ASSOCIATION FOR BUDGETING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Call for Papers, Presentations, and Panels

Association for Budgeting and Financial Management
26th Annual Conference Thursday-Saturday, October 2-4, 2014

The Amway Grand Hotel Grand Rapids, Michigan

View of the Grand River, Amway Grand Hotel, and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum & Library (The hotel is the slanted roof on the left bank; the GRF Library is in the right foreground).

The Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (www.abfm.org) invites proposals for panels, papers, and presentations for the 2014 ABFM conference. We especially encourage proposals from federal, state, and local practitioners. The program will include panels on budgeting and financial management at all levels of government in the United States, as well as international and comparative perspectives.

Conference Theme:

Fiscal Sustainability in Hard Times

(with a Special Emphasis on State & Local Government) Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
Federal and State Fiscal Sustainability Budgetary Politics Budget Balancing Strategies Tax Policy and Administration Comparative Budgeting & Public Finance Municipal Fiscal Distress & Bankruptcy Transportation Policy and Finance Budget Reform, Innovation, and Process Financial Forecasting Intergovernmental Financial Issues Performance Budgeting Public Debt & Capital Markets Accounting and Financial Reporting Nonprofit Finance Financial Risk Management Budget Theory Sovereign Debt Levels & Sustainability Federal Debt Levels & Hidden Debt Public Pension Funds & Quiet Crisis Economic Development & Public Finances Citizen Participation & Budgets Recent & Emerging Fiscal Trends Healthcare Financing & Reform The Concept of Fiscal Space Municipal Securities Issuance National Security & Pentagon Budgeting Public Fund Investments Revenue Diversification Capital Planning and Management Education Finance

THE AMWAY GRAND HOTEL A FOUR STAR HOTEL WITH TWO-STAR PRICES!
The Amway Grand is in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids, and has been making history since the original hotel The Pantlind opened in 1913. Fashioned after English Adams architecture by designers Warren & Wetmore, the hotels special details included one of the worlds largest gold -leaf ceilings in the Pantlind lobby. By 1925, The Pantlind was rightfully ranked One of the Ten Finest Hotels in America. That distinguished history paved the way for the new Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. Conference attendees can stay in the luxurious rooms for $134 per night. The hotel has 682 exceptionally well-appointed rooms, and 9 restaurants and lounges, as well as 24-hour room service, high speed internet in all rooms, full fitness center with indoor pool, and numerous shops. The hotel is connected by skywalk to Van Andel Arena home of the Grand Rapids Griffins hockey team, DeVos Convention Center, and DeVos Performance Hall, where Broadway Grand Rapids, the Grand Rapids Ballet Company, Grand Rapids Symphony, and Opera Grand Rapids perform.

THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS

Grand Rapids, part of Michigans West Coast, is the county seat and offers all the big -city excitement you expect from a million-resident metropolis like a bustling downtown featuring more than 60 restaurants, nightclubs, theatres, museums and sports venues within a five-minute walk from the Amway Grand Hotel. Yet for all its sophistication, the city prides itself on such small-town virtues as friendly people, safe streets, minimal traffic, and good old-fashioned Midwest value. Grand Rapids takes pride in five outstanding museums including the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), the worlds first newly built LEED-Certified Art Museum; Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum where the 38 th President and former First Lady are interred; the Grand Rapids Public Museum; and the Grand Rapids Childrens Museum. Other premier attractions include: the Grand Rapids Ballet Company (the only professional ballet company in Michigan), Opera Grand Rapids (Michigans longest running professional opera company), Grand Rapids Symphony, Broadway Grand Rapids, and The John Ball Park Zoo. All are short walk from the conference hotel.

In addition, conference goers will be able to view and participate in ArtPrize! ArtPrize debuted in 2009 and is a radically open art competition which has no formal jury, curator, or judge. Winners are decided by public vote using mobile devices and social media. During its inaugural year, more than 334,000 votes were cast during the 16-day event. ArtPrize 2014 will feature more than 1500 entries from artists all over the world. To date this event has awarded over $1.4 million in prize monies and attracted over one million visitors to our city of 200,000. Two entries shown to the right; Nessie on the Grand is an 18-foot high, 100-foot long creature with sparkling LED eyes that lived in the iconic Grand River and the other, Helping mom one penny at a time is a giant-sized penny made of actual pennies. If youd rather site-see, you can amble through the aweinspiring Historic Heritage Hills district. Heritage Hill is the Citys first its first residential neighborhood and its first historic district. Two of the many attractions include The Meyer May and Voigt houses. The Meyer May house opened in 1908 and is Frank Lloyd Wrights first commission in Michigan. The Voigt House is an 1895 French Chateau that provides visitors a rare time capsule showcasing the life of a prominent local family over a hundred years ago. The three-story brick mansion was occupied by members of the Voigt family for nearly 76 years.

TRANSPORTATION Direct Flights to Grand Rapids!

Travel to Grand Rapids id much easier than many ABFM members may initially think! Grand Rapids is serviced by the following airlines: Southwest, Delta, American, United, Frontier, Allegiant, and Air Canada. There are many direct flights from Atlanta (Delta), Baltimore-Washington (Southwest), Chicago (United), Cincinnati (Delta), Cleveland (United), Dallas-Fort Worth (American Eagle), Denver (United, Southwest), Detroit (Delta), Fort Lauderdale (Allegiant), Houston (United), Las Vegas (Allegiant), Minneapolis (Denta), NY-LaGuardia (Delta), NY-Newark (United), Orlando (Southwest), Phoenix (Allegiant), St. Louis (Southwest), Tampa (Southwest), Washington-Dulles (United). Amtrak also stops in Grand Rapids.

Submission Guidelines Note the Earlier Submission Deadline: February 15, 2014
Please submit all paper and / or panel proposals by February 15, 2014 to Bob Kravchuk at ABFM2014@indiana.edu or School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Suite 260, Indiana University, 1315 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1701. Proposals will be reviewed and competitively selected. Presenters will be required to register for the conference in advance. All proposals should include: the title of the proposal, name(s) of the participants/authors, position/job title, institutional affiliation, address (including email) and phone number. Last, an abstract should be included briefly describing the manuscript.

Please Indicate Your Willingness to Serve as a Panel Chair or Discussant. Thanks!

Students should provide their degree program, status (masters level, Ph.D., ABD), and institutional affiliation as well as a letter from a faculty member attesting to the proposal and the research that is proposed. Panel proposals should be submitted together with all of the information listed above. Please follow the format provided in the sample proposal below. If you are submitting a panel proposal, please have one person submit a proposal form, for each of the papers in the proposed panel. If you prefer to present your research in a poster format, please make a notation to that effect on the submission form.

Please Direct Questions to Bob Kravchuk at ABFM2014@indiana.edu.

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Your Conference Host: The Grand Valley State University School of Public, Nonprofit, and Health Administration is pleased to host the 2014 ABFM Annual Conference.

ABFM
Association for Budgeting and Financial Management 26th Annual Conference (2014) Grand Rapids, Michigan

Paper or Panel Proposal

*** Full Panel Proposals are Especially Encouraged ***
Contact Person for Paper / Panel Proposal: ___________________________________________________ Best Way to Contact You (Please list either an e-mail address or phone number): ____________________________________________ I am Willing to Serve as a Panel Chair or Discussant: ________ Title of the Proposed Paper / Panel:

Participants (All information is Required. Thanks.)

Name(s) Affiliation Job Title Paper Title Address 1. 2. 3. 4.

Email Address Phone Number

Abstract: (Use an additional sheet, if necessary)