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Main Stage
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Masterclasses
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09:15
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09:30Presentation
KION Finance Forward Program
Together as one Finance team, we move forward and build a future-proof foundation for our organization. That’s why we call it Finance Forward. As a strong business partner, we support our Operating Units and Group functions on the field to reach our 2027 goals. To best achieve this, we improve our Finance products, services, and the day-to-day work of each individual through efficient, automated and harmonized processes.Moderation:
Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
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10:00
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10:30Presentation
AI, AI Captain - How AI is put in use in controlling
The Balanced Scorecard by Robert S. Kaplan is the gold standard of controlling and accounting. I have met Prof. Kaplan and thereon, upon recommendation, made use of an accounting theory by Malmi & Brown (2008). My realization of the frequently quoted article: in accounting, IT is only used as a proxy, and it is important that IT is used as the core of accounting and that it is made understandable via human support. IT as well as accounting must be within the core of every company. Accounting and AI are important navigators and even act as a compass in an unsafe sea. “Accounting is not simply number crunching, but the language of business. “, is my catch phrase. It is extremely important to combine IT with accounting whilst including the human being at the same time. Only then can IT, AI and big data be successful, economically and sustainably. With accounting, we need to develop target-oriented and successful AI and big data solutions in a measurable way. Only then can our digital transformation function and an even balance be ensured.Moderation:
Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
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11:00Panel discussion
Experts panel Digitization in Accounting
Which digital tools do successful accounting managers use in their companies and how do modern digital processes work?Gunter von Dewitz Deutsche Bahn
Erol Turan Oetker Digital
Katharina Herzog HUGO BOSS
Oliver Schriever iglo
Veronika von Heise-Rotenburg everphone
Hanna Wiegmann Gebr. Heinemann
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Antonia Frenzel AF Integral Business Consulting
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11:45Panel discussion
How finance teams help to digitize companies
The role of the modern CFO: from controller to enablerSerkan Yüksel Hypoport
Thomas Westerhoven Payhawk
Jennifer Janson Babbel
Gerard Solbrig Container xChange
Maximilian Bender Jameda
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Jana Scharfschwerdt CFO-on-demand
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10:30
Diamant Software Masterclass
Business partner? A role, that is becoming more significant during digital transformation! Use digital opportunities and powerful tools for reporting and analysis, in order to increase the strategic meaning of controlling for corporate management. For this, Diamant/4 Business Reporting offer a high degree of self service. This area could not be imagined without any sorts of artificial intelligence. Predictive analytics demonstrate the daily toolbox of a modern controller: we do not change short-term reporting requests, but the way you feel with them.- Create your own reports within minutes
- Automatic processes
- Predictive analytics
Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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11:00Presentation
100% Touchless - 100% Automation
Basware takes automation to a new level in 2022: With the latest innovations from AP-Automation, we are not only leading the world, but we are providing a solution for companies to process their invoices completely "touchless". No more manual processing, no more exceptions, just the highest possible process efficiency. What tools can be used to achieve this?- KPI Dashboard
- Next generation analytics
- State-of-the-art AI and ML technology
Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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11:30Presentation
Table madness? Enough!
Are you tired of endless, untransparent and error-prone tables? Instead, rather establish your financial planning, your consolidated financial statement and your reports in an automatized and systematic way, and even visualize the results in a dashboard tool such as Power BI. How this works? With the all-round carefree package from LucaNet. The single point of truth for your financial data!Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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12:00Presentation
Forward to Standard
Established systems that have developed over time and highly individualized solutions in the “Purchase-to-Pay” area mean complex update projects that are often not implemented and innovations that thus fail to materialize. However, if 90-95% of the requirements reflect the standard process, the outlay remains sustainably low. The "Challenge the Business" principle clarifies whether the missing percentages are then even truly relevant. Discover which benefits result from the "Forward to Standard" approach for xSuite customers and their document processes.Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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12:15Presentation
Effective Interim Accounting - Potentials, Costs, Do's and don't s
Employees are gone, hiring doesn't work out, and on top of that a financing round is pending: Interim accountants are usually sought when there's a fire. And rightly so, but interim accounting can do even more: advance digital projects, improve reporting, build permanent structures. In his masterclass, Magnus Bilke from DONE!Financials shows you the potential of interim accounting for small and large companies, what costs you should expect and how to avoid the most common mistakes.Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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13:15
Accounting Summit Startup Awards
Here you can see innovative startups presenting their clever new solutions in accounting. The best three will receive a Accounting Summit Startup Award – you decide!
Steffen Minier Taxmaro
Sebastian Wengryn ContractHero
Martin Sperling loyos bi
Dr. Siebelt Habben DESTOreport
David Weber Nooxit
Rafi Wadan Stargazr
Christophe Hocquet natif.ai
Niclas Storz Tidely
Benjamin Panke kontool
Alex Müller Airbank
Sophie-Marie Gruber Caya
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Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
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14:15Presentation
Quo vadis, AI? - Status Quo and Outlook for AI Developments in the Financial Industry
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Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
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14:45Panel discussion
Expert Panel Controlling
How can controlling and accounting work together efficiently and support each other in the digitalized world?Ben Hübner Dräger
Marina Meyer TCC
Björn Schwarten VTG
Björn Göttsche Deerberg
Oliver Cen Speexx
Johannes Leßmann enomyc
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Ulrich Britting ba group
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15:30Presentation
How do we get more young people interested in tax and accounting?
Shopworn, dry, and boring. These are words, which connects a lot of people in jobs like assistant tax, consultant, bookkeeper, or tax adviser. No surprise, that less people decide for a job in this sector. The result: skill shortage, which puts a lot of companies and chancelleries into a formidable challenge. Because of that reason, there is no more time to waste. We have to burnish the Image of the tax industry and we also have to pick up the young people and take them on the way, which has to offer a lot more.Moderation:
Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
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16:00
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16:45Presentation
Why accounting can be sustainable #esgaccounting
Which reporting requirements await companies in the coming years? Why should sustainability reporting be done by accounting? What is the contribution of accounting on the way to #sustainablefinance?Moderation:
Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
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17:15Presentation
The CFO in Restructuring: Life, Only More Intensive
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Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
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13:00Presentation
Enterprise spend automation: Where the million slumbers
Time consuming, repetitive, boring – on a day-to-day basis, financial departments suffer from routine work that does not create any additional value. In this case, the automatization of financial processes through artificial intelligence creates additional support: employees do not only receive more time to focus on more important subjects, but a data driven approach also ensures full transparency, to make better decisions regarding liquidity and cashflow. How can you be able to automatize your financial processes in a target-oriented way? In this masterclass, Ben Bauer from Yokoy has the answers.Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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13:30Presentation
Simplify expenditure management in complex and international business structures
How Payhawk supports internationally operating companies with gaining more control over business expensesModeration:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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14:00Presentation
Next level Financial Close Transformation – from manual to world-class
The core task of the Office of Finance is the generation of reliable and accurate financial statements. Manual activities and outdated, fragmented processes hinder already heavily burdened finance teams in carrying out their actual responsibilities. As a result, many companies struggle with non-transparent, error-prone and non-scalable processes. A highly-automated Close Process helps increase transparency and accuracy while simultaneously reducing costs and risk. In this masterclass, you will learn:- What you should consider in your transformation project (dos & don'ts)
- More about best-in-class Finance Transformation Journeys (large corporations)
- Where you can discover automation potential
Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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14:30Presentation
Are you still "exceling" or are you already making sound strategic decisions?
“No money, no fun” is something that we all learned as a child. However, many businesses neglect their strategic liquidity planning or fail to execute it effectively. Inflexible and opaque Excel tables often also come into play to exacerbate the situation. This is why most entrepreneurs are unable to evaluate whether their company’s liquidity is sufficient to, for example, open a new location, hire new employees or purchase new machines. How a modern and digital liquidity planning tool can provide you with a real-time overview of your finances and thus enable you to make the right strategic decisions will be demonstrated to you in Timo Hoffmann’s masterclass.Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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14:45Presentation
The journey to the most modern accounting in Germany of BHS
- How was BHS positioned before digitalization, what were the pain points?
- Plan and the journey of BSH to implement the best accounting in Germany?
- with which solutions and services Henrichsen4s supported BHS on the way to the most modern accounting in Germany?
- Current status and outlook
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Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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15:00Presentation
Add-on solutions SAP ERP and S/4HANA: creation and sending of e-invoices and integration of your PayPal account
GOpus presents you with two addons that can solve current problems in your business: GOpus® elnvoice – for SAP integrated development and shipment of outgoing e-invoices in your desired international format and GOpus® PayPal integration – to show all PayPal transactions and payment activities in your SAP system.Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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15:15Presentation
Process incoming invoices from within STANDARD - quickly, easily and securely
In his presentation, Mr. Hoffmann will demonstrate how easy it is to establish a standard process in the area of invoice processing within a company. With multiple implementation possibilities and a high degree of standardization, a standard solution can be implemented and successfully put to use in just a few days. Standard interfaces for ERP systems help bring about connections quickly and optimally.Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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15:45Presentation
The CFO in the balancing act between security and agility.
How finance departments can support a resilient organization.Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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16:00Presentation
Onventis Open Spend Management Network: "Realize sustainable efficiency increase in accounting with intelligent process analysis including the entire P2P chain".
- Full flexibility in input sources, invoice formats and company-specific requirements
- Automatically match invoices with and without purchase order references, and post them more accurately and quickly
- Increase spend ROI through invoice process automation
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Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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16:30Presentation
Challenges, strategies & practical tips: What does the digitalisation of financial processes mean for companies?
Many companies face the same challenges: lack of overview of payments and budgets, missing data for planning, and lots of paperwork. Digital solutions promise a remedy - but what do companies have to focus on in order to proceed with digitalisation smoothly? Thomas Seidel, Head of Germany at Spendesk, along with Dennis Vagt from torq.partners, will discuss how companies can successfully convert their processes and what benefits this brings.Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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17:00Presentation
Success Story ABOUT YOU: How to choose the right expense management software and implement it for over 1,000 employees
ABOUT YOU is one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in Europe and became Hamburg's first Unicorn in 2018. This year, the fashion and technology company decided to implement Circula as its new expense management software. Marcel Ziebold (HR Controlling, Data & Systems) and Katharina Baldus (Accounting) from ABOUT YOU share their experiences in a conversation with Circula’s founder Nikolai Skatchkov - from the decision-making process to the implementation with parent company Otto.Moderation:
Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
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17:30