Missed a workshop? You can catch up with some of the key presentations here. Just click on the links to download the slides or read the articles on some of the workshops here:-
Power breakfast: change management masterclass
The only constant in public sector management is change. This PMPA breakfast outlined research into the big change management challenges facing people working in the public services – and how you should approach them.
Speaker: Faith Boardman view slides here
Making the Big Society - establishing and commissioning social enterprise
The Big Society aims to better engage communities and the third sector in delivering public services. But how do people working in health, local government and the police commission and work with social enterprises? And how can people go about setting them up?
Speakers: Paul Brown, RSM Tenon view slides here
Peter Holbrook, Social Enterprise Coalition
Chair: Alan Edwards, Chief Financial Officer, CIPFA
It’s Scary out there on your own!
In the post-inspection and regulation world, the buck stops with you. Whist this freedom is welcome, it does come with responsibility.
This interactive workshop showed how to tackle the problems and issues, raised by self-regulation and improvement in public services, and identify what good performance management, procurement, governance and financial management look like.
Speakers: Wendy Williamson, Principal Advisor, CIPFA Performance Improvement Network view slides here
Lisa Forster, Finance Advisor, CIPFA Children Services Network
Dr Louise Dunne, Lead Housing Advisor, CIPFA
New risks in the new landscape
The shifting public sector landscape has created new and critical risks for public service providers.
Workforce relations, data management, partnerships, restructuring, resilience and reputational issues are among the risks that public sector organisations need to manage.
This workshop explored the new risks for finance people – and how to mitigate them.
Speaker: Tilden Watson, Senior Risk Consultant view slides here
Chair: Ken Finch, Acting Chief Executive, Conwy Council
Society of District Council Treasurers
The annual SDCT session for SDCT members
Jason Vaughan, President SDCT
(Weymouth and Portland Borough and West Dorset District Councils)
Introduction and setting the scene on some key District Issues including Pensions, HRA, Business Rates and Council Tax relocalisation view slides here
Stepping Up: Helping finance prepare for the future
Good financial management is at the heart of well run organisations, but how well equipped are finance teams to deliver this? PwC has recently published new research showing how public sector finance functions manage themselves, how this compares to finance functions in the private sector and how this has changed over the past three years.
This session will explore the challenges and evolving role of finance functions, how people and leadership play a crucial role and how finance teams are balancing competing demands.
Speakers: Matthew Hodge, Director of Assurance Practice, PwC view slides here
Barbara Moorhouse, Strategic Director of Finance and Performance Westminster CC
Chair: Paul Woolston, Partner, PwC
Transparency: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons from Home and Abroad
This session will discuss options for unlocking additional decision-making value from financial and operational systems. Areas of interest will include, planning, forecasting, modelling, and reporting in the context of strengthening financial discipline, illustrating the key points using examples and case studies.
Speakers: Simon Godfrey, Senior Director, Oracle
Philipa Headley, Oracle view slides here
Power breakfast: change management masterclass
The only constant in public sector management is change. This PMPA breakfast outlined research into the big change management challenges facing people working in the public services – and how you should approach them.
Speaker: Faith Boardman view slides here
Making the Big Society - establishing and commissioning social enterprise
The Big Society aims to better engage communities and the third sector in delivering public services. But how do people working in health, local government and the police commission and work with social enterprises? And how can people go about setting them up?
Speakers: Paul Brown, RSM Tenon view slides here
Peter Holbrook, Social Enterprise Coalition
Chair: Alan Edwards, Chief Financial Officer, CIPFA
It’s Scary out there on your own!
In the post-inspection and regulation world, the buck stops with you. Whist this freedom is welcome, it does come with responsibility.
This interactive workshop showed how to tackle the problems and issues, raised by self-regulation and improvement in public services, and identify what good performance management, procurement, governance and financial management look like.
Speakers: Wendy Williamson, Principal Advisor, CIPFA Performance Improvement Network view slides here
Lisa Forster, Finance Advisor, CIPFA Children Services Network
Dr Louise Dunne, Lead Housing Advisor, CIPFA
New risks in the new landscape
The shifting public sector landscape has created new and critical risks for public service providers.
Workforce relations, data management, partnerships, restructuring, resilience and reputational issues are among the risks that public sector organisations need to manage.
This workshop explored the new risks for finance people – and how to mitigate them.
Speaker: Tilden Watson, Senior Risk Consultant view slides here
Chair: Ken Finch, Acting Chief Executive, Conwy Council
Society of District Council Treasurers
The annual SDCT session for SDCT members
Jason Vaughan, President SDCT
(Weymouth and Portland Borough and West Dorset District Councils)
Introduction and setting the scene on some key District Issues including Pensions, HRA, Business Rates and Council Tax relocalisation view slides here
Stepping Up: Helping finance prepare for the future
Good financial management is at the heart of well run organisations, but how well equipped are finance teams to deliver this? PwC has recently published new research showing how public sector finance functions manage themselves, how this compares to finance functions in the private sector and how this has changed over the past three years.
This session will explore the challenges and evolving role of finance functions, how people and leadership play a crucial role and how finance teams are balancing competing demands.
Speakers: Matthew Hodge, Director of Assurance Practice, PwC view slides here
Barbara Moorhouse, Strategic Director of Finance and Performance Westminster CC
Chair: Paul Woolston, Partner, PwC
Transparency: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons from Home and Abroad
This session will discuss options for unlocking additional decision-making value from financial and operational systems. Areas of interest will include, planning, forecasting, modelling, and reporting in the context of strengthening financial discipline, illustrating the key points using examples and case studies.
Speakers: Simon Godfrey, Senior Director, Oracle
Philipa Headley, Oracle view slides here
