MD Fraud Conference

The 7^th Annual Maryland Fraud Conference will be held Monday and Tuesday, April 27 – 28, 2009.

The Conference will be held at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute. We will be bringing you a “National Conference” locally. Remember our Conference is ACFE and NASBA accredited. For more information about the Conference Center, visit their web site: http://www.ccmit.org

Registration for the Conference will begin December 15, 2008. Remember that last year’s Conference sold out in January, and our capacity is limited to 250 attendees. Don’t be left out this year. Start making your 2009 education plans now. Get an early start by submitting the necessary paperwork to your firm, organization, agency or department.

Once again we plan to have exhibitors at the Conference. If you or your organization would like to exhibit at the Conference, Email Brian Tanen at vicepresident@cfemd.org. We will also accept a limited number of sponsors. If you or your organization would like to become a Conference sponsor, please let the Chapter know as soon as you can.

We have confirmations from the following speakers to date:

	Don Rabon – King of All Fraud Educators, former Deputy Director, North Carolina Justice Academy, Hendersonville, NC.
	Jean-François Legault, M.Sc, CISSP, CISA, CISM, GCIH, GCFA - Senior manager, Analytic & Forensic Technology, Deloitte.
	G. Michael Lawrence, J.D., CFE - Outside special counsel to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Attorney, Law Office of Michael Lawrence, P.C., Austin, TX.
	Joe Dervaes, CFE - Vice-Chair, ACFE Foundation, President, Pacific Northwest Chapter/ACFE.
	SSA Michael G. O'Reilly, Former supervisor of the F.B.I.’s Western Massachusetts office.
	Tom Borgers, CFE - President of the Felsen Network
	Gary Knaus, MBA - Founder, Arbor Point Partners,
	John W. Schilling & Sal Barbera – Partners, EthicSoultions
	Cynthia Hetherington, MLS, MSM – Principal, The Hetherington Group

Additional speakers will be announced as the Conference date approaches. Please make plans now to be with us in April! Keep up with the latest information on the 2009 Maryland Fraud Conference and all of our Chapter activities by visiting our website.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE FRAUD CONFERENCE

As many of you know, last year’s Conference sold out in January. We are limited to 250 attendees. Registrations will be accepted beginning December 15, 2008. Please do not wait until the last minute to register. We are hopeful that many of you who have supported our efforts in the past will continue to do so. For those of you who have yet to take advantage of the training opportunities that we offer – NOW is the time! Those of you who need to submit training requests or other paperwork, please get them started now. The Conference Center is conveniently located near BWI Airport and the BWI AMTRAK station, and just a few minutes from downtown and the Inner Harbor. There is a 232 room hotel on the Conference Center campus. A number of hotels and motels are conveniently located nearby to fit everyone’s budget. Dress for the conference is business casual. Video taping, recording or other transmission of the presentations is prohibited.

CONFERENCE PRICING INFORMATION

We want to reward all of you who have supported our efforts. We challenge you to compare our Conference with the quality and price of any other fraud training available anywhere and we believe that you will choose the 2009 Maryland Fraud Conference. Our Chapter goal is to continuously offer quality training at the most reasonable costs possible. Here is the pricing information for this year’s Conference:

	Members in good standing of a local ACFE Chapter (eg. Maryland, Washington Metropolitan, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York, Baton Rouge, etc.).
	Members in good standing of the Baltimore Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).
	Members in good standing of the Central Maryland Chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).
	Attendees of the Maryland Fraud Conference 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Your cost for the two day Conference is only $275 per person.

For all others, the cost of the Conference is $325 per person.

	Remember that your Conference fee includes:
	Outstanding instruction from quality presenters
	Networking opportunities with fraud professionals
	Demonstrations by vendors and exhibitors
	Full continental breakfast each day
	Continuous refreshments each day
	All-you-can-eat buffet lunch each day
	Souvenir giveaway for each attendee
	Valuable door prizes throughout the Conference

Thanks to all the speakers, exhibitors and attendees who made the 2008 Maryland Fraud Conference a huge success. Enjoy the pictures!

2008 Conference Exhibitors:

ACFE Bookstore

BRP Publications Inc.

Clifton Gunderson LLP

Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) - Baltimore Chapter

National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA)

Project Ascent

Stevenson University (Villa Julie College)

Utica College

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