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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE

The conference schedule is subject to change. The times listed are in Pacific Time.

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Jim Zimmer Memorial Golf Tournament*
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Registration Open
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Pre-Conference Session*:
From Digital Research to Courtroom Testimony: Navigating OSINT and Surveillance Techniques
Alison Peacock, J.D., CPI, Hodson P.I., LLC
4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Exhibitor Move In/Set-Up
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Friday, August 22, 2025
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Registration Open
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Annual Business Meeting & Legislative Update
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Keynote: 
Polly Klaas, Lessons Learned and Case Impacts
Eddie Freyer, Retired FBI Agent, The Freyer Group
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
General Session:
Behind the Evidence: The Critical Role of Data Vendors
Neil Caddell, IDI
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Break with Exhibitors
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Breakout Session: 
Workplace Investigations 
Chris Reynolds, Chris Reynolds Investigations
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Breakout Session:  
The Digital Hunt: OSINT Tools and Tactics for Today’s Investigator
Stacy Lawrence, Connected Research, LLC
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Breakout Session: 
Process Service Beyond the Basics
Jason Cantrell, OmniTrace Investigations
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
Lunch & General Session:
Senate Bill 1454: What It Means for Every California PI
Francie Koehler, CPI, Special Circumstances
and Jerry Desmond, Esq., Desmond & Desmond LLC
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Breakout Session: 
DNA Evidence Isn't Always the Final Word in Criminal Investigations
Deborah Stonebarger, Analytic Investigations
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Breakout Session: TBA
Anthony Hopkins, CPI, Anthony Hopkins Investigations
and Baber Tufail, Hercule
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Breakout Session: 
Solo to CEO: Scaling Your PI Business to Multi-Million Dollar Success
Justin D. Hodson, CPI, Hodson P.I., LLC
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Break with Exhibitors
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Breakout Session: TBA
Scott Leary, Leary & Associates, Inc.
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Breakout Session: 
Seen, Not Just Sentenced: Using Mitigation to Tell the Whole Story
Anna Stowe, CPI, Proven Private Investigators
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Breakout Session: 
Hacking, Identity Theft, and Cryptocurrency Abuse
Michael Delaney, Delaney Group Investigations LLC
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Certified Professional Investigator (CPI) Examination**
4:45 PM – 6:00 PM
Take a Break! (Transition Break)
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Exhibitor & Sponsor Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
President's Banquet & Awards Ceremony
Saturday, August 23, 2025
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Registration Open
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Breakout Session: 
Tax Strategies for Licensed Investigators: Maximize Deductions, Minimize Risk
Nicole Green, Robert Hall & Associates
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Breakout Session: 
TransUnion Presentation
Joe Mangano and Aleck Ragsdale, TransUnion

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Break with Exhibitors
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Keynote:
Finding Documents and Sources to Report “Inflamed: Abandonment, Heroism, and Outrage in Wine Country’s Deadliest Firestorm”
Anne Belden and Paul Gullixson, Co-Authors, "Inflamed"
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Lunch & Awards
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Final Networking Break with Exhibitors
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Exhibitor Move Out/Tear Down
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Pickleball*
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Cocktail Hour & Cigar Night

*   Additional registration and fee required. Click here for registration and pricing information.
** Pre-approval to take the CPI exam is required. Click here to learn more...



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