Programme

CIPFA Public Finance Live Cymru (Wales) 2024

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09.45 Welcome to the CIPFA conference

Speakers:
Dewi Morgan, Regional President, CIPFA Cymru (Wales) Branch
Carol Culley, CIPFA President
Owen Mapley, Chief Executive, CIPFA
Andrea Byrne, Broadcaster, Conference Host

Location: Cardiff Suite

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10.05 Keynote address

Speaker: Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

Location: Cardiff Suite

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10.30 What does success mean in projects to tackle rural inequalities?

The UK Government is investing £1.3 billion in projects for local people and businesses across Wales. What does it mean?

Speakers:
Jeff Matsu, Chief Economist, CIPFA
Professor Michael Woods
Conor Judge, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Aberystwyth University
Jessie Buchanan, Co-founder and Coordinator, Together for Change

Location: Cardiff Suite

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11.16 Refreshments and exhibition

Location: Bute Suite

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11.40 Cymru Can - Finance and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act

This session is about how the Well-being of Future Generations Act changes how we plan, deliver and finance public services.

Speaker: Heledd Morgan, Director Implementation and Impact, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner

Location: Cardiff Suite

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12.15 Workshops sessions

Mitigating mis/disinformation in low trust environments

This session will discuss a recent case study relating to mis/disinformation, the Low Traffic Neighbourhood policy and the risks of low transparency in a mistrustful environment.

Speaker: Hannah Perry, Lead Researcher, Demos

Location: Aneurin Bevan Suite

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Unlocking finance for net zero and growth

This session will explore infrastructure investment opportunities and challenges, and how the public and private sector can work together to unlock investment and achieve growth and net zero targets.

Speaker: Stuart Leslie, Director of Local Authority Advisory and Lending, National Wealth Fund

Location: Glamorgan Suite

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Towards new internal audit standards

CIPFA is proposing a new Code for the Governance of Internal Audit in local government to operate alongside the standards. 

Speaker: Diana Melville, Governance Advisor, CIPFA

Location: Afon Taff Suite

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12.50 Lunch & exhibition

Location: Bute Suite 

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13.40 The future of the finance profession

With rapid changes in societal demographics, technology and a growing focus on sustainability, what does this mean for current and future finance practitioners?

Speaker: Owen Mapley, Chief Executive, CIPFA

Location: Cardiff Suite

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14.10 Being human in the digital age

This session will discuss the reality of being human in a digital age.

Speaker: Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE and Paralympian

Location: Cardiff Suite

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14.50 Workshop sessions

The future of corporate services

This session focusses on the corporate centre of public service organisations and explores how services could be delivered more efficiently and effectively, whilst dealing with workforce capacity challenges.

Speakers:
Oliver Kent, Head of Customer Success, MHR
Kevin Howells, HR and OD Manager, Newport City Council
Andrea Prosser, Head of Organisational Development, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Location: Aneurin Bevan Suite

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Upstream solutions - Exploring preventative investment in local government

This session will explore how local authorities can prioritise prevention to improve population health and wellbeing, strengthen community resilience, and ensure the sustainability of public services.

Speaker: Zachary Scott, Policy Researcher (Prevention), CIPFA

Location: Glamorgan Suite 

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15.30 Refreshment & exhibition

Location: Bute Suite

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15.50 Working together to deliver a better future

Exploring how the concept of ‘Systems Thinking’ can help us to tackle a mess of complexity and focus on delivering meaningful and sustainable change together.

Speaker: Alwen Williams

Location: Cardiff Suite

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16.20 Audit Wales

Against the backdrop of increasing financial pressures on public services in Wales, the Auditor General will provide a perspective on the challenges facing the sector and the role of audit in supporting the sector to respond.