19 March 2026 // Thursday 08:30 AM ACCREDITATION 09h00 OPENING SESSION ORLANDO RODRIGUES, President of the IPB PAULA FRANCO, President of OCC VÍTOR CORREIA, Mayor of Mirandela JOAQUIM MIRANDA SARMENTO, Minister of State and Finance*, Portugal 10:00 a.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Public sector accounting, accountability and governance as technical, social and moral practices for shaping a better world GARRY CARNEGIE, RMIT University, Australia 10:30 a.m. PLENARY SESSION I Reimagining Public Financial Management: Integrating Innovation, Inclusion, and Resilience for a Sustainable Future ELLEN HAUSTEIN, University of Rostock, Germany FRANCESCA MANES-ROSSI, Federico II University, Naples - Italy MARCO BISOGNO, University of Salerno, Italy Moderator: SUSANA JORGE, Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break 11:45 a.m. PARALLEL SESSIONS I 1:15 p.m. Lunch Break 2:30 p.m. PARALLEL SESSIONS II 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break 4:30 p.m. PLENARY SESSION II From Theory to Practice: Materializing Accounting Reforms and Positioning Public Accounting on the Political Agenda ANDRA NIKOLIC, Direrctorate-General for Local Authorities*, Portugal Court of Auditors representative*, Portugal PAULA DUARTE, Inspectorate-General of Finance, Portugal Moderator: MARIA JOSÉ FERNANDES, Cávado and Ave Polytechnic University*, Portugal 5:30 pm End day 1 ------------- 8:00 p.m. GALA DINNER (registration not included) Place to be designated 20 March 2026 // Friday 09h00 PARALLEL SESSIONS III 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break 11:00 a.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER II 11:30 A.M. PLENARY SESSION III Public sector accounting and business accounting: technical convergence or necessary divergence? DUARTE FREITAS, Regional Secretary for Finance, Planning and Public Administration of the Regional Government of the Azores, Portugal EMANUELE PADOVANI, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy TIAGO MELO, Public Administration Shared Services Entity, Portugal
Moderator: CARLOS MENEZES, University of Minho, Portugal 12:30 P.M. AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE BEST PAPER 12:45 p.m. CLOSING SESSION PAULA FRANCO, President of OCC SÓNIA NOGUEIRA, President of the Scientific Committee CARLOS ROMPANTE DA CUNHA, Vice-Dean of EsACT * to be confirmed | 
