24 October, Hilton Belfast Hotel
Public Finance Live Northern Ireland 2023
09.00 Registration, exhibition and refreshments
Location: Lagan Foyer
09.45 Welcome to the CIPFA conference
Speakers:
Stephen Mungavin, CIPFA Northern Ireland President,
Sir Mark Lowcock, CIPFA Junior Vice President,
William Crawley, Journalist and Conference Chair.
Location: Lagan Suite
10.00 Keynote Address
Speaker: Professor Sir John Curtice, Professor of Practice Politics, University of Strathclyde Glasgow
Location: Lagan Suite
10.30 The Economic Outlook – Labour Market and Skills
Speaker: Gareth Hetherington, Director of Economic Policy Centre, Ulster University's Economic Policy Centre
Location: Lagan Suite
11.00 Refreshments & Exhibition
Location: Lagan Foyer
11.30 Investing for Prevention
Speakers:
Ellie Roy, Policy Manager Health and Social Care, CIPFA,
Louise O’Kane, Chief Executive Community Places
Location: Lagan Suite
12.20 Workshops sessions
Strong Governance, The importance of good decision making with Financial management
Speaker: Joanne Pitt, Local Government Policy Manager, CIPFA
Location: Brookfield Suite
or
Technical Accounting Update
Speaker: Alan Bermingham, Technical Manager, CIPFA
Location: Broadway Suite
or
Innovation and Risk Management
Speaker: Brian O'Neill, Director of Corporate Services, NIAO
Location: Glenbank Suite
12.55 Lunch and exhibition
Location: Lagan Foyer
13.45 Northern Ireland’s Constitutional Health
Speaker: Dr Lisa Claire Whitten, Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast
Location: Lagan Foyer
14.15 Tackling the climate emergency
Speaker: John News, Director of Environment and Place, Fermanagh & Omagh District Council
Location: Lagan Suite
14.55 Workshop sessions
Translink, Future Forward
Speaker: Jacqui Kennedy, Chief People and Corporate Services Officer, Translink
Location: Glenbank Suite
or
Financing Nature
Speakers:
Dougie Peedle, Head of Economics and Valuing Nature
Dr Jonathan Bell RSPBNI, Head of Land and Sea Policy, RSPB
Location: Lagan Suite
15.30 Refreshment and exhibition
Location: Lagan Foyer
15.55 Leadership during austerity and uncertain times
Speaker: Elma Murray CBE, Chair of Young Scot and Dep. Chair of Developing the Young Workforce
Location: Lagan Suite
16.25 Closing session
Speaker: Grainia Long, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Location: Lagan Suite
16.55 Close of conference
Speaker: Steve Mungavin, CIPFA Northern Ireland President
Location: Lagan Suite