Association of Public Pension Fund Auditors
(APPFA)
Professional Development Conference
Portland, OR
May 9-12, 1999
at the DoubleTree Hotel
Sunday, May 9, 1999
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Registration and Reception
Monday, May 10,1999
7:15 - 8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Session 1
8:00 - 8:15 a.m.
Introductions
Wayne Petersen, APPFA President
LACERA
8:15 - 9:00 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
Fred McDonnal, Executive Director
Oregon PERS
Session 2
9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Roll Call of the States
10:00 - 10:25 a.m.
11:30 - 1:00 p.m.
Session 3
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Auditing Benefits
Linda Henry, CPA, Senior Associate
Maxwell, Locke & Ritter LLP
Session 4
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Auditing Your Y2K Contingency Plan
Tobie Finzel, CISA, Information Protection & Y2K Consultant
Millenium Resources, LLC
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Session 5
3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
GASB Y2K Technical Bulletin
GASB OPEB Project
Robert Bensen, CPA, CIA, CISA, CGFM, Ph.D.
Lead Auditor, Special Projects, CalPERS
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
APPFA Business Meeting
Tuesday, May 11, 1999
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Session 6
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Assessing Risk
Roger McDaniel, CPA, CFE
President, Audit Services
10:00 - 10:25 a.m.
Break
10:25 - 11:30 a.m.
Assessing Risk
(Continued)
11:30-1:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Assessing Risk
(Continued)
3:00 - 3:25 p.m.
Break
3:25 - 5:00 p.m.
Assessing Risk
(continued)
Wednesday, May 12, 1999 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Session 7 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Shawn Lewis, CPA, CFE, Manager for Special Investigations 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Computer Fraud
Washington State Auditor's Office
Session 8
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Social Security in the Public Sector
Tim Beard, Employer Service Liaison Officer
Social Security Administration
Seattle Office
-Conference Ends-
The APPFA Professional Development Conference is designed to further enhance the participant’s auditing skills and also provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and concepts. At the completion of the conference, the participant will have attained an overview of the topic areas.
Although there is no prerequisite for attending this conference, the level of knowledge required is intermediate to advanced. Auditing and accounting professionals may qualify for 19 hours of Continuing Professional Education by attending this conference, which is designed to comply with the AICPA's Statement on CPE Standards. Participants attending this conference will receive an attendance certificate following the completion of this program.
Registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the acceptance of individual courses.
Complaints regarding sponsors may be addressed to:
NASBA
150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700
Nashville, TN 37219-2417
(615) 880-4200
The Course registration fee includes all workbook materials, continental breakfasts and breaks. The registration fee will be refunded upon written cancellation notice received ten (10) days before the seminar. No refund will be issued for cancellations received after that date.
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