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Shaping the Future of PFM
15 Mar 2011
1st International conference: Trust and accountability in public financial management. Held at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London

Headline Speakers

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With continued global economic uncertainty, the delivery of public financial management (PFM) is more important than ever. 

All around the world, public sector spending is under pressure. People are expecting more of their public services and demanding better value for money – whatever the level of development or economic circumstances of their country.

How should policymakers and those that advise them respond to these pressures?

CIPFA and its partners organised our first International Conference so international representatives of professional bodies, national government finance and audit professionals, academics, NGOs and development experts could come together to help answer those questions.

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Qualifications in: 
International Public Sector Financial Reporting  
Certificate in International Treasury Management

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Programme

Day 1 - 15 Mar 2011

10:00
Jaki Meekings Davis, CIPFA President
Welcome and Introduction from Plenary Chair

10:10
David Walker, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Comeback America Initiative (CAI). Former Comptroller General of the United States
Plenary: Coming clean with public money

11:00
Professor Dr Andreas Bergmann, Chair, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB)
Plenary: Sunlight is the best disinfectant, the need for transparency and comparability in a connected world

12:10
Otaviano Canuto, Vice President and Head of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network, The World Bank
Opening address: Can developing countries carry the global economy?

13:40
Stream A: Accrual accounting and improved financial management
Ian Carruthers, Policy and Technical Director, CIPFA John Stanford, Deputy Technical Director, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board

13:40
Stream B: Integrated Financial Management Information Systems (IFMIS) the lessons learnt in the developing world
Roger Tabor, Chair of the IFAC Professional Accountants in Business Committee - Chair's introduction

13:40
Stream B: Integrated Financial Management Information Systems (IFMIS) the lessons learnt in the developing world
Manuel Pietra, President and CEO, FreeBalance

13:40
Stream B: Integrated Financial Management Information Systems (IFMIS) the lessons learnt in the developing world
Bhakti Shah, Director Soft Tech Consultants Ltd - Tanzania

13:45
Stream B: Questions and discussion
15:20
Stream C: Developing professional support networks
Marcel Holder Robinson, Adviser on Public Expenditure, Commonwealth Secretariat

15:20
Stream C: Developing professional support networks
Sheila White, Head of International Development, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

15:20
Stream D: Government and the financial markets: priorities at the local level
Eugenio Caperchione, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Chair Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research -CIGAR network

15:20
Stream D: Government and the financial markets: priorities at the local level
Robert Reardon Senior Investment Officer, State Farm Insurance

15:25
Stream C: Questions and discussion
15:26
Stream D: Questions and discussion
16:30
Chandrashekar Krishnan, Executive Director, Transparency International UK
Plenary: Transparency

16:30
Karin Christiansen, Director Publish What You Fund
Plenary: Transparency

Day 2 - 16 Mar 2011

09:30
Deborah Williams, Chair of the Professional Accountancy Organization Development Committee at IFAC
Welcome and Introduction from Plenary Chair

09:40
Alan Duncan MP, Minister of State for International Development
Keynote Speech

10:10
Matt Andrews, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, the Harvard John F Kennedy School of Government
Plenary: Strengthening systems and structures to improve standards in public financial management

10:10
Graham Ward, Chief Commissioner, The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI)
Plenary: Strengthening systems and structures to improve standards in public financial management

11:00
Questions and discussion - Plenary: Strengthening systems and structures to improve standards in public financial management
11:40
Anthony Hegarty, Chief Financial Management Officer, World Bank
Plenary: Developing capacity in public financial management

11:40
Dr Mark Abani, Board Director, Federal Inland Revenue Service of Nigeria
Plenary: Developing capacity in public financial management

12:30
Questions and discussion - Plenary: Developing capacity in public financial management
13:40
Stream E: Marco Cangiano, Developing Government’s balance sheet – does it improve performance?
Marco Cangiano, Head Public Financial Management Division 1, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund

13:40
Stream E: Developing Government’s balance sheet – does it improve performance?
Ken Warren,Chief Accounting Advisor, New Zealand Treasury

13:40
Stream F: Good governance, accountability and the role of independent audit
Robert de Koning, Team Leader Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC), European Commission

13:40
Stream F: Good governance, accountability and the role of independent audit
Maryam Kennedy, Partner, Fraud Investigatory and Disputes Services, Ernst & Young

13:40
Stream F: Questions and discussion
14:40
Stream E: Questions and discussion
15:20
Stream G: Richard Golding, Aid Effectiveness Securing donor confidence, vfm and accountability
Richard Golding, PwC Global Relationship Partner for the UN System

15:20
Stream G: Moustapha Ndiaye, Aid Effectiveness Securing donor confidence, vfm and accountability
Moustapha Ndiaye, Manager, Financial Management, Europe and Central Asia Region, The World Bank

16:20
Questions and discussion: Stream G
16:30
Alison Evans, Director, Overseas Development Institute
Plenary: Good governance

16:30
Paul Skidmore, Director of Strategy, the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative (AGI)
Plenary: Good governance

17:00
Questions and discussion - Plenary: Good governance

Day 3 - 17 Mar 2011

09:30
Caroline Mawhood, Chair of the Public Sector Committee of the Federation of European Accountants and Chair of CIPFA’s International Strategy Board
Welcome and Introduction from Plenary Chair

09:40
Dr Ian Ball, CEO, International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
Keynote speech CIPFA IFAC governance project

10:10
Questions and discussion Dr Ian Ball, CEO, International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
10:20
Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, NAO
Plenary: Role of public auditor in developing vfm and accountability

10:20
Yvan Pedersen, Assistant Auditor General, Denmark
Plenary: Role of public auditor in developing vfm and accountability

10:20
Questions and discussion: Plenary Session 1
11:35
Dr Ioannis Sarmas, Member of the European Court of Auditors
Plenary: Restoring stakeholder confidence in national treasuries and lessons learnt

11:35
Professor John Fitzgerald, The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin
Plenary: Restoring stakeholder confidence in national treasuries and lessons learnt

11:35
Questions and discussion: Plenary Session 2
12:15
Lunch - Memorandum of Understanding: CIPFA, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) and New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA)
Speakers: Ian Ball, Chief Executive of IFAC, Graham Meyer, CEO of the ICAA and Steve Freer, Chief Executive of CIPFA

13:30
Justine Greening MP, Economic Secrectary to Her Majesty's Treasury
Keynote speech

13:55
Stream I: (WCP) The Financial Transformation Programme: leadership, cost control and professionalisation
Ken Beeton, Director, Financial Management and Reporting, HMT

13:55
Stream I: (WCP) The Financial Transformation Programme: leadership, cost control and professionalisation
Steven Corbishley, Director, National Audit Office and Ken Beeton, Director, Financial Management and Reporting, HMT

13:55
Stream J: Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability PEFA – What difference has it made?
Frans Ronsholt, Head of PEFA

13:55
Stream J: Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability PEFA – What difference has it made?
Andy Mackie, Public Financial Management Consultant

13:55
Stream J: Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability PEFA – What difference has it made?
Steven Sharples, PFM Team Leader, Aid Effectiveness & VfM Dept, DFID

13:55
Cost conscious culture Panel discussion
Chair: Nick Jackson, Head of Finance Professionalism Team, HMT John Thundering, Financial Director HMRC Peter Kane, FG at the Home Office Curtis Juman, Financial Director at UKTI Andrew Bagent, Director General at the National Audit Office

13:55
Stream I: Questions and discussion
(WCP) The Financial Transformation Programme: leadership, cost control and professionalisation

13:55
Stream J: Questions and discussion
13:55
Stream J: Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability PEFA – What difference has it made?
Frans Ronsholt, Head of PEFA- 2

15:15
Stream K: Integrated Reporting – reporting beyond finance
Eddie Rich, Deputy Head and Regional Director, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

15:15
Stream K: Integrated Reporting – reporting beyond finance
Paul Druckman, Co-Chair of International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC) Working Group

16:00
Stream K: Questions and discussion
16:10
David Smith, Economics Editor, Sunday Times
Keynote speech: Good governance in public finance - holding the government to account

16:40
Caroline Mawhood, Chair of the Public Sector Committee of the Federation of European Accountants and Chair of CIPFA’s International Strategy Board
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