2003 NASACT Annual Conference

Executive Session

General Session #1 - The State of the States' Budgets Scott Pattison, Executive Director, NASBO Moderator: Steve Allison, Administrator - Statewide Accounting (ID)

Concurrent Session #1 - Views on the Economy and Impact on States William C. Natcher, PhD, Vice President & Economist, National City Corporation Craig A. Moyer, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, The Swarthmore Group Moderator: Tom Meseroll, Assistant State Auditor (NJ)

Concurrent Session #2 - Investment Strategies for Today's Economy James E. Gibson, Executive Vice President & CFO, Valley Forge Asset Management Frank G. Puryear, Director of Research and Senior Portfolio Manager, Weaver C. Barksdale & Associates Moderator: John Badovinac, Deputy Treasurer for Administration (PA)

General Session #2- Financial Management: Impact of Tight Budgets on High Risk Areas Michael Tipping, President & CEO, Panorama Business Views Deborah Kerr, Director, Office of the State Auditor (TX) Moderator: Douglas Darling, Director of Accounting & Auditing (FL)

General Session #3- Information Technology and Future Trends Donna Morea, Executive Vice President, Public Sector Group, American Management Systems Moderator: Glen B. Gainer III, State Auditor (WV)

Concurrent Session #3 - Future Trends in Information Technology Bill Kilmartin, Strategic Alliance Director, Accenture David Yarkin, Deputry Secretary for Procurement (PA) Peter Doolan, Solutions Architect, Oracle Moderator: Harvey Eckert, Deputy Secretary for Comptroller Operations (PA)

Concurrent Session #4 - E-Government: Applications in the States Phil Bryant, State Auditor (MS) Steve Westly, State Controller (CA) Patricia A. O'Donnell, First Vice President, Business Development - Government Financial Solutions, Bank One Moderator: Kim S. Thorne, Director, Division of Finance (UT)

Concurrent Session #5 - IT Security and Controls in Today's Government Manolet G. Dayrit, Partner, KPMG LLP Diana Ritter, Executive Deputy Comptroller (NY) Bill Kobel, Partner, Deloitte & Touche (invited) Scott Dueweke, Vice President, Government & Security, Concord EFS Moderator: Ralph Campbell, Jr., State Auditor (NC)

Concurrent Session #6 - Developments in Financial Management William J. Raftery, State Controller (WI) Tom Allen, Chairman, Governmental Accounting Standards Board Edward J. Mazur, Member, Governmental Accounting Standards Board Moderator: Keith Johnson, State Controller (ID)

Concurrent Session #7 - ERP Implementation: An Update on State Projects Arthur C. Stevens, Deputry Secretary for Information Technology (PA) Roger Cerritelli, Managing Director, BearingPoint Chris Meehan, Senior Account Executive, SAP Public Sector Brenda Bolander, State Comptroller (OK) J.D. Williams, Director, State & Local Government, PeopleSoft USA, Inc. Moderator: John J. Radford, State Controller (OR)

Concurrent Session #8 - Impacts of Early Reitrement Programs Annamary Holbrook, Advisory Business Consultant, Lawson Software Michael Langrehr, Vice President for Government Services, Crestone International, Inc. James S. Neubecker, Deputy Auditor General (MI) Moderator: Richard L. Fair, State Auditor (NJ)

Luncheon Speaker Josh Filler, Director of State and Local Government Coordination, Department of Homeland Security Introduction by Lawrence F. Alwin, State Auditor (TX)

Concurrent Session #9 - Successful Case Studies in State Government PA Unemployment Compensation Disbursements Rose Marquardt, Director, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Disbursements Ted LeGore II, Application Developer II John T. Noll, Application Developer I Implementing Fraud Detection Techniques in Your Unclaimed property Program Ann Moore Karen Gurzenda Maureen Ferrari Moderator: Barbara Hafer, State Treasurer (PA)

Concurrent Session #10 - Strategic Visioning and Planning for Technology Change Jonathan D. Breul, Associate Partner, IBM Business Consulting Services Caryl Holland, Vice President, Maximus, Inc. Becky Sutton, State ERP Project Manager (FL) Moderator: Martin J. Benison, State Comptroller (MA)

Concurrent Session #11 - Recent Activity in State Bond Markets: Implications for the Future Parry Young, Director, Standard & Poor's George D. Friedlander, Managing Director, Smith Barney/Citigroup George J. Marlin, Chairman and COO, Philadilphia Trust Moderator: W. Daniel Ebersole, Director, Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services (GA)

General Session #4- Leadership and Governance Kayla Gillan, Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Moderator: Jan Sylvis, Chief of Accounts (TN)