Gillian Houston

Jamie Andrew

In the spirit of helping us to be able to do things differently, what better person to help us than Jamie Andrews, who is well placed  to talk to us about not placing limitations over what is possible, Jamie’s story is one of extremes but it will show us that anything is possible.

Mike Notman

Much experimentation is underway across Scotland’s public services as organisations try to adapt to the financial environment. But given the volume, how do we ensure that the changes being introduced are embedded across all of our organisational systems and more importantly across our culture.

Linda Fabiani

Professor Jim Gallagher

Regular conference attenders will be very familiar with this legislation as conference has been debating the issues since the inception of the Calman Commission. Hear from our panel of experts on what the reality of this legislation will be for our system of public finance in Scotland.

Anne Spray Kinney (video presentation)

Instead of starting with the previous years budget and justifying cuts from that base, how about starting with a set of results that matter to citizens and then fund programs according to their value in achieving those results. Join Anne Spray Kinney, from the American Government finance officers association to learn more about the Americans practical experience of budgeting for outcomes.

David Thompson

As organisations attempt to adapt to the financial environment and place an increased emphasis on reducing waste and duplication and extracting maximum value from the public £, what role is and should the finance function be playing. David Thompson will challenge us to think about how the finance function needs to “step up”.

Jonathan Flory

A Social Impact Bond is a contract with the public sector in which a commitment is made to pay for improved social outcomes that result in public sector savings. The expected public sector savings are used as a basis for raising investment for prevention and early intervention services that improve social outcomes. On 18 March 2010, Secretary of State for Justice announced a six-year Social Impact Bond (SIB) pilot scheme run by Social Finance that will see around 3,000 short term prisoners from Peterborough prison, serving less than 12 months, receiving intensive interventions both in prison and in the community. Funding from investors outside government will be initially used to pay for the services, which will be delivered by Third Sector providers with a proven track record of working with offenders. If reoffending is not reduced by at least 7.5% the investors will receive no recompense. Learn more about the Peterborough scheme from the man in charge – Jonathan Flory.

Bob Black

On the 6th October 2011, Auditor General for Scotland, Robert Black, announced that he intends to retire  from the position which he has held since 2000. Mr Black is Scotland’s first Auditor General. Mr Black said: “It has been an enormous privilege and honour to hold the role of Auditor General for Scotland for the past 11 years. It has been a challenging and hugely rewarding time, covering the early years of devolution, the growth of Scotland’s public sector and, more recently, the onset of fiscal austerity arising from the global financial crisis. We’re delighted that Bob has agreed to share his reflections on the past 11 years and have invited him to give his own personal thoughts on the road ahead.

Chris Bilsland

John Swinney

John Swinney, Cabinet secretary, is a familiar figure at CIPFA Conference. We expect the cabinet secretary to comment on the financial outlook for scotland’s public services and what his thoughts are on how public services can continue to balance their budgets.

Dr Brian Robson

Craig Dearden-Phillips

David Meade