Free Seminars

Tuesday November 28

Information Session focusing on the BMO MasterCard Acquisition Card and BMOdetails Online®

Enhancements
Please join us for an informative session aimed at providing delegates with a deeper understanding of BMO's web-based corporate procurement information management solution, BMO details Online. The session will provide information on recent enhancements to BMOdetailsOnline.  Delegates will have the opportunity to pose questions during our open dialogue following the session.

Session A (English): 9:00 am -10:15 am
Session B (English): 10:45 am - 12:00 noon
Session C (French): 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

 

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Wednesday November 29

09:00 - 10:15 and 10:45 - 12:00 (English),
13:30 - 14:30 (French)

Shared Travel Services Initiative (STSI) Update

The Government Shared Travel Services Initiative has fully launched its end to end active travel management system. This session will provide an update of STSI's current status as well as how STSI will help clients shine a "Spotlight on Accountability".

 

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Thursday November 30

09:00 - 10:15 am (English)
SAP

Duet software enables seamless access to SAP business processes and data via Microsoft Office - revolutionizing how information workers interact with enterprise applications. Duet is the result of a groundbreaking collaboration between SAP and Microsoft, and is the first joint product created and supported by these two industry leaders.

By using the familiar Microsoft Office interface to connect information workers to SAP applications, Duet reduces the user learning curve and provides wider access to enterprise information and policies - resulting in greater user adoption. As a result, organizations can increase corporate policy compliance, improve decision making, and save time and money.

 

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Bilingual)
The CMA/CPFA Dual Designation: meeting government accountability requirements, expanding public service career opportunities

Federal government employees can now receive comprehensive public sector financial management and strategic leadership training through a new CMA/CPFA dual designation program.   The program has been developed by Certified Management Accountants of Canada (CMA Canada) and the U.K.-based Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), in consultation with the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada.  The program is offered in English and French.

Richard Benn, CMA, FCMA, Vice President of Knowledge and Program Development for CMA Canada, will discuss the objectives, features and development of the new CMA/CPFA dual designation program.  He will highlight how the program supports the government's goal of building professionally trained, accredited capacity in financial management and internal audit, while enhancing candidates’ opportunities for career advancement in the public service.  Co-presenting with Mr. Benn will be Jacques Tremblay, CMA, Regional Director of Marketing (Eastern Ontario) for CMA Ontario, and André Filion, CMA, a representative of CMA Québec.  Messieurs Tremblay and Filion will discuss implementation and delivery of the English and French versions of the CMA/CPFA dual-designation program.

 

1:30 -2:30 p.m.
SAS Canada
Driving Accountability through Performance-based Budgeting

If your government department has been asked to establish a means to measure program performance and appropriately prioritize resource allocation, SAS(r) for Performance-based Budgeting can help you the make the right decisions that will help you improve the government's accountability to the Citizens of Canada.

Performance-based budgeting is a systematic approach to strategic performance and cost analysis and budget formulation that will give you a clear picture of your organization and help you make confident, forward moving decisions.

Find out how SAS(r) for Performance-based Budgeting can provide your organization with a platform to enable the integration of activity-based costing with the budgeting process and alignment of those functions to the performance management goals of the organization.

 

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Friday December 1

09:00am - 10:15 (English)
Paymetric
Eliminating P-Card Inefficiencies Within SAP: An Introduction to XiBuy

Session Overview:
Purchasing cards are recognized as a best-practice for reducing the cost of processing high-volume, low-value transactions. However, the full value of purchasing cards remains unattainable when card transaction management resides outside core business processes and systems. This session will demonstrate how Paymetric streamlines the procure-to-pay process be embedding card payment capabilities directly into SAP and its underlying business processes. Participants will learn how they can safely pay purchase orders with p-cards, increase visibility into card spend, and automate reconciliation.

 

10:45 - 12:00 (Bilingual)
CMA-MBA Executive Program: a program adapted to the needs of the most demanding managers.
Focused on high caliber training, the CMA-MBA Executive Program provides an exclusive management/accounting combination that no other management training program offers. It allies a distinctive expertise and the increasingly sought-after certified management accountant (CMA) designation and makes it possible to work simultaneously toward both the CMA designation and an MBA.

Pierre Charron, Head of the Accounting Sciences Department at Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), will explain the features of the CMA-MBA Executive Program offered in both languages at UQO. He will be accompanied by two of the program’s graduates, who will recount their experience and point out the impact of the CMA designation on their professional career.