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Preliminary Program Agenda

Monday, September 30, 2024 

2:00 PM–5:00 PM
Board of Directors’ Meeting 

5:00 PM–6:30 PM
Leadership Reception for Board of Directors and Advisory Board 


Tuesday, October 1, 2024 

8:30 AM–10:00 AM
Breakfast 

10:00 AM–10:15 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks 

10:15 AM–10:45 AM
Presentation of the 2024 David M. Nummy Award 

Anthony Hegarty

10:45 AM–11:05 AM
Break 

11:05 AM–11:45 AM
Opening Keynote Session 

Clinton White
Counselor
USAID

12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Lunch 

1:00 PM–2:00 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Headwinds and Tailwinds: Navigating Budgets in Turbulent Time: Open Budget Survey 2023

David Robins
Manager, Open Budget Survey, International Budget Partnership

Elena Mondo
Senior Technical Advisor, International Budget Partnership

2:00 PM–2:30 PM
Break 

2:30 PM–3:30 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Advancing Integration of Climate Change Into PFM Reform Approaches

Janine Mans
PFM Practice Lead, DAI

Dalia Sakr, PHD
Founder and Managing Director, SHIFTERRA Consultancy

Antonio Kamenov
Senior Fiscal Advisor, USAID Bureau for Democracy Human Rights and Governance 

3:30 PM–4:00 PM
Break 

4:00 PM–5:00 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
From Policy to Practice: The Importance of Human Capacity Development for Effective PFM

Sherry Khan
Senior Manager, IDG

Fridolin Kwizera
Director General for Reforms and Economic and Financial Cooperation at the Ministry of Finance, Budget, and Economic Planning, Burundi

Stephen Leeds
Senior PFM Expert, Independent Consultant 

5:00 PM–5:15 PM
Wrap-up

5:15 PM–7:00 PM
Networking Reception
 


Wednesday, October 2, 2024 

8:30 AM–10:00 AM
Breakfast 

10:00 AM–10:10 AM
Welcome 

10:10 AM–10:40 AM
Keynote Address 

Rafael Romeu
CEO and President
DevTech

10:40 AM–10:55 AM
Break 

10:55 AM–11:55 AM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Debt Transparency Monitor - Understanding Global Debt Dynamics

Dr. Jose Pineda
Director of Education, Gender, and Youth; Deputy Director of Public Financial Management, DevTech Systems

Gabriel Esteban Lopetegui
Economic Consultant, DevTech Systems

12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Lunch 

1:00 PM–2:00 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Managing Sovereign Debt Liabilities: Angola’s Experience

William Cotter
Resident Advisor, U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance

Dorivaldo Texeira
Director, Debt Management Office, Ministry of Finance, Angola

2:00 PM–2:15PM
Break 

2:15 PM–2:50 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSION
Title & description of presentation (TBA)

Ronald Makomva
Cadmus, Zambia [Virtual]

MODERATOR:
Uzma Barton

2:55 PM–3:40 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSION
Are There Competitive Limits to Mining Fiscal Policy?

Dr. Odysseus Bostick
Economist, Deloitte

3:15 PM–3:45 PM

Break 

3:45 PM–4:45 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Two Decades of Fiscal Decentralization in Indonesia (2001-2020)

Renata Simatupang
Chief of Party, USAID Economic Growth Support Activity (EGSA), Indonesia

Niaz Shinwari
Associate Director for Public Financial Management, DevTech Systems

4:45 PM–5:00 PM
Wrap-up 


Thursday, October 3, 2024 

8:30 AM–10:00 AM
Breakfast 

10:00 AM–10:10 AM
Welcome 

10:10 AM–10:40 AM
Keynote Address 

Kathleen O’Dell 
Lead Client Service Partner, USAID and US-IDO
Deloitte 

10:40 AM–10:55 AM
Break 

10:55 AM–11:55 AM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Digitalization of Public Financial Management System (PFMS) and Strengthening Service Delivery in India

Shri Shyam S. Dubey
Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, India

MODERATOR:
Laura Robinson, ICGFM President

12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Lunch
 

1:00 PM–2:00 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Case Studies of Successful Government Tech Implementation in PFM

Stephen Carpenter
Vice President, Governance (Former Chief of Party in Kosovo), DAI

Eunice Heredia-Ortiz
Senior Lead Specialist, Public Financial Management (Former Chief of Party in Guatemala), DAI

Gareth Davies
Chief of Party, Jordan Public Financial Management and Administration (PFMA) Project, DAI 

2:00 PM–2:15 PM
Break 

2:15 PM–3:15 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Digital Transformation and Solutions in PFM to Strengthen Public Service Delivery

Renata Miskell
US Treasury

Vanessa Bowne
Senior Manager, Deloitte

3:15 PM–3:45 PM
Break 

3:45 PM–4:45 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Using Digital Tools for Data-Driven Decision Making

Manisha Aryal
Senior Advisor, Digital Development, Chemonics International

MODERATOR:
Estefania McPhaul
Global Practice Lead, Economic Growth and Trade Practice, Chemonics International 

4:45 PM–5:00 PM
Wrap-up 


Friday, October 4, 2024 

8:30 AM–9:30 AM
Breakfast 

9:30 AM–9:40 AM
Welcome 

9:40 AM–10:30 AM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
PFM Past & Future (working title) 

10:30 AM–10:45 AM
Break 

10:45 AM–12:00 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Donors View of PFM (working title) 

12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Lunch 

1:00 PM–1:45 PM
SESSION AND TABLE DISCUSSION
TBA 

1:45 PM–2:00 PM
Break

2:00 PM–2:45 PM
Closing Keynote Address (tbd)

2:45 PM–3:00 PM
Wrap-up


 

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