GFP TRAINEE FINANCE PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE
Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th July 2008
Hilton Metropole Hotel, Brighton

Thursday 3rd July

09:30 11:00 Registration and visit Sponsors/ CCAB Stands

11:00 11:35 Breakout Session (Choose only 1 from 4)

• Understanding Project Management Neil Lazenbury and Anna McKay, Ernst & Young
• Getting Ready for Promotion Andie Cooper, Hays
• Prepare a Winning Business Case Eve Brown and Simon Carman, PKF
• Securing Value For Money Eirian Lewis, TEAL Consulting

11:40 12:50 Lunch

12:50 13:00 Welcome - Mal Singh (HM Treasury)

13:00 13:30 Financial Reporting Standards Julia Penny, PASS Magazine/ CCH

13:30 15:00CCAB Session: Covering Topical Issues (including coffee break)

• AAT Rob Alder, James Price
• ACCA Maureen Chambers, Helen Ripley
• CIMA Paul Gillot, Graham Eaton
• CIPFA James Platt, Faisal Khan
• ICAEW Anna Crilly
• ICAS Vanessa Rycroft, Tim Burrows

15:00 15:35Breakout Session (Choose only 1 from 4)

• Understanding Project Management Neil Lazenbury and Anna McKay, Ernst & Young
• Getting Ready for Promotion Andie Cooper, Hays
• Prepare a Winning Business Case Eve Brown and Simon Carman, PKF
• Securing Value For Money Eirian Lewis, TEAL Consulting

15:35 15:50 Comfort Break

15:50 17:10 Developing Innovative Strategies The Serengeti Example Stephen Berry (CIMA)

17:10 Close

19:15 Drinks Reception hosted by Banner Business Supplies followed by Dinner &Live Entertainment

Friday 4th July

08:45 09:15 Wake up with Harry Harry Singha

09:15 09:40 Address by Jon Thompson,Head of the GFP

09:40 10:15 Personal Impact & Effective Communication Skills Malcolm Jessup, BPP

10:15 10:45 Coffee/ Late Checkout

10:45 12:20 Case Study (including comfort break)

• Outside of the Numbers- BPP (Workshop Format)

12:20 12:30 Prize Draw

12:30 13:00 Making it to the Top Vanessa Howlison, Ofsted

13:00 13:05 Close

13:10 Lunch

14:10 Depart

[Last updated 18 July 2008]