Registration & Networking Breakfast
Professional
Development
Week 2022
Development
Week 2022
November 22, 2022
Hot Topics – Adapting to a Changing World
7:30 am
- 8:30 am
7:30 am
- 4:00 pm
Visit Exhibit Hall
8:30 am
- 8:40 am
Welcome Remarks
8:40 am
- 9:40 am
Keynote
Level 3Keynote: HUMAN 9000: Navigating The Future of Work with Attunement, Resilience, and Creativity
9:40 am
- 10:00 am
Coffee Break
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Session
Room 205What happens to your Budget Ask?
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Panel
Room 206Panel: Building Anti-Racist, Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Teams
Moderator(s)
Kateri Khoury,
Director of Financial Management Community Development, Office of the Comptroller General
Panelist(s)
Kami Ramcharan,
CEO, KVR Management Support Services
Darlene Bess,
Chief Finances, Results and Delivery Officer, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Farah Boisclair,
Director of the Anti-Racism Task Force, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Session
Room 214Responsible Government: The Importance of the Finance Function in achieving your organization’s Climate-related goals
11:00 am
- 11:30 am
Networking Break
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Room 205Economic and Fiscal Update
Speaker(s)
Kevin Page,
Chief Executive Officer , New Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Room 206Shared Services Canada – An Enterprise Approach to Cyber Security
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Room 214Accelerating the finance function’s digital transformation journey
12:30 pm
- 1:40 pm
Lunch Break
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Session
Room 205Mastering Stress at Work
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Panel
Room 206Panel: The Past, Present and Future of Financial Management Transformation (FMT)
Moderator(s)
Kelly Makway,
Managing Director, Strategy and Consulting, CFO and Enterprise Value Lead, Canada, Accenture
Panelist(s)
Ryan Pilgrim,
Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Transport Canada
Jonathan Moor,
Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Management Branch, Canada Border Services Agency
Karen Robertson,
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Chief Financial Officer Branch, Employment and Social Development Canada
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Session
Room 214The future skills crisis: How skills can unlock strategy and help win the war for talent
2:40 pm
- 3:00 pm
Coffee and Networking Break
3:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Keynote
Level 3Keynote: How the banking sector’s use of AI and Machine Learning can drive innovation in government
4:00 pm
- 5:30 pm
Welcome Reception
November 23, 2022
Leading Practices in Comptrollership
7:30 am
- 8:30 am
Registration & Networking Breakfast
7:30 am
- 4:00 pm
Visit Exhibit Hall
8:30 am
- 8:40 am
Welcome Remarks
8:40 am
- 9:40 am
Keynote
Level 3Keynote: Global Trends are Shifting the World Order
9:40 am
- 10:00 am
Coffee Break
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Session
Room 205Teleworking and Ethics
Speaker(s)
Marc Tassé,
Global Anti-Corruption and Financial Crime Compliance Expert , University of Ottawa
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Session
Room 206Panel: Future of Financial Management and Internal Audit
Moderator(s)
Laura Smith,
Executive Director, Financial Policy and Community Development, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Panelist(s)
Monia Lahaie,
Assistant Comptroller General, Financial Management Sector, Office of the Comptroller General, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Bibi Roy,
Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Ryan Pilgrim,
Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Transport Canada
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Panel
Room 214Leading Recovery: The Evolving Role of the CFO
Speaker(s)
Gary Kent,
Chief Financial Officer and Commissioner of Corporate Services, Region of Peel
Olga Kuznetsova,
Vice President, Financial Services, South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
11:00 am
- 11:30 am
Networking Break
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Room 205Trust and Credibility in Complex Costing
Speaker(s)
Derek Armstrong,
CFA, Director General, Costing, Investment Planning and Approvals , Department of National Defence, Government of Canada
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Panel
Room 206Panel: Robotic and Intelligent Process Automation
Panelist(s)
Melanie Cockerline,
Chief, Financial Policy & Systems, Transport Canada
Renée Prud`homme,
Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Canada School of Public Service
Anna Iglewski,
Director, Digital Finance, Global Affairs Canada
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Room 214Accounting Standards Update
Speaker(s)
Diane Peressini,
Executive Director , Treasury Board Secretariat, Government of Canada
Bailey Church,
Partner , KPMG
12:30 am
- 1:40 pm
Lunch Break
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Session
Room 205Measuring Productivity in the Public Sector
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Session
Room 206A Progressive Approach to Managing Investments in the Public Service
Moderator(s)
Alain Lagacé,
Director General, Budget, Cost and Investment Management, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Speaker(s)
Claude Safarian,
Manager, Accrual Budgeting, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Susan Kjartanson,
Manager of Investment Management, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Panelist(s)
Serge Campeau,
CPA, CA, Director, Accrual Budgeting and Investment Management, Public Services and Procurement Canada
Stéphane Rivest,
Senior Director, Accrual Budgeting Project Office, Public Services and Procurement Canada
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Session
Room 214Programme Assurance
Speaker(s)
Dave Hair,
Senior Project Executive, Programme Management (MSP®) and Assurance , The Right Door Consulting & Solutions Inc.
Yann Blais,
CPA, CGA, Director General and Chief Procurement Officer, Investment, Procurement and Project/Programme Management , ESDC
2:40 pm
- 3:00 pm
Coffee and Networking Break
3:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Keynote
Level 3Keynote: Mission, Team, Family, Me – being and seeing the parachute packers in our lives….
4:00 pm
- 5:30 pm
Cocktails by the Canal
November 24, 2022
Technology, Innovation, and Experimentation
7:30 am
- 8:30 am
Registration & Networking Breakfast
7:30 am
- 4:00 pm
Visit Exhibit Hall
8:30 am
- 8:40 am
Welcome Remarks
8:40 am
- 9:40 am
Keynote
Level 3Keynote: The Evolution Of Work: How AI & Remote Are Changing Everything
9:40 am
- 10:00 am
Coffee Break
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Session
Room 205The Blockchain and Decentralized Finance Landscape
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Session
Room 206Adopting the vision of Digital Comptrollership and the value of transformation with SAP
Speaker(s)
Christine Walker,
Assistant Comptroller General, Financial Management Transformation (FMT), Office of the Comptroller General
Kevin Spencer,
Vice President Public Services, SAP Canada
Kosta Christopher,
Principal, Value Advisory, SAP Canada
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Session
Room 214Cybersecurity: Online Identity and Data Protection
11:00 am
- 11:30 am
Networking Break
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Room 205Innovative outcomes-based funding models: Impact Canada
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Room 206Spatial finance: the integration of geospatial data and analysis into financial research
Panelist(s)
Franco Amalfi,
Head of Sustainability Strategy, Global Public Sector - Google Cloud
Maryam Haghighi,
Director , Bank of Canada
Caleb White,
Chief Operating Officer , Climate Engine
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Room 214How we gather business intelligence with Natural Language Processing Techniques (and how you can do it too)
12:30 pm
- 1:40 pm
Lunch Break
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Session
Room 205Program Integrity and Fraud – What’s New and How to Prevent It
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Session
Room 206Intelligent Automation – A Force Multiplier for Digital Transformation
Speaker(s)
Robert Ronberg,
Federal Lead, Canada, UiPath
Vipul Balsara,
Founder & C.O.O., Greenlight Consulting
Pascal Roy,
Senior Program Manager, Cloud application enablement, Royal Canadian Mint
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Session
Room 214MetaGov – How Web3 and the Metaverse will disrupt government
2:40 pm
- 3:00 pm
Coffee and Networking Break
3:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Keynote
Level 3Keynote: Disability as an Asset
4:00 pm
- 6:00 pm
Signature Reception (formerly know as President’s Reception)
November 25, 2022
Mobilizing People – Achieving Personal Excellence
7:30 am
- 8:30 am
Registration & Networking Breakfast
7:30 am
- 4:00 pm
Visit Exhibit Hall
8:30 am
- 8:40 am
Welcome Remarks
8:40 am
- 9:40 am
Keynote
Level 3Keynote: The Unauthorized Biography Series
9:40 am
- 10:00 am
Coffee Break
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Session
Room 205Harnessing the Superpowers of Sleep: The key to wellness
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Session
Room 206Digital Wellness
10:00 am
- 11:00 am
Session
Room 214Exclusive employee experience, the driving force to attraction and retention
11:00 am
- 11:30 am
Networking Break
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Room 205The impact of physical activity on brain health: Leveraging movement for more productive and less stressful workdays
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Room 206Attracting and Retaining a Future Workforce: Recognizing the New Work Normal
11:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Session
Level 3Using emotional intelligence and neuroscience tools to recharge our inner battery
12:30 am
- 1:40 pm
Lunch Break
1:40 pm
- 2:40 am
Session
Room 205Overcoming Hardships to Better Find Success
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Session
Room 206Hybrid model: Successfully redefining the future of work
Speaker(s)
Manon Poirier,
CPHR, Representative of CPHR Canada, Executive Director of the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines du Québec
1:40 pm
- 2:40 pm
Session
Room 214Collaborating in a Multi-Generational World
2:40 pm
- 3:00 pm
Coffee and Networking Break
3:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Keynote
Level 3Keynote: Train Your Brain Like an Olympian
4:00 pm
- 5:30 pm
“Off the Clock” Reception
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