19 March 2026 // Thursday 08:30 AM ACCREDITATION
09h00 OPENING MUSIC PERFORMANCE with LARA DIAS (Voice) 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 (online) 10:30 PLENARY SESSION I Reimagining Public Financial Management: Integrating Innovation, Inclusion, and Resilience for a Sustainable Future EMANUELE PADOVANI, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy 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 Musical Performance with In’Vinus Tuna
6:00 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? JOSÉ ANTÓNIO GOMES, Budget and Treasury Director of the Regional Government of the Azores, Portugal ELLEN HAUSTEIN, University of Rostock, Germany 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
Musical Performance Transverse flute and Cello
Filipe Ferreira and Vasco Alves | 
