Conference Overview

 
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FOR VCS 2020 REGISTRANTS ONLY
 
Click here to access the recorded sessions. Please refer to the email dated August 4th (subject line: Wrapping up the Virtual Conference Series) for instructions on how to sign into and access the recordings. A lot of work goes into planning the Annual Conference and this year, once again, the Conference Program Committee did an excellent job of developing an outstanding array of topics and presenters to assist you and the community you serve. We didn’t want you to miss out on gaining this knowledge and are proud to present much of that planned content to you as the NYGFOA Virtual Conference Series. Please join us!
And, although there is no substitute for the value gained by interacting face to face with your peers, this Virtual Conference Series enables you to participate in a greater number of sessions than if you were here with us in Albany this year.
Click here to register.
  
Please note the following:
Only paid registrants will receive CPE and/or GFI credit.
Many of the sessions will be recorded and made available to paid registrants.
Recorded sessions which qualify for CPE credit are marked with an *. As CPE qualifying recorded programs are considered non-interactive self-study, viewers wishing to earn CPE credit for viewing the recorded programs will be required to take and pass a short exam.  Viewers of a recorded program wishing to earn GFI Credit Onlare not required to take and pass a short exam.

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SERIES LIVE SCHEDULE (program subject to change)

April 24, 2020 - 1pm to 2pm | COVID-19 and Government Finance
1 CPE Advisory Services (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Does Not Qualify for CPE)
Presenter: Emily Brock, Director - Federal Liaison Center, GFOA of the U.S. and Canada

May 1, 2020 - 1pm to 2pm  | *GASB 84: Fiduciary Activities
1 CPE Accounting (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Will Qualify for CPE - Exam Available June 1st)
Presenters: Scott Oling, CPA, Partner and Jeffery Shaver, CPA, Partner, PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP

May 8, 2020 - 1pm to 2pm  |  ACA and Health Care Costs 2020
1 CPE Advisory Services (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Does Not Qualify for CPE)
Presenters: Michael Grinnell, Vice President and Kirsten McBride, Vice President, CPI-HR

May 15, 2020 - 1pm to 2pm  | *Considerations Before Applying for Grants
1 CPE Specialized Knowledge (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Will Qualify for CPE)
Presenters: Steve Schultz, Managing Director and Dianne Browning, Director, Envision Strategies, LLC

May 15, 2020 - 2:10pm to 3:10pm  | Automating Time and Attendance
1 CPE Specialized Knowledge (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Not Available)
Presenter: Jamie Blundell, President, Andrews Technology

May 29, 2020 - 1pm to 2pm  | *GASB 87: New Guidance for Leasing
1 CPE Accounting (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Will Qualify for CPE)
Presenter: Brendan Kennedy, CPA, Partner, BST & Co. CPAs, LLP

May 29, 2020 - 2:10pm to 3:10pm  |  Debt Refinancing Do's and Don'ts
1 CPE Specialized Knowledge (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Does Not Qualify for CPE)
Presenters: Robert Smith, Esq., Partner and William Jackson, Esq., Partner, Hawkins Delafield & Wood, LLP and Noah Nadelson, Chief Executive Officer, Munistat Services, Inc.

June 5, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm  |  Rating Agency Update
1 CPE Specialized Knowledge (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Does Not Qualify for CPE)
Presenters: Michael D'Arcy, Director-Public Finance, Fitch Ratings // Robert Weber, Vice President-Senior Analyst, Moodys Investors Service // Nora Wittstruck, Director, S&P Global

June 12, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:15pm  |  *The Trouble with Tax Caps
1.5 CPE Specialized Knowledge (Gov't) / 1.5 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Will Qualify for CPE)
Presenters: Kevin Bronner, Ph.D., Public Service Professor, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and Austin Aldag, Ph.D. Student, Cornell University

June 12, 2020 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm  |  *XBRL: Future of Financial Reporting
1 CPE Accounting (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Will Qualify for CPE)
Presenter: John Dawson, Product Strategy Manager, Tyler Technologies, Inc.

June 19, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm  |  *Public Sector Investment: The Basics
1 CPE Specialized Knowledge (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Will Qualify for CPE)
Presenters: Karen McLaughlin, Treasurer, Village of Rhinebeck and Marc O'Hearn, Director of Government Banking, Evans Bank, N.A.

June 26, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm  |  *Developing an Internal Audit Function
1 CPE Auditing (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Will Qualify for CPE)
Presenters: Linda Hannigan, CPA, Director of Government Audit Services, RBT CPAs, LLP and Jennifer George, CPA, Partner, RBT CPAs, LLP

July 10, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm  |  Financial Impacts of Hemp Legalization
1 CPE Specialized Knowledge (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Does Not Qualify for CPE)
Presenters: Meaghan Feenan, Associate-Cannabis Industry Group, Harris Beach, PLLC and Calvin Weaver, Associate-Cannabis Industry Group, Harris Beach, PLLC 

July 17, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm  |  *Abandoned Property Laws and Regs.
1 CPE Specialized Knowledge (Gov't)  / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Will Qualify for CPE)
Presenters: Jennifer Brown, Assistant Director-Compliance Services, Jacquelyn Earley, Assistant Director of Reports Processing and Marisol Pereira-Salazar, Director of Compliance, Office of Unclaimed Funds (Office of the State Comptroller)

July 17, 2020 - 2:10pm to 3:00pm  |  *Yellow Book Audits: What Finance Officers Need to Know
1 CPE Auditing (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Will Qualify for CPE)
Presenter: Harry Meyer, CPA, Principal, Craig, Fitzsimmons Michaels, LLP

July 24, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm  |  *The New Blue Book and You
1 CPE Accounting (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Will Qualify for CPE)
Presenter: Michele Mark Levine, CPA, Director of Technical Services, GFOA of the U.S. and Canada

July 24, 2020 - 2:10pm to 3:10pm  |  Cybersecurity and Fraud Protection
1 CPE Specialized Knowledge (Gov't) / 1 GFI Elective Credit (Recorded Program Does Not Qualify for CPE)
Presenter: Jade Hess, Vice President - Commercial Bank Cyber Security, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank. N.A.

Programming subject to change.

  • Only paid registrants will receive CPE and/or GFI credit.
  • All sessions will be recorded and made available to paid registrants.
  • Recorded sessions which qualify for CPE credit are marked with an *. As CPE qualifying recorded programs are considered non-interactive self-study, viewers wishing to earn CPE credit for viewing the recorded programs will be required to take and pass a short exam.  Viewers of a recorded program wishing to earn GFI Credit Only are not required to take and pass a short exam.

REGISTERED AND PAID ALREADY?
An email was sent to you inquiring if you wanted to participate in the VCS. Your affirmative response automatically registers you for the virtual sessions. (Pre-Conference program registration preferences were addressed separately.)
Haven’t responded yet? Please click here to do so now.
REGISTERED AND PENDING PAYMENT?
A separate email was sent to you inquiring if you wanted to participate in the VCS. Your affirmative response automatically registered you for the virtual sessions. Please note, payment is due in 30 days. (We will be in touch separately regarding your Pre-Conference program preferences.)
Haven’t responded yet? Please click here to do so now.