Conference Program Agenda
(All times are EDT)
Monday, September 19, 2022
Day One
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Registration Opens
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Opening Reception
Welcome Remarks
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Day Two
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
David Pearl
ICGFM President
John Thissen
ICGFM Vice President, Programs
Aleksi Alesksishivili
ICGFM Vice President-Elect, Programs
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Opening Keynote Address
Ed Olowo-Okere
Senior Advisor to the Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, The World Bank Group
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
Panel Discussion
Sustaining Development Investments through Strong PFM
Panelist: Jason Wynnycky
Director, Millennium Challenge Corporation, USA
Panelist: Yohannes Abebe
Practice Lead & Senior Director for Transport and Vertical Structures, Millennium Challenge Corporation, USA
Panelist: Kevin M. Barthel
Land Administration and Tenure Specialist, Director, Land and Agricultural Economy, Millennium Challenge Corporation, USA
Moderator: Ron McMorran
DAI, ICGFM Board of Directors’ Member
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Presentation Discussion
Lessons in PFM Resilience
Presenter: Matthew Olivier
Vice President, Revenue Marketing, FreeBalance, Canada
Moderator: Geoff Luiz
EY, ICGFM Treasurer
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch/Networking
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Strengthening PFM Processes for Enhanced Public Investment Outcomes: Implications for Practitioners in the Post-COVID 19 Environment
Panelist: Timothy Robinson
Principal Economist, Nathan Associates, USA
Panelist: Uzma Ashraf Barton
Principal Associate, Nathan Associates, USA
Panelist: Adam Kadir
Associate, Nathan Associates, USA
Moderator: Tia Elise Raappana
Senior Public Sector Specialist, PEFA Secretariat, Washington DC/USA
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Break
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM
Presentation Discussion
Subnational Domestic Revenue Mobilization - SEE Region Best Practices and The Way Forward
Presenter: Mariana Moneva
DT Global, SRMA Project
Moderator: Parag Shiswawala
DT Global, ICGFM Vice President, Membership and Sponsorship
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM
Panel Discussion
Pandemic Response and Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Efforts
Panelist: Natalia Beruashvili
PhD, Chief of Party, USAID Economic Governance Program, Deloitte
Panelist: Katherine Grau-Zavaleta
Manager, Inclusive Economic Growth Practice, Deloitte, USA
Panelist: Marta Postula
Professor, Head of the Department of Finance and Accounting, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, Poland, Fiscal Rules in the Post-Pandemic Period
Moderator: James Rollins
Managing Director, Deloitte, USA, ICGFM Board of Directors' Member
Afternoon/Evening
Open
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Day Three
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
Welcome
Aleksi Aleksishvili
ICGFM Vice President-Elect, Programs
9:10 AM – 9:40 AM
Keynote Address
Reginald Mitchell
Chief Financial Officer, United States Agency for International Development
9:40 AM – 10:40 AM
Panel Discussion
Public Debt, Transparency and Opportunities
Panelist: Mark Gallagher
Chief of Party, USAID Fiscal Accountability and Sustainable Trade (FAST), DevTech Systems, Inc., USA
Panelist: Steve Rozner
Senior Fiscal Advisor, USAID, USA
Panelist: Geoff Dubrow
Founder and Principal Consultant, Nexus PFM Consulting, Inc., Canada
Moderator: Reginald Mitchell
Office of the CEO, USAID, ICGFM Board of Directors' Member
10:40 AM – 10:55 AM
Break
10:55 AM – 11:55 AM
Presentation Discussion
Introducing the New PPB- Pragmatic Program Budgeting (Overcoming Design Obstacles to Planning, Management, and Control)
Presenter: Moritz Piatti
Senior Economist, The World Bank, USA
Moderator: Aleksi Aleksishvili
Chairman of the Board, Policy and Management Consulting Group, former Minister of Finance, Georgia
11:55 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch/Networking
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Fostering Dialogue Vertically, Horizontally, and Diagonally: Building Integrity Networks to Combat Corruption in Public Investment in Peru
Panelist: Paola Barragan
Chief of Party, USAID Peru Transparent Public Investment (TPI) Project, Peru
Panelist: Janine Mans
Senior Governance Adviser, Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG Center), USAID, USA
Moderator: Tomas Bridle
Senior Global Practice Lead, Democracy and Governance, Chemonics International, USA
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Presentation Discussion
Compliance And Risk Management in Public Administration
Presenter: Temi Rosas
Partner, Consulting Plus, SA, Panama
Moderator: Carmela Perez
GFMIC, ICGFM Board of Directors' Member
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Presentation Discussion
Improving PFM – Experience from Various Countries
Presenter: Mohammed Sani Abdulai
Project Director, Public Financial Management Reforms, Ministry of Finance of Ghana, Government of Ghana's Budget: Its Functions, Coverage, Classification, and Integration with Chart of Accounts
Presenter: Attique ur-Rahman
Deputy Director, Office of the Auditor General of Pakistan, An Examination of the Fraud Risk Discourse - A Case Study of Pakistan
Presenter: Rodolphe Bance
Head, Office of Quality, Innovation and Reforms at the General Directorate of Treasury and Public Accounting, Ministry of Finance, Burkina Faso, Managing Public Finance in Crisis Time: Case of Security Crisis in WAEMU Countries
Moderator: Lucie Phillips
IBI, ICGFM Immediate Past President
Afternoon/Evening
Open
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Day Four
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM
Welcome
John Thissen
ICGFM Vice President, Programs
9:05 AM – 9:35 AM
Keynote Address
Green PFM -- Building the Next Generation of Public Finance Managers and Systems
Larry McDonald
Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Treasury, USA
9:35 AM – 10:35 PM
Presentation Discussion
Role of Local Government in Framing Climate Change Agenda
Presenter: Edward Alpha
Chief Administrator, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Kambia District Council, Sierra Leone
Moderator: John Thissen
ICGFM Vice President, Programs
10:35 AM – 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM – 11:45 PM
Panel Discussion
Impact Litigation and Asset Return
Panelist: Katherine Mulhern
Founder and CEO of Restitution, United Kingdom
Panelist: Matt Vodola
Chief Investment Officer, Potomac Group, USA
Moderator: Laura Robinson
President, Swale House Partners, USA, ICGFM President-Elect
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch/Networking
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
Presentation Discussion
How Can Blockchain Improve Public Finance?
Presenter: Doug Hadden
Executive Vice President, FreeBalance, Canada
Moderator: Eric Uggen
ICGFM Vice President, Communications
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Panel Discussion
Establishing a New Petroleum Regulator – A Finance Perspective
Panelist: Solomon Ikopit
Manager, Finance, Petroleum Authority of Uganda
Moderator: Laura Robinson
President, Swale House Partners, USA, ICGFM President-Elect
Afternoon
Open
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Closing Party
Friday, September 23, 2022
Day Five
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Breakfast
9:30 AM – 9:35 AM
Welcome
Aleksi Aleksishvili
ICGFM Vice President-Elect, Programs
9:35 AM - 9:45 AM
Transport Infrastructure Postwar Recovery
Iryna Koshel-Repnevska
9:45 AM – 11:05 AM
Special Panel Session
Analysis of Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Consequences and Lessons
Panelist: Alexander Gordin
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of the Rebuilding Ukraine Agency and of Broad Street Capital Group
Panelist: Tetiana Iefymenko
President, Academy of Financial Management, Ukraine
Panelist: Natalie Jaresko
Former Minister of Finance of Ukraine
Panelist: Irina Paliashvili
President and Senior Counsel, RULGUkrainian Legal Group, Washington, DC/Kyiv, Ukraine
Moderator: Aleksi Aleksishvili
Chairman of the Board, Policy and Management Consulting Group, former Minister of Finance, Georgia
11:05 AM – 11:20 AM
Break
11:20 AM – 12:30 PM
Closing Remarks
David Pearl
ICGFM President
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