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GS#1. Vermont Governors: Our Times, Our Challenges
	*Panel Discussion - No Handout
		Hon. Peter Shumlin, 2011 - Current
		Hon. James H. Douglas, 2003 - 2011
		Hon. Howard Dean, 1991 - 2003
		Hon. Madeleine Kunin, 1985 - 1991
		Hon. Thomas P. Salmon, 1973 - 1977
		Hon. F. Ray Keyser, Jr., 1961 - 1963
	*Moderator: Chris Graff, former head of Associated Press, Vermont
CS#1. Legislative & Regulatory Update
		David Quam, Director, Office of Federal Relations, National Governors Association
P	H	Tennille Francis, Tax Law Specialist, Federal, State and Local Government Division, Internal Revenue Service
P	H	Robert Westhoven, Manager, Federal, State and Local Government Division, Internal Revenue Service
CS#2. Something Old, Something New: A View of ERP
		Brad Ferland, Director of Financial Operations, Department of Finance and Management (VT)
P	H	Martin J. Benison, State Comptroller (MA)
		Paul Dietl, Chief Human Resources Officer (MA)
		Matthew J. Gorzkowicz, Undersecretary for the Executive Office for Administration and Finance (MA)
CS#3. ERP in the Cloud: What Does It Mean to State Government?
P	H	Larry Honarvar, Vice President, State and Local Solutions, CGI
P	H	Daniel Keene, Vice President, State and Local Government ERP Solutions, CGI
		Tom Evslin, current board member of the Vermont Telecommunications Authority, and former Chief Technology Officer and Chief ARRA Recovery Officer (VT)
CS#4. New Opportunities in Benefit Cards and Environmental Credits
P	H	Rachel Benning, Vice-President/Business Leader, Public Sector Development, MasterCard
P	H	James Balsan, Managing Director, Environmental Innovation Solutions, Bank of New York Mellon
CS#5. The Cloud: Things You Need to Know
P	H	Michael Moore, Director, Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory Services, KPMG
P	H	Geoffrey L. Weber, Partner, Federal Advisory Services, KPMG
CS#6. Developments in Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting
P	H	Robert H. Attmore, Chair, GASB
P	H	Gary Blackmer, State Auditor (OR)
	Supplemental - 2010 Financial Condition Report, State of Oregon
CS#7. Effectively Managing Municipal Debt
P	H	Alex Wallace, Managing Director, Public Finance Banking Team, U.S. Bank
		David Coates, Founder, Capital Debt Affordability Advisory Committee
		Beth Pearce, State Treasurer (VT)
		Moderator and Speaker: Jeb Spaulding, Secretary of Administration (VT)
CS#8. Cost Savings Projects in Government: The Conceptual Approach and Practical Experiences
P	H	John Gamberoni, Senior Executive, Accenture
P	H	William Kilmartin, Director, State and Local Government, Accenture
		Matthew J. Gorzkowicz, Undersecretary for the Executive Office for Administration and Finance (MA)
CS#9. Fraud Trends and Prevention: Commercial Cards and Investments
P	H	Darren Muise, Head of Commercial Partnerships, State and Local Government, Visa Inc.
P	H	Christine N. Kieffer, Senior Director, FINRA Investor Education Foundation
GS#2. From the Private Side Looking In: A Different Perspective
		Ernest A. Almonte, Chief Executive Officer, Almonte Group LLC (former Auditor General of Rhode Island, Lifetime Member of NASACT, and Past Chairman of the AICPA)
GS#3. Resetting Government: The Time is Now
P	H	David M. Walker, Founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative (former Comptroller General of the United States, 1998-2008)
CS#10. Fiscal Sustainability and the CFO Survey
		Robert Childree, Director, Grant Thornton
CS#11. Audit Standards and Administrative Flexibility
P	H	Marcia B. Buchanan, Assistant Director, Financial Management and Assurance Team, U.S. Government Accountability Office
P	H	Kim R. Wallin, State Controller (NV), and Member of the President's Administrative Flexibility Workgroup
CS#12. ERP Governance: One State's Approach
P	H	Glen B. Gainer III, State Auditor (WV)
P	H	Mitt Salvaggio, Managing Partner, STA Consulting
CS#13. Addressing the Challenge of Improper Payments of Public Funds
P	H	Art Dorfman, Vice President, Government and Education Operations, SAP Public Sector
P	H	Scott Smith, Senior Business Strategist, Smartronix
CS#14. Economic Report for the States
P	H	Stanley Czerwinski, Director for Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Government Accountability Office
P	H	Scott D. Pattison, Executive Director, National Association of State Budget Officers
P	H	Robin Prunty, Managing Director, Public Finance Ratings Group, Standard & Poor's
CS#15. Government Reform Initiatives During Economic Crisis
P	H	Christina Dorfhuber, Principal, Public Sector Strategy and Operations, Deloitte Consulting
		Anna Maria Kiehl, Chief Accounting Officer (PA)
		Thomas M. Salmon, State Auditor (VT)
	(Combined Session Presentation Posted)
CS#16. Transparency Initiatives in the States
P	H	Steven Grossman, State Treasurer (MA)
		Lawrence Miller, Secretary, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
P	H	Moderator and Speaker: Gila Bronner, President and CEO, Bronner Group, LLC
CS#17. Recent Findings on Cyber Security - Below, Within and Beyond the Cloud
P	H	Marne Gordan, Regulatory Analyst for Corporate Security Strategy Group, IBM
CS#18. Non-Traditional Approaches for Solving Budgetary Pressure
P	H	Kevin McHugh, Managing Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc.
P	H	Joe Seliga, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
GS#4. Economic Overview: Is the Worst Behind Us?
P	H	Dr. David Colander, C.A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Economics, Middlebury College

GS#5. The Current State of Pensions: Are Things as Bad as Advertised?
P	H	Charles E. F. Millard, Managing Director, Citi Global Markets, former Director of the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
		John Chiang, State Controller (CA) and Board Member of CALPERS
		Thomas P. DiNapoli, State Comptroller (NY)

Roundtable Session
	*Moderator: Martin J. Benison, Comptroller (MA) and incoming First Vice President of NASACT
	*Moderator: Harvey Eckert, Former Commonwealth Comptroller (PA), NASACT Lifetime Member