Events > Fifth Annual IPFA/CIPFA Conference 2006

FIFTH ANNUAL IPFA/CIPFA CONFERENCE - 7 to 9 November 2006

The Many Faces of the Public Sector Professional

7 November 2006 (Day 1) - presentations

Title	Speaker
A career in public sector?	Collete Clark - Deputy Director-General (DPSA)
What's so special about management in the public sector?	Prof Koos Pauw (UNISA)
How management behaviour has impacted on the implementation for public sector needs?	Tania Ajam - Director: Knowledge Centre (AFReC)
The Games People Play	Gordon Ferrier (IPF)
Day 1 Summary	Tania Ajam - Director: Knowledge Centre (AFReC)
Opening Address	Trevor Fowler - Accounting Officer (Office of the Presidency)

8 November 2006 (Day 2) - Plenary session presentations

Title	Speaker
Professional Ethics	Prof Deon Rossouw - Head: Department of Philosophy (University of Pretoria)
Shared Services - Myths and Realitities	Clive Grace
Day 2 Summary	Tania Ajam (AFReC)

8 November 2006 (Day 2) - Accounting Breakaway session presentations

Title	Speaker
Fair value measurement in the public sector - what does it really mean?	Amanda Botha - Project Manager (ASB)
Preparing consolidated financial statements in the public sector	Geo Paul - Provincial Accountant-General (North West Provincail Treasury)
GRAP 1, 2 and 3 where to next?	Moushumi Ramjee - Director (Office of the Accountant-General)

8 November 2006 (Day 2) - Auditing Breakaway session presentations

Title	Speaker
Adding value through performace audit	George Lourens - Business Executive (Office of the Auditor-General)
Maximising synergues between internal and external audit	Richard Walker (GSSC)
Internal Audit - to share, to outsource, or to do inhouse	Bengt Anderson - Deputy Director-General (the Swedish Natioanl Financial Managment Authority)

8 November 2006 (Day 2) - Budget and Planning Breakaway Session presentations

Title	Speaker
Encouraging private investments in public infrastructure	Kogna Pillay - Director: Business Development (PPP Unit National Treasury)
Budget whiz....	Gert van der Linde - Past Accountant-General (National Treasury)
Revenue Mobilisation	Julinda Gantana - Intergovernmental Relations (Provisional Budget Analysis, National Trasury)

9 November 2006 (Seminar) presentations

Title	Speaker
Key findings of AFReC-TUT PFMA research consortium	TUT and AFReC staff
PFMA: Have the unintended consequences outweighted the deisred outcomes	Prof Newman Kusi
Financial Performance under the PFMA: What does it mean	Lourens Erasmus - Dept Public Sector Finance (TUT)
PFMA: Face the Facts Has PFMA improved service delivery?	Donald Maphiri (AFReC)
Public FInance Management Act	Pradeep Maharaj (Transnet)
PFMA in Support of Service Delivery: Achievements and Challenges	Phil Sinnett (PFiQ)

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