7:45am - Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:30-9am - Opening Remarks

9:15-10:15am - Breakout sessions (1.0 CPE)

• Business Valuation/Family Law: "IP Valuation Challenges - Unlocking the Enigma" (MCLE, MCLE LS-FL) - Brian Buss, CBIZ

This session will discuss the challenges and realities of intellectual property valuation, including the realities, trends, and red flags to consider when developing valuation copyrights, patents, trademarks, brand, and other intangible assets.

• Economic Damages/Fraud and Financial Investigations: "Small Business Pandemic Relief Fraud - What a Congressional Watchdog Found Through Research and Analytics" (A&A, FR) - Toni Gillich and Irina Carnevale, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

In this session, auditors with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), will discuss fraud-related findings from their audit of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (COVID-19 EIDL) pandemic relief program. They will discuss oversight and fraud landscapes associated with pandemic relief fraud and share insights from their recent report titled COVID Relief: Fraud Schemes and Indicators in SBA Pandemic Programs (GAO-23-105331). Specifically, they will discuss analyses of selected fraud cases charged by the Department of Justice, results of a regression analysis of lenders associated with PPP cases, and methods and results of a massive data analytics effort, that had flagged 3.7 million recipients with indicators of fraud, and explain how these findings fit with SBA's efforts to manage fraud risks. Additionally, they will provide an overview of GAO's Antifraud Resource, a web-based tool that helps to understand and combat federal fraud through underlying concepts, schemes, and definitions.

10:25-11:30am - Breakout sessions (1.0 CPE)

• Business Valuation/Family Law: "A Difference of Opinions - Valuing Large and Small Companies" - Eric Sundheim, Mercovus Valuations and Joe Orlando, Exit Strategies Group

This will be a hands-on exercise in valuing a small owner-operated business using the market approach. Two appraisers will walk through the valuation of a business with $5 million to $10 million in revenue using the same fundamental financial information but different valuation tools. The results are meant to highlight the differences in value based on a selected market approach and the use of different databases. The speakers will use multiples derived from private transaction databases (specifically BIZCOMPS and DealStats) in comparison to a guideline public-company approach using BVR's Guideline Public Company Comps tool. Takeaways will include the difference in conclusions between control and minority ownership as well as a general discussion of the reconciliation of the two values and the implied value of intangible assets and goodwill.

• Economic Damages/Fraud and Financial Investigations: "Small Business Pandemic Relief Fraud - What a Congressional Watchdog Found Through Research and Analytics" (Session continued) (A&A, FR)

12-1:15pm - Networking lunch and keynote session (1.5 CPE)

"Navigating the AI Revolution: Tracking Predictions, Results, and Changes in the Next 12 Months" - Rob McGillen, CBIZ

In the ever-evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence, the pace of change is nothing short of remarkable. Rob McGillen, Chief Innovation Officer with CBIZ Financial Services, will delve into the latest AI trends, predictions, and their real-world outcomes. He'll explore how AI is transforming industries and impacting our daily lives, much like the phenomenon of Bitcoin. While he can't promise to predict the future, he'll embark on a journey to monitor AI's rapid evolution over the next 12 months. And who knows, maybe we'll check back with Rob in a year for an engaging update, compare and contrast session - just like Bitcoin's unpredictable journey! So, fasten your seatbelts and get ready to ride the AI wave with us!

1:30-2:30pm - Breakout sessions (1.0 CPE)

• Business Valuation/Family Law: "Best Practices for Preventing Business, Forensic, and Litigation Support Claims" (MCLE, MCLE LS-FL) - Duncan Will, CPA/ABV/CFF, CAMICO

Leave your view of who you are as a CPA and the professional standards regarding performing forensic, litigation, and valuation engagements behind! This presentation differs from those focused on professional standards. This session incorporates "jury standards". The presentation will help you sleep better and conduct more effective forensic, valuation, and litigation support engagements, as well as improve other areas of your practice by helping you identify and address risky engagements and risky situations. The session provides a risk management perspective gleaned from handling more than 37 years of forensic, valuation, and litigation claims and other risk management issues.

Even when you do everything right, you can still get sued! You'll learn some risk management steps and testifying tips that can reduce or avoid professional liability exposure when practicing in these arenas.

• Economic Damages/Fraud and Financial Investigations: "Who Wrote My Report?" (MCLE) - Neel Chatterjee, Goodwin

Under Rule 26(a)(2)(B), disclosure of an expert witness "must be accompanied by a written report - prepared and signed by the witness." Neel Chatterjee will explore legal standards for expert reports under the Federal rules and other standards. He will discuss best practices for report writing and how recent rulings illustrate why courts might exclude an expert's report unrelated to expertise and methodology.

2:40-3:40pm - Breakout sessions (1.0 CPE)

• Business Valuation/Family Law: What Are You Doing and What Are Others Doing? - Moderator: Christopher Hays, Kemper CPA Group, Panel: Ben Towne, Towne Advisory Services, Bob Watts, Gursey Schneider

This session will be a panel discussion covering frequently asked questions on business valuation issues related to:

• Income approach methods (capitalized cash flows and DCF)
• Excess earnings method
• Discount and capitalization rates
• Terminal and mid-year convention
• Guideline transaction market method
• Reconciling values
• Weighting valuation methods

• Economic Damages/Fraud and Financial Investigations: "Insights From a Seasoned Jury Consultant - Q&A Session" (MCLE) - Cynthia Cohen, Ph.D., Verdict Success

Dr. Cynthia Cohen is an experienced hands-on trial consultant specializing in jury research and trial strategies. Harvesting knowledge of the local venue through jury studies, she applies scientific methods for jury selection predictors and develops themes with jury appeal to help trial lawyers win major complex cases around the country. Dr. Cohen will speak about preparation, best practices, and what to avoid as an expert witness on the stand. Attendee participation is strongly encouraged, so please bring your questions!