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
10:00 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 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 Coffee Break
11:45 PARALLEL SESSIONS I 1:15 Lunch Break 2:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS II 4:15 Coffee Break 4:30 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 PAULA DUARTE, Inspectorate-General of Finance, Portugal
JAVIER MORILLAS GÓMEZ, Consejero del Tribunal de Cuentas Departamento 1º de los Servicios Públicos Básicos y de los Bienes Públicos de Carácter Preferente, Espanha Moderator: PATRÍCIA GOMES, Cávado and Ave Polytechnic University, Portugal 5:30 End day 1 ------------- 8:00 GALA DINNER (registration not included) Quinta de Valle de Passos by Pacheca Group Rua de Pomar, Lugar da Ribeira, S-N, 5430-434 Valpaços 20 March 2026 // Friday 09h00 PARALLEL SESSIONS III 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER II IPSASB standard setting - addressing public sector needs while aspiring IFRS alignment THOMAS MUELLER-MARQUÉS BERGER, Chair, IPSASB, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board 11:30 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 AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE BEST PAPER 12:45 CLOSING SESSION PAULA FRANCO, President of OCC SÓNIA NOGUEIRA, President of the Scientific Committee ALBANO ALVES, Vice-President of the IPB | 
