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WEEK-LONG AGENDA 
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Day 4 |
Thursday, November 26th |
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8:00 – 9:00 |
COFFEE/TEA, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION (Foyer A)
Visit the Exhibitor's Hall (Grand Salon) |
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| 9:00 – 10:15 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
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10:15-10:45 |
COFFEE BREAK (Foyer A) Visit the Exhibitor's Hall (Grand Salon) |
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| 10:45 – 12:00 |
Ms. Chantal Hébert, Political Raconteur & Columnist (BMO Casino Theatre) |
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| 12:00 - 13:30 |
LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK (Ballroom) Visit the Exhibitor's Hall (Grand Salon) |
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| 13:30 – 14:30 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
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| 4:30 - 15:00 |
COFFEE BREAK (Foyer A) Visit the Exhibitor's Hall (Grand Salon) |
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| 15:00 – 16:00 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
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| 15:00 – 16:00 | FORD/IARD - GRADUATION CEREMONY (BMO Casino Theatre) |
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| 16:00 – 18:00 | fmi*igf PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION (Foyer A) Hosted by the fmi*igf National President 2009-2010, Mike Pestill. |
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| Resource Management (Room: Mozart) |
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| 9:00 – 10:15 |
EVOLUTION OF THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Queen's University David Miller and Mike Joyce will provide their insight on key changes that have taken place in the Resource Allocation and Management Framework. This will include looking at the changing emphasis and priorities of governments (resultant shifts in mandates of Central Agencies - formal and otherwise); the manner in which related central agency initiatives have been developed and implemented; and, implications for departmental managers, the financial community and program integrity. More importantly, Dave and Mike will be providing an understanding of and their informed views on the legacy that you have inherited. David Miller and Mike Joyce both held ADM level positions in government including, during their tenure at TBS, that with responsibility for the expenditure management system. David after leaving CRA, where he was an Assistant Commissioner, consulted internationally. More recently, he has occupied executive financial positions in various departments (including Agriculture, Finance, Health and Industry), providing him with a comprehensive perspective on the current state of resource management. Mike, since leaving TBS, has lectured (resource management) in the Masters of Public Administration Program at Queens University and recently assumed the position of Director of the Program. |
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| 13:30 – 14:30 15:00 – 16:00 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCRUAL BUDGETING AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL - PART I IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCRUAL BUDGETING AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL - PART II Speakers: Kenneth Wheat, Senior Director, Operations, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
William (Bill) Cummings, Director, Public Accounts and Policy Division, Health Canada Bonnie Easterbrook, Chief Financial Officer, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety The accrual budgeting project is well underway, with 10 pilot departments having tabled 2009-10 RPPs with accrual-based future-oriented financial statements. After an overview of the project, Bonnie Easterbrook from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, and William Cummings from Health Canada will discuss their experiences in producing the future-oriented financial statements, touching on the approach taken, benefits and lessons learned. |
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| Le Francophile Is the accuracy of a payment in conflict with its speediness or Political pressures? In the economic stimulus package context, billions of dollars in payment will need to be processed within a short period of time. What is the appropriate level of control? What is the acceptable level of errors or fraud? Who take precedence, the Politic or the OAG? There will be a panel discussion of senior managers from key departments. Finally, demystify the end to end pay process and its controls. (Room: Chopin/Beethoven) (Event in French with English simultaneous interpretation available) |
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| 9:00 – 10:15 |
CRIMINALITY DURING ECONOMIC CRISIS!
Mr. Auger is considered in Canada and internationally as one of the best journalist covering criminality. Following an attempt on his life in September 2000, he has become the symbol of freedom of speech and the spoke person fighting against organized crime. |
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| 13:30 – 14:30 | IS THE COMPLIANCE OF A PAYMENT IN CONFLICT WITH POLITICAL PRESSURES AND THE URGENCY TO ISSUE THE PAYMENT? Moderator: Charles-Antoine St-Jean, FCA, Partner, National Public Sector Leader, Ernst & Young
Panelists: Basia Ruta, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer, Environment Canada
Sylvain Michaud, Executive Director, Internal Audit Sector, Office of the Comptroller General In the economic stimulus package context, billions of dollars in payment will need to be processed within a short period of time. What is the appropriate level of control, the level of errors or fraud? Who take precedence, the Politic or the OAG? A panel discussion of senior managers from key departments will discuss this issue. |
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| 15:00 – 16:00 |
DEMYSTIFY THE END TO END PAY PROCESS AND ITS CONTROLS!
The objective of this presentation is to provide tools to identify, describe and assign responsibilities for interactions between HR and Finance for pay and non-pay administrative functions. You will have a global overview of the policy instruments related to financial management of pay administration. |
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| Community Leaders A session targeted to the needs and interests of Chief Financial Officers (CFO), Deputy Chief Financial Officers (DCFO) and Chief Audit Executives (CAE) to discuss strategic issues of the day. (Room: Salon Royal) REGISTRATION TO THIS SESSION IS BY INVITATION ONLY |
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| 9:00 – 10:15 |
PREPARING FOR AN APPEARANCE BEFORE A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE Speakers: John Morgan, former Assistant Comptroller General, Office of the Comptroller General;
Greg Fyffe, former ADM, Policy and Program Development, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, currently teaching at Canada School of Public Service; Alfred Tsang, Chief Financial Officer, Health Canada; Tom Wappel, former member, Liberal Party of Canada, Scarborough Southwest. Facilitator: Thérèse Roy, Chair, DCFO Council and Director General, Financial Management Directorate Executives in the public service have increasingly been called upon to support senior leaders when they appear before Parliamentary committees to answer questions or to provide information on departmental performance. Natural Resources Canada Join us as our panel of experts share their tips, tactics and best practices on preparing for Parliamentary Committee appearances. |
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| 13:30 – 14:30 |
HOW TO PREPARE AND DEAL WITH AN EXTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE
The departmental audit committee is an essential part of the audit regime established by the Policy on Internal Audit. The Policy calls for the deputy head of each department to establish an independent departmental audit committee comprised of a majority of experienced, competent external members recruited from outside of the federal public administration. Join us as James Mitchell shares his experience and perspectives as a departmental audit committee member for several government departments. Topics to be discussed include: preparation for an audit committee meeting, dealing with questions from audit committee members recruited from outside of the federal public service. |
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| FMI Workshop Note: some previous exposure to audit or risk management principles will assist participants in being able to derive maximum benefit from this session. (Room: Kreighoff) |
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| 9:00 – 10:15 13:30 – 14:30 15:00 – 16:00 |
INTEGRATED GOVERNANCE RISK AND COMPLIANCE (“GRC”): RE-ENGINEERING ASSURANCE FOR BETTER RESULTS
This workshop begins with an overview of the key elements of an integrated approach to governance, risk and compliance followed by a concise analysis of what’s wrong with the status quo today in the public sector. Barriers to successful adoption of integrated GRC are discussed and key steps required to transition from traditional approaches to integrated GRC proposed. The second segment of the workshop will review the critical topic of how to apply an integrated approach to better manage fraud risks using the best available international anti-fraud guidance. The last session of the workshop will feature several government departments and Crown Corporations discussing how their risk and assurance management processes relate to (or differ from) integrated GRC, and why those choices have been made. All sessions will have plenty of opportunities for participants to ask questions and explore the ideas being presented. |
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| Free Seminar (Room: Morrice) |
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| 13:30 – 14:30 | IBM Enabling Financial Performance Management and Planning, Budgeting and Forecastingwith Cathy Green, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM, Strategy and Transformation |
