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Sunday April 26, 2026

Time	Session Name	Speaker
1:00pm - 3:00pm	Contract Review 101	Education Committee
3:15pm - 5:15pm	Revenue/Concession Review 101	Education Committee

Monday April 27, 2026

Time	Session Title	Presenters
6:00am - 8:00am	Breakfast
8:00am - 8:40am	Opening Remarks and Welcome to Phoenix	Mike Gee, AAIA & Chad R. Makovsky, Aviation Director PHX
8:45am - 9:35am	Payroll Audit	Erika Stanley & Gabby Wafer, Plante Moran
9:35am - 10:05am	Networking Break
10:05am - 10:55am	The Shocking Truth About Ethics	Jason Mefford, cRisk Academy
10:55am - 11:45am	The Shocking Truth About Ethics	Jason Mefford, cRisk Academy
11:45am - 12:45pm	Lunch
1:00pm - 1:50pm	Deeper Dive: Risk Based Audit Approach	Jason Mefford, cRisk Academy
1:55pm - 2:45pm	Securing the skies; Cyber Resilience for Airports in a Digital Era	Kyle Miller & Allen Alos, Plante Moran
2:45pm - 3:15pm	Networking Break
3:15pm - 4:05pm	Effective Control Environment for On-Call vs. Traditional CIP Contracts	Robert S. Bright, Talson Solutions, LLC & Daniel Alanis, Wayne County Airport Authority
5:30pm - 7:30pm	Monday Night Networking Event

Tuesday April 28, 2026

Time	Session Title	Presenter
6:00am - 8:00am	Breakfast
8:00am - 8:50am	Welcome to Day 2 & AAIA Organizational Overview
8:55am - 9:45am	Parking, Employee Bus Services, and Peer-to-Peer Vehicle Sharing Audits	Michael Davidson, Plante Moran & Felicia Carlee, Hillsbourough County Aviation Authority
9:45am - 10:15am	AM Networking Break
10:15am - 11:05am	Air Service Development: Leveraging Data Analytics & Consultant Collaboration	Alexandria Van Haren, PHX
11:10am - 12:00pm	Impacts on Airport Procurement of Construction and Other Material Purchases	Rich Townsend & Ashley Humphries, R.L. Townsend & Associates
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm - 1:50pm	HR Audit	Emmanuel Twahirwa, Rwanda Airports Company
1:00pm - 1:50pm	Construction Certified Payroll	Laura Tatum & Valerie Smith, HPM
1:55pm - 2:45pm	From Runway to Revenue: Best Practices for Landing Fee Audits	Paula Murphy, Reno Tahoe Airport Authority
1:55pm - 2:45pm	Adaptive, Risk-Driven Oversight for Capital Program	Kenneth Brzozowski & Kelli Arnold, Talson Solutions, LLC
2:45pm - 3:15pm	Networking Break
3:15pm - 4:05pm	DBE	Denise Bailey, Bailey White Solutions
3:15pm - 4:05pm	TBD
5:30 - 7:30pm	Networking Dinner Event

Wednesday April 29, 2026

Time	Session Title	Presenter
6:00am - 8:00am	Breakfast
8:00am - 8:25am	Welcome to Day 3 & Preview 2027 Conference
8:30am - 9:20am	What the ACFE Report to the Nations Reveals About Fraud Today	Doug Cash, Eide Bailly
9:25am - 10:30am	Red Flags & Real Fraud: What Every Auditor Needs to Know	Jim Spencer & J. Bradley Sargent, The Sargent Consulting Group, LLC
10:30 - 11:00am	Networking Break
11:00am - 11:50am	Augmenting Audits	Roy Block, Consertus
11:55am - 12:45pm	Taxiway U Construction Case Study	Elizabeth McMaken, PHX & Robert Zellmer, Baker Tilly
12:45pm - 1:15pm	Lunch
1:15pm - 2:05pm	Security Access	Hannah Njuguna, Kenya Airport Authority
2:10pm - 3:00pm	PCI Compliance	Mahdi Laker, PHX

Updated 2.24.26

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