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 Preliminary Program Agenda
Monday, November 16, 2026
11:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Registration opens
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Board of Directors’ Meeting [Invitation]
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Conference Welcome, Introductions and Opening Remarks
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
Opening Keynote Session
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM | Panel Presentation
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
Knowledge Circle Session
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM
Informal Gathering in Lounge
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Registration opens
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Networking Breakfast
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Keynote Session
Critical Infrastructure
Ms. T.C.A. Kalyani, Controller General of Accounts of India
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Panel Presentation
Data to Decisions: The future of PFM in Critical Minerals and Infrastructure
Joseph Okechko, Chief Finance Officer, Uganda National Mining Company
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Panel Presentation
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Networking Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Panel Presentation
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Panel Presentation
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Break
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
Knowledge Circle Session
5:15 PM – 6:30 PM
Networking Reception
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Networking Breakfast
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Welcome
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Panel Presentation
Closing the Gap Between Oversight and Implementation
Kofi Aboagye, Senior Partner/Senior Manager, Internal Audit, NKAKA and Partners/Ghana Export-Import Bank
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Panel Presentation
Using AI and Digital Twin Technology to Strengthen PFM Decision Making
Carlton Harris, Senior Vice President, End to End Enterprise Solutions
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Networking Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Panel Presentation
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Break
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Knowledge Circle Session
Thursday, November 19, 2026
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Welcome Remarks & Networking Breakfast
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Keynote
Cashless Economy as the Anchor of Real-Time Fiscal Governance
Maqbool Ahmad Gondal, Auditor General of Pakistan
Dr. Abeerah Waqar, Director, International Relations & Coordination, Office of the Auditor General of Pakistan
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Closing Remarks
Adjourn
Knowledge Circle Summit
Held at Hunton, Andrews, Kurth, 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Roundtable Discussions
Roundtable 1: Petroleum Contract Audits, Revenue Assurance, and Public Finance Decision-Making
Petroleum revenues depend on the quality of the data used to verify costs, production, pricing, taxes, royalties, state participation, and contractual obligations. This session will focus on how governments are using audits, contract oversight, and interagency coordination to gain confidence in reported revenues and manage fiscal risk.
Participants will discuss what information is most useful, what data is difficult to obtain or evaluate, and what governments need now to strengthen petroleum revenue assurance. The discussion will also consider how technology, data analytics, and better document management can make audit and oversight responsibilities more manageable.
Roundtable 2: Enhancing In-Country Minerals Processing Capacity
Many governments are exploring ways to capture more value from minerals and critical minerals through domestic processing, refining, manufacturing, and downstream industries. These decisions often require public investment, infrastructure commitments, energy planning, incentives, and long-term market analysis.
This session will focus on how governments evaluate processing opportunities through a public finance lens. Participants will discuss what data helps determine whether processing creates public value, how governments assess infrastructure and power requirements, and how production, processing, and offtake arrangements connect to fiscal and economic outcomes.
Roundtable 3: Building While Growing — Managing Institutional Capacity During Resource Sector Expansion
Resource sectors can grow faster than the institutions responsible for managing them. Governments may face increasing demands for licensing, regulation, audit, revenue collection, legal review, public investment analysis, and state-owned enterprise oversight while still developing staff, systems, and institutional memory.
This session will focus on how governments build capacity while continuing to manage expanding natural resource sectors. Participants will discuss how to prioritize scarce expertise, retain knowledge from advisers, improve coordination, and use data systems to strengthen institutional performance.
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Reception
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