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.

A presentation by Lívia Shinn Straková, EPSAS Team, European Commission - EUROSTAT, on key issues addressed in EPSAS in relation to accounting for fixed assets: EPSAS Issues Papers on infrastructure, military and heritage assets. 

A presentation by Angela Voronin, State Secretary of Ministry of Finance of Moldova, Treasury Community of Practice, about the work performed by PEMPAL Working Group on Public Asset Management, in particular in relation to management of non-financial assets (NFA), outcomes of survey on NFA, and approximate structure of the Guidance on Asset Accounting Policies.

A presentation by Ian Carruthers, IPSASB Chair, on Current IPSASB Guidance and Projects, Measurement Consultation Paper Approach, Measurement Bases Guidance, and Heritage and Infrastructure Issues.
 

A presentation by Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger, Global Leader International PSA, EY, about global perspectives related to roadmap for fixed asset management reforms, and challenges and experiences of IPSAS implementation in terms of fixed assets.
 

A presentation by Sandro Fuchs, Head of Centre for PFM, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, on how to recognize and measure public sector assets, and distinguish assets and expenses.

A presentation by Bernhard Schatz, Senior Manager PwC, Member IPSASB, about key issues related to accounting for public fixed assets (recognition, measurement, and presentation) Illustrated using heritage assets

A presentation by Svetlana Klimenko, Lead Financial Management Specialist, World Bank, on issues of investments in sustainable infrastructure, insights from WB regional study on state of the management, control, and recording of fixed assets in Latin America, and typical challenges in the management of fixed assets.

A presentation by Dag Detter, Founder and Managing Partner of Detter & Co, on how professional management of public wealth can generate extra revenues.