Meonske Conference Schedule
View the Meonske Professional Development Conference Schedule for 2024 below. The conference runs May 16 & 17.
View 2024 Conference Topics & Descriptions
Thursday, May 16, 2024
7:30 – 7:55 am: Registration (Student Center/KSC Ballroom, 2nd Floor)
8:00 – 8:10 am: Welcome Remarks
8:10 – 9:00 am: Finance Leaders – Change Resilience (G-1)
9:00 – 9:50 am: Work Force Development Panel (G-2)
9:50 – 10:10 am: Morning Break
10:15 – 11:30 am: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: The Ohio Ethics Law: Can I Do That? (AEE-4)
- Track 2: Government & Nonprofit CFO Alignment (GN-1)
- Track 3: Data Analysis using Subtotals, Filtering, and Pivot Tables (TCH-2)
11:30 – 12:50 pm: Lunch & Speaker
- Fraud & Cybersecurity Threat Landscape – Alexandra Madonia, FBI (AEE-2)
12:55 – 1:55 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Chief Audit Executives Roundtable (AEE-1)
- Track 2: GASB Updates (GN-2)
- Track 3: Cleaning Excel Data with Power Query (TCH-3)
2:00 – 3:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Chief Audit Executives Roundtable (continued) (AEE-1)
- Track 2: Navigating Financial and Economic Headwinds in the Nonprofit Environment (GN-3)
- Track 3: Excel Mastery Unleashed: "Ask the Experts" Workshop (TCH-4)
3:00 – 3:20 pm: Afternoon Break
3:20 – 4:20 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Legislative Update (TL-3)
- Track 2: ESG Regulatory Reporting Update (AEE-3)
- Track 3: Optimizing Accounting and Finance Operations (FI-4)
4:25 – 4:40 pm: Increasing Meeting Productivity – A Systemic Approach (G-3)
4:40 – 4:50 pm: Closing Remarks (includes drawing for door prizes)
4:50 – 5:50 pm: Networking Reception
Friday, May 17, 2024
7:30 – 7:55 am: Registration (Student Center/KSC Ballroom, 2nd Floor)
8:00 – 8:10 am: Welcome Remarks
8:10 – 9:40 am: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Financial Reporting Panel (FI-1)
- Track 2: Tax Policy Updates (TL-1)
9:45 – 10:05 am: Morning Break
10:05 – 11:30 am: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Financial Reporting Q&A (FI-1)
- Track 2: IRS Update (TL-2)
11:30 – 1:00 pm: Lunch & Speaker: Welcome by Dean Deborah F. Spake, Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
- Executive Perspective: Sanjay Singh, Chairman, Mace Security International, Inc., (G-4)
1:05 – 2:20 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Professional Ethics (PSR3): Avoiding the Slippery Slope: Establishing Ethical Guardrails (AEE-5)
- Track 2: Finance Transformation (FI-2)
2:20 – 2:40 pm: Afternoon Break
2:40 – 3:55 pm: Concurrent Sessions:
- Track 1: Professional Ethics: Avoiding the Slippery Slope: Establishing Ethical Guardrails (continued) (AEE-5)
- Track 2: Optimizing the “Accounting Factory” (FI-3)
4:00 – 4:50 pm: A.I. – Catching the Wave of Tomorrow (TCH-1)
4:50 – 5:00 pm: Closing Remarks from Norman Meonske, Conference Founder (includes drawing for door prizes)