Spring Tune Up is ACFO-ACAF’s flagship professional development day, routinely attracting more than 1,000 members to hear engaging and insightful speakers and industry experts talk about the topics that matter to their career development in an evolving world.
Kevin Page Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Government of Canada Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page will share his perspective on a range of current topics, including: international developments and changes in public finance how the Government of Canada is faring from a financial reporting perspective strategic...
Over 300 Financial Officers filled the Ottawa Marriott Hotel’s Victoria Ballroom for ACFO’s second annual professional development seminar on June 5th 2012. FIs across the country participated via live webcast as well to hear the Honourable Senator Roméo Dallaire and Member of Parliament Alexandre Boulerice share...
As part of our ongoing commitment to the professional development of the FI Group, our annual Spring Tune Up event is a chance for financial officers to come together, share a meal and hear from inspiring and informative speakers. Our 2014 event was held on...
From June 16-17 2015, ACFO hosted the Funding Democracy summit at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa. This non-partisan, progressive event united global leaders from industry, government, education and NGOs to address issues of taxation, corruption and trade, and to establish solutions for these global problems....
Mental health has moved steadily to the forefront of conversations about workplace health as the awareness of its importance has taken root in all sectors of society. ACFO’s 2016 professional development event for members on May 24 at the Shaw Centre in downtown Ottawa aimed...
A record number of FIs took part in ACFO’s first full-day Spring Tune Up, entitled Your Path to Leadership, in Ottawa June 7. The day got off to a special start as Hassan Yussuff, the president of the Canadian Labour Congress, officially welcomed ACFO to...
With more than 1,100 attendees, Spring Tune Up 2018 was the largest ever, where high profile speakers offered inspiring and educational presentations that were useful to the career and personal development of FIs. The keynote speaker was Peter Mansbridge, former host of The National, CBC’s flagship...
With nearly 1,200 attendees, Spring Tune Up 2019 was the biggest professional development event ACFO-ACAF has ever hosted, which included interesting and informative presentations from high-profile speakers, a job fair with booths from 20 departments and a free headshot photo service. This year’s keynote speaker,...
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic delaying this year’s Spring Tune Up and pushing it online, nearly 2,000 attendees tuned in to this year’s event. This officially made Spring Tune Up 2020 the biggest professional development event ACFO-ACAF has ever hosted. The 8-hour activity spread across the...
For the second year in a row, ACFO-ACAF was offered our members another successful virtual Spring Tune Up, our biggest annual professional development event. With nearly 2,000 attendees, we were able to deliver exceptional PD while respecting the current COVID-19 restrictions. The two-day activity spread...
On June 15, 2022, ACFO-ACAF hosted another successful Spring Tune Up. The event took place online for the third (and hopefully final) time with over 1,400 people in attendance. This year, the highly anticipated annual professional development event featured inspiring keynotes, a panel and fireside...
It’s been a couple of weeks since ACFO-ACAF hosted our first Hybrid Spring Tune Up, on June 6. After 4 years of not being able to gather in person, we welcomed guests in person and online to our highly anticipated professional development event. We had...