Public sector finance seminar

learning to deliver more with less

Programme

09.00 Chairman’s welcome and introduction
  Examining the public sector finance challenge
Stephen Peover

Permanent Secretary Department of Finance and Personnel
  Addressing Ireland's fiscal challenge
Robert Watt

Assistant Secretary
Department of Finance, Republic of Ireland

  Death and taxes... Are budget cuts the only option?
Michael Smyth

Head of School of Economics
University of Ulster
  Questions & answers / Panel discussion
10.30 Morning coffee / Networking break
11.00 Delivering efficiencies through technology and innovation
Marian Corcoran

Head of Management Consulting Ireland
Accenture
  Ensuring value for money in delivering public services
Eddie Bradley

Assistant Auditor General
Northern Ireland Audit Office
  Taking a private sector approach to implementing savings and efficiencies
Nigel Smyth

Director
CBI Northern Ireland
  Delivering cost-effective public sector procurement: The role of the Gateway review process
David Carson

Divisional Director
Central Procurement Directorate
  Questions & answers / Panel discussion
13.00 Chairman’s summary and seminar close followed by networking lunch