2025 Finance Managers Spring Conference

Description

FINANCE MANAGERS CONFERENCE  
April 24-25,2025 (Th 8:30-5:00, F  8:30-11:30)
Embassy Suites MSP
Bloomington, MN

Pre-Conference: Human Resources Network   Register Here
Wednesday April 23, 2025
7:45      Breakfast - Hotel Atrium 
8:30      Registration
9:00      MN Energy Consortium, What is it? - Logan Shrader
10:00    New Hire Training & On-boarding Practices - Keith Peterson, MRA 
11:00    Roundtable Discussion: Open Forum
12:00    Lunch
1:00      HR Hot Topics - Josh Heggem, Pemberton Law & Debra Englund, HRExpertiseBP
3:00      Adjourn

AGENDA

Thursday April 24, 2025
7:45      Breakfast - Hotel Atrium
8:30      Contracts In's and Out's - Andrew Reed, Federated Insurance
9:30      Auditor Update - Eric Davidson, Bauman & Assoc.
10:15    Networking Break
10:30    Being in the Cloud - Josh Jore, East Central Energy
11:15    Basin Update - Jeremy Woeste                  
11:45     Lunch with Networking and Work Catch Up
1:00      Debt Management Strategies with CoBank - Vicki Trees & Keith Schieler, CoBank
1:45      Round Table (Cloud Base, Billing for Mutual Aid)
2:45      Networking Break
3:00      CFC - Economic Update - Sam Kemp
4:00      State breakout sessions
             MN - Legislative Update, TBD
             WI - TBD
5:00      Adjourn

Friday April 25, 2025
7:45      Breakfast - Hotel Atrium
8:45      Communicating Financial Messages - Ben B, PSE
9:45      Border States Update
10:15    Networking Break
10:30    CFO/CEO Relationship - Dr Janel Anderson, Keynote Speaker
11:30    Adjourn, Survey

COST  

$458 Members
$558 Non Members

HOTEL INFO
Embassy Suites by Hilton MSP Airport
7901 34th Ave S
Bloomington, MN 55425

Click the booking link below or Call 952-854-1000 or 1-800-Embassy, and let them know you need to make a reservation in the MREA Spring Finance Managers Meeting block. Let them know the Group Code: CES90A

Booking Link

EVENT POLICIES

MREA EVENT CANCELLATION POLICY (Click on link)

MREA EVENT CODE OF CONDUCT (LINK TO FULL POLICY)
MREA is committed to providing a safe, productive and welcoming environment for all participants and staff in MREA meetings, conferences, training programs, and events both online and in-person. All Event participants including but not limited to attendees, speakers, exhibitors, staff, students, guests and vendors, are expected to abide by this MREA Event Code of Conduct, and this code applies to all space and situations in which MREA meeting-related activities are being conducted, including virtual meetings and those sponsored by organizations other than MREA but held in conjunction with MREA Events. Participation constitutes agreement to comply with the Code of Conduct as a condition of attendance. 

2025 LATE REGISTRATION
All events in 2025 will be subject to a $50 late registration fee for anyone that registers less than 2 weeks prior to the published event dates.