2025 Conference Agenda

Sunday, April 27
	2:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Registration Open
	2:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Tee Times Begin for golf (pre-registration required)
	3:00 pm – 3:50 pm	Concurrent: Foundations of Governmental Accounting – Part 1	Jenn CruverKibi, Maher Duessel
		Concurrent: S&P Global Ratings – Ratings Process and Pennsylvania Credit Trends	Felix Winnekens, S&P Global
	4:00 pm – 4:50 pm	Concurrent: Foundations of Governmental Accounting – Part 2	Jenn CruverKibi, Maher Duessel
		Concurrent: Session TBA
	5:00 pm – 5:30 pm	First Time Attendee and New Member Reception
	5:00 pm – 6:30 pm	Welcome Reception and Exhibit Hall Open
	6:30 PM	West Region Meet Up
Monday, April 28
	7:00 am – 5:00 pm	Registration Open
	7:30 am – 6:30 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
	7:30 am – 8:15 am	Breakfast with Exhibitors in Exhibit Hall
	8:20 am – 8:30 am	Welcome
	8:30 am – 9:30 am	Opening Keynote: The Intangible It	Jack Stahlmann
	9:30 am – 9:45 am	Break with Exhibitors
	9:45 am – 10:35 am	Concurrent: Manage Your Budget Year-Round: How to get value when you AREN’T building your budget	Bill Hart, OpenGov
		Concurrent: Ten Tips from a Trusty Treasurer	Erica Rocchi Brusselars, ACPFIM
	10:35 am – 10:45 am	Break
	10:45 am – 11:35 am	Concurrent: The QUANTUM LEAP! – from QuickBooks to True Fund Accounting: A Software Perspective	Frank Natale, ; Ted Cormier,  Vadar Systems
		Concurrent: Preparing for a Trip to the Bargaining Table	Joshua Hausmann, Campbell Durrant, PC
	11:35 am – 12:35 pm	Lunch and Visit with Exhibitors
	12:45 pm – 1:35 pm	Concurrent: Late Night Presents: The Top Ten Legal and Financial Trends in Government Finance for 2025	John Callahan, MTB, Christopher Hoffert, Stifel
		Concurrent: Proven Strategies to Increase Delinquent Collections	Kevin Buraks, Esquire and Jason Leininger, Esquire
	1:45 pm – 2:35 pm	Concurrent: Succession Planning and Recruiting	Charlene Stevens, GovHR
		Concurrent: Preventing and Addressing Fraud	Scott Koman and Mark Banks, Boyer & Ritter
	2:35 pm – 3:00 pm	Break with Exhibitors
	3:10 pm – 4:00 pm	Concurrent: PA Municipalities Under Financial Distress (How To Avoid How They Got Off It)	Gordon Mann, PFM
		Concurrent: Next-Level Fraud Prevention, Strategies for Today’s Threat Landscape
	4:10 pm – 5:00 pm	Concurrent: Session TBA
		Concurrent: Session TBA
	5:30 pm – 6:15pm	Reception with Exhibitors
	6:15 pm – 9:00pm	Reception Dinner
Tuesday, April 29	7:45 am – 8:45 am	Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
	8:45 am – 9:15 am	Annual Membership Meeting
	9:15 am – 10:15 am	Budget Games with Chris Morrill, GFOA
	10:15 am – 10:45 am	Break with Exhibitors
	10:45 am – 11:35 am	Concurrent: Busting Myths About Cybersecurity and Cyber Insurance for Local Government Entities	Jessica Newman, Acrisure Cyber Services
		Concurrent: Session TBA
	10:45 am – 3:00 pm	Exhibit Breakdown
	11:35 am – 12:30 pm	Lunch
	12:40 pm – 1:30 pm	Concurrent:
		Concurrent: GASB Update	Kevin Stouffer, SEK CPAs and Advisors
	1:45 pm – 2:35 pm	Concurrent: Liquid Fuels- PennDOT (what you need to file, when you need to file…	Kristin Sims, PA Dept of Transportation
		Concurrent: Seeing the Forest through the Trees: Insights from an Interim Municipal Finance Director	Cindy Bergvall, CPA, Sheila Mauger, CPA, Bee Bergvall and Co.
	2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Excursion: Craft Beer Walking Experience (pre registration required)
	2:30 pm – 2:45 pm	Break
	2:45 pm – 3:35 pm	Concurrent: Planning For Arbitrage	Dustin Starr, Maher Duessel
		Concurrent: Fund Balance Policy (GFOA Best Practice or PFM)	Glenn Dickerson, Limerick Township
	3:45 pm – 4:35 pm	Concurrent: Municipal Leasing: How To Buy Capital and Increase Cash Flow
		Concurrent: Session TBA
	4:35 PM	Open Evening – No Events Planned
Wednesday, April 30	7:45 am – 8:30 am	Breakfast
	8:30 am – 9:20 am	State of the Economy and its impact on Investment Rates	Rajesh Chainani, PMA
	9:20 am – 9:35 am	Break
	9:35 am – 10:25 am	Legislative Update	Amy Sturges, PML
	10:25 am – 11:15 am	Getting More Than You Bargained For!	Doug Tieman
	11:15 am – 11:30 am	Closing and Door Prizes