AGENDA 

Friday, April 25, 2008

Conference Registration Opens

Student Center, Room 204. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

Morning Session

Student Center, Kiva Theater

Conference Welcome &

Announcements                    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8:00 a.m.

Financial Reporting Panel

Moderator -  Dr. Norman R. Meonske - Professor of Accounting,  Kent State University

Dennis R. Beresford – E&Y Executive Professor of Accounting, University of Georgia, and Past Chairman of the FASB

Susan Goetz Markel –  Chief Accountant, SEC’s Division of Enforcement

Lawrence W. Smith – Board Member, Financial Accounting Standards Board

Lunch Address

Student Center, Ballroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:50 a.m.

Taking the Financial Press Into Account

Luncheon Speaker

Chuck Springston Jr. –  news editor  at Washington Business Journal

Afternoon Session

Student Center, Kiva Theater . . . . . . .  1:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Moderator – Nicholas R. Sucic—Vice President &   Controller, The Davey Tree Expert Company

Chilling Straight-Talk from Crazy Eddie’s CFO: Our prices are INSANE!” and so were the financial statements

Sam E. Antar – President and former CFO, Crazy Eddie  Inc.