May 9 2011

Half-day PD event, Victoria

Taking charge of Your career and the career of your Team

Keynote Speaker: Sheila Fraser, Auditor General of Canada

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March 1-2, 2011

Joint CMA-CGA-FMI Workshop

Accounting's Changing Landscape

Fraud and the Public Sector

Standards in Transition

Accounting's Changing Landscape

Carbon Accounting vs. Accounting for Carbon

Environmental Accounting

Impact of Changing Accounting Standards on the Province

IFRS for Boards and Audit Committees

2011 Accounting and Finance - Hiring and Compensation Outlook

Initiative Vote 2011 - British Columbia's debate on the HST

What's New in Ottawa

Governance and Accounting Changes

 February 8, 2011

Luncheon - Supporting Cabinet and Treasury Board Decision Making

Presenters:

Ingrid Bergman & Danae Johnson

Joy Illington & David Mohart Mentoring and Leadership

Lisa Ryan, Dana Hayden and Dave Douglas Networking

 September 22, 2010

Annual General Meeting

Presenters:

Jeff Sparling - Strategy Execution: The Dynamics of Attaining Strategic Intent and Creating Strategic Alignment

Robert Ashwin - Taxable Benefits

Lynda Gagne - Fiscal Sustainability

Ce Cayne - Leaders of Substance

Ilana Hechter and Andrew Pau - Seeding the Future: Strategic Change Management

Deloitte & Touche LLP - GAAP IFRS: Which standards to choose

Alladin Versi - Death & Taxes

Brad Thorimbert - BC PST-GST Harmonization

Corrie Barclay - How Does Your Organization Score - Leading Finance Practices of High Performing Organizations

September 23, 2009

MANAGING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

Agenda

Panel Presenters:

Sharon Moysey, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Housing and Social Development - Managing in Uncertain Times

Bruce Nelms, Comptroller, Maritime Forces Pacific - Managing in Uncertain Times

Gail Stephens, City Manager, Victoria

Linda Gagne, MPA Professor Economist, University of Victoria - Managing in Uncertain Times

June 25, 2009

THE PERFECT STORM - CRISIS OR OPPORTUNITY

Featured Speaker:

Cheryl Wenezenki-Yolland, Comptroller General, Government of BC - The Perfect Storm – Crisis or Opportunity

March 24, 2009

THE BUDGET

Featured Speaker:

Honourable Colin Hansen - Minister of Finance

JOINT FMI / CGA / CMA WORKSHOP - 3 Day Professional Development Event

February 3-5 Agenda

Featured Speakers:

Gordon Gunn, BA, CA, CISA, CMC, PMP - Partner KPMG Risk & Advisory Services Associates - Saving Time With Templates

Russel Hunter, MA, BCRPA-CPT, CSE - National Director Human Performance Institute Canada - Energy For Performance 

David Calder - Olymian & Senior Community Relations Advisor, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources - Overcoming Obstacles for Olympic-Sized Results

Robert Kroeker - Executive Director, British Columbia's Civil Forfeiture Office - The Civil Forfeiture Office

Thea Vakil - Executive Director, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria - The Intergenerational Workplace

Stephen Spector, FCGA - President, CGA-BC

Rob Ashwin, CA - Associate Partner, KPMG - Tax Update

Charlotte Hoggard, CGA, CFI - President, T. Charlotte Hoggard Inc. - Basic Fraud Toolkit

Karen Jawl, Jawl Properties Ltd. - Sustainable Saanich

Bernie Magnan, MBA, CMC, CMA, FCMA - Assistant Managing Director and Chief Economist for Vancouver Board of Trade.  Economics - More Than Just Numbers

Arn R. vanIersel, BA (honours), FCGA - Professional Financial Consultant, Advisor and Trainer - Federal Department Audit & Evaluation Committee & Their Governance Role

Bruce MacLeod, MBA, PMP - Partner & Senior Project Director/Manager, Sierra Systems Group - Business Intelligence and Performance Management

October 30, 2008

LUNCHEON WITH BRITISH COLUMBIA’S AUDITOR GENERAL

Featured Speaker:

John Doyle, Auditor General of British Columbia - John Doyle's presentation

September 17, 2008

Featured Speakers:
Nick Krischanowsky, Director, Banking/Cash Management Branch, Ministry of Finance - Riding the e-Payments Wave

Jill Kot, Assistant Deputy Minister, Workplace Technology Services - Work Tools for Tomorrow

Trish Shwart, Assistant Deputy Minister, Client Services - Working Horizontally in Shared Services

Lois Fraser, Assistant Deputy Minister, Service BC and Lindsay Kislock, Assistant Deputy Minister, Aquaculture Operations - ‘Why Innovate and What We Know About Innovation’ Why Innovate

June 18, 2008
Jim Hopkins, Assistant Deputy Minister, Provincial Treasury and Registries, Ministry of Finance
Presentation: Historical Perspective on British Columbia’s Credit Rating

Topics being considered and speakers being sought for luncheons indicating TBA:

• Sustainability Challenges to Valuation Issues
• Macro Economy
• Treaties and Economic Benefits Agreements
• The Press
• Building Public Infrastructure
  

May 22, 2008
Presentation: The Federal Accountability Act and its impact on the Financial Function,
Bill Matthews, A/Executive Director, Financial Management and Analysis Sector,
Office of the Comptroller General, Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat

April 17, 2008
Environmental Friendly Initiatives

• How Harbour Air is going Carbon Neutral
• Climate Action in British Columbia
  

February 12-14, 2008
Joint FMI-CGA-CMA Workshop

Professional Development Session with local CGA and CMA Chapters

"Housing Matters"
Presentations 

January 16, 2008
“Building Public Infrastructure”

• Glen Brown, A/Director, Infrastructure and Engineering Branch, Local Government, Ministry of Community Services - Presentation - Building Public Infrastucture
• Dwayne Kalynchuk, General Manager, CRD Environmental Services - Presentation

December 19, 2007
Scott Richardson
Presentation - "Coaching in the Workplace"

November 15, 2007
Bruce Sampson, Vice President, BC Hydro,
"Sustainability Challenges to Valuation Issues"

October 17, 2007
Thea Vakil, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Public Sector Studies University of Victoria
“Leadership: The nature of leadership; leading in a world of uncertainty and ambiguity; and what it takes to stay ahead of the change curve”

September 5, 2007
Brenda Eaton, BC Housing Management Commission
"Housing Matters"

June 2007
Risk Management in the Real World - "Practical Applications"
Agenda
Presentations

February 13 – 15, 2007
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
Agenda
Presentations

June 2006
Resource Management Updates
Agenda

June 2005
Joint FMI-CGA-CMA Workshop