The 2023 BUFDG Finance Festival was a 3-day online extravaganza of all things HE Finance. We welcomed over 1,000 colleagues, supporters, and speakers for 36 sessions from Monday 13th to Wednesday 15th of March.
If you have any questions or comments about the event, please email Matt Sisson or Joni Rhodes.
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PLENARY 1 - HEPI - The next year in higher education, and beyond
11.00 - 12.00
WORKSHOP 1A - Bevan Brittan LLP - Pensions Schemes Act 2021: its impact on university finances
WORKSHOP 1D - HW Fisher - Creating a culture of inclusion
13.00 - 14.00
WORKSHOP 2D - Loughborough University - Evolution of business partnering at Loughborough
14.30 - 15.30
WORKSHOP 3C - Tribal - A benchmarking approach for the whole sector?
WORKSHOP 3D - Deloitte - FRED 82: Potential impacts and challenges for HE providers
9.30 - 10.30
PLENARY 2 - CIBC - Macro-Economic and FX Update
11.00 - 12.00
WORKSHOP 4A - Cabinet Office - Transforming Public Procurement Programme
WORKSHOP 4B - Isio - Pensions: do they offer your employees what they want?
WORKSHOP 4C - UMAL - Claim inflation and what it means for universities
WORKSHOP 4D - ATFS - ESG assessment, accreditation and credit rating
13.00 - 14.00
WORKSHOP 5A - 4C Associates - Procurement is dead! Long live Procurement!
WORKSHOP 5B - BUFDG - Top 10 UK tax issues
WORKSHOP 5D - Hays - Tackling the Finance Recruitment Challenge – Harnessing the Power of HE
14.30 - 15.30
WORKSHOP 6C - BUFDG - Tax Round-up: Overseas Tax
WORKSHOP 6D - TEC - Are high commodity prices good for sustainability?
9.30 - 10.30
11.00 - 12.00
WORKSHOP 7B - BDO - Identifying risk in your business processes – what could go wrong!
WORKSHOP 7C - EY - What could 2023 mean for the debt and interest rate markets?
13.00 - 14.00
WORKSHOP 8A - Barclays - Endowments are for every university: Explore why and how
WORKSHOP 8B - Buzzacott - Audit regulation and latest standards that impact your 2023 audit
WORKSHOP 8C - QMUL - Visualising data – how to make an impact by starting from the end…
WORKSHOP 8D - DNV - The Race To Net Zero: How to demonstrate progress and get the right assurance
14.30 - 15.30
PLENARY 4 - Natwest - Getting to Zero: A Civilisational Challenge
