PSMW : 2009 : Day 1

Day 1

Monday, June 1, 2009

7:30

Breakfast and Registration (Delta Regina)

8:15

Welcoming Remarks

Greetings from Jean L. Laporte & Catherine Roberts, Co‑Chairs of PSMW 2009

Greetings from the Province, Hon. Rod Gantefoer, Minister of Finance, Saskatchewan

Greetings from fmi*igf National, Michael Pestill, CMA, FMI National President

8:40

Greetings from PSMW 2009 Provincial Honorary Co‑Chair, Clare Isman, FCMA, Chair, Saskatchewan Public Service Commission

9:00

Keynote Address/Plenary: The Finance Function in the Public Sector, Dan Zbacnik, CPA ( Illinois), MBA, FCMA, Partner with KPMG Advisory Services, Operations Improvement

10:00 - 14:30

Concurrent Sessions

Risk Management

Topics of the Day

Doing Business in the 21st Century

Armchair Discussion - The Transition to Decentralized Independent Audit Committees in the Federal Public Service

Marie Josée Bourassa, Executive Director, Internal Audit Sector, Office of the Comptroller General of Canada

Economic Impacts & Infrastructure Requirements

Mike Ruta, CFO, City of Winnipeg

Kelly Wyatt, P.Eng., PTOE, MBA, FEC, Director, Development Engineering, City of Regina 

Public/Private Partnerships

Dale Botting, CEO, Enterprise Saskatchewan

Brad Thomson, Vice President of Power Growth, TransCanada Energy

 

Accountability, Risk and Innovation:  An Uneasy Triad - Striking A Balance Between Innovation and Accountability

Otto Brodtrick, Ph.D., President, Centre for Public Management

 

Environmental and Sustainability Impacts

Pat Youzwa, President and CEO, SaskPwer

IT Tools

Chris Moore, CA, Senior Manager, Operations Improvement, KPMG

 

Risk Tolerance & Pro‑Active Risk Management in the Public Sector

David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada

 

Economic Development In
Aboriginal Communities

Neil Yeates, Associate Deputy Minister, Indian and Northern Affiairs

Application of Excellence Programs: Exposing Public Sector Opportunity Using Lean Six Sigma Methodology

Dale Schattenkirk, CHRP, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Quality Initiatives Consultant, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region

15:00-16:00

Keynote/Plenary: What Should be the Future Role of Financial Officers in the Public Service?

Moderator: Rod Wiley, FCMA, CFO Saskatchewan Liquor & Gaming

Panelists:

Otto Brodtrick, Ph.D., President, Centre of Public Management

Rocky J. Dwyer, Ph.D., CMA, Evaluation Principal, Chief Review Services, National Defence

Sharon Smith, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of the Comptroller General of Canada

16:45

fmi*igf General Meeting

18:00

Cocktails

19:00

Dinner, Entertainment (Rory Allen - Tribute to the King), Dancing with a live band: Method to Madness

Please note: *Interpretation services will be available for all of the plenary sessions as well as one concurrent session, based on demand