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     2010 Spring Conference Program

     Time    Event/Session   Location
  Wednesday May 12, 2010
8:00 5:00 CPFO Exams (Preregistration required) Ferebee
8:00 12:00 Board Meeting Princess Anne
12:00 5:00 Registration Prefunction
1:00 1:15 VGFOA Opening Remarks - Ann Shawver, President, VGFOA Salon A/B
1:15 1:30 Welcome - John E. Uhrin, Virginia Beach City Council Salon A/B
1:30 2:45 Keynote Address - What's New At GASB? - Randy Finden, Project Manager, Governmental Accounting Standards Board Salon A/B
2:45 3:00 Break - Sponsored by: McGuire Woods Prefunction
3:00 4:15 2010 VRS Legislative Overview - Patricia S. Bishop, Director of Policy, Planning and Compliance, Virginia Retirement System (VRS) Salon A/B
4:15 5:30 The 2010 Outcome of the Virginia General Assembly - Michael L. Edwards, Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, VACO and James J. Regimbal, Jr., Fiscal Analytics, LTC. Salon A/B
6:00 7:30 Reception - Sponsored by: SunTrust Bank
Reception Entertainment by Lewis McGehee - Reception Entertainment Sponsored by MAXIMUS
Salon B/C
 Thursday May 13, 2010
8:00 5:00 Registration Prefunction
7:30 8:30 Breakfast - Co-Sponsored by Regions Bank and Morgan Keegan and Company Salon C
8:30 5:00 Internet Cafe - Co-Sponsored by: PBGH, LLP and Bassett Financial Management Avamere
8:30 9:45 Speak Volumes Without Saying a Word - Brian Kush, President, Moxie Partners Salon A/B
9:45 10:00 Break - Co-Sponsored by: The Bank of New York Mellon and ING Financial Advisors, LLC Prefunction
  Concurrent Sessions  
10:00 11:00 Update on GASB Statements - Norman D. Yoder, Director, Brown, Edwards, and Co. LLP Salon A
10:00 11:00 How to Prepare a Cash Flow Projection - Nelson L. Bush, Managing Director, PFM Asset Management, LLC Princess Anne
10:00 11:00 What Your IT Guys Aren't Telling You About IT Controls, Electronic Data Storage and Access - George Fallon, IT Partner, Clifton Gunderson, LLP Spotswood Arms
  Concurrent Sessions  
11:15 12:15 Get Social With Your Citizens - Carissa Frasca Cutrell, Media and Communications Coordinator III, Virginia Beach and Cynthia Hart, Public Librarian, Virginia Beach Salon A
11:15 12:15 CAFR 101 – Clarence Daniel, Henrico County Princess Anne
11:15 12:15 Show Me the Money - Collections of Utility Bills and Recent Developments in the Law of Utility Billing - Barbara Notar, Deputy Town Attorney, Town of Leesburg Spotswood Arms
12:15 1:45 Lunch & Awards - Sponsored by Cherry, Bekaert & Holland Salon B/C
  Concurrent Sessions  
2:00 3:00 The Approach of Credit Rating Agencies in Recessionary Times - Susan Kendall, VP/Senior Analyst, US Public Finance, Moody's Investors Service and Barbara Rosenberg, Director for Public Finance, Fitch Ratings Salon A
2:00 3:00 Roundtable Discussion on Sharpening Excel Skills - Marcy E. Cotov,  Budget Officer, Loudoun County and Kenay Wright, Office Associate, Town of Leesburg Spotswood Arms
2:00 3:00 Revenues:  The Prince William County Forecasting Process – Christopher Martino, Prince William County, and Allen Scarbrough, Prince William County Princess Anne
3:00 3:15 Break - Sponsored by The PFM Group Prefunction
3:15 4:30 Roundtable Discussion on ARRA - William H. Cole, Audit Partner, Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP; Jack Reagan, Public Sector Audit Partner, KPMG, LLP; Terri Stone, Director of Financial Operations, Hanover County Schools; and Tanya Burrell, Financial Reporting Manager, Fairfax County Salon A/B
6:00 7:30 Reception - Sponsored by Robinson Farmer Cox Associations Salon B/C
  Friday May 14, 2010
8:00 12:00 Registration Prefunction
7:30 8:30 Breakfast - Co-Sponsored by RSM McGladrey and Fitch Ratings Salon C
8:30 12:00 Internet Cafe - Co-Sponsored by PBGH, LLP and Bassett Financial Management Avamere
  Concurrent Sessions  
8:30 9:30 CDARS: The Smart, Easy Way to Manage Public Funds - Erich Buckenmaier, Regional Director, Promontory Interfinancial Network, LLC Salon A
8:30 10:30 VSCPA Ethics Course - Marycarol C. White, Director of Management and Financial Services, York County Salon B
9:30 10:30 Consumer Driven HealthCare: Is the Public Sector Ready? - Thomas J. Mackay, Partner, KSPH Employee Benefits Management Salon A
10:30 10:45 Break - Sponsored by Regions Bank Salon C
10:45 12:00 A Performance Audit Case Study: Fraud in Municipal Construction - David L. Cotton, Cotton & Company, LLP Salon A
12:00 1:15 Gourmet Boxed Lunches - Co-Sponsored by BB&T Capital Markets, Davenport & Company, SB & Company and U.S. Bank Salon C