Association of Government Accountants – Boston Chapter
Professional Development Conference
Preliminary Program
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2014
Location: Bentley University, Waltham, MA
CPE: 7 CPE Hours
Cost: Member – $125; Non-member - $170
General Registration Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2014
Early Bird Registration Cost: Non-member – $110; Non-member – $155
Early Bird Registration Deadline: Friday, February 14, 2014 (This deadline is not negotiable.)
Time / Track / Description / Presenter(s) /7:45 AM to 8:30 AM / Registration
8:30 AM to 8:45 AM / Welcome, Color Guard and National Anthem, and Presentation of Chapter Awards / Suzanne M. Bump, Esq., AGA Boston Chapter President
8:45 AM to 9:15 AM / Keynote / Connect / Mary E. Peterman, CGFM, CPA, AGA National President
9:20 AM to 10:45 AM
(Choice of 1 concurrent session – pick a 1st and 2nd choice.) / 1A / Lead with a Smile / Mary E. Peterman, CGFM, CPA, AGA National President
2A / Ethics / Thomas Shack, Esq., Director of Resource Management, MA Office of the Comptroller
3A / Fraud / Peter Scavotto, Director of the Quality Assurance Bureau, MA Office of the Comptroller
4A / Performance Management / Mark Fine, Managing Director of CPAT, MA Exec Office of Admin & Finance
5A / Auditing Disaster Assistance / William H. John Johnson, Jr., Audit Manager, US Department of Homeland Security, Office of Emergency Management Oversight
6A / TBA / TBA
7A / TBA / TBA
10:45 AM to 11:00AM / Break
11:00 AM to 12:25 PM
(Choice of 1 concurrent session – pick a 1st and 2nd choice.) / 1B / Lead with a Smile – Repeat of 1A / Mary E. Peterman, CGFM, CPA, AGA National President
2B / Ethics – Repeat of 2A / Thomas Shack, Esq., Director of Resource Management, MA Office of the Comptroller
3B / Fraud – Repeat of 3A / Peter Scavotto, Director of the Quality Assurance Bureau, MA Office of the Comptroller
4B / Performance Management – Repeat of 4A / Mark Fine, Managing Director of CPAT, MA Exec Office of Admin & Finance
5B / Auditing Disaster Assistance – Repeat of 5A / William H. John Johnson, Jr., Audit Manager, US Department of Homeland Security, Office of Emergency Management Oversight
6B / TBA – Repeat of 6A / TBA
7B / TBA – Repeat of 7A / TBA
12:30 PM to 1:00 PM / Lunch
1:00 PM to 1:45 PM / Presentation of Chapter Awards and Chapter Election / Suzanne M. Bump, Esq., AGA Boston Chapter President and Martin J. Benison, CGFM, AGA Boston Chapter President-Elect
1:45 PM to 2:15 PM / Keynote / TBA / Priscilla H. Douglass, PH Douglas & Associates
2:20 PM to 4:30PM (afternoon break from 3:20 PM to 3:30 PM) / 8 / COSO/Internal Controls / Todd Seeberger, CIA, CFS, Audit Supervisor, NY Office of the State Comptroller
9 / Debt Issuance Panel / Colin MacNaught, Assistant Treasurer for Debt Management, MA Department of State Treasurer; TBD
10 / IT Auditing / Geoffrey Clarke, KPMG
11 / Fraud / Deborah Rocco, Special Agent, NCIS; Patrick Hegarty, Special Agent, DCIS; Vincent DeSalvo, Special Agent, USACID
12 / Citizen Centric Reporting / Craig Hall, AGA Boston Chapter Director of Accountability
13 / TBA / TBA
14 / TBA / TBA
Due to the seating limitations, sign-up for specific sessions will be on a first come/first served basis. Using the Track Numbers, please indicate your first and second choices for the morning (one from the A concurrent sessions and one from the B concurrent sessions) and afternoon sessions. The morning B concurrent sessions are a repeat of the morning A sessions so please pick a different session.
MEMBER REGISTRATION POLICY: Members must provide their AGA membership number when registering for the PDC.
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION POLICY: Registrations by February 14, 2014 will receive a discounted Early Bird Registration. This deadline is not negotiable.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations received up to February 28, 2014 are fully refundable. Substitutions can be made at any time up until the day of the conference. Individuals who do not cancel on or before February 28, 2014 are not eligible for a refund. No-shows will be individually responsible for full payment.
NOTE: In case of inclement weather conditions, contact Bentley University at (781) 891-2020 for an updated, recorded message regarding campus closing.
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