Discussion on the next steps, including the dats and topics for the next conference and knowledge products.

Publication by Dag Detter and Stefan Folster about how Governments could do a better job managing their assets.

A presentation by Iwona Warzecha, Senior Financial Management Specialist, WB, on the status and key results of the survey and discuss: (i) how the study could be used to leverage PSA reforms in their countries; (ii) what is the best way to disseminate the report in the respective countries to reach the right decision making/political levels. 

A presentation by Brian Barnier, Head of Analytics, ValueBridge Advisors, USA, on big data and analytics, cloud, blockchain and digital transformation.

A presentation by David Santos Ruano, Senior Public Sector Specialist, on international Experiences Implementing IFMIS in Latin America.

A presentation by Anton Dubovik, Deputy Head of Federal Treasury of Russian Federation, about Russia's experience in IFMIS development: prerequisites, objectives, functional architecture, implementation strategy, benefits and costs, and lessons learned.

A presentation by Tarmo Leppoja, Director General, State Shared Service Centre of Estonia, on Estonia's experience in implementing financial accounting information systems.

A presentation by Alexandre Streicher, Governance Manager, Agency for Financial Information Technology of the State (AIFE), about the experience with France CHORUS information system: a unified IFMIS for the French State’s financial management.

A presentation by Khuram Farooq, Senior Financial Management Specialist, WB, and David Santos Ruano, Senior Public Sector Specialist, WB, where they discussed the IFMIS key implementation implications, such as: (i) policy and processes; (ii) information quality; (iii) cyber security; and (iv) operational and financial sustainability.

A presentation by Khuram Farooq, Senior Financial Management Specialist, WB, and David Santos Ruano, Senior Public Sector Specialist, WB, about the intricacies of IFMIS deployment and architecture:  COTS vs Custom-developed solution, deployment models – centralized vs decentralized, phased implementation vs Big-bang, integration level and architecture.