Join us at the 2016 Annual Conference & Training on September 18-23 at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC!

Registration

Registration is now open--click the gray "Register" button above! Early bird rates are available through August 17, 2016 so make sure to register soon and save!

Conference and Training Fees

Hotel Information

Named for General Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox” of the American Revolution, the hotel opened in 1924 as the largest and grandest in the Carolinas. It was originally built by local investors at a cost of $1.5 million from plans by noted New York architect W.L. Stoddart, who also built the gracious Poinsett Hotel in Greenville, SC. Throughout the years, many notable historic and famous clientele enjoyed the hotel’s full service and convenient location. In 1996, an extensive restoration earned the hotel the esteemed National Trust Award and once again the Francis Marion opened its doors as Charleston’s Grand Hotel. More recent refurbishments have added to the comforts of today and enhanced the hotel’s historic ambiance with sleek room décor reminiscent of the 1920’s grandeur.

Today, the hotel's traditional services continue to provide doorman and bell service, concierge, valet parking, room service, wireless Internet services, business center, newsstand, gift shop, Spa Adagio, Starbucks™ and a well-equipped fitness center. Guests can enjoy classic Southern cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner in The Swamp Fox Restaurant & Bar, a Charleston restaurant, known for its artfully prepared dishes using local farm fresh ingredients. Or simply relax with cocktails and jazz piano music in The Swamp Fox Bar.

Rooms must be booked by August 22, 2016 to receive the special discounted rate of $189 per night (plus taxes and fees). Click here to book your room today!

Overflow Room Block
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Courtyard Marriott Charleston Historic District. Rooms are available Sunday-Thursday at a rate of $189 per night (plus taxes and fees). The Courtyard Marriott is just one block from the Francis Marion, about a three minute walk past Marion Square.


Call the hotel to book directly using group code SDP. Reservation line: 1-866-774-4997. Reservations must be made by August 30, 2016 to guarantee this rate.

Annual Conference

The annual conference provides depreciation professionals a unique opportunity to network with other depreciation professionals and hear leaders in the field of depreciation discuss current trends.  We sincerely hope you will be joining us for insightful presentations, discussions and training opportunities, all with industry experts.  

We are very excited about the line-up of excellent speakers who will present at the conference.

Speakers include:

• Branko Terzic
• Mike Gorman - Brubaker
• John Wiedmayer
• Matthew Kahn - ConEd
• Ashley Sullivan - ASCSP
• Cindy Lee - Duke
  

Topics will include: 

• Regulation, Technological Change and Capital Recovery: Three Decades Later
• Early Plant Retirement Accounting Considerations
• Nuclear Decommissioning
  

 Click here to view topics, speakers, and draft schedule. 

Training

We invite you to take advantage of the exceptional training offered at the 2016 SDP Conference and Training. Our excellent courses are taught by recognized leaders in the field of depreciation. Over 90% of responses to our course evaluations rate our courses“good” or “excellent”. 

This year, in response to your requests, we have expanded our class focusing on the engineering aspects of life analysis.  And on Sunday we are adding a class discussing net salvage and the allocation of costs between cost of removal and capitalization.  Also included on Sunday is a discussion of depreciation strategies and stranded cost recovery.

Our expert faculty will gladly share their extensive experience with you in courses with real-world applications. Trainees report that the skills acquired are readily transferable to one’s job. And the information is excellent preparation for the CDP exam. As an added benefit, trainees and instructors gather at informal evening receptions that provide valuable networking opportunities.

We have training to fit your needs!  We offer four courses concurrently after the conference. Depreciation Fundamentals is an excellent overview course focusing on topics related to depreciation. In response to your requests, in the Life and Salvage Analysis course we have expanded the Gross Salvage and Cost of Removal class.  In the course Analyzing the Life of Real-World Property, we have expanded the class probing the engineering reasons that cause assets to fail.  Our final course walks you through Preparing and Supporting a Depreciation Study.  These four concurrent courses are offered from Tuesday at 1:00 PM to Friday noon.

And there’s more!  On Sunday afternoon before the Conference you may choose between two courses.  The course Introduction to Depreciation offers a brief overview of depreciation topics.  The course Depreciation and Ratemaking Issues is a more advanced course that this year includes a Gross Salvage and Cost of Removal class. These concurrent courses are offered Sunday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Dr. Susan Jensen, CDP, will again coordinate the SDP Training.

Click here to view the Sunday Training information. Click here to view the Extended Training information. 

Current Issues Forum

The Depreciation and Ratemaking Issues course on Sunday will include a Current Issues Forum panel conducted by multiple trainers. We want to hear from you on the topics! Please submit your topic ideas in this form--click here. Interested in attending this forum? Register for the course!