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Jen: This is the PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook. I’m Jen Lemanski, and I’m here with Brian Baumler, the Energy Practice Leader at PKF Texas and the Chair of the 16th annual Houston CPA Society Energy Conference. Also with us is Jennifer Poff, the Executive Director of the Houston CPA Society. Welcome to The Playbook, Jennifer and Brian.

Brian: Thank you, Jen.

Jennifer: Thank you.

Jen: So, Jennifer, tell us a little bit about the Society.

Jennifer: The Society has been around for 90 years, and one of the things we’ve done for 90 years is we’ve been the local organization for CPAs to get their continuing education, to share ideas with other people in the profession and just to have an area where they can come network together. One of the things we do for our continuing education is the Energy Conference, and we’re in the 16th year of doing that. With 7,700 members, we have about 350 who attend this conference, making it one of our larger events.

Jen: That’s really great. So, Brian, you’re the Chair and you’ve been the Chair for the past several years. Tell us what you’ve got planned for this year.

Brian: We have a great lineup. As we’ve had in the past, The Big Four are all represented, giving various presentations on technical topics – accounting and reporting, SEC compliance. We’re also covering M&A trends and also taxation. It’s going to be a great event and is going to be well attended.

We also have various panels throughout the day. One is covering the E&P and trying to give everybody perspective on what’s going on in that space. We also have a panel that’s discussing capital markets; we have Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. and other home-grown folks represented in that panel. We also have an exciting panel on technology and what trends are shaping the industry within technology and also changing us in our workforce.

Jen: Perfect. Now, I know you’ve had several really big name keynotes in the past. Who is your keynote speaker this year?

Brian: We have Ryan Sitton, who is the Texas Railroad Commissioner. He’s got a lot of energy, is a great presenter and I’m sure is going to have everybody’s attention.

Jen: Perfect. So, when is this conference, where is the conference and what time does it start?

Brian: This year, the conference is going to be on August 29th. It’s going to be at Hilton Americas downtown. The registration starts at 6:45 a.m., the conference actually kicks off at 7:45 a.m. and lasts until about 5:00 p.m. We have a special session at the end – we have John Garrett, who is a recovering CPA, and he’s actually going to talk to us about how we brand ourselves outside of the workforce.

Jen: Perfect. I’ve seen his Green Apple talk – it’s really great. Now, Jennifer, where would somebody go to register for the conference?

Jennifer: They can go to our website www.houstoncpa.org.

Jen: Is there an energy page that they should be looking for?

Jennifer: There are two ways to get the energy page: you can access it through the course catalog, or it’s right on the homepage. When you see the banner at the top, just click the arrow and you’ll see the Energy Conference right there.

Jen: I know you guys can’t do this all by yourselves with the Society. Are there sponsors this year?

Brian: Yes, we have almost 30 sponsors this year. Our underwriting sponsor is WG Consulting, so we’re very excited to have them this year.

Jen: Perfect. Well, thanks, and we’ll see you guys on the 29th.

Brian: Thank you.

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Russ: This is the PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook. I am Russ Capper, this week’s guest host, and I’m here with Kenny Polcari, Managing Director of Equities at O’Neil Securities and a Market Analyst at CNBC. Kenny, welcome to the Playbook.

Kenny: Thank you for having me.

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Join the Houston CPA Society at the 2016 Energy Conference on Tuesday, August 23 at the Hilton Americas Houston. This year’s exciting lineup of energy directed sessions includes an E&P Panel, Tax Update, Energy Valuation, update on Oil Field Services, Accounting and SEC Update, Political Outlook, M&A Update, U.S. Oil and Gas Outlook, a Rebirth of the Energy Industry panel, and more! This event is market-based, and caters to all individuals working in energy-related professional services.

The conference is organized by one of the largest groups of Energy industry dedicated CPAs in the country and is in it’s 14th year. Get all of the details and register here.

Russ: This is the PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook. I am Russ Capper, this week’s guest host, and I’m here with Brian Baumler, Energy Practice Leader at PKF Texas and the Chair of the upcoming 14th Annual Houston CPA Society Energy Conference. Also with us is Casey Stewart, Chief Accounting Officer of Deep Gulf Energy Companies and Coordinating Director of the Energy Committee for the chapter. Guys, welcome to the Playbook.

Brian: Pleasure to be here Russ, thank you.

Casey: Thanks for having us.

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Russ: Hi, I’m Russ Capper with The BusinessMakers Show and we’re here to talk about the 13th Annual Houston CPA Society Energy Conference and I’m here with Brian Baumler, Audit Director and head of the Energy Practice at PKF Texas and also Chairman of the conference; Brian, welcome.

Brian: Thank you Russ, appreciate it very much.

Russ: You bet, and I’m also here with David Butler, Manager of the Energy Valuations at HSSK and Vice Chairman of the conference; David, good to see you too.

David: Good to be here Russ.

Russ: Okay, tell us what the conference is all about.

Brian: Really appreciate that Russ. Well it’s the 13th annual conference, I’m very excited about it. It’s in the rows of coming together and being organized. It’s really intended to be an opportunity for putting the industry together but also to talk about trends and techniques and where things are going in the industry in both the upstream, midstream, and downstream space. It’s also intended to bring together a lot of thought provoking thought leaders in the organizations of which they represent to talk about what’s going on in the industry.

Russ: Okay, so who should attend and why should they attend?

David: Well I think if you’re involved in the energy space and accounting, finance, investment banking, operations this probably will be a good conference for you. You know one of the things that we pride ourselves on is that this is a conference for grownups; we’re not going to tell you that everything’s going to be okay. We’re not going to give you a crystal ball with rosy predictions, we’re going to tell you where things are; we’re going to tell you how companies in the entire energy spectrum space are adjusting. And hopefully people will walk away with some ideas they can take back to their organizations on a daily basis.

Russ: Okay, when is it and where is it?

Brian: Well it’s actually going to be on August 25th, 2015 it’s held at the Norris Conference Center. We’ve had it there now for the last 3 years, it’s a great venue; it holds about 350, almost 400 people. Comes with 9 ½ hours of CPE which is great for the accountants that’ll be attending and also you’re going to get an opportunity to mix and mingle with your peers and also professionals in the industry.

Russ: Okay, that’s Norris Conference Center, out at City Centre, right?

Brian: Yes it is.

Russ: Okay and how do you register?

Brian: Well I think you can register by a couple of ways; one, you can go to the Houston chapter’s website at HoustonCPA.org and you can register online. Or you can download and print the form and you can mail that in. Registration fees are $250.00 for members of the chapter, $300.00 for non-members; really anyone and attend. Also we’re providing some group discounts in case you want to send a small group of 4 or more from you organization.

Russ: Okay, really cool. That’s August what?

Brian: August 25th, 2015.

Russ: August 25th, all right, the 13th annual Houston CPA Society Energy Conference.