AICPA National Forensic Accounting Conference

Experts in fraud identification, investigation, reporting and deterrence provide training in forensic techniques as well as forensic accounting and commercial litigation matters. At the AICPA National Forensic Accounting Conference, formerly known as the National Conference on Fraud and Litigation Services, you will learn how to apply complex analytical techniques, scrutinize online consumer transactions, explore public databases, conduct advanced interviews, face video depositions and analyze written statements.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 – MAIN CONFERENCE – DAY ONE

12:50pm-1:00pm  Welcome and Introduction

1:00pm-2:15pm  Concurrent Sessions (select one)
1.  General Fraud Schemes
Delena Spann, M.S., CFE, CCA, Senior Criminal Analyst, US Secret Service, Electronic & Financial, Chicago, IL

2.  21st Century Ponzi Schemes (repeated in #10)
Joseph Dooley, CPA.CITP, CFF, CFE, CIPP, Managing Director, KPMG LLP, New York, NY
Keith Slotter, CPA, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Diego, CA

3.  Discovery Overload and "Daubert" Affect:
Jonathon Dunitz, Senior Counsel, Friedman Gaythwaite Wolf & Leavitt, Portland, ME
Nancy Fannon, ASA, CPA/ABV, MCBA, Owner, Fannon Valuation Group, Portland, ME

4.  Top 10 Ways to Improve Stock and Asset Purchase Agreements for M&A Activities
Basil Imburgia, Senior Managing Director, Co-Leader of Dispute, FTI Consulting, New York, NY
Alan Stone, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY

2:20pm-3:10pm  Concurrent Sessions (select one)
5.  Data Analytics for Fraud Detection
Vorapong (Gho) Sutanont, MCSD, MCSD.NET, Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chicago, IL

6.  What is a Robust FCPA Compliance Program and how do you get one?
Lourdes Sanchez Ridge, Senior Counsel, International Law Practice Group, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA

7.  Working with Litigation Attorneys
Eric Sacks, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL

8.  ABA Litigation & White Collar Crime Corporate Special Investigations
Tom Hanusik, Partner, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC
David McAttee, Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX

3:15pm-4:30pm  Concurrent Sessions (select one)
9.  Latest Forensic Accounting Techniques to Identify Fraud
Donna Tamura, CPA, CFF, Managing Partner, Durkin Forensic Incorporated, San Diego, CA

10.  21st Century Ponzi Schemes (repeat of #2)

11.  Lost Profits Damages: Controversial Issues & Lessons Learned from the Courts (repeated in #18)
Nancy Fannon, ASA, CPA/ABV, MCBA, Owner, Fannon Valuation Group, Portland, ME
Bill Kennedy, Ph.D., CPA/ABV, Partner, Co-Director of Forensics and Valuation, Anders Minkler & Diehl LLP, St. Louis, MO

12.  Developing and Growing Niche Litigation Practice
Moderator: Michelle Gallagher, CFF, Owner, Gallagher & Associates, CPAs, PLC, Lansing, MI
Panelists: Tom Hanusik Partner, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC
Michael Wolff, Partner, Eisner, LLP, New York, NY

4:30pm-5:00pm  Refreshment Break and Vendor Display

5:00pm-6:00pm  General Session
13. Ask the Regulators – A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Erik Skramstad, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Boston, MA
Panelists: Keith Slotter, CPA, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Diego, CA
Delena Spann, M.S., CFE, CCA, Senior Criminal Analyst, US Secret Service, Electronic & Financial, Chicago, IL
Additional Panelists To Be Determined

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 – MAIN CONFERENCE – DAY TWO

6:45am-4:45pm  Registration and Message Center Open

6:45am-8:00am  Continental Breakfast and Vendor Display

7:00am-7:50am  Early Riser Sessions (select one)
201.  Use of Statistics In Generating Credible Evidence/ Assurance Dr. Saurav Dutta, CMA, Ph.D., Associate Professor, SUNY-Albany, Albany, NY
202. The Tool of Link & Timeline Analysis Visualization
Mike Woods, LASD Lieutenant (Ret.), Gordian Analysis & Visualization, San Marcos, CA

8:00am-9:05am  General Session
14.  Ask the Judges – A Panel Discussion
Panelists To Be Determined

9:05am-9:35am  Refreshment Break and Vendor Display

9:35am-10:50am  Concurrent Sessions (select one)
15.  Effectively Using Computer Forensics in Investigations & Damages Cases
Margaret Daley, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps LLC, Chicago, IL

16.  Navigating Bankruptcy and Insolvency Cases
Robert Morrison, ASA, Managing Director, RSM McGladrey, Inc., Orlando, FL

17.  Family Law: Fraud & Forensics – “She Gets Half If She Can Find It!”
Donald Glenn, Managing Partner, Glenn & Dawson LLP, Walnut Creek, CA

18.  Lost Profits Damages: Controversial Issues & Lessons Learned from the Courts (repeat of #11)

10:50am-10:55am  Change Break

10:55am-12:10pm  Concurrent Sessions (select one)
19.  Managing Privacy in an Era of Collaboration
Warren Zafrin, Principal, KPMG LLP, New York, NY

20.  Forensic Solvency Analysis in Bankruptcy
Alec Ostrow, Attorney, Stevens & Lee, P.C., New York, NY

21.  High Profile Divorces
Randall Kessler, Founding Partner, Kessler Schwarz & Solomiany, P.C., Atlanta, GA

22.  Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
Thomas Hilton, CPA/ABV, CFF, ASA, CVA, Anders Minkler & Diehl LLP, St. Louis, MO

12:10pm-1:40pm  L1 Luncheon/Keynote Speaker
Bruce Yannett, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY

1:40pm-2:55pm  Concurrent Sessions (select one)
23.  Tax & Insurance Issues in Forensic Investigations
Ken Herzinger, Partner, Orrick Herrington, San Francisco, CA

24.  Forensic Investigation for Receivers & Audit Committees
Andrew Bernstein, CPA, CVA, Director of Forensic and Business Valuation,
Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant Certified Public Accountants & Consultants, LLP, Miami, FL
Michael Goldberg, Shareholder, Akerman Senterfitt, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mitchell Herr, Partner, Holland & Knight, Miami, FL
Richard Pollack, CPA/ABV/CFF/PFS, ASA, CBA, CFE, Director-in-Charge of Forensic Business

25.  Case Law Update
Cliff Hutchinson, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Dallas, TX

26.  The Forensic CPA Expert's Role in Quantifying Post Acquisition Dispute Damages
Bill Kennedy, Ph.D., CPA/ABV, Partner, Co-Director of Forensics and Valuation, Anders Minkler & Diehl LLP, St. Louis, MO
Jeff Litvak, CPA, ASA, CFf, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, Chicago, IL

2:55pm-3:25pm  Refreshment Break and Vendor Display

3:25pm-4:45pm  Concurrent Sessions (select one)
27.  “View from Inside” – A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Sonya Andreassen, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chicago, IL
Panelists: Chris McVicker, Internal Audit Director, SPX, Charlotte, NC
Additional Panelists To Be Determined

28.  “White Collar” Criminal Defenses
Frank Agostino, Vice President, Calo Agostino, P.C., Hackensack, NJ
Bryan Skarlatos, Partner, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, New York, NY

29.  Hot Topics in Family Law
Moderator: Melissa Avery, CFLS, Partner, Avery & Cheerva LLP, Indianapolis, IN
Panelists: Tom Burrage, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, Principal, Burrage & Johnson, CPAs, LLC, Albuquerque, NM
Michelle Gallagher, CFF, CFF, Owner, Gallagher & Associates, CPAs, PLC, Lansing, MI
Donald Glenn, CFF, Managing Partner, Glenn & Dawson LLP, Walnut Creek, CA
Randall Kessler, Founding Partner, Kessler Schwarz & Solomiany, P.C., Atlanta, GA
Marion Ventrulli, Partner, Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, Lake Forest, CA

30.  IP Disputes
Richard Gering, CLP, Principal, Parente Randolph, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Manley, Principal, McKool Smith, Dallas, TX

4:45pm-6:00pm  Networking Reception and Vendor Display

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 – MAIN CONFERENCE – DAY THREE

6:45am-3:00pm   Registration and Message Center Open

6:45am-8:00am  Continental Breakfast and Vendor Display

7:00am-7:50am  Early Riser Sessions (select one)
203.  FLS Town Hall
Thomas E. Hilton, MS, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CVA, Co-Director, Forensic & Valuation Services Group, Anders Minkler & Diehl LLP, St. Louis, MO
Glenn Newman, CBA/ABV/CFF, CFE, Practice Leader, Parente Randolph, Philadelphia, PA
Mike Ueltzen, CPA/CFF, CFE, Partner, Ueltzen & Company, LLP, Sacramento, CA
Steve Winters, Director, AICPA, Durham, NC

204.  IFRS
Barry Epstein, Ph.D., CPA, Partner, RNCO Financial Litigation Advisors, Russell Novak & Company, LLP, Chicago, IL

7:50am-8:00am  Change Break

8:00am-9:30am  General Session
31.  Enforcement, Compliance and Internal Investigations: Dealing With the Government In A Down Economy
Paul McNulty, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General, Washington, DC

9:30am-10:00am  Refreshment Break and Vendor Display

10:00am-11:15am  Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
32.  Effective Deposition Preparation
Eric Sacks, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL

33.  Hedge Fund Fraud: How History Repeats Itself and Investors Get a New Instruction Manual (repeated in #41)
Stephen Bell, Partner, KPMG LLP, New York, NY

34.  Machiavellian Negotiation and Mediation Tactics
Jeff Litvak, CPA, ASA, CFF, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, Chicago, IL
Miles Mason, Sr., JD, CPA, Attorney, Crone & Mason, PLC, Memphis, TN
Marion Ventrulli, Partner, Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, Lake Forest, IL

35.  Hot Topics in Bankruptcy
Alec Olstrow, Attorney, Stevens & Lee, P.C., New York, NY

11:15am-11:20am    Change Break

11:20am-12:10pm  Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
36.  Verifying Claims in Class Actions
Jeffrey Leibell, CPA, JD, Vice President, Class Action Services, The Garden City Group, Inc., Melville, NY
David Cace, Eisner LLP, New York, NY

37.  Forensic Internet Investigation
Cynthia Hetherington, MISM, MLS, Founder, The Hetherington Group, Haskell, NJ

38.  A&A Update
Linda A. McDonald, CPA, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, New York, NY

39.  Courtroom Stories or Professional Malpractice
Scott Cooper, Attorney, Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Richard Gering, Principal, Ph.D., Parente Randolph, Philadelphia, PA

12:10pm-1:40pm   L2 Luncheon/Keynote Speaker Address:
Powerful Persuasive Communication
Barbara Tannenbaum, Ph.D., Communication Studies Senior Lecturer in Theatre, Speech & Dance Theatre, Speech & Dance, Brown University, Providence, RI

1:40pm-1:45pm    Change Break

1:45pm-3:00pm   Concurrent Sessions (Select One)
40.  Working on the Accounting Malpractice Case as an Expert for the Plaintiff and Defendant
Paul Carbon, Partner, Margolis Edelstein, Berkeley Heights, NJ

41.  Hedge Funds: How History Repeats Itself and Investors Get a New Instruction Manual (repeat of #33)

42.  Economic Damages for Personal Injury
Holly Sharp, CPA, CFP, CFE, Director, LaPorte Sehrt Romig Hand, Metairie, LA

43.  Financial Institutions Litigation
Sandra Johnigan, CPA/CFF, CFE, Owner,Johnigan, P.C., Dallas, TX

12:40pm   Conference Adjourns

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Hotel Room Rate: $219 single/double + $10 Resort Fee
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