Conference Program, Schedule, and Speakers
Place:
Hilton Hawaiian Vilage Beach Resort & Spa 205 Kalia Road Honolulu, Hawaii 96815 Mid-Pacific Conference Center — Coral Ballrooms [MAP]
Dates and Times:
Monday, August 25, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Registration starts at 7:30 am Program 8:30 am to 5:00 pm daily
SCHEDULE, TOPICS, and SPEAKERS
MONDAY
Opening Commentators and Hosts
Robert F. Hale, Executive Director, American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC)
Thomas J. Stanton, Jr., President, Hawaii Chapter, AGA
Col Bill Sims, President, Aloha Chapter, ASMC
Top 10 Technology Trends
Gordon Bruce, CIO, City & County of Honolulu
Randy Cieslak, CIO, U.S. Pacific Command
Donny C. Shimamoto, Managing Director, IntrapriseTechKnowlogies LLC
Progress of DOD’s Business Transformation
Roger Scearce, Senior Partner, Vanguard Advisors LLC
Debra Delmar, Managing Partner, Vanguard Advisors LLC
Challenges of Implementing New Technologie
Larry Goode, Partner, Grant Thornton LL
Gordon Bruce, CIO, City & County of Honolulu
Mark Easton, Director, Financial Operations, U.S. Navy
Richard P. “Gus” Gustafson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Luncheon Keynote
Ernest A. Almonte, Auditor General, State of Rhode Island; Vice Chair, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Tools and Tricks on Using Microsoft Products
Joy L Dakin-Schwalm, Solutions Specialist, Public Sector, Microsoft
New Technologies in the U.S. Air Force
Richard P. “Gus” Gustafson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Digital Content Management
Young Park, Practice Manager, Intelligent Document Security, IKON Office Solutions
New Technologies in the U.S. Navy
Mark Easton, Director, Financial Operations, U.S. Navy
Implementing Financial Management Solutions
Joshua F. (Josh) Kahn, Solution Architect Senior Director, Global Public Sector, Oracle
Nancy R. Brown, Comptroller Commander, Navy Installations Command
TUESDAY
Emerging Mobile Computing
Kevin Strom, Senior Sales Director, AT&T
Kris Kaluger, Senior Public Account Executive, Absolute Software
Technology’s Role in Shaping the Future of Financial Management
Larry Goode, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
Martin Rajk, Deputy Assistant Commandant for Resources and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
Geospatial Data Systems
Lorna Hu, Chief, Quality Management Branch, Installation Management Command, U.S. Army – Pacific
Greg Fleming, Regional GIS Manager, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Defense Travel Systems
Elmo Gladden, Director, Air Force Travel Reengineering Program, U.S. Air Force
Luncheon Keynote
Lillie Ann Piosalan, Founder of Piosalan & Associates, LLC
Identity Theft
Steven L. Johnson, Public Sector Partnerships, VISA Inc.
Arnold Laanui, Jr, Special Agent, Computer Crime Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Defense Financial Management Trends
Robert F. Hale, Executive Director, American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC)
Knowledge Management
Raj Verma, Senior Assistant to CKO, U.S. Air Force
Data Mining Tools
William (Bill) J. Kelley, Colonel (ret), founder, DoD Data Mining Division; Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Larry Singer, Vice President, Hewlett-Packard Company; former CIO, State of Georgia
XBRL
John Cherbini, Partner, KPMG LLP
Larry Goode, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
Post-conference reception Tuesday in exhibit area.