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2-PART WEBINAR SERIES: Asset Management Strategy: Adjusting Your Forecast - Part 1

Organization:
MFOA - Municipal Finance Officers' Association
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Start Date:
April 8, 2015
End Date:
January 6, 2015
Description
This two part webinar series will build upon the learning outcomes of the “Refining Your Costs, Valuation and Condition”* sessions and will include a ‘deeper dive’ into each of these learning outcomes. It will also include bringing forecasts together into a comprehensive budget process and building on forecast cost reduction, from both finance and engineering perspectives.

  • Technology 
  • Procurement , Shared Services, ASD, Service Migration 
  • How to account for an asset in 10 years' time that you can't afford 
  • Strategies for closing the gap on expenditure forecast 
  • Effective policies for uses of debt to manage short and long term needs 

Who Should Attend:
This workshop is designed for CAOs, Treasurers, Finance Officers, and other Department Representatives that are interested in learning about asset management practices or are responsible for asset management planning.

About your Webinar Leaders:
Arunas Kalinauskas
, B.Sc. Geomatics, has over 25 years of experience. He has focused his work on the development of applications and commercialization of GIS technology.  Arunas has been leading the Burnside Asset Management team for the last 10 years. As such he has also lead developers, and strategic partners in the development of easy to use effective asset management and capital planning tools.  In this role Arunas has been formulating solutions that combine client expectations, with engineering expertise gathered from Burnside’s engineering staff. Arunas has lead teams of staff and partners through the complex process and completion of many Municipal Asset Management Plans, for municipalities ranging from rural communities to large urban centres. He has also provided consulting input to both Municipal and First Nation asset management strategies.

Dan Wilson is a Director with Watson & Associates.  He has extensive experience in the areas of municipal finance and municipal auditing with seven years of industry practice with municipal governments and public accounting/auditing firms before joining Watson.  Since joining Watson in 2006, Dan has led the Asset Management, PSAB Compliance (tangible capital assets and full accrual financial statement presentation) and Water/Wastewater Financial Plan (Ontario Regulation 453/07) services.

Additional information

DATE:  

Part 1: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 
Part 2: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 

LOCATION & TIME: Webinar at 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern Time

COST: $189 + HST (Members) 

            $259 + HST (Non-Members) 

Click HERE to register today!

Do you have questions or need help registering? Please contact Julie Turcsanyi at office@mfoa.on.ca or 416-362-9001 ex.224.