January
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Leadership Day
Agenda 
Location: Ottawa
Marriott Hotel, 100 Kent Street, Ottawa, ON
Thursday • January 24th, 2019
Join the FMI-CC for an exciting day focused on
Leadership! In collaboration with the OCG, APEX and others,
we will take you through the key competencies needed to lead into
the future as well as practical experience exercises and tools
to take back to your workplace. This initiative is a first in
the FMI-CC professional development portfolio and is at the request
of the OCG and leadership partners. You won't want to miss
this engaging and interactive session which will address the
challenges and opportunities of leadership in the public
service!
This day will be of interest to executives and all levels
including EX minus 1. It will also offer insights for those
wishing to join the executive ranks.
Keynote Speakers:
Roch Huppé, Comptroller General
of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada
Secretariat
Michel Vermette, Chief Executive
Officer, Association of Professional Executives of the
Public Service of Canada
A Conversation on the Leadership Skills of the
Future
CFO Panel Moderated by Mike
Hawkes, Retired CFO Government of
Canada:
Kami
Ramcharan, CFO Canada Revenue
Agency
Jen
O'Donoughue, CFO Department of Fisheries and
Oceans
Mark
Perlman, CFO Employment and Social
Development Canada
Leadership: What it Takes to be a Leader -
Experiences, Tips, and Lessons
Learned
Dominique Dennery, CA Certified
Management Consultant
Workshop on Adaptive Leadership Skills and Techniques
for Today's Leaders
Do you wonder if you have what it takes to adapt and
thrive in times of rapid change? Are you concerned about the
changes to your profession and their impact on your career?
This interactive workshop, led by an experienced coach and change
leadership specialist, provides an opportunity to explore these and
other important questions with your peers. Drawing on the
work of Ronald Heifetz, William Bridges and others, this workshop
will offer you practical strategies and tools for developing
adaptive change capacity, so that you can build resilience and
successfully lead yourself and others through
change.
Leadership in Today's Fast-Paced
Environment
General Discussion, Question and Answer Period
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February
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Current Trends in Accounting
Agenda
Location:
Ottawa Sheraton - 150 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON
Thursday • February 21st,
2019
At this unique, highly targeted one-day seminar, you can listen
to an unmatchable team of financial experts from both the public
and private sectors who will supply you with up-to-date information
and expert guidance on the latest developments and best practices
in accounting, internal controls and cyber security.
Participants will get an overview of key trends that will define
the public sector accounting landscape going forward. As well,
attendees will receive an update on the latest techniques to
improve internal controls in the government sector. They will also
hear from a cyber security expert who will share their insights on
government security trends and the impact upon the accounting and
financial reporting sector.
As always, our PD Day seminars promise to have thought provoking
discussions and lively feedback between participants and
speakers.
Keynote Speaker:
Diane Peressini, Executive
Director, Government Accounting Policy and Reporting, Office of the
Comptroller General
Upcoming Accounting and Auditing Standards in the
Government of Canada
Speakers:
Khatera Akbari, Director,
Corporate and Financial Planning, Department of Finance
Capital Assets
Clarissa Ahnert, Manager, PwC Ottawa
Risk Assurance Services Practice
Tim McCormick, Director, PwC
Ottawa Risk Assurance Services Practice
Current Trends in Internal Controls/Continuous
Monitoring
Internal Controls and Monitoring have progressed from testing
samples to leveraging data analytics and performing reviews over
100% of transactions. This allows organizations to focus time and
efforts on more value added activities in emerging focus areas or
deeper dives into known issues. This presentation will outline
current and new focus areas as well as innovative approaches to
monitoring leveraging technology.
Eugene Ng, CISSP, PCI QSA, BCOMM,
Partner, Cyber Security, MNP
Cyber Security
Panel mederated by Adam Ali, MBA, PMP,
Partner, MNP:
Hassan Qureshi, CPA, CMA, CRISC,
CISA, CISSP, P.ENG, CGEIT, TOGAF, PbD, Partner,
Enterprise Risk Services, MNP Eastern Canada AI Lead
John Craig,
Director,
Solutions Delivery, MindBridge Ai
Arun
Thangaraj, Assistant Deputy Minister and CFO, Global
Affairs Canada
Panel Discussion: Current
Trends in Artificial Intelligence
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May
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Project Management in the Public Sector - Lessons
Learned
Agenda to come
Location:
Ottawa Sheraton - 150 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON
Thursday • May 30th, 2019
Are you interested in learning more about what it is to be a
good project manager? If so, Project Management in the Public
Sector is THE PD event you will not want to miss! The Day
encompasses the following objectives:
1) Project Management Fundamentals and
Tools
2) Relevant use of Project Lifecycles
3) Challenges and Best Practices with Project
Management Practice
This PD Day aims to provide those who are interested in project
management with insight into current policies and best practices on
how to better scope, plan, monitor, and report on time-limited
project initiatives. The workshop will help participants understand
how to use available guides and tools to assess the complexity and
risks of departmental projects, and prioritize them based on
available resources. Successful projects don't just happen - every
project needs a manager and this workshop will show you just how
success can be achieved!
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June
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Government Priorities of the Day - Budget
2019
Agenda to come
Location:
Ottawa Sheraton - 150 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON
Thursday • June 13th, 2019
The FMI Capital Chapter has had a fantastic year and we are
going out with a bang! This is the PD Day you will not want to
miss! We have once again, enlisted engaging speakers to highlight
some of the Government of Canada's key priorities that are of
interest to you and your organization. Dynamic senior leaders, from
both inside and outside Government, will share their perspectives
on the various government priorities by sector: Economic Policy
Priorities; Social Policy Priorities; and Innovation as a top
priority. The day will feature several exciting keynote speakers
throughout the day.
This PD Day is ideally suited for those involved in delivering
on these key priorities, new entrants to the public service,
aspiring leaders, those involved in strategic policy, program
delivery, financial management or strategies and federal budget
submissions. The PD Day will also be of interest to those who are
clients of these initiatives and those who wish to understand
interactions between departments and central agencies, and the
Federal Budget process.
REGISTER HERE
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