Accounting Day 2008 Program and Speakers
You have a choice to attend one of three sessions each hour. No preregistration is needed for a specific breakout session. Click on the individual Topic link to learn more about the topic.
Click Here for an explanation of the Tracks.
| Time | Track A | Track T | Track P | A & A
3 hours ea |
| 7:15-8:00 | Registration, Continental Breakfast, Visit Exhibits |
| 8:00-8:10 | Welcome and Introduction, Jim Colville, Chairman |
| 8:10-9:00 | Steering Clear of Fraud (A & F)
John Tonsick CPA, CFE | | | |
| 9:15-10:05 | What You Need to Know About Accounting & Auditing in China- Hot Topics (A)
Steve Austin CPA, MBA | Practical Guide to Cost Segregation and 1031 Exchange (T)
Joan Alleckson, CPA; Kelly Pearl, CES | Key Performance Indicators (P)
Jan Bond MBA | Revenue Recognition (A&A)
Wayne Pinnell CPA, Managing Partner |
| 10:20-11:10 | FAS 109 Update (A)
Shelly Garcia McGuire CPA | IT Auditing: So Easy, a Caveman Can Do It… (T)
Lee Barken CPA, CISSP, CISA, CCNA, MCP | Global Business Panel: Challenges and Opportunities (P)
Maria Chan Vice President and Relationship Manager of City National Bank | |
| 11:25-12:15 | FIN 48 and the Smaller Organization (A)
Erica Costanzo | Carbon Neutrality and Accounting (T)
Enrique Rayon and Chad Neale | Analysis + Intuition: The Ultimate in Productive Decision-making (P)
Malcolm Avner MBA | |
| 12:30-1:40 | Luncheon and General Session |
| 1:45-2:35 | Time for Accountants to Start Learning Their I-F-R-S? (A)
Don Schwartz CPA | The Current State of Outsourcing: Security, Systems, Staffing, Solutions (T)
Richard Muscio CPA | Increasing Cross-Generational Communication in the Workplace (P)
Sherri Petro MBA | A Practical Approach to Current Trends in A & A (A&A)
Jim Pergande, Laurie Ball |
| 3:10-4:00 | Audit Panel – Charting the Course to Efficiency & Compliance (A)
Chief Audit Executive Panel Moderated by Gerry Soderstrom, Senior Manager, KPMG | Excel Solutions for Accountants (T)
Jim Colville CPA | Hire Well or Manage Hard – The secrets of effective hiring (P)
Gregg Landers MBA, CMA, CPIM | |
| 4:15-5:05 | Effective Control Environments: Getting the most “bang for your buck” through segregation of duties (A)
Lee Buby CPA | Ethics is Back (T)
Dana Basney MSBA, CPA, CFE, CIRA, CVA, ABV | How your banker reads your financial statements (P)
Leslie Mittanck CPA | |
