8:30-8:45 Registration and Coffee
8:45-9:00 Welcome and Introduction
MIKE PERCY, Dean, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta
MARK ANIELSKI, Executive Director, Centre for Performance Management (CPM) Faculty of Business, University of Alberta
9:00-10:30 The Goals of Performance Measurement
Chair: TED CHAMBERS, Director of WCER and Professor, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta
The Concept and Importance
of Competitive Government
RANDALL K. MORCK, Stephen A. Jarislowsky Distinguished Professor of Finance,
Faculty of Business,Universiry of Alberta
Genuine Progress Measures
- the U.S. Genuine Progress Indicator
MARK ANIELSKI, Senior Fellow, Redefining Progress (San Francisco), Executive
Director, Centre for Performance Management. Faculty of Business, University of
Alberta
11:00-12:00 Practical Dimensions Where Performance Measures Might Help
Chair: ALICE NAKAMURA, Winspear Professor of Business, University of Alberta and Academic Co- Chair of CERF
Attendance Management
BILL COOK, Project Leader Office of the Auditor General, The City of Edmonton
Space Management
DAVE BENTLEY, UofA Part-Time MBA Student. Currently employed as a Facilities
Manager with Alberta Public Works Supply and Services.
Performance Management
& Rewards
SHIRLEY HOWE, Alberta Personnel Administration Office
12:00-1:00 Networking Lunch
1:00-2:30 Program Evaluation As An Aid To Competitive Government: Three Perspectives
Chair: ALICE NAKAMURA
Presenters:
JEFF SMITH, Dept. of Economics, University of Western Ontario--an expert on education and social services performance measurement in the United States
BILL WARBURTON, Acting Director, Economic Analysis Branch BC Ministry of Human Resources, and Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Finance and Management Science, University of Alberta
GING WONG, Research Director, Human Resources Development Canada, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Finance and Management Science, University of Alberta, and Government Co-Chair of CERF
2:45-4:15 The New Zealand Experience
Chair: GING WONG
New Zealand's Productivity
Performance and Economic Reforms
DENIS LAWRENCE, Director Tasman Asia Pacific, Australia, and Adjunct Professor,
Dept. of Finance and Management Science, University of Alberta
Measuring National
Economic Performance: Has the Statistical System Kept Up?
ERWIN DIEWERT, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia Adjunct
Professor, Dept. of Finance and Management Science, University of Alberta, and
Advisor to the Government of New Zealand
Discussant: KEVIN LANG, Dept. of Economics, Boston University and Advisor to the Government of New Zealand.
4:30-5:30 Closing Bear Pit Session
Chair: TED CHAMBERS
Experts on the Spot:
ERWIN DIEWERT, DENIS LAWRENCE, KEVIN LANG, JEFF SMITH, BILL WARBURTON, GING
WONG
The Inquisitors: DAVE BENTLEY, BILL COOK, GRAZYNA DAVIES, DAVID
LYCHAK, DAVID MCGARVA, KIM MOVOLD, JEFF BONYUN