"Dialogue - The Future Public Service"
Date: February 1 - 2, 2006
Location: The Westin Hotel, Edmonton,
Alberta
Cost: Subsidized for the 2005-2006 fiscal year
A Western Regional PSMA Conference offered by the Canada School
of Public Service in collaboration with the Alberta Federal Council
and the Alberta Managers Network.
This conference will enable the Western Region
community / network leaders to:
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deepen their understanding
and appreciation of the “big
picture:” How the public service environment, the delivery
of public service work, and the federal public service is changing;
plus some key government initiatives that reflect these changes:
PSMA; Service Canada; and Shared Services;
-
explore the role of Communities of Practice
and Functional Communities in implementing change and shaping
the future;
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promote inter-departmental and regional dialogue
and collaboration around public service change initiatives.
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Federal Council members
and members of the various Federal Council Communities.
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Members and leaders
of critical functional communities,
such as executives, middle managers,
HR professionals, IT-IM specialists,
finance and
administration, communication,
in-person and on-line services delivery, regulatory and
law enforcement and corporate
planners;
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Members and leaders
of special interest communities, such
as young public servants,
bargaining agents representatives,
process
improvement
practitioners, change management/leadership,
pride and recognition,
and others.
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
| Wednesday, February 1, 2006 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Networking Continental
Breakfast
|
| 9:00 a.m. |
Conference Opening with Words of Welcome
Usha Joshi, Associate Regional Director, Canada School
of Public Service
Jennifer Inglis, Alberta Managers Network
Marcel Préville, Alberta Federal
Council |
| 9:20 a.m. |
Program Overview
Jean Ogilvie, Moderator |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Keynote Presentation
Gilles Paquet
Emeritus Professor, University of Ottawa
“From Government to
governance: Implications
for the delivery of public service work and the Federal
Public
Service”
Using the changing role of the Clerk of Privy
Council to anchor his presentation, Mr. Paquet will outline
how the
shift to small ”g” governance is changing how
public service work is delivered and the nature of the Federal
Public Service. |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Q’s and A’s with Mr. Paquet
|
| 10:30 a.m. |
Health Break
|
| 11:00 a.m. |
Keynote Presentation
Oryssia Lennie
Deputy Minister, Western Economic Diversification
“Change
Agenda, Regional Challenges”
Mrs. Lennie will draw upon her experience as DM of a regionally
based department to outline (i) WED’s overall change agenda (the
key components and how they fit together), (ii) the challenges this agenda
presents for regions, and (iii) how regions are responding and could respond
- including approaches / practices to change management such as networks,
partnerships, and the active involvement of various communities.
|
| 11:45 a.m. |
Q’s and A’s with Mrs.
Lennie
|
| 12:15 p.m. |
Networking Lunch
|
| 1:45 p.m. |
Keynote Presentation
Neil Barclay
Director General, Strategic Branch Management and Program
Support, Canada Revenue Agency
“Implementing
Cultural Change”
Mr. Barclay will draw upon his own experience and
CRA’s
Five Year Report to relate CRA’s experience with
the development of a new HR regime and how the lessons
learned (including the role of networks and communities)
apply to the management challenges of implementing PSMA,
and other government initiatives that involve complex cultural
change.
|
| 2:30 p.m. |
Q’s and A’s with Mr.
Barclay
|
| 2:45 p.m. |
Health Break
|
| 3:15 p.m. |
Plenary Presentation
Darryl Humphrey
Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche
“Government by Network”
This
talk will be grounded in
real cases and include
a discussion of the role
of technology as a necessary,
but on its own insufficient,
enabler / building block
of government by network. |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Plenary Exchange
|
| 4:15 p.m. |
Wrap-up and Closing of Day 1
|
| 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Reception and Networking
Hors d’oeuvres and Cash Bar |
| Thursday, February 2, 2006 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Networking Continental Breakfast
|
| 8:30 a.m. |
Program Overview for Day 2 and Introduction
to Workshops
|
| 8:45 a.m. |
Move to Workshops
|
| 9:00 a.m. |
Parallel Workshops
Service Canada (Alberta Room)
Anne Milne,
Director, Service Canada
The objective of the Service Canada workshop is to ensure an understanding of
the key features of Service Canada and to provide a forum where participants
can discuss both the implications for western regional citizens and how interdepartmental
networks can help realize the potential of Service Canada in these provinces.
PSEA (Yukon Room)
George Farnell, Regional
Staffing Consultant, Public Service Commission of Canada
The facilitator will provide the highlights and key changes
of the new Public Service Employment Act (PSEA), which
came into effect in December 2005. The participants will
discuss
the ensuing opportunities and challenges
of the new Act, as well as competencies and strategies
to facilitate its implementation.
Shared Services: Human Resources (B.C. Room)
Gilles Carpentier, Director General, Public Service Human
Resources Management Agency of Canada
The facilitator will be introducing the Corporate Administrative
Shared Services (CASS) initiative of the Federal Government
in the management of Human Resources.
|
| 10:30 a.m. |
Refreshments and Networking
Break
|
| 11:00 a.m. |
Parallel Workshops Repeated
Service Canada (Alberta Room)
PSEA (Yukon Room)
Shared Services: Human Resources (B.C.
Room)
|
| 12:30 p.m. |
Networking Lunch
|
| 1:30 p.m. |
Plenary Presentation
Marlynn
Brisebois
Director General, Canada School of Public Service
"Learning Agenda, Regional Priorities:
Bringing it all Together"
|
| 2:10 p.m. |
Q’s and A’s with Mrs.
Brisebois
|
| 2:30 p.m. |
Table Dialogues: Shaping the Future
Tables will discuss:
- How existing or new communities
/ networks in Alberta could help realize the potential
of change initiatives
such as those highlighted in the workshops.
- How the Federal
Council could support the various communities and the
Region as a whole.
|
| 3:15 p.m. |
Synopsis on Table Dialogues, Views
on the Future, Next Steps
|
| 3:45 p.m. |
Conference Closing
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