7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Conference registration and information desk
Ballroom lobby, 1st floor

7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Continental breakfast
Ballroom lobby, 1st floor

8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Plenary conference
Ballroom

New Administration:
The Issues Surrounding Governance
This conference will examine the relationship between politics and public administration, as well as the issues surrounding governance.

Speaker

• Jean-Claude Rivest
  Senator
  Canadian Senate

Presenter

• Louis Côté
  Professor and Director of the Observatoire de l’administration publique
  École nationale d’administration publique

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Round table
Ballroom

What is the government’s role?
The objective of this round table discussion is to examine the government’s role in the strategies and structures of public administration. How do we strike a balance between centralization and decentralization? What would be the best mix of central functions and service delivery sites?

Speakers

• Joseph Facal
  Invited Professor
  École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal
• Dr. Wendy Thomson
  Professor
  McGill University
  Former chief advisor on reforming United Kingdom public services

Presenter

• Louis Côté
  Professor and Director of the Observatoire de l’administration publique
  École nationale d’administration publique

10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Health break

10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

IPAC Innovative Management Award finalists session

Ballroom

12:15 p.m to 14:30 p.m.

Closing luncheon

Ballroom

Presentation of the IPAC Innovative Management Award

Wrap-up and closing remarks

• Marcel Proulx
  Executive Director
  École nationale d’administration publique

Presentation of the 2009 Annual Conference by the Fredericton delegation