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General Session #1: The Key to Organizational Success: Understanding Your People
P	H	Gallup Presentation
Concurrent Session #1: Government Accounting Standards Board: An Update on Current Activities
P	H	Robert Attmore, Chair, GASB
P	H	David Bean, Director of Research, GASB
Concurrent Session #2: Electronic Receipts and Payments I - New Development and Approaches
P	H	Martin Johnson, Director, Commercial Solutions, Public Sector, VISA USA
P	H	Making the Case for Electronifying Your Check Deposits Kristine Oberg, Vice-President and Product Development Manager, U.S. Bank
Concurrent Session #3: Outsourcing Governmental Functions: Two Successful Cases in Nevada
P	H	Maximizing the Recovery of Delinquent Receivables Tim Bauer, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Portfolio Acquisition, Outsourcing Solutions, Inc.
P	H	Is Your State Funding Terrorism? Nik Divakaruni, Account Executive - State Government Programs, LexisNexis
Concurrent Session #4: Medicaid - The Escalating Problem for States
P	H	Medicaid Makeover - Six Tough (and Unavoidable) Choices on the Road to Reform Matt Kouri, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting
P	H	Medicaid - Fraud and AbuseSignificant Revenue Sources Juan Penalosa, Strategy and Change Leader, Fraud and Abuse Practice, IBM
Concurrent Session #5: ERP - Things to Consider Before You Take the Leap
P	H	Diana Jones Ritter, Executive Deputy Comptroller (NY)
P	H	Lynn Vellinga, State Accounting Officer (GA)
Concurrent Session #6: Auditing Update - New Standards from GAO and AICPA
P	H	Marcia Buchanan, Assistant Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Concurrent Session #7: Trends in Information Technology
P	H	Bernie McMonagle, Associate Director of Vertical Data Sales, Verizon Wireless
P	H	Mark Moorman, Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer, SAS
Concurrent Session #8: New GASB Statements - From a Preparerâ€™s Perspective
P	H	Tim Becker , Financial Reporting Section Manager, Office of State Comptroller (MI)
Concurrent Session #9: A Better Way to Assess Risk and Return - A Discussion on the Latest Innovation in Benchmarks for the Pension Community
P	H	Ronnee Ades, Senior Director, Dow Jones Indexes
Concurrent Session #10: NASACTâ€™s Benchmarking Project - Can State Governments Get to World-Class?
P	H	Jeffrey Rosengard, Senior Vice President, The Hackett Group
P	H	Jan Sylvis, Chief of Accounts (TN)
P	H	D. Clark Partridge, State Comptroller (AZ)
Concurrent Session #11: New Electronic Payment Methods
P	H	Credit Push Samantha Carrier, Director, e-Commerce Group, NACHA
P	H	PINless Debit vs. Credit Card - Why is One More Acceptable Than the Other? What's Next? Ross Guyer, Senior Deputy State Auditor (WV)
Concurrent Session #12: Shared Services and Outsourcing - Models for the Future in Texas
P	H	Outsourcing IT Services Larry Olson, Chief Technology Officer (TX)
P	H	Texas Online Gary Miglicco, Vice President, BearingPoint
General Session #2: The Fiscal Challenge Facing the United States
P	H	Ed Lorenzen, Policy Director, Concord Coalition
P	H	Alison Acosta Fraser, Director, Thomas A. Roe Institute or Economic Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation
P	H	Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President, Committee for Economic Development
Concurrent Session #13: OPEB - Measuring the Liability
P	H	Thomas Vicente, Vice President, AON Consulting, Inc.
P	H	Jim Rizzo, Senior Consultant and Actuary, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company
Concurrent Session #14: A New Way of Budgeting
P	H	Richard Brown, Director, Department of Planning and Budget (VA)
Concurrent Session #15: Improving Financial Management in State Government
P	H	Accounts Payable Transformation William Kilmartin, Strategic Alliance Director, Accenture
P	H	Tax Benefits Funding Partnership Project Linda Foster, Assistant Tax Commissioner, Office of Technology, and Technical Project Manager, Department of Taxation (VA)
Concurrent Session #16: Sarbanes-Oxley - Has it Worked in the Private Sector and Will it Work in the Public Sector?
P	H	Nancy Valley, Partner, KPMG
P	H	Adam Goldberg, Branch Chief, Financial Integrity and Analysis, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Concurrent Session #17: Economic Trends and Emerging Issues
P	H	State Budgets:Â Crisis is Over, Tough Times Still Ahead Ernie Goss, Ph.D., MacAllister Chair & Professor of Economics, Creighton University
P	H	Trends in State Bond Ratings Robin Prunty, Director, State & Local Government Group of Public Finance, Standard & Poor's
Concurrent Session #18: Faster Financial Reporting - The Federal Case for Success
P	H	Jim Sturgill, Assistant Commissioner for Government-Wide Accounting, Financial Management Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Concurrent Session #19: ERP Systems in State Government - A Beginning, Not an End
P	H	Harvey Eckert, Commonwealth Comptroller (PA)
P	H	Milford Sprecher, Business Development Manager, SAP
Concurrent Session #20: Pension Plans of the Future: Defined Benefits vs. Defined Contributions
P	H	Keith Brainard, Research Director, National Association of State Retirement Administrators
Concurrent Session #21: Crisis Management - Ensuring Continuity of Service During Time of Disaster
		Jay Collins, Chief Executive Officer, Public Sector Group, Citigroup
P	H	Steve Herndon, Senior Vice President of Government Global Treasury Services, Bank of America
Concurrent Session #22: Electronic Receipts and Payments II - New Development and Approaches
P		Jim Reed, Vice President, Public Sector Acceptance, MasterCard
		Gregory Gentile, Executive Vice President, Govolution LLC
Concurrent Session #23: OMB Update
P	H	Adam Goldberg, Branch Chief, Financial Integrity & Analysis, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Concurrent Session #24: OPEB Liabilities - Beyond the Debits and Credits
P	H	Jason Dickerson, Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst, Legislative Analyst Office, CA
P	H	Barbara Lloyd, Senior Vice President , Lehman Brothers
General Session #4: Leadership Stories from Katrina
P	H	Mick Bullock, Executive Assistant to the State Auditor (MS)
P	H	Daryl Purpera, Assistant Legislative Auditor (LA)