Mid-Atlantic Conferences

10TH Annual Blue Ridge Professional Development Conference
July 25-27, 2007
Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center, Roanoke, VA
16 CPEs - Includes 2 hr Ethics for CPAs
The Premier Conference for Human Service Finance and Audit Professionals

Sponsored by the Richmond and Roanoke AGA Chapters - Make Plans to Attend the “10th Annual Blue Ridge PDC” at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. The multi-track conference will focus on human service finance and audit issues. Ethics for CPAs (annual requirement in Virginia) will also be offered. Registration fees are estimated to range from $140-$170. Ethics Course is an additional $50-$60. Conference (AGA) hotel room rates are $76 per single occupancy or $96 per double occupancy. Early conference registration discounts are offered prior to June 15. Contact Nauri Ahmed for further information or to receive a flyer at 804-371-4613, or at nauri.ahmed@co.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov. Conference registration forms are expected to be released by mid-late March. Reservations are limited at the Hotel Roanoke to approximately 100 rooms each night (Jul 25 & Jul 26) and we are planning to locate several overflow hotels. If you are planning to attend, we suggest that you make your room reservations now so that you will be guaranteed a room at the conference site (Hotel Roanoke, 540.985.5900, web address: www.hotelroanoke.com).
Confirmed speakers include:
*The Honorable Marilyn Tavenner, Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia
*Raymond Ratke, Chief Deputy Commissioner, Virginia Dept of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services
*Carol McFarland and Cindy Roberts, Oklahoma Health Care Authority




"Creating Exceptional Value in Public Sector Financial Management"
Spring Professional Development Conference
March 14-15, 2007
Chesapeake Conference Center, Chesapeake, VA
16 CPEs

Sponsored by the Virginia Peninsula Chapter and the Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Society of Military Comptrollers.  More information will be posted to this website as it becomes available, or visit www.agavapen.org.

North Carolina Chapter
30th Anniversary Professional Development Conference
May 17-18, 2007
Exploris Museaum (Zanzibar Room), Raleigh, NC

Keynote speaker is Robert Attmore, GASB Chairman. Bill Broadus, Past AGA National President, will aslo speak on "The Impact of New Auditing Standards on Auditors and Auditees". Conference offers 16 CPEs for $150 for AGA members, $175 for nonmembers. The conference fee includes on-site lunch on Thursday, and a special 30th Anniversary Chapter Lunch at the Cardinal Club on Friday. Click here for more information or visit www.ncaga.org to register.

Philadelphia Chapter
49th Annual Professional Development Conference
Friday May 11, 2007
Renaissance Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA

Conference will have a wide variety of workshops to select from to earn 8 CPE credits.  For only $100 for members and $150 for non-members, it's one of the better CPE bargains around.  Fee includes luncheon.

Depending on the workshops you attend, you will qualify for CPE hours in Taxation, Accounting/ Auditing, or Professional Development.  The State Boards of Pennsylvania (sponsor number PX-000052-L) and New Jersey (sponsor number 20CE00054700) have granted approval as program sponsors to assign continuing professional education credits.  No prerequisites or advance preparation is required.  Please visit  http://www.agaphil.com/PDC2007/PDC2007.htm for agenda and to register.