Professional Development Day: Public Accounts, Authorities, and Charging

The Ottawa-Outaouais Chapter (OOC) is pleased to invite you to an In-Person Professional Development Day: Public Accounts, Authorities, and Charging

Our full day in-person event will focus on Corporate Accounting Concepts for the Government of Canada Financial community.

Topics will include:

• Public Accounts and how they feed into the bigger picture
• Authorities and why they exist
• Chart of accounts and financial coding
• Charging and Special Financial Authorities

The day will be very interactive and will include panel discussions and case study opportunities.

Agenda

• 08:00 am – 08:45 am: Breakfast & Networking
• 08:45 am – 09:00 am: Welcome and Housekeeping
• 09:00 am – 10:15 am: Keynote Speaker and Fireside Chat:  Martin Krumins, Assistant Comptroller General; and Dominique Osterrath, Vice President and CFO, NSERC and SSHRC
• 10:15 am – 10:30 am: Break
• 10:30 am – 12:00 pm :Public Sector Accounting and Financial Coding:  Claire Lake. Niewe Consulting
• 12:00 pm – 01:00 pm: Lunch is served!
• 01:00 pm – 02:30 pm: Public Accounts:  John Daly, Miranda Yu, Abdillahi Robel
• 02:30 pm – 02:45 pm: Break
• 02:45 pm – 04:15 pm: Special Authorites and Charging
• 04:15 pm – 04:30 pm: Closing Remarks, PD Day Co-Leads
• 04:30 pm – 05:30 pm: Cocktails and Networking

Event Details

• Date: Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
• Location: National Arts Centre | The Salon : 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa Ontario
• Breakfast and Lunch included
• Networking & Cocktails
• Up to 6 CPD hours
• Cost: $475.00 + HST
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Networking & Cocktails with current and retired CFOs (Additional registration at no cost required)

The registration deadline for this event is 11:59 PM (EST) September 22, 2025

For more information please contact: ottawa-outaouais@fmi.ca

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