Conference Day One Monday, 27 October, 2008

0700 Conference Registration And Continental Breakfast In The Solutions Zone

0740 Welcome Remarks
Lori Holden, Executive Director, Defense Finance

0745 Chairperson’s Opening Address
Glen C. Gram, Partner DoD FM Leader IBM GBS - Federal, IBM

0800 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Improvement Strategies For Transforming Business Operations
James E. Short
, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense

0840 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Evolving To An IFO
William H. Fuessler
, IBM GBS Global Leader - Financial Management

0920 Refreshment And Networking Break In The Solutions Zone

0950 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Challenges Related To Long-Term Fiscal Outlook And Transforming DOD Business Practices
Gene Dodaro,
Acting Comptroller General, GAO

1030 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Defense Finance Transformation Challenges And Next Steps
Paul A. Brinkley,
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Business Transformation, BTA

1110 PANEL DISCUSSION Requirements, Restrictions And Resources Audit Readiness In The DoD
Tony Poleo,
Chief Financial Officer, Defense Logistics Agency
Wes Miller, Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1200 Networking Luncheon

  Track A Budgeting And Systems Automation Track B Contract Management And Audit Readiness

1300 Chairperson’s Opening Address Chairperson’s Opening Address

1310 The Budget Formulation And Execution Line Of Business (Bfelob) Automating Federal Budgeting, Integrating Budget And Finance, And Transforming Government- Wide Collaboration And Knowledge Management
Andy Schoenbach,
Chief, Budget Systems Branch, Office of Management and Budget; and Policy Lead for the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business
Sandi McCabe, Lead, Program Management Office, Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business, Department of Education (LoB Managing Partner)
Army Audit Readiness For Property Plant And Equipment
Anitra Akanbi,
Director, Financial Reporting ASA(FMC), US Army
Audrey Ormerod, Army Real Property Officer, Office of the
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, US Army

1410 Update On BTA Enterprise Projects
Mats Persson,
PEO, Enterprise Finance, BTA
Business Transformation In The Navy Enterprise And The Navy ERP Program
Susan Keen,
Technical Director, Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

1450 Refreshment And Networking Break In The Solutions Zone

1520 FMLoB/FSIO Updates
Dianne Copeland,
Director FSIO, GSA
WAWF Initiative Improving Financial Processes In Contract Management
Carol F. Albany,
DCMA E-Business Directorate (DCMA-ITB)

1600 USCG Clean Audit Objectives, Tools And Practices
R. E. Hart,
Lieutenant Commander, US Coast Guard, Audit Readiness Planning Team (ARPT) COMDT (CG-85)
Trends In Defense Industry Consolidation
Dr. Nayantara Hensel,
Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics, Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, US Naval Postgraduate School

1630 Defense Finance 2008 Cocktail Reception

1640 Closing Session: DIMHRS: Enabling Army Human Resources Transformation
COL Patrick Devine
, Chief, Army Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System (DIMHRS) Division of U.S. Army Human Resources Command

Conference Day Two Tuesday, 28 October, 2008

0700 Continental Breakfast In The Solutions Zone

0745 Chairperson’s Opening Address
Glen C. Gram,
Partner DoD FM Leader IBM GBS - Federal, IBM

0800 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Department Of The Navy (DoN) Business Transformation
Dr. Douglas A. Brook,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)

0840 KEYNOTE ADDRESS OMB Perspectives On The FIAR And DoD’s Road To A Clean Audit
Danny Werfel,
Deputy Controller at the Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

0920 Refreshment And Networking Break In The Solutions Zone

1000 KEYNOTE ADDRESS DEAMS And Your Future
Alan K. Bentley,
Director of Program Analysis & Financial Management (J8), USTRANSCOM

1040 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Charles E. Cook III,
Assistant Deputy Commandant, Programs and Resources Department, US Marine Corps

1120 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Achieving A Clean Audit DISA Perspectives
Jimaye Sones,
Comptroller, Defense Information Systems Agency

1200 Networking Luncheon

1300 Building The Framework To Create An Internal Cost Culture
Stephen T. Bagby,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (DASA), Cost and Economics

1340 The Progression Of DTS Past, Present And Future
Dianne B. Johnson,
Chief, Requirements & Initiatives Branch, Defense Travel Management Office, OUSD, Personnel and Readiness

1420 GFEBS Project Update
COL Simon Holzman, GFEBS Project Manager, US Army

1500 Refreshment And Networking Break In The Solutions Zone

1540 Standardized Accounting Best Practices For DoD Agencies The DAI Initiative And Financial Transformation
Dianne Morrison,
DAI Program Manager, BTA

1620

Financial Management Idea Exchange and Executive Roundtables

Table 1 Hosted By Oracle Crystal Ball
Risk Mitigation in Program Cost Estimates
Tracy Manchego, DoD Senior Account Manager, Oracle Crystal Ball
Fred Ciochetto, Solution Specialist, MBB, Oracle Crystal Ball


1720 End Of Main Conference Day Two

 

 



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