This year’s program will include pre-PDI sessions, six general sessions, and service day breakout sessions. It will also include a mix of DoDFM certification mini-courses that provide direct credit towards DoD FM certification, as well as other workshops and educational opportunities on Thursday and Friday.


Program Schedule Overview

All events take place at the San Diego Convention Center unless otherwise noted.

Monday, May 29
0800-1700 Optional Pre-PDI sessions
Tuesday, May 30
0900-1800 Registration Open
0900-1530 Optional Various Special Events
0800-1700 Optional Pre-PDI sessions
Wednesday, May 31 (Service Day)
0700-0745 Breakfast
0700-1700 Registration Open
0745-0800 Transit to General Session
0800-0915 PDI General Session
0915-0930 Break / Transit
0930-1030 Service Day 1st Session
1030-1100 Break / Exhibit Hall
1100-1200 Service Day 2nd Session
1200-1345 Lunch / PDI General Session
1345-1400 Break / Transit
1400-1515 Service Day 3rd Session
1515-1545 Break / Exhibit Hall
1545-1700 Service Day 4th Session
1700-1830 Exhibit Hall Reception
1830-2030 Welcome Dinner
Thursday, June 1
0700-0745 Breakfast
0745-0800 Transit to General Session
0800-0900 PDI General Session
0900-0915 Break / Transit
0915-1030 1st Session
1030-1045 Break / Exhibit Hall
1045-1200 2nd session
1200-1345 Lunch / PDI General Session
1345-1400 Break / Transit
1400-1515 3rd Session
1515-1545 Break / Exhibit Hall
1545-1700 4th Session
Friday, June 2
0700-0745 Breakfast
0745-0800 Transit to General Session
0800-0900 PDI General Session
0900-0915 Break / Transit
0915-1030 1st Session
1030-1045 Break
1045-1200 2nd Session
1200-1345 Lunch / PDI General Session
1345-1400 Break / Transit
1400-1515 3rd Session
1515-1545 Break
1545-1700 4th Session

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General Session Speakers

  • Wednesday Morning: Mr. John Roth, Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense
  • Wednesday Lunch: Mr. Thomas Murphy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Operations), US Air Force
  • Thursday Morning: Mr. Michael Durant, Master Pilot, Best-Selling Author, and Inspiration for the Movie Black Hawk Down
  • Thursday Lunch: Rear Admiral Kenneth Slaght, US Navy (Ret), Co-Chair & President, San Diego Cyber Center Of Excellence
  • Friday Morning: The Honorable Robert M. Speer, Acting Secretary of the United States Army
  • Friday Lunch: Mr. Jason Hewlett, Hall of Fame Speaker – “Keeping Promises”

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Service Day Information

May 31 is Service Day at PDI 2017, a day set aside for each service to break in to sessions that are specific to that service or agency. Breakout descriptions and agendas are shown on each page below, with more details coming soon. To update or select your breakout session selection if you are already registered, log in in to the registration update site. You will need your registration number from your confirmation email and the email address you used to register.

Directions to Service Day Locations: click here

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NASBA Statement

ASMC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417, www.nasba.org.

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