The 2024 BUFDG Finance Festival was a 3-day online extravaganza of all things HE Finance. We welcomed over 1,600 colleagues, supporters, and speakers for 28 sessions from Monday 11th to Wednesday 13th of March.
If you have any questions or comments about the event, please email Matt Sisson or Joni Rhodes.
Find out about previous conferences9.30 - 10.30
PLENARY 1 - The next year in Higher Education, and beyond
11.00 - 12.00
WORKSHOP 1A - Canada Life - Return of the 60/40 Strategy?
WORKSHOP 1B - Cabinet Office - Transforming Public Procurement and the Procurement Act
13.00 - 14.00
WORKSHOP 2A - Blackrock - The new market regime and how the future of AI is shaping tomorrow
WORKSHOP 2B - LSE / STA / IODM - The Key Pillars of Cash Collection
WORKSHOP 2C - BUFDG - Tax round-up: UK
14.30 - 15.30
WORKSHOP 3A - Greenbank - Implementing net zero: navigating the practical challenges
WORKSHOP 3C - BDO - Economic Crime Risk Management
9.30 - 10.30
11.00 - 12.00
WORKSHOP 4B - Grant Thornton - Sustainability reporting requirements: it's not easy being green
WORKSHOP 4C - University of Bath - The Science of Inclusion
13.00 - 14.00
WORKSHOP 5C - BUFDG - Trip Hazards - payments to volunteers, students and fellows
14.30 - 15.30
WORKSHOP 6A - RSM - Cyber fraud and cyber threat landscape
WORKSHOP 6B - Isio - Pensions and wider reward – Are you spending your money in the right places?
9.30 - 10.30
PLENARY 3 - Energy Systems Catapult - Funding decarbonisation – your role in a Net Zero campus
11.00 - 12.00
WORKSHOP 7A - VWV - The University Group: strategies for managing subsidiary companies
WORKSHOP 7B - ARMA Audit and Compliance Special Interest Group - Fundamentals of Research Assurance
WORKSHOP 7C - BUFDG - Tax round-up: International
13.00 - 14.00
WORKSHOP 8A - Mercer - Sector pensions - never a dull moment!
WORKSHOP 8B - Pinsent Masons - Enhancing your student accommodation offer
14.30 - 15.30
