BGF Annual Conference 08

Thursday 16th October 2008 @ Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool

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Programme

• 08:50
  Arrival and Registration
• 09:50
  Opening of conference Derek Elliott Head of Governance and Counter Fraud Practice — Audit Commission CONFIMRED
• 10:05
  Morning keynote address Pushing back the boundaries

  • Developing a governance model both at city and city-region level to meet the challenges of the 21st Century to:
  • Achieve a step change in economic performance
  • Re-establish Liverpool as a thriving international city of world status
  • Ensure that wealth creation impacts on all Liverpool communities

  Colin Hilton Chief Executive — Liverpool City Council CONFIMRED
• 10:35
  Standards - the present and the future

  • The Standards Board as a strategic regulator (covering what type of strategic regulator we aim to be and what our new role entails)
  • The roles and responsibilities of local government (covering the roles of, and expectations on, standards committees)
  • Feedback from data collected so far
  • Future issues (including the governance of partnerships)

  Glenys Stacey Chief Executive — The Standards Board for England CONFIMRED
• 11:05
  Questions and answers
• 11:10
  Coffee & networking
• 11:30
  Revolution - The Heathrow Terminal 5 Project

  • Introduction & History of the T5 project
  • Why the construction project was so successful
  • Difficult areas to apply conventional risk and project management thinking
  • A matrix for resolving those difficulties
  • So what happened in operation and some opinions on why
  • Lessons learnt or mistakes to be repeated?

  Dr David Hancock Director of Risk & Assurance — London Development Agency CONFIMRED
• 12:00
  Special keynote Session 'Running boards and jumping tracks'

  Joshua will deliver a special presentation covering latest developments across all of the BGF streams

  (content expected to include his view on corruption, Fraud and bribery - the continuing difficulty in ensuring protection of personal data, Local Gov and Public Involvement in Health Act - particularly the partnership working and CAA aspects, Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 - implications for public authorities, and Climate change bill - in particular responsibility for local authorities to reduce own carbon emissions and promote improvements locally)

  Joshua Rozenberg Former Legal Correspondent — BBC CONFIMRED
• 12:40
  Lunch
• 13:45
  Recovering data to recover from fraud

  • First response on discovering a fraud - what to do
  • More importantly, what NOT to do!
  • Why is data so critical to an investigation?
  • What's in a Forensic Technology toolbox?
  • How do we catch the fraudster?

  Alexander Plavsic Partner, Head of Fraud — KPMG CONFIMRED
• 14:15
  Cartels - The Implications for the Public Sector

  • Bid Rigging
  • Illegal activities by suppliers
  • Compensation claims by authorities
  • Consequences for the future

  Jeremy ScholesDirector – Walker Morris Solicitors

• 14:45
  Coffee & networking
• 15:00
  'The Scale of the Challenge'

  • What fraud is costing us - ACPO, Levi and beyond
  • The National Fraud Strategic Authority Risk Measurement Group
  • The dynamics of fraud - the changing environment
  • The NFSA live from October 2008
  • Actions and awareness

  Mark Babington Director & Head of the Fraud Practice Network — NAO CONFIMRED
• 15:30
  Summary and Close
• 15:35
  Close of Conference

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