Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy

Student Conference Programme

CIPFA Scotland's Annual Public Finance Conference 2012
Conference Programme Workshop Exhibitors Speakers
Student Conference Programme, 15 March 2012, Thursday

The 2012 Student Conference is sponsored by:

Baillie Gifford & Co

9:30-11:00

 

Students will attend the main conference:

Welcome
Gillian Houston
Chair, CIPFA Scotland Branch

Opening Address
Jamie Andrew
Mountaineer (read more)

Sustainable Change
Mike Notman
Partner, Organisational Development and Change Management, Bourton Group Ltd (read more)

11:00-11.30

Refreshment Break
11:30-11:40 Student AGM
11:40-12:00

Technological Change in the Healthcare Sector and the opportunities this provides for investors
Tom Wright
Baillie Gifford
12:00-12:30

The CIPFA qualification and where it may take you?
Gary Devlin
Junior Vice Chair, CIPFA Branch

12:30-13:30

 Lunch
13:30-15:00

Join main conference:

The Public Finance system under the Scotland Bill/Independence
Linda Fabiani
Chair of Scotland Bill
Professor Jim Gallagher
(read more)

 

Budgeting Differently: Focus on outcomes
Anne Spray Kinney (video presentation)
Director, Research & Consulting, American Government Finance Officers Association (read more)

15:00-15:30

Refreshment Break
14:30-17:00

Business Game – following the  positive feedback for the management game held last year, we will be offering an interactive session of working in teams to test out communication skills, team building, goal setting and time management skills.
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