Conference Agenda

Thursday, August 20th
7:30 - 8:00am - Registration, Breakfast & Networking
8:00 - 8:30am - Welcome

8:30 - 10:00am - General Session #1

Topic:  The Paycheck is a Promise: Building Trust Through Payroll Excellence

Speaker:  Andrew Berding


 10:00 - 10:15am - Break
 10:15 - 11:15am - Session #1

Topic:  Unemployment Tax and Claims

Speaker:  Brian Barnett, ValeU Group

11:15am - 1:15pm - Lunch & Vendor Hall
1:15 - 2:45pm - General Session #2

Topic:  Recipe for Success


Speaker:  Brian Blasko, Motivational Speaker

2:45 - 3:00pm - break
3:00 - 4:00pm - Session #2

Topic:  Payroll Tax and OBBBA

Speaker:  Nichelle Gray, Internal Revenue Service

4:00 - 4:15pm - Break
4:15 - 5:15pm - Session #3

Topic:  Health Savings Accounts (pre-tax deductions)

Speaker:  Kari Mercer, Community Engagement & HSA Growth Specialist - CME Credit Union

5:15 - 5:30pm - Break
5:30 - 6:30pm - Session #4

Topic:  FLSA, FMLA, and Self Audit

Speaker:  Danielle Calderon, Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division

6:30 - 7:30pm Dinner

7:30 - 9:30pm Social Night Event

Friday, August 21st

7:45 - 8:15am - Registration & Networking

8:15 - 8:30am - Welcome

8:30 - 10:00am - General Session #3

Topic:  The Strategic Future of Payroll & Compliance: How Modern Organizations Elevate Pay, Compliance, and the Employee Experience

Speaker:  Kylene Zenk, UKG

10:00 - 10:15am - Break
10:15 - 11:45am - Session #5

Topic:  Fiduciary Best Practices

Speakers: Steve Renie, Senior Vice President at Merrill Lynch and Brian DeGroft, Senior Vice President at Merrill Lynch

11:50am - 12:15pm - Wrap Up & Door Prizes

**Speaker and times subject to change**