2024 ADB Regional Public Sector Accounting Forum Agenda
Day 1: 2 October 2024
| SESSION | DESCRIPTION | SPEAKER |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Registration | |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Event Introduction and Overview • Opening Remarks • Overview of Strategy development and consultation process • Agenda • Introduction of IPSASB members and staff attending event | Roberta Casali, VPFR, ADB |
| 9:45 – 10:15 | IPSAS Implementation I Panel Discussion Topics: Experience Sharing and Public Financial Management Reform | Panelists: Aman K. Trana, Director General, PPFD Ross Smith, Program and Technical Director, IPSASB Sung-Jin Park, IPSASB Member (incoming on 1 January 2025), Korea Facilitator Helen Hall, Controller, ADB |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Group photo | All attendees |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
11:00 – 12:00 | IPSAS Implementation II • Keynote speech • Panel discussion – PULSAR • Public Sector Accounting Assessment (PULSE) conducted in the Republic of Armenia, which aims to support the Government of Armenia to develop an effective and efficient accounting system. | Keynote Speaker and Panelist: Dmitri Gourfinkel, Senior Financial Management Specialist, World Bank (Virtual) Panelists: Gor Kocharyan, Head of Financial Reporting Monitoring and Audit Regulatory Division, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia Lela Pataraia, Deputy Head of Reporting and Methodology, Department, Treasury Service, Ministry of Finance of Georgia Facilitator: Maria Joao P. Kaizeler, Principal Financial Management Specialist, PPFD, ADB |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Networking Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 1:30 | IPSAS Implementation III Topic: Country experience | Sung-Jin Park, IPSASB Member (incoming on 1 January 2025), Korea Samnang Heng, Head of Public Accounting Standards Office, Accounting and Auditing Regulator, Cambodia |
| 1:30 – 1:50 | 2024 – 2028 Strategy: Research and Maintenance Overview of maintenance focus in 2024–2028 Strategy | Agustina Llambi, Senior Manager, IPSASB |
| 1:50 – 2:50 | Natural Resources Exposure Draft • Overview of the Exposure Draft • Table discussion: Key issues related to the proposals • Report Back: Feedback and Input to IPSASB on the proposals. | Ross Smith, Program and Technical Director, IPSASB |
| 2:50 – 3:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 3:20 – 3:50 | Presentation of Financial Statements Overview of Presentation of Financial Statements project | Agustina Llambi, Senior Manager, IPSASB |
| 3:50 – 4:50 | Application of IPSAS • Overview of proposals in IPSAS 33, First-time adoption of IPSAS Exposure Draft. Introduction of other tools to support the implementation of IPSAS, including IPSAS Training Materials, Pathways to Accrual, and development of a new tool: Navigating IPSAS. • Discuss the proposals to update IPSAS 33 to make it more useful for those implementing IPSAS, and discussion on other IPSAS Material related to implementation • Feedback and Input to IPSASB on IPSAS 33, and IPSAS Application material. | Rasmimi Ramli, Technical Advisor, IPSASB Agustina Llambi, Senior Manager, IPSASB |
| 4:50 – 5:00 | Summary and Close | Ross Smith, IPSASB Program and Technical Director |
| 5:00 – 7:00 | Reception cocktail | All attendees |