capital Markets and MGT of America Salon C
  Concurrent Sessions  
10:45 12:00 Risk Assessment Standards SAS 103-112 Hiram Hasty, AICPA, Rob Churchman, KPMG, LLP, and John Montoro, Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP Salon A
10:45 12:00 The Future of Technology in Government Nancy Kuppich, Microsoft Salon B
12:00 1:15 Gourmet Boxed Lunches Sponsored by Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP Cottage Row Prefunction

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