Conference Program Agenda
(All times are EDT)
Monday, September 19, 2022Day One4:00 PM – 6:00 PMRegistration Opens6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Opening ReceptionWelcome Remarks: Dave Pearl, ICGFM President
REGISTER NOWTuesday, September 20, 2022Day Two8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Welcome and Opening RemarksDave Pearl, ICGFM President, John Thissen, Vice President, Programs and Aleksi Alesksishivili, Vice President-Elect, Programs
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM Panel/DiscussionSustaining Development Investments through Strong PFMPanelist: Jason Wynnycky, Director, Millennium Challenge Corporation, USA Break11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Presentation/DiscussionLessons in PFM ResiliencePresenter: Manuel Schiappa Pietra, CEO, FreeBalance, Canada Lunch/Networking1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Panel/DiscussionStrengthening PFM Processes for Enhanced Public Investment Outcomes: Implications for Practitioners in the Post-COVID 19 EnvironmentPanelist: Tim 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 Break2:15 PM – 3:00 PM Presentation/DiscussionSubnational Domestic Revenue Mobilization - SEE Region Best Practices and The Way ForwardPresenter: Mariana Moneva, Cardno International Development, SRMA Project 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Break3:15 PM – 4:15 PM Panel/DiscussionPandemic Response and Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery EffortsPanelist: James Rollins, Senior Manager, 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
Afternoon/Evening REGISTER NOWWednesday, September 21, 2022Day Three8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast9:00 AM – 9:10 AM Welcome
9:10 AM – 9:40 AM 9:40 AM – 10:40 AM Panel/DiscussionPublic Debt, Transparency and OpportunitiesPanelist: 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 10:40 AM – 10:55 AM Break10:55 AM – 11:55 AM Presentation/DiscussionIntroducing the New PPB- Pragmatic Program Budgeting (Overcoming Design Obstacles to Planning, Management, and Control)Presenter: Moritz Piatti, Senior Economist, The World Bank, USA 11:55 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch/Networking1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Panel/DiscussionFostering Dialogue Vertically, Horizontally, and Diagonally: Building Integrity Networks to Combat Corruption in Public Investment in PeruPanelist: 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/DiscussionCompliance And Risk Management in Public AdministrationPresenter: Temi Rosas, Partner, Consulting Plus, SA, Panama
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM Improving PFM – Experience from Various CountriesMohammed 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 Reuben Orwaru, Manager, PFM, PAFA, Kenya, Partnering to Professionalize Accounting and Auditing in the Public Sector Attique Ur-Rehman, Deputy Director, Office of the Auditor General of Pakistan, An Examination of the Fraud Risk Discourse - A Case Study of Pakistan Afternoon/Evening Open
REGISTER NOWThursday, September 22, 2022Day Four8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast9:00 AM – 9:10 AM Welcome9:10 AM – 9:30 AM Keynote AddressGreen PFM -- Building the Next Generation of Public Finance Managers and SystemsLarry McDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Treasury, USA 9:30 AM – 10:30 PM Presentation/DiscussionRole of Local Government in Framing Climate Change AgendaPresenter: Edward Alpha, Chief Administrator, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Kambia District Council, Sierra Leone Break10:45 AM – 11:45 PM Panel/DiscussionInnovating at the Nexus – Public Finance, Law, and Capital MarketsPanelist: Katherine Mulhern, Founder and CEO of Restitution, United Kingdom Panelist: Starla Slaney, Managing Director, Slaney Advisors, United Kingdom Moderator: Laura Robinson, President, Swale House Partners, USA, ICGFM President-Elect 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM Lunch/Networking12:45 PM – 1:30 PM Presentation/DiscussionAchieving Just-In-Time Transfer of Funds in a Federal Nation - India's ExperiencePresenter: Abhey Kumar, Assistant Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, India 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Break1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Presentation/DiscussionHow Can Blockchain Improve Public Finance?Presenter: Doug Hadden, Executive Vice President, FreeBalance, Canada
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Establishing a New Petroleum Regulator – A Finance PerspectivePanelist: Michael Otonga Ochan, Director, Finance and Administration, Petroleum Authority of Uganda Panelist: Solomon Ikopit, Manager, Finance, Petroleum Authority of Uganda Moderator: Laura Robinson, President, Swale House Partners, USA, ICGFM President-Elect Afternoon Open6:30 PM – 9:30 PM Closing Event
REGISTER NOWFriday, September 23, 2022Day Five8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Breakfast
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