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GFOA CONFERENCE AT-A-GLANCE 
 
FINANCING THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT--MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 
 
                                            Accounting, Auditing and 
                                            Financial Reporting 
 
SUNDAY - JUNE 13, 2004 
 
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm     Concurrent Sessions   * Seeing is Believing: 
                      (1 CPE each)            Examples of the New 
                                              Model in Practice 
 
                                            * The Price Is Right! 
                                              Costing in the Public 
                                              Sector 
 
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm     Concurrent Sessions   * An Eye for Detail: New 
                      (1 CPE each)            Implementation Guidance 
                                              from GASB 
 
                                            * Back to School: Applying 
                                              GAAP in the School 
                                              District Environment 
 
6 pm - 9:30 pm        GFOA Welcome Reception 
 
MONDAY -JUNE 14, 2004 
 
8:30 am - 10:15 am    General Session - (2 CPE) Featuring fraud expert 
                      Frank Abagnale 
 
10:30 am - 12:10 pm   Concurrent Sessions   * That Was the Year That 
                      (2 CPE each)            Was: The Accounting and 
                                              Auditing Year in Review 
 
12:10 pm - 1:10 pm    Lunch with your Colleagues (Delegates only) 
 
1:25 pm - 3:05 pm     Concurrent Sessions   * Send Me the Bill! 
                      (2 CPE each)            Accounting for 
                                              Postretirement Health 
                                              Care Costs 
 
                                            * When 2+2 Doesn't Equal 4: 
                                              Meeting the Practical 
                                              Challenges of Financial 
                                              Statement Consolidation 
 
3:20 pm - 5 pm        Concurrent Sessions   * Hedging Your Bets: 
                      (2 CPE each)            Accounting and Financial 
                                              Reporting for Derivatives 
 
                                            * Say It Ain't So! Rooting 
                                              Out Fraud in the Public 
                                              Sector 
 
TUESDAY - JUNE 15, 2004 
 
9 am - 10 am          General Session - (1 CPE) 
 
10:15 am - 11:55 am   Concurrent Sessions   * In Our Opinion: Applying 
                      (2 CPE each)            the Latest Auditing 
                                              Guidance 
 
12:10 pm - 1:40 pm    Annual Business Luncheon (Delegates only) 
 
1:55 pm - 3:35 pm     Concurrent Sessions   * They're Just Not What 
                      (2 CPE each)            They Used To Be: 
                                              Accounting for 
                                              Impairments of Capital 
                                              Assets 
 
                                            * Cleaning Up After the 
                                              Storm: The Auditing 
                                              Profession in the Wake 
                                              of Enron 
 
3:50 pm - 4:50 pm     Discussion Groups     * Get a Life! Lifing and 
                      (1 CPE each)            Other Practical 
                                              Challenges of Accounting 
                                              for Capital Assets 
 
                                            * Performance Review: 
                                              Ensuring the Integrity 
                                              of Performance Data 
 
                                            * What It All Really 
                                              Means: Analyzing Local 
                                              Government Financial 
                                              Statements 
 
                                            * Recipe for Success: 
                                              Documenting Accounting 
                                              Policies and Procedures 
 
6 pm - 11 pm          Tuesday Evening Finale - Milwaukee Public Museum 
                      (ticketed event sponsored by the Milwaukee Local 
                      Conference Committee) 
 
WEDNESDAY - JUNE 16, 2004 
 
8:30 am - 10:10 am    Concurrent Sessions   * Looking Good! The New 
                      (2 CPE each)            and Improved Statistical 
                                              Section 
 
10:25 am - 12:05 pm   Concurrent Sessions   * Please Note: Practical 
                      (2 CPE each)            Examples of Recently 
                                              Mandated Note Disclosures 
 
                                            * Tell All the World: 
                                              Effective Popular 
                                              Reporting 
 
                      Budgeting and              Cash Management 
                      Financial Planning         and Investing 
 
SUNDAY - JUNE 13, 2004 
 
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm     * Fend-for-Yours If        * Reporting Investment 
                        Federalism?                Results: 
                        Intergovernmental          Understanding Rates, 
                        Revenue Sharing in         Yields, and Returns 
                        Municipal Finance 
 
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm     * Beyond Traditional 
                        Budgeting: How to Fix 
                        Your Financial 
                        Planning Process 
 
6 pm - 9:30 pm        GFOA Welcome Reception 
 
MONDAY -JUNE 14, 2004 
 
8:30 am - 10:15 am    General Session - (2 CPE) Featuring fraud expert 
                      Frank Abagnale 
 
10:30 am - 12:10 pm   * Performance              * Internet Auctions: 
                        Measurement: Beyond        Boost Your Yields 
                        the Basics                 and Streamline 
                                                   Business Processes 
 
12:10 pm - 1:10 pm    Lunch with your Colleagues (Delegates only) 
 
1:25 pm - 3:05 pm     * Cutback Management       * From Paper to 
                        Strategies That Last       Plastic: Using 
                                                   Purchasing Cards to 
                                                   Cut Costs and 
                                                   Increase Spending 
                                                   Control 
 
3:20 pm - 5 pm        * Outsourcing and Shared   * Detecting and 
                        Services Come of Age       ...