2012 NGMA Annual Grants Training Conference
Daily Agenda at a Glance - Day 1
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
2:00
2:00
5:00
5:00 Registration/Help Desk Open
5:00 Exhibits Open
6:30 Welcome Reception
Location: 2nd Level Foyer
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
Location: Jefferson Ballroom
Monday, April 23, 2012
7:00
5:00
Registration/Help Desk Open
8:00
5:00
Exhibits Open
8:00
8:45
8:45
10:00
10:00
10:30
10:30
11:20
Location: 2nd Level Foyer
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
Conference Opening Ceremonies and Annual NGMA Membership Meeting
Opening Remarks: Merril Oliver
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Welcoming Address and OMB Update: Grants Management Trends Preview
Featured Speaker: Gilbert Tran
Moderator: Adrianne Fielding
Break and Exhibitors
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
Track 1: Grant Recipients
Breakout Session 1: The New Age of
Accountability: Activity Based Budgets
- Why & How
Track 2: Pass-Through Entities
Breakout Session 1: Exploring State
Level Grant Portals and Coordination
Track 3: Federal Grantors
Breakout Session 1: Identifying
High-Risk Grantees
Location: Roosevelt Room
Location: Madison Room
Location: Kennedy Room
Presenter: Gloria Shontz
Presenter: Jeff Barlow
Presenters: Peg Rosenberry and
Aleda Robinson
Moderator: Brandon Johnson
Moderator: Kathy Brunot
Moderator: Emy Neuman-Javornik
11:20
Noon
Noon
1:15
Lunch and Keynote Address: Exploring Reforms to Federal Grants Management
Keynote Speaker: Danny Werfel
Moderator: Tom Cooley
1:15
1:30
Break and Exhibitors
1:30
2:20
Break and Exhibitors
2:30
2:30
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
Track 2: Pass-Through Entities
Breakout Session 2: Emerging Trends
and Applied Technology in Grant
Management Systems
Track 3: Federal Grantors
Breakout Session 2: Legal Issues
and Appropriations Law
Location: Roosevelt Room
Location: Madison Room
Location: Kennedy Room
Presenter: M. Wayne Finley
Presenters: Bert Nuehring
and Jeremy Cox
Moderator: Lori Guerrero
Presenter: Conley Salyer
Track 1: Grant Recipients
Breakout Session 3: ARRA Recipient
Final Reconciliation Report/ARRA
Close-out
Track 2: Pass-Through Entities
Breakout Session 3: Sub-Recipient
Monitoring: Identifying and Managing
Compliance Risk Techniques
Track 3: Federal Grantors
Breakout Session 3: Ethics in the
Grant Environment
Location: Roosevelt Room
Location: Madison Room
Location: Kennedy Room
Presenter: Michael Mashburn
Presenters: Eric Russell and
Emy Neuman-Javornik
Presenter: Conley Salyer
Moderator: Karen Norris
Moderator: Brandon Johnson
Moderator: Kathy Brunot
Moderator: Emy Neuman-Javornik
Participants Change Session Rooms
3:20
3:20
3:45
3:45
5:00
Break and Exhibitors
6:30
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
General Session I: The Importance of Credentialing for Grants Management Professionals
Presenters: Merril Oliver and Thomas Cooley
5:00
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Track 1: Grant Recipients
Breakout Session 2: Common A-133
Audit Findings and How to Prevent
Them
Moderator: Karen Norris
2:20
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Dinner and Networking Event
Moderator: Adrianne Fielding
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Location: Presidential Ballroom
2012 NGMA Annual Grants Training Conference
Daily Agenda at a Glance - Day 2
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Tuesday April 24, 2012
6:00
7:00
Fitness walk/run along the Potomac River
7:00
5:00
Registration/Help Desk Open
8:00
5:00
Exhibits Open
8:00
9:30
9:30
9:50
9:50
11:00
11:00
11:10
11:10
Noon
Meet in the lobby
Location: 2nd Level Foyer
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
Breakfast and GAO Update: Glimpsing Grants Management Trends in Light of Constraints
Featured Speaker: Stanley Czerwinski
Moderator: Merril Oliver
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Break and Exhibitors
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
General Session II: Cost Principles and Administrative Requirements - Exploring Differences and Discussing Proposed
Changes in the Federal Register
Presenters: Victoria Collin, Judi Fisher
and Tyson Whitney
Moderator: Stacia Le Blanc
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Participants Change Session Rooms
Track 1: Grant Recipients
Breakout Session 4: Understanding
Cost Issues and Calculation Costs
Track 2: Pass-Through Entities
Breakout Session 4: Federal Funding
Outlook
Location: Roosevelt Room
Location: Madison Room
Presenters: Brenda Williams
and Cheryl Jackson
Noon
1:30
2:20
2:30
1:30
2:20
2:30
Track 3: Federal Grantors
Breakout Session 4: The New Age
of Accountability: Linking Activities
to Outcomes and Cost
Location: Kennedy Room
Presenters: Trinity Tomsic,
Melissa Loeb and
Steve Pennington
Moderator: Donald Duggins
Moderator: Lori Guerrero
Lunch and NGMA Annual Awards Program
Featured Speaker: Sarah Coster
Moderator: Karen Norris
Presenter: Gloria Shontz
Track 1: Grant Recipients
Breakout Session 5: Grant
Administration's Internal Controls (A
Refresher)
Track 2: Pass-Through Entities
Breakout Session 5: Developing Award
Winning Budgets for Grants
Track 3: Federal Grantors
Breakout Session 5: Addressing
Improper Payments
Location: Roosevelt Room
Location: Madison Room
Location: Kennedy Room
Presenter: Nasr Fahmy
Presenter: S. Gail Henderson
Presenter: Joe Pika
Moderator: Carmen Geisendorff
Moderator: Adrianne Fielding
Moderator: Brenda Williams
Track 1: Grant Recipients
Breakout Session 6: Essential Contract
Language Requirements
Track 2: Pass-Through Entities
Breakout Session 6: Preparing for an
Audit - Documenting Expenditures
Track 3: Federal Grantors
Breakout Session 6: Reporting
Agency Close-out/Recipient Final
Reconciliation
Location: Roosevelt Room
Location: Madison Room
Location: Kennedy Room
Presenter: Conley Salyer
Presenter: Susan Duenas
Presenter: Marcus Graham
Moderator: Carmen Geisendorff
Moderator: Adrianne Fielding
Moderator: Tom Cooley
Moderator: Tom Cooley
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Participants Change Session Rooms
3:20
3:20
3:45
Break and Exhibitors
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
3:45
5:00
General Session III: Recovery Act - Legislative Perspective and Consolidated Reporting Best Practices Considered
Presenters: Nancy DiPaolo, Michael Wood & Sandra Swab
Moderator: Merril Oliver
Location: Presidential Ballroom
5:00
6:30
Dinner and Networking
Location: Presidential Ballroom
2012 NGMA Annual Grants Training Conference
Daily Agenda at a Glance - Day 3
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
7:00
9:00
NGMA Board of Directors Meeting
8:00
1:00
Registration/Help Desk Open
8:00
1:00
Exhibits Open
8:00
9:00
Continental Breakfast
9:00
9:50
Location: Lincoln Boardroom
Location: 2nd Level Foyer
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
Location: 2nd Level Foyer
Track 1: Grant Recipients
Breakout Session 7: Budgeting and
Reporting - Marching to the Drum
Beat of Reporting Deadlines
Track 2: Pass-Through Entities
Breakout Session 7: Matching and
Cost Sharing
Location: Roosevelt Room
Location: Madison Room
Track 3: Federal Grantors
Breakout Session 7: Considering
the Establishment of Governmentwide Uniform Award Identification
Number (UAID)
Location: Kennedy Room
Presenters: Brenda Williams and
Cheryl Jackson
Presenter: Patrice Martin
Presenter: Sandra Swab
Moderator: Stacia Le Blanc
Moderator: Kenneth Sosne
Moderator: Donald Duggins
9:50
10:15
Break and Exhibitors
10:15
11:45
General Session IV: Ask a Grants Lawyer
Presenters: Stacia Le Blanc, James F. Drummond, Jr.
and Peter Wathen-Dunn
11:30
1:00
11:45
Noon
1:00
5:00
Location: Hallway near Presidential Ballroom
Moderator: Laura Shinn
CGMS Beta Testing Registration
Location: Roosevelt Room
Location: 2nd Level Foyer
Closing Remarks
Location: Washington Ballroom
CGMS Beta Testing
Location: Presidential Ballroom
Conference Agenda Subject to Change
Revised 4/6/2012