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Preliminary Program Agenda

Monday, March 16, 2026

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Board of Directors’ Meeting

 

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Leadership Reception for Board of Directors 

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Registration opens

 

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Breakfast

 

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Welcome, Introductions and Opening Remarks 

 

10:15 AM – 10:45 AM

OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION

Richard Longstaff, Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP

 

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Break

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Achieving Public Financial Management (PFM) Effectiveness - Part 1
SPEAKERS:
Chris Mihm, Adjunct Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Dan Chenok, Executive Director, the IBM Center for The Business of Government
FACILITATOR: 
Doug Webster, Senior Advisor and ERM Practice Lead, TFC Consulting
 

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Networking Lunch

Sponsored by Martindale Consultants

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Achieving PFM Effectiveness: Part 2
SPEAKERS:
Chris Mihm, Adjunct Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Dan Chenok, Executive Director, the IBM Center for The Business of Government
FACILITATOR: 
Doug Webster, Senior Advisor and ERM Practice Lead, TFC Consulting

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Break

 

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Strategic Transport Corridors: Unlocking Africa's Mining and Industrial Potential Through Integrated Infrastructure
Andrew Kamau, Non-Resident Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY and Kenya
Facilitator and additional panelists to be announced.

 

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

WRAP-UP  SESSION

 

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

NETWORKING RECEPTION

Sponsored by Deloitte

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Breakfast

 

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Welcome

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

GENERAL SESSION. Government Asset Management and Accounting in India

Ms. T.C.A. Kalyani, Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, Government of India 

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Break

 

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Analytics as an Asset: Maximizing Public Value through Strategic Use of Data in Oversight
SPEAKERS
Lindsey Saul, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC
Andrew Kurtzman, Assistant Director (Data Science), Innovation Lab, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC
Alex Gromadzki, Assistant Director for Data Science, Innovation Lab, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC
Martin Skorczynski, Assistant Director for Emerging Technology, Innovation Lab, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC
FACILITATOR:
Stephen Sanford, Managing Director. Strategic Planning and External Liaison, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC 

 

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Networking Lunch

Sponsored by DevTech

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Additional session to be announced

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break

 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Navigating the Transition: A Strategic Roadmap for Nepal’s Complete Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS)

Shovakanta Poudel, Financial Comptroller General (FCG), Nepal
Yogesh Parajuli, Deputy Financial Controller General, Ministry of Finance, Financial Comptroller General Office, Nepal
Facilitator to be announced.

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

WRAP-UP SESSION 

Thursday, March 19, 2026

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Breakfast

 

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Welcome

 

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM

GENERAL SESSION
Joe Minicozzi, Principal and Founder, Urban3 

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

Break

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

State-Owned Enterprises: Achieving Sustainability and Resilience

SPEAKER:
Tetiana Iefymenko, President, Academy of Financial Management, Ministry of Finance, Ukraine
FACILITATOR:
John Hanley, ICGFM Vice President of Programs
Additional panelists to be announced.

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Networking Lunch

 

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Sovereign, Finite and Exhaustible Natural Resources: Facilitating Win - Win Solutions for Host States and Investors
SPEAKER:
David Hesse, Partner, Hunton, Andrews and Kurth, UK
FACILITATOR:
Laura Robinson, President, Swale House Partners
Additional panelist to be announced.
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
State and Local Taxation/Revenue Mobilization Issues

SPEAKERS:
Jared Walczak, Senior Fellow, Tax Foundation
Brian Sigritz, National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO)
Kim Rueben, National Tax Association
Norton Francis, Public Finance Consultant
FACILITATOR:
Sherry Khan, ICGFM, Vice President of Training 

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM

Break

 

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

AI and Emerging Tech
SPEAKERS:
Taka Ariga, Founder, Sol Imagination, LLC and Senior Fellow, Data Foundation, Washington, DC
Michael Boyce, Generative AI Lead, Technologist-In-Residence, US Digital Response, San Francisco, CA
Tina Kim, CPA, Deputy Comptroller for State Accountability, Office of the State of New York State Comptroller, Albany, NY
FACILITATOR: 
Beryl Davis, Director, Federal Line Service, Sikich, Washington, DC

 

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM

WRAP-UP SESSION

Friday, March 20, 2026

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Continental Breakfast

 

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Welcome

9:45 AM – 10:45 PM
Additional session to be announced 

10:45 AM – 11:45 PM
Additional session to be announced 

11:45 AM – 12:15 AM
GENERAL SESSION

To be announced  

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM

CLOSING SESSION
Presentation of the 2026 David Nummy Award
Lunch and Adjourn
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