Management of Accounting Practice Roundtable Discussion: Topic: 2016 business and legislative update. Blaise Bender's Individual Income Tax Update: Energy Prospectus Group: Women's Excellence in Business luncheon. 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Vallone's Restaurant, 947 Gessner. Carla Harris, vice chairman, wealth management, managing director and senior client adviser at Morgan Stanley. Blaise Bender's Business Income Tax Update: Patrick Jankowski, regional economist and senior vice president of research, Greater Houston Partnership.