APPFA Professional Development Conference
Phoenix, Arizona

November 3 through 6, 1996

November 3

Registration and Reception: Becky Kimbrough

November 4

Welcome and Logistics: Bob Schaefer, Joe Vet, and Becky Kimbrough

• Welcome to Arizona: LeRoy Gilbertson, Executive Director, Arizona State Retirement System
• Internal Controls of Public Retirement Fund Investment Management: LeRoy Gilbertson, Executive Director, Arizona State Retirement System, Paul Matson, Senior Investment Manager, Arizona State Retirement System
• Roll Call of the States: What's Hot in Your Audit Shop Moderators: Bob Schaefer / Joe Vet
• Preparing for Re-engineering Benefit Processing: Marian Miller, Benefits Director and former Auditor, Teacher's Retirement System of Texas
• Health Care Audit: A Pennsylvania Case Study: Grant Kolb, Jere Cowden, and Paul Krewer, HMG Health Care Auditing; Don Halke, Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System
• ANNUAL APPFA MEETING: Agenda by Bob Schaefer: Minutes of Albany, Election of OFficers, New members, Changes to Bylaws and Constitution from Bob Schaefer for Steve Harding

November 5

Effective and Efficient Computer Auditing: Dr. Daniel Kneer, Arizona State University

• Topics will include:

• Exposures and Controls: Exposures, General Controls, Application Controls, End-User. Which controls can be tested using CAATs?
• Real-time Surveillance; Auditor's Role to Monitor / Govern and Reaction in a Real-time Environment
• Auditing Distributedd Systems / LANS / End-User Application. Focus will be on relevant theory in these environments and which CAATs are most effective, efficient, and value added in these environments.

November 6

• Effective and Efficient Computer Auditing: Dr. Daniel Kneer - Continuation
• ANNUAL APPFA MEETING(continuation); STRATEGIC PLANNING: David Maurek / Bob Schaefer