Pre-Conference Value-Added Workshops –

Monday, July 20, 2009 and November 9, 2009 (additional fee)
| Time |
Title |
No. |
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| 7:00 - 5:00 |
Registration and Message Center Open |
|
|
| 7:00 - 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
|
|
| 8:00 – 5:00 |
 Transition from Controller to CFO: The Need to Broaden Your Skill Sets and Career Development Strategy
Alan Patterson, Mentoré, East Greenwich, RI
|
101 |
PD |
| 8:00 - 12:00 |
 Finance Transformation – Tools, Techniques, Lessons From the Battlefield
Speaker: David Salvi, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Atlanta, GA
|
102 |
MAS |
| |
 Coaching Skills for Today’s Workplaces
Greg Richardson, Goodman & Company, Newport News, VA
|
103 |
P/HR |
| 1:00 - 5:00 |
 IFRS Overview and Case Study
Paul Munter, KPMG LLP, New York, NY
|
104 |
A |
| |
 Excel for Accountants – Best Unknown Features
Val Steed, K2 Enterprises, Hammond, LA
|
105 |
SKA |
| Time |
Title |
No. |
|
| 7:00 - 6:00 |
Registration Open |
|
|
| 7:00 - 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
|
|
| 8:00 - 8:10 |
Welcome and Introduction |
|
|
| 8:10 - 9:00 |
 Keynote Session – Global Finance Transformation: Growing the Business
Christa Davies, Aon Corporation, Chicago, IL
|
01 |
MAS |
| 9:00 - 9:05 |
Change Break |
|
|
| 9:05 - 10:45 |
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
| |
 State and Local Tax Challenges and Opportunities
Ralph Pepe, Pepe State Tax Consulting, Orlando, FL
Dave Elder, RSM McGladrey, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL
|
02 |
T |
| |
 Understanding How to Move Beyond Budgeting To Continuous Planning and Acaptive Control (repeated in #13)
Steve Player, Beyond Budgeting Round Table, Dallas, TX
|
03 |
F |
| |
 Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures (repeated in #14)
Derek Townsend, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Boston, MA
|
04 |
BMO |
| |
 Utilizing Time Wisely
Greg Richardson, Goodman & Company, Newport News, VA
|
05 |
PD |
| |
 The Top Three Issues for Transitioning From Controller to CFO
Alan Patterson, Mentoré, East Greenwich, RI
|
06 |
PD |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Beverage Break and Vendor Display |
|
|
| 11:00 - 11:50 |
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
| |
 Outlook for Accountants: Get Organized Today!
Val Steed, K2 Enterprises, Hammond, LA
|
07 |
SKA |
| |
 Impact of AS5 On Sarbanes Environment (repeated in #23)
Chris Joline, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York, NY
|
08 |
AU |
| |
 Healthcare Trends (repeated in #24)
Matthew Cowles, UnitedHealth Group, Hartford, CT
|
09 |
P/HR |
| |
 Performance Management 2.0 – Broader or Better? (repeated in #18)
Gary Cokins, SAS, Cary, NC
|
10 |
MAS |
| |
 Relationship Banking (repeated in #21)
Jude Melville, Business First Bank, Shreveport, LA
|
11 |
SKA |
| 11:50 - 12:50 |
 Lunch / Best Practices in Evaluating and Adopting Cloud Computing for Finance
Daniel Druker, SVP Marketing and Business Development, Intacct
|
|
|
| 1:00 - 2:40 |
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
| |
 Trends in High Performing Finance Organizations
David Salvi, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Atlanta, GA |
12 |
MAS |
| |
Understanding How to Move Beyond Budgeting to Continuous Planning and Adaptive Control (repeat of #3)
|
13 |
F |
| |
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures (repeat of #4)
|
14 |
BMO |
| |
 Adapting to An Ever-Changing World
Greg Richardson, Goodman & Company, Newport News, VA |
15 |
SKA |
| |
 Managing Bankruptcy Risk In An Uncertain Economic Climate
Chip T. Ford IV, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte, NC |
16 |
BMO |
| 2:40 - 2:45 |
Change Break |
|
|
| 2:45 - 3:35 |
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
| |
 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (repeated in #37)
Cindy Matherne Muller, Cal Dive International, Houston, TX (Orlando only) |
17 |
BE |
| |
Performance Management 2.0 – Broader or Better? (repeat of #10)
|
18 |
MAS |
| |
 Engaging and Rewarding Four Generations (repeated in #26)
Diane Krieman, Hewitt Associates, Lincolnshire, IL |
19 |
P/HR |
| |
 PowerPoint 2007 – New Features and Productivity Tips
Val Steed, K2 Enterprises, Hammond, LA |
20 |
SKA |
| |
Relationship Banking (repeat of #11)
|
21 |
SKA |
| 3:35 - 3:55 |
Refreshment Break and Vendor Display |
|
|
| 3:55 - 4:45 |
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
| |
 Private Company Financial Reporting Update (repeated in #41)
Mary Ann Lawrence, Key Corporation, Cleveland, OH |
22 |
A |
| |
Impact of AS5 on Sarbanes Environment (repeat of #8)
|
23 |
AU |
| |
Healthcare Trends (repeat of #9)
|
24 |
P/HR |
| |
 Just Do the Right Thing!!! (repeated in #53)
JoAnn McGee, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Shreveport, LA |
25 |
BE |
| |
Engaging and Rewarding Four Generations (repeat of #19)
|
26 |
P/HR |
| 4:45 - 4:50 |
Change Break |
|
|
| 4:50 - 5:40 |
General Session |
|
|
| |
 Professional Information Exchange
Greg Richardson, Goodman & Company, Newport News, VA
|
27 |
PD |
| 5:45 - 6:45 |
Welcome Reception |
|
|
| Time |
Title |
No. |
|
| 7:00 - 5:00 |
Registration and Message Center Open |
|
|
| 7:00 - 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
|
|
| 7:00 - 7:50 |
Early Riser Sessions |
|
|
| |
 Successful Record Retention Strategies: How to Create a Record
Retention Policy That Meets A Company’s Business and Legal
Needs (repeated in #51)
William Belt, LeClair Ryan, Richmond, VA
|
28 |
SKA |
| |
 XBRL – The Comcast Experience (repeated in #52)
Phillip Gaudreau, Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
|
29 |
SKA |
| |
Audit Risk
Lawrence Jones, Encore Enterprises, Inc., Dallas, TX
|
30 |
AU |
| |
 Internal Audit Function (repeated in #58)
Scott Auer, Praeses, LLC, Shreveport, LA
|
31 |
AU |
| 7:50 - 7:55 |
Change Break |
|
|
| 8:00 - 8:50 |
General Session |
|
|
| |
 Driver-Based Planning
Brett Knowles, pm2, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
32 |
MAS |
| 8:50 - 8:55 |
Change Break |
|
|
| 8:55 - 9:45 |
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
| |
 FASB Update (repeated in #44)
Joanne Wendy Kim, BDO Seidman LLP, Chicago, IL
|
33 |
A |
| |
 Orchestrating Risk-Adjusted Performance Management: Identify
and Address Risk Events Better and Faster (repeated in #45)
Robert Torok, IBM Global Business Services, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
34 |
MAS |
| |
 Compensation: 401(k) and Retirement Plans (repeated in #46)
John Miller, Aon Investment Consulting, San Francisco, CA
Matt Smith, Aon Consulting, Seattle, WA
|
35 |
P/HR |
| |
 Six Degrees of Separation...Maximizing Accounting's Value in Your Organization (repeated in #47) ,
Wes Waldo, Breakthrough Management Group International, Longmont, CO
Kristin Parshay, Rubin Brown LLP, Clayton, MO |
36 |
BMO |
| |
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (repeat of #17)
|
37 |
BE |
| 9:45 - 10:00 |
Beverage Break |
|
|
| 10:00 - 10:50 |
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
| |
 Planning and Preparing for IFRS (repeated in #54)
Matthew Birney, United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT
|
38 |
A |
| |
 Tax GOTCHA (repeated in #55)
Michael Abramovitz, RSM McGladrey, Inc./McGladrey & Pullen LLP, Denver, CO
|
39 |
T |
| |
 The Diversity of Fraudulent Disbursement Schemes(repeated in #56)
JoAnn McGee, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
|
40 |
AU |
| |
Private Company Financial Reporting Update (repeat of #22)
|
41 |
A |
| |
 Cash Management Strategies During Economic Turmoil
(repeated in #48)
Robert Tormey, Tatum, LLC, Chino Hills, CA
|
42 |
SKA |
| 10:50 - 10:55 |
Change Break |
|
|
| 10:55 - 11:45 |
 Economic and Market Outlook – 2010 and Beyond
William Greiner, UMB, Kansas City, MO
|
43 |
SKA |
| 11:45 - 1:00 |
Lunch and AICPA Update |
|
|
| 1:00 - 1:50 |
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
| |
FASB Update (repeat of #33)
|
44 |
A |
| |
Orchestrating Risk-Adjusted Performance Management: Identify and Address Risk Events Better and Faster (repeat of #34)
|
45 |
MAS |
| |
Compensation: 401(k) and Retirement Plans (repeat of #35)
|
46 |
P/HR |
| |
Six Degrees of Separation…Maximizing Accounting's Value in Your Organization (repeat of #36) |
47 |
BMO |
| |
Cash Management Strategies During Economic Turmoil (repeat of #42)
|
48 |
SKA |
| 1:50 - 1:55 |
Change Break |
|
|
| 1:55 - 2:45 |
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
| |
 Performance Analytics
Brett Knowles, pm2, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
49 |
BMO |
| |
 A Risk-Based Approach to Designing Management Control Systems
Norman Sheehan, Edwards Business School, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
|
50 |
MAS |
| |
Successful Record Retention Strategies: How to Create a Record Retention Policy That Meets A Company’s Business and Legal
Needs (repeat of #28) |
51 |
SKA |
| |
XBRL – The Comcast Experience (repeat of #29)
|
52 |
SKA |
| |
Just Do the Right Thing!!! (repeat of #25)
|
53 |
BE |
| 2:45 - 3:00 |
Refreshment Break and Vendor Display |
|
|
| 3:00 - 3:50 |
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
| |
Planning and Preparing for IFRS (repeat of #38)
|
54 |
A |
| |
Tax GOTCHA (repeat of #39)
|
55 |
T |
| |
The Diversity of Fraudulent Disbursement Schemes (repeat of #40)
|
56 |
AU |
| |
 Using Value Creation Logics to Find New “Blue Ocean” Strategies For Your Firm
Norman Sheehan, Edwards Business School, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada
|
57 |
BMO |
| |
Internal Audit Function (repeat of #31)
|
58 |
AU |
| 3:50 - 3:55 |
Change Break |
|
|
| 3:55 - 4:45 |
General Session |
|
|
| |
 Cowboy Ethics: Getting America Bank on Track
James Owen, Center for Cowboy Ethics and Leadership, Austin, TX
|
59 |
BE |
| 4:45 |
Main Conference Adjourns |
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Post-Conference Value-Added Workshops –

Thursday, July 23, 2009 and November 12, 2009 (additional fee)