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Day 1
June 25, 2024
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Kim HerringtonVice President, Government FinanceL3Harris TechnologyFormer Director/Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
Jason MackVice President of Government ComplianceJacobs
Jamie PereiraDirector, Government Accounting and ComplianceDraper
Mark SmithChief Government Compliance OfficerBAE Systems
- Budget uncertainty
- How to manage ESG reporting
- Inflation and interest rates
- Workforce challenges from recruiting to hybrid work
- Managing global supply chain pressure
Networking Break
- Overview of the new proposed rule
- What to expect from the certification process
- Compliance challenges to address
- How will this impact other cyber disclosure regulations?
- What is the expected implementation date?
Technology Innovation: How Government and Industry are Evaluating the Risk and Benefits of AI and Data Analytics
Drew LewisDirectorBaker Tilly
- Increasing use of data analytics for indirect rates and competitive pricing-and the real-life impact
- Practical applications of generative AI
- Usefulness for historical data analysis
- Will uncover market data and competitor information?
- Highlights from the Draft Emerging Technology Prioritization Framework
Business Systems Audits: Lessons Learned and Potential Changes to the Business System Process on the Horizon
Nathan GeesamanDirector, Government Regulatory ComplianceAccenture Federal Services
Mark SalkoCorporate Vice President, Government Compliance & AccountingLeonardo DRS, Inc.
- Common audit findings among contractors
- Best practices for purchasing and estimating systems
- Status of potential changes to the business system rules
- What happens after the audit is over
Networking Break
New Cost and Pricing Considerations: Unraveling the Newest Grey Areas Amid Inflation, Rate Revisions and More
John HindmanDirectorRSM US LLP
- Focus on defective pricing audits
- What to expect for your overhead should cost reviews
- Rate restructuring best practices
- Extension of inflation relief
- Forward pricing for your contracts
Sean BamfordAssociate General Counsel, Government Contacts and CybersecurityLockheed Martin
Kent KiffnerSenior Director, LegalKBR
Stephanie HardenPartnerBlank Rome LLP
- Impact of the Booz Allen settlement
- Contract Disputes Act requirements for negotiating and litigating contracts
- Raytheon, Sikorsky and more ongoing cases
- Increasing number of whistleblower complaints and False Claims litigation
- Continuation of Covid claims re Sovereign Acts defense
Networking Reception
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Day 2
June 26, 2024
Continental Breakfast
Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
Neil GardnerDirector, Government ComplianceNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems
Grace MureithiCompliance ExecutiveClark Construction Group
Noah LeidenPartnerBaker Tilly
- Mandatory disclosures dos and don’ts
- Business system reviews self-assessment
- Working effectively with DCAA/DCMA
- How and when to involve senior management
Networking Break
DCMA Keynote Address
Matthew PophamSenior Vice President & Director - Government ComplianceLeidos
Status of Conformance of CAS to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) – Open cases
- Status of Conformance of CAS to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) – Open cases
- Discuss CASB Federal Register Notices
- Application of CAS to Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDVs) contracts
- Section 809 Panel recommendations Relative to CAS
Networking Luncheon
Unilateral Changes in Cost Accounting Practices: How to Prepare the Cost Impact and What to Anticipated from the Regulators
Barbara MichaelSenior Vice President Government CompliancePeraton
Kristin TorcasiSenior Vice President, Government Compliance & Internal AuditCACI International
David DolginContracting OfficerCenters for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS)
- Need for conducting ROM cost impact analysis for materiality
- How to calculate the cost impact
- Implications of October 2023 DCAA and DCMA guidance
Traci DillionExecutive Leader, Government Business & ControllershipGE Aerospace
Alex DelaCruzDirector of Government ComplianceAeroVironment Inc.
- New focus on CAS audits
- 19 different standards but which are most important?
- CAS 403.404. 409
- Administrative requirements, including preparation of the Disclosure Statement and post award contracts
Networking Break
Luis AmbroggioGeneral Manager and VP Legal and ComplianceInternational SOS
David CozartDirectorCoherent Aerospace & Defense, Inc.
- More pressure to increase small business contracting -and what it means for large and mid-sized contractors
- Flow down terms and conditions
- Certified cost or pricing data considerations
- Small business sub-contracting tips
- How to account for affordability and obsolescence
- Rise in international demand for products
- Potential focus on idle facilities costs
- Continued challenges with mergers and acquisitions and external restructuring
- Impact of grant awards from CHIPS Act and Infrastructure Bill
- Predictions on potential changes post-election