2024 Annual Summer Conference

MDGFOA Summer Conference Agenda: Subject to Change

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

1:00 pm – 2:40 pm: Advanced Technology Training – Emphasis on Productivity in Excel. PivotTable, Macros, AI (2 CPE)

• Speaker: Donald Tomoff, CPA, MBA Business Learning Institute (BLI) – AICPA, Founder Invenios Advisors, LLC
• Description: TBD

2:40 pm – 3:00 pm: Break

3:00 pm – 4:40 pm: Advanced Technology Training Cont. (2 CPE)

• Speaker: Same as above.
• Description: Same as above.

Adjourn

Thursday June 27, 2024

8:00 am – 8:05 am: Welcome and Introductions

• Speaker: Stephen McGibbon, President, MDGFOA  

8:05 am – 8:55 am: Accounting Trends and Current Issues (1 CPE)

• Speaker: Bill Early, Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
• Speaker: Remi Omisore, Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
• Description: This session will discuss trends and current issues in the accounting and audit profession that have direct effects on governmental entities.

8:55 am – 9:10 am: Break

9:10 am – 10:50 am: Beware the “Artificial CPA”? Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and You (2 CPE)

• Speaker: Greg Conderacci, BLI Senior Fellow, consultant, and faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Description: How will Artificial Intelligence transform the accounting industry, your organization and your career? Is an “Artificial CPA” coming to a firm near you? Will Blockchain “block” your career? And what are the ethical implications for you, your colleagues and your clients? Are you ready for the threats and opportunities just over the horizon – and for years to come? Some see AI becoming as pervasive and transformational in the 21st Century as electricity was in the 20th. Others predict that AI will do to accounting what the Internet did to the media industry. This course focuses on the sweeping impact of Artificial Intelligence on our lives — and the steps we might take, ethically and professionally, to prepare for it.

10:50 am – 11:05 am: Break

11:05 am – 12:45 pm: Beware the “Artificial CPA”? Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and You (2 CPE)

• Speaker: Same as above.
• Description: Same as above.

12:45 pm – 1:15 pm: Networking Reception

1:15 pm – 2:20 pm: Lunch

2:20 pm – 3:10 pm: Maryland Office of Social Equity (OSE)(1 CPE)

• Speaker: TBD, OSE
• Description: This presentation will provide an overview of the Office, including its responsibilities, services provided, and a long-term strategic vision Additionally, there will be a discussion on the CRRF including how Counties may use CRRF grant funds, targeted/suggested uses derived by OSE, and responsibilities of the Counties (i.e., reporting requirements).

3:10 pm – 3:30 pm: Business Meeting

Adjourn

Friday, June 28, 2024

9:00 am – 9:50 am: Economic Update (1 CPE)

• Speaker: TBD

• Description: TBD

9:50 am – 10:00 am: Break

10:00 am – 10:50 am: Performance Auditing (1 CPE)

• Speaker: TBD
• Description: TBD

10:50 am – 11:10 am: Break

11:10 am – 12:00 pm: Pending Session (1 CPE)

• Speaker: TBD
• Description: TBD

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch

Adjourn

Please note, registration will close on June 5th, 2024. If you need to register any additional attendees, please contact mdgfoa@mdgfoa.org

Guest Registration

Guest registration information can be found here. 

Hotel Reservation Information

Ashore Resort & Beach Club

10100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842