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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 – 10:00 AM
Welcome, Introductions and Opening Remarks
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION
Richard Longstaff, Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Achieving Public Financial Management (PFM) Effectiveness
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
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Networking Lunch
Sponsored by Martindale Consultants
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM
KEYNOTE SESSION
Maqbool Ahmad, Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General, Pakistan [Invited]
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
KEYNOTE SESSION
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:
Laura Robinson, President, Swale House Partners, Alexandria, VA, ICGFM Past President
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
KEYNOTE 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 – 12:00 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, DCAndrew 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
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Networking Lunch
Sponsored by DevTech
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Untapped Value: Innovative Approaches to Developing Public Assets
SPEAKERS
Tatiana Sainati, Partner, Wiley Rein Law, Washington, DC
Katerina Drisi, Head of Capacity Building, Restitution Impact, NY
James W. Head, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Washington, DC
FACILITATOR:
Laura Robinson, President, Swale House Partners, Alexandria, VA, ICGFM Past President
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM – 3:30 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:
David Wall, President, IBI, Chevy Chase, MD, ICGFM Board Member
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Additional session to be added.
4:30 PM – 5:00 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 – 11:00 AM
KEYNOTE SESSION
The Economics of Urbanism
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 – 1:30 PM
KEYNOTE SESSION
R. Matenokay Tingban, Minister of Mines and Energy, Liberia
1:30 PM – 2:30 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 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Financial Management Challenges Facing Subnational Governments: How States in the U.S. Must Navigate Significant Budget Cuts and Revenue Growth Decline
SPEAKERS:
Jared Walczak, Senior Fellow, Tax Foundation, Washington, DC
Brian Sigritz, National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO), Washington, DC
Kim Rueben, National Tax Association
Norton Francis, Public Finance Consultant
FACILITATOR:
Sherry Khan, ICGFM, Vice President of Training
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
A Tale of Two Cities: Alignment of Aspirations with Value on AI and Emerging Technologies
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
5:00 PM – 5:15 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
CLOSING KEYNOTE
To be announced
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
Presentation of the 2026 David Nummy Award
Lunch and Adjourn
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