Schedule

Monday, March 9, 2015 - Full Conference Workshops

  7:45 am - 8:15 am Registration/Continental Breakfast  
       
  8:15 am - 8:30 am Welcome by Interim Assistant Vice President Ginger Velazquez in Illinois Ballroom  
       
  8:30 am - 8:45 am Welcome by Chancellor Wise in Illinois Ballroom  
       
  8:45 am - 9:00 am Break  
       
  9:00 am - 10:15 am Breakout Workshop I
  • Collaborative Conversations 
  • Current Issues in Sponsored Project & Administration
  • Equipment Management FUNdamentals: What Every Business Manager Needs to Know to Stay in Compliance
  • Fraud Awareness in Higher Education
  • Purchasing Overview of Small Dollar Purchases
  • Self-Supporting & Agency Funds
 
       
  10:15 am - 10:30 am Break  
       
  10:30 am - 11:45 am Breakout Workshop II
  • Collaborative Conversations 
  • Current Issues in Sponsored Project & Administration
  • Equipment Management FUNdamentals: What Every Business Manager Needs to Know to Stay in Compliance
  • Fraud Awareness in Higher Education 
  • Purchasing Overview of Solicitations
  • Self-Supporting & Agency Funds 
 
       
  11:45 am - 12:45 pm Lunch
 
       
  12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Presentation by Randy Kangas: What's New on the State and National Scene  
       
  1:45 pm - 3:00 pm Breakout Workshop III
  • Academic Unit Budget Resources and Allocation: Round Table Discussion 
  • Focusing Your Internal Control Efforts
  • Let’s Explore the new U of I Financial Report Distribution Tool
  • Payments to Foreign Nationals
  • Presentation by Center for Wellness: Reducing Stress by Taming Your Mind
  • Uniform Guidance
 
   
 
  3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break  
       
  3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Breakout Workshop IV
  • Academic Unit Budget Resources and Allocation: Round Table Discussion 
  • Focusing Your Internal Control Efforts
  • Let’s Explore the new U of I Financial Report Distribution Tool
  • Payments to Foreign Nationals
  • Presentation by Center for Wellness: Reducing Stress by Taming Your Mind
  • Uniform Guidance
 
   
 
  4:30 pm - 5:30 pm OBFS Meet & Greet  

Monday, March 9, 2015 - Beginner Track Workshops

  1:00 pm - 1:10 pm Opening Remarks  
  1:10 pm - 2:10 pm Banner Tips & Tricks  
  2:10 pm - 2:15 pm Mini Break  
  2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Contracts 101  
  3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Break  
  3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Fund Accounting  
  4:30 pm - 5:30 pm OBFS Meet & Greet  

  1:00 pm - 1:10 pm Opening Remarks  
  1:10 pm - 2:10 pm Processing Payments Properly  
  2:10 pm - 2:15 pm Mini Break  
  3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Break  
  3:30 pm - 4:30 pm iBuy Tips & Tricks    
  4:30 pm - 5:30 pm OBFS Meet & Greet  

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

  8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration / Buffet Breakfast  
       
  8:30 am - 9:15 am Break  
       
  9:15 am - 10:30 am Breakout Workshop V                
  • Healthy Eating on the Go 
  • Effort Reporting and Institutional Base Salary Discussion
  • iCS Tips & Tricks
  • OneNote for All Your Note Taking Needs
  • Overview of Web Intelligence
  • Successful Human Subject Payments
 
       
  10:30 am - 10:45 am Break  
       
  10:45 am - 12:00 noon Tim Moore, Generational Insights: Communicating and Leading Across the Generations