Day Two 

Breakfast

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dave Pearl, ICGFM President, John Thissen, Vice President, Programs and Aleksi Alesksishivili, Vice President-Elect, Programs

9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Opening Keynote Address

Panel/Discussion

Sustaining Development Investments through Strong PFM

Panelist: Jason Wynnycky, Director, Millennium Challenge Corporation, USA
*Additional panelists will be added soon

Break

Presentation/Discussion

Lessons in PFM Resilience

Presenter: Manuel Schiappa Pietra, CEO, FreeBalance, Canada

Lunch/Networking

Panel/Discussion

Strengthening PFM Processes for Enhanced Public Investment Outcomes: Implications for Practitioners in the Post-COVID 19 Environment

Panelist: 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

Break

Presentation/Discussion

Subnational Domestic Revenue Mobilization - SEE Region Best Practices and The Way Forward

Presenter: Mariana Moneva, Cardno International Development, SRMA Project

Break

Panel/Discussion

Pandemic Response and Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Efforts

Panelist: 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
*Additional panelists will be added soon 

Afternoon/Evening
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Day Three 

Breakfast

Welcome 

9:10 AM  – 9:40 AM
Keynote Address

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

Break

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

Lunch/Networking

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

Presentation/Discussion

Compliance And Risk Management in Public Administration

Presenter: Temi Rosas, Partner, Consulting Plus, SA, Panama

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Presentation/Discussion

Improving PFM – Experience from Various Countries

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

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

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

Day Four 

Breakfast

Welcome 

Keynote Address

Green PFM -- Building the Next Generation of Public Finance Managers and Systems

Larry McDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Treasury, USA

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

Break

Panel/Discussion

Innovating at the Nexus – Public Finance, Law, and Capital Markets

Panelist: Katherine Mulhern, Founder and CEO of Restitution, United Kingdom

Panelist: Starla Slaney, Managing Director, Slaney Advisors, United Kingdom
*Additional panelists will be added soon.

Moderator: Laura Robinson, President, Swale House Partners, USA, ICGFM President-Elect

Lunch/Networking

Presentation/Discussion

Achieving Just-In-Time Transfer of Funds in a Federal Nation - India's Experience

Presenter:  Abhey Kumar, Assistant Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, India

Break

Presentation/Discussion

How Can Blockchain Improve Public Finance?

Presenter: Doug Hadden, Executive Vice President, FreeBalance, Canada

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Panel/Discussion

Establishing a New Petroleum Regulator – A Finance Perspective

Panelist: 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

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Closing Event

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Friday, September 23, 2022

Day Five 

Breakfast
Welcome
Awards/Recognitions

9:30 AM  – 9:45 AM
Break

Analysis of Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Consequences and Lessons

Panelist: Tymofiy Mylovanov, President, Kyiv School of Economics, former Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine [invited]

Panelist: Natalie Jaresko, former Minister of Finance of Ukraine [invited]

Panelist: Tetiana Iefymenko, President, Academy of Financial Management, Ukraine

Panelist: Irina Paliashvili, President and Senior Counsel, RULG- Ukrainian Legal Group, Washington, DC/Kyiv, Ukraine [invited]

Moderator: Aleksi Aleksishvili, Chairman of the Board, Policy and Management Consulting Group, former Minister of Finance, Georgia

Break

Closing Keynote Address

Closing Remarks

Dave Pearl, ICGFM President

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