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DAY 2
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008
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8:00-9:00
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COFFEE/TEA & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST/ REGISTRATION
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
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9:00-10:15 |
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EVENT 2-1
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INTERNAL AUDIT - THE NEW POLICY
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9:00 – 10:15
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The Race to Full Implementation of the Treasury Board Policy on Internal Audit
Come and hear about the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s experience to date in implementing the Treasury Board (TB) Policy on Internal Audit. Gain valuable insight into the lessons they have learned, the challenges they have overcome as well as the internal audit tools and processes they have developed and strengthened along the way.
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13:30 – 14:30
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Internal Audit and its Impact on the Finance Function
Implementing the new TB Policy on Internal Audit has had an impact on finance as well as other functions within departments and agencies. During this session, participants will hear what this new policy has meant for Industry Canada’s finance function, how it has impacted the team’s work and what they have done to respond to this new Policy.
Speaker: Kevin Lindsey, Chief Financial Officer, Industry Canada
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15:00 – 16:00
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Continuing to Building Internal Audit Capacity
Growing the federal government’s internal audit capacity is a challenge that the vast majority of departments and agencies continue to face. Come and hear about the work the OCG is doing to continue to build internal audit capacity across the government and support the ongoing learning needs of the community.
Brian Aiken, Assistant Comptroller General, Internal Audit Sector, Office of the Comptroller General, Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat
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EVENT 2-2
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AGENDA FOR RESULTS
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9:00 – 10:15
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DPR/RPP Concise Reporting & Lessons Learned
Improved reporting to Parliament has been identified as an area of concern for parliamentarians and the Auditor General and is key for enhancing transparency and accountability in government and for renewing the Expenditure Management System.
The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (the Secretariat) has developed a vision for improving whole-of-government and departmental reports to better support parliamentarians in their consideration of the Estimates. As part of this vision, the Secretariat invited several departments to participate in pilot projects to produce streamlined Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPP) and Departmental Performance Reports (DPR) that are more strategic, clearer, less bureaucratic, and more concise at around 30 pages.
This session will focus on sharing the experiences, perspectives, and good practices of three departments that participated in the Concise RPP and/or Concise DPR pilot projects: Industry Canada, Parks Canada, and the Public Health Agency of Canada. The Secretariat’s Paula Folkes-Dallaire will open the session with an overview of the two projects and will share overall lessons learned from both the Concise RPP and the Concise DPR pilot exercises.
Speaker:
Paula Folkes-Dallaire, Senior Analyst, Parliamentary Reporting and Accountability Division Results Based Management Division, Expenditure Management Sector, Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat
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Panellists:
Myriam Linteau, Manager, Corporate and Business Planning, Parks Canada Agency
Loretta Scott, Director, Public Health Agency of Canada
Scott Lohnes, Analyst, Corporate Planning and Governance Branch, Industry Canada
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13:30 – 14:30
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Performance Measurement and the MRRS Policy
This session will provide a discussion of the critical role of the Management, Resources and Results Structure (MRRS) Policy plays in the renewal of the Expenditure Management System of the Government of Canada and provide an overview of the progress made to-date in the implementation of the policy across the federal government. It will include a discussion of key elements of the MRRS such as the development of departmental Program Activity Architectures and supporting performance measurement frameworks.
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15:00 – 16:00
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Financial Management Core Learning Curriculum
The Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) supports the commitment of the Office of the Comptroller General to strengthen financial management, oversight and reporting within the Government of Canada by offering various courses in the Financial Management Core Learning Curriculum. On October 1, 2008, the new Transfer Payment policy came into effect. Find out what training the CSPS had made available to the financial community and to departments to support implementation of the new policy.
Speaker: Pierre Laflamme, Director, Financial Arrangements, Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat
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EVENT 2-3
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ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
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9:00 – 10:15
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Governance Issues in an Enterprise Management Environment
Mr. Mitchell will be talking about "Governance in an Enterprise-Wide Management Environment". Today, more and more issues can be addressed only at a cross-departmental or whole-of-government level. Mr. Mitchell will offer some lessons from experience; identify specific challenges facing the Public Service today with respect to enterprise-wide management, and talk about opportunities for new ways of defining issues and governing public sector institutions in this new environment.
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13:30 – 14:30
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Convergence of Governance, Risk, Compliance:
What public sector finance professionals should know and why
In recent years, public sectors around the globe have taken concrete steps to expand and strengthen their governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) activities. Through parallel and often not-well-integrated initiatives, public service organizations face increasing demands for already scarce resources and new skills at a time when experienced talent is being lost. Moreover, new and often overlapping processes in areas such as risk assessment, control testing, and reporting have been introduced while many CFOs are taking the first steps in establishing order in financial management in the department. In the Government of Canada, for instance, policies and frameworks around internal audit, risk management, financial management, governance, and internal controls have been published or modified in recent years to address new concerns around delivering value, demonstrating transparency, and safeguarding existing assets. All of these policies and frameworks address at least one aspect of GRC, and understanding how to respond is of utmost importance to the finance profession within government.
The pendulum has swung in the same direction over the same period for publically traded companies, but at a much faster pace. The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation in the US and its equivalent, Bill C-198, in Ontario as well as numerous trends and new practices around GRC domains have had a major impact but with a marked difference: they are already feeling the weight of duplication and lack of integration around GRC activities. The financial sector, in particular, has borne the brunt of this pressure on its ability to continue to generate value. Of all corporate groups in these organizations, the finance professionals have been called upon the most to step up to the new challenge.
Fortunately, the expertise gained in GRC convergence initiatives in the financial sector represents a great opportunity for finance professionals in the public sector and their organizations to find early solutions in leveraging GRC activities towards creating value. Join us for a panel discussion, with representatives from the financial and public sectors, which will identify the lessons learned and provide their insights into opportunities to navigate through this change. The panel discussion will be preceded by a brief presentation of the concepts around GRC as well as trends. The session targets senior financial resources across the public sector involved in GRC activities.
Panel speakers:
Charles-Antoine St-Jean, FCA, Partner, National Public Sector Leader, Ernst & Young
Otto Brodtrick, Ph.D. , Faculty of Management, McGill University , Montreal
Claire Lake , MBA , CA is a Principal with Interis Consulting
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15:00 – 16:00
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CMA WORKSHOP |
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EMBRACING GENERATIONAL DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE
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FREE SEMINAR |
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9:00 – 10:45
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Microsoft invites you to:
Creating a People Ready Public Sector Seminar Series
Many new reporting and governance requirements are being placed on government departments as a result of initiatives and policies arising from the changes to the Expenditure management Systems, Federal accountability Act, Management Accountability Framework and PAA.
These also have implications for implementing an integrated budgeting, planning and human resource management system. In this session, we will demonstrate how solutions based on Microsoft technology (e.g., Business Intelligence, Performance Point Server, SharePoint) can provide a “single version of the Truth” for multiple decision makers and central agencies.
As part of this event, you will have the opportunity during this event to hear from Greg Smith, the Chief Information Officer at the Royal Canadian Mint. In his presentation, Mr. Smith will focus on the Mint’s performance journey that embraced a holistic approach to people, process and technology. Today, the Mint is using the Microsoft stack to provide real time business intelligence to decision makers in a seamless fashion. Mr. Smith will also provide insights on the challenges and lessons learned, both technical and cultural, the Mint encountered in building this performance platform.
Greg Smith is the Royal Canadian Mint’s CIO (Chief Information Officer).
His responsibilities include developing the Mint's information management and technology strategies, system planning, and the provision of information systems services within the corporation. The latter includes both the on-going technical support of computing facilities and communication systems and the implementation of new technologies and applications. Mr. Smith served as the Executive Director of Business Transformation prior to accepting his current role in 2008 and has held a number of senior executive positions. Mr. Smith has substantial experience in marketing, product development, sales, e-business and technology through related positions with a range of companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Brunswick. He was a recipient of the Mint's President's Award in 2003.
The session is especially important for decision makers working in areas like finance, corporate planning and budgeting, central agency reporting.
*Register NOW as space is limited*
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13:30-14:30
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Come and join us for this interesting hour session presented by IBM that will enhance your knowledge of Cognos.
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