CIPFA Cymru annual conference, Public Finance Live, will return on 27 November 2025 to the Marriott, Cardiff.
Public Finance Live Cymru 2025
Date: 27 November 2025
Location: Marriott Cardiff, Mill Lane, Cardiff, CF10 1EZ
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Price: £105+VAT
Public Finance Live Cymru 2025 will be packed with keynote speakers, plenaries, panel debate and workshops. This one-day event will bring together leading public figures, public sector innovators, finance professionals, commentators, analysts and other sector experts, as well as CIPFA’s public sector-focused commercial partners.
The conference is aimed at professionals working in public finance and accountancy and brings together attendees from across Wales's public sector.
If you are an exhibitor and interested in Public Finance Live Cymru 2025, please contact Fiona.Cantwell@cipfa.org.uk.
Download the programme (amendments may occur).
Public Finance Live Cymru 2024
If you missed last year's conference and want to know more about this annual event you can take a look at the Public Finance Live Cymru 2024 round up.
Find out more about Public Finance Live Cymru 2025
Related links
Public Finance Live Northern Ireland
Public Finance Live Cymru 2024
Featured speakers
Adrian Crompton
Adrian Crompton was recommended by the National Assembly for Wales for appointment as the Auditor General for Wales. He was formally appointed to the position by HM The Queen in July 2018.
Catherine Needham
Catherine Needham is Professor of Public Policy and Public Management at the University of Birmingham. She researches social care systems and markets, and her most recent book is Social Care in the UK’s Four Nations: Between Two Paradigms.
Mark Drakeford MS
A former probation officer, youth justice worker and Barnardos project leader in Ely and Caerau, he has been a professor of Social Policy and Applied Social Sciences at Cardiff University. Mark was subsequently appointed as Minister for Finance and Welsh Language on 11 September 2024 by Eluned Morgan.