08:30	Welcome The doors open at 8.30 am - so you can start networking over your first coffee or find yourself a good seat.
09:15	MAIN STAGE:   Welcome Event opening and welcome from organizers Inken Meyer-Hess Accounting Summit Tjorve Steffen Accounting Summit Eli Tracz Accounting Summit Celina Wiechmann Accounting Summit
09:30	MAIN STAGE: Presentation Think Finance different ... disrupt historic principles How might we stay in game? What do we need to achieve digital transformation ? What can i utilize our basics to drive innovation? How might we embrace change to take strategic advantage? How might we (Accounting) create impact for our company? Christian Brumm Zalando Presentation: Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
10:00	MAIN STAGE:   Coffee break Enjoy some coffee and cake and make new contacts with the visitors and exhibitors of the Accounting Summit.
10:00	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Eyes closed and through? Never fly blind through the AP process again! In our Basware Masterclass, we talk about how to get full visibility based on AI powered insights in your Basware AP process. Never make bad decisions again and optimize the AP process through continuous improvement to get maximum automation. Sven Maschberger Basware Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
10:00	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation The e-invoicing obligation in Germany and Europe is coming! How do you prepare your company until 2025? The German government is planning a national electronic reporting system to combat VAT fraud by 2025. There is already a discussion paper on this existing since April, in which the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) published its ideas on the introduction of a mandatory e-invoice for domestic B2B sales. Effectively, this means there will be a mandatory e-invoicing requirement from 2025, which will affect all companies in the B2B environment - whether large or small. In Quadient’s Masterclass, you will receive a comprehensive overview of the topic, the current state of discussions, plus helpful tips on how to prepare your invoicing process early for the upcoming changes. Oliver Rauschil Quadient Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
10:30	MAIN STAGE: Presentation Company cards for more efficiency: Why no-card policy is a mistake For decades, many companies have had a long-outdated attitude towards the use of company cards by their employees. In this session, an expert in digitizing finance processes will explain why these companies are making a mistake. You'll learn the benefits in terms of security, cost control and increased efficiency for those who rely on an integrated solution of expense management software and smart corporate cards. And you'll find out how digital spend management can prepare your company for future ESG policies. Manuel Holzer Payhawk Presentation: Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
10:30	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation The best of greenfield and brownfield - optimize your financial processes sustainably with the BLUEFIELD™ approach The transformation to SAP S/4HANA enables you to lay the foundation for an agile and future-proof corporate world. As a happy medium, the BLUEFIELD™ approach from our partner SNP combines the advantages of greenfield and brownfield. This enables you to retain selected processes and settings while cleansing obsolete data. Learn more about how selective data transformation can be used to migrate functions and data that are still required for your financial processes in a single step, while flexibly adding new requirements. As a result, IT landscapes can be restructured and modernized much faster, and data can be transferred securely to new systems or cloud environments. Let's move your digital finance forward together! Kriszta Olah Scheer Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
10:30	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation How Transformer AI technology is revolutionizing processes in the back office (and how you can benefit directly from it). The latest advances in AI in the field of language understanding and image interpretation are turning work in the back office upside down and offer unimagined opportunities for your company as well. In this presentation, Dr. Ulrich Erxleben explains how Deep Learning can be used to fully automate typical processes such as processing incoming invoices or accepting orders from internal and cross-company data. The following questions will be explained in more detail: How does generative AI increase process efficiency? What type of AI models provide the best results for FinOps use cases? Can you teach generative AI models to manage your specific workflow processes? How long will it take to train them? How can you get started with generative AI with your current IT setup? How can generative AI be implemented from document capture to posting? To put theory into practice, a "live demo" will demonstrate how to process an accounts payable invoice using an everyday use case. Other use cases will be explained and supported with case studies. The presentation is designed for business leaders, shared service center managers, CTOs and CFOs who want to learn more about the latest developments in voice AI technology and the benefits of back-office automation. Dr. Ulrich Erxleben Hypatos Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
11:00	MAIN STAGE: Panel discussion ESG Reporting - Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Dirk Guntermann Hannover Rück-Gruppe Katharina Herzog HUGO BOSS Stefan Köhler flaconi Tobias Riffel LucaNet Presentation: Jil Rohrbeck GIANT
11:00	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Navigate Your Growth Journey with Workday Finance: A Look at Staffbase In this session, we'll explore how Staffbase, a leading employee communications cloud and intranet, utilizes Workday Finance to support its rapid growth and global expansion. As Staffbase transitioned from a startup to a "unicorn" company with more than 800 employees worldwide, Workday Finance has been instrumental in ensuring efficient financial operations. Our discussion will highlight how Workday Finance supports Staffbase's mergers and acquisitions activities, facilitates internal communication, and contributes to the company's continuous growth strategy. Join us to understand the role of Workday Finance in Staffbase's successful journey and gather insights that could help your own organization's growth trajectory. Tim Teuscher Workday Jan Vogel Staffbase Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
11:00	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Leaving Traditions Behind: Strengthening Q&A by implementing modern approaches How automation in the R2R process created a more efficient organization capable of delivering predictive insights and making data-driven decisions. Michael Jakob BlackLine Christian Häußinger BlackLine Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
11:15	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation The Modern Finance Tech Stack: Best Practices and Learnings from Bayer AG Together, Sergio Zunino, Head of Accounting Integration at Bayer AG and Jens Leucke, Head of DACH at Pleo, talk about the ideal tech stack of the modern finance team. They highlight best practices and learnings from Bayer AG in the dynamics of deciding on the right system and which parameters should be considered. Key Take-Aways: - Valuable insights and actionable tips from an experienced finance leader. - Which decision parameters to set in senior management - How the right tools can help you get a clearer view of your corporate finances Sergio Zunino Bayer Jens Leucke Pleo Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
11:30	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation "360 Degree Talk: Challenges and Strategies for Digitizing the Office of Finance." The digitization of the Office of Finance involves overcoming various hurdles. In our 360-degree talk, you will learn first-hand how digitalization in Finance was mastered. LucaNet and KMPG share their view of what is important for a successful finance software project and what matters. Ferdinand Schwarzberg LucaNet Daniel Kühlenthal KPMG Michael Urban Megatech MIFL AG Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
11:30	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Single Point of Business - E-Invoices with SAP The e-invoice wave is rolling towards us. Find out what challenges await you and how you can master your invoicing processes with solutions from AFI Solutions without having to use additional providers or converters. The AFI approach is: One solution as a single point of business for your accounting in SAP. Martin Bannik AFI Solutions Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
11:45	MAIN STAGE: Panel discussion Skill Development & Enabling der Finance & Controlling Teams Which success-critical skills do teams need now and in the future? How can these skills be developed? How must the accountant of the future be positioned? How can finance leads use storytelling to achieve this? André Hiesl Serviceplan Group Dr. Richard Strate Gewoba Steffen Pyka Trivago Franziska Teutscher Snipes Carina Denker Clinomic Harry Langenfeld FloQast Presentation: Stephanie Bräuchle DKMS Group
12:00	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation The Deployment Spike: Case Studies in New Tech Deployments Upending Controls New eInvoicing solution, ERP migration, M&A. Have you just gone through one of these? Or have it scheduled for 2024? During this session, we will walk through data-based case studies highlighting the impact on invoice processing and payments during new tech deployments. Then, we will show you how to recover any payment errors and prevent them in the future. Danny Thompson Apex Analytix Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
12:00	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Mastering electronic data exchange: Innovative technologies for transparent accounting processes in SAP In the Masterclass, GOpus puts a special focus on the key role of message exchange in FI and shows how innovative technologies can optimize processes and make them transparent. The event will present modern message exchange technologies for seamless integration of SAP with subsystems, portals and data service providers (EDI, printing, conversion, etc.), including efficient transmission and archiving of e-invoices. An expert will explain practical implementation and usage strategies with a focus on cost efficiency, data security and support, and present comprehensive message monitoring - a critical step to improving your accounting and successfully addressing FI document challenges. Wladimir Mohr GOpus Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
12:30	Lunch break
13:30	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Budget Pioneers of the Future - Control and Freedom through Digitalization in Harmony Trust is good, but financial controlling is usually better. How can you reasonably reconcile the requirements of the finance department with today's employees' desire for autonomy? This requires good communication and the right automation. Jannik Lempken Mobilexpense Hanh Nguyen Mobilexpense Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
13:30	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Navigating ESG, DCGK, DSGVO & Co: Successful Approaches to Stress-Free Compliance Management for Accounting Teams The new compliance guidelines and their observance are constantly gaining in importance in a changing business world. This is accompanied by new compliance requirements and the efficient management of these across different teams and business units. In the Masterclass, we show how you can introduce control mechanisms, design processes efficiently and optimize audit preparation. Anaïs Gallet FloQast Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
13:45	MAIN STAGE:   Accounting Summit Startup Awards Niclas Storz Tidely Steffen Minier Taxmaro Sebastian Wengryn ContractHero Dr. Siebelt Habben DESTOreport David Weber Nooxit Samir Kharkan Scalue Jens Quadbeck Finmatics Thomas Prokopp Airrange Stephan Schuller FOMA Presentation: Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
14:00	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation How the Lapp Group implemented a modern, integrated analysis and planning application for financial and operational control with the help of Apliqo. The Lapp Group is an internationally active, family-run company for which the reporting and planning process is an important management tool. Within these processes, there have been different challenges in the past. In this masterclass you will learn from the person responsible for the project how Lapp overcame these challenges by using Apliqo. Challenges: Structure - lack of a unified ERP system and different levels of granularity, complicating the analysis and planning process. Reporting - lack of global standard reporting (tool), encourages sending static reports via Excel or pdf. Planning - group-wide planning on Excel, increases the number of possible errors and the turnaround time for planning After a lengthy evaluation process, the Lapp Group has significantly improved the reporting and planning process with the Apliqo FPM solution developed by Cubewise. Solutions A database that serves as the basis for financial and operational data A reporting system that provides any analysis for P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, as well as operational analysis areas (sales, margins, headcount, price/quantity, transfer prices) An integrated and driver-based planning solution (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) that moves the company away from Excel and simplifies the planning process A modern web front-end that enables users to take the analysis and planning process to another level. Thimo Sachs Lapp Group Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
14:00	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation From ERP to RPA: selection and scoping in digital transformation Technologies are not only becoming increasingly important in the accounting environment, but also more and more numerous. In our master class, you will learn which technologies a company should have on its radar, how to distinguish between them, which use cases they apply to, and how to select the right provider on the large market, based on practical examples. Katrin Hamann PwC Sarah Stimmler PwC Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
14:30	MAIN STAGE: Panel discussion Panel - Shared Service Center What needs to be considered when setting up a shared service center? Site selection, planning and co. Susanne Ollmann Villeroy & Boch Melanie Sorg STARK Presentation: Andreas Schmelzer Porsche Holding
14:30	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Touchless Processing: More transparency, faster results, less effort - How to automatically capture, robotically reconcile and process documents in one place - Why integrated collaboration between purchasing and accounts payable is critical to success - How to design the purchase-to-payment process with all procurement and invoice processes for expenses Cedric Joch Onventis Mirko Stetefeld Onventis Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
14:30	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Make your SAP R2R accounting process fit for the future Thilo Wätzold Aico Sarah Bellerby Aico Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
15:00	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation The job as an accountant in times of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence What is the future? More tools and fewer professionals? The market changes, trends change, people change, but the core and fundamentals of accounting remain. What are the requirements in today's world? What do accountants, the market, the companies need? In the midst of the "War of Accounting Talents", DONE!Financials believes that professional know-how and the right experts are more important than ever, even in times of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence. After all, any tool can only be as good as the person using it. Magnus Bilke DONE!Financials Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
15:00	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Be a summit climber in a VUKA world Today, the challenges of the VUKA world are more relevant than ever before, especially in accounting. One key to success is a flexible, structured and especially resource-efficient toolbox. The use of digital solutions automatizes recurring processes and clears space, so that you can focus on aspects of your core business. In his Masterclass, Christian Neuser presents how you can survive in these dynamic and uncertain times and climb the VUKA summit. Christian Neuser DATEV Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
15:15	Coffee break Enjoy some coffee and cake and make new contacts with the visitors and exhibitors of the Accounting Summit.
15:45	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Seamless integration and structured e-files: Welcome to your future of office organization! Imagine how all file shelves are a thing of the past and your office is an efficient, paperless oasis. We will present how you can take full advantage of the benefits of a paperless office in your accounting department with our digital easy products, easy for SAP Solutions and structured e-files and make your digital transformation a sustainable success. With the help of the global search function (e.g. by accounts payable/debtors or any other object), the effortless filing of documents via drag & drop and location-independent use, your team will work hand in hand. Do you want to set up your accounting in a sustainable and scalable way? Do you want to use digital processes to make your company even more successful? Immerse yourself in the exciting world of the paperless future and learn first-hand how to optimize your business processes and increase your efficiency. Fabian Schittenhelm Easy Software Thomas Werdich Easy Software Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
15:45	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Mass billing and XXL archive Scalable accounts receivable processes with a high degree of automation are no longer a challenge. Highly scalable accounts receivable processes with corresponding audit-proof storage, which adapt to your company's success, have long since ceased to be a challenge. Using the case study of a leading German Internet service provider, Cronon GmbH presents its solution with which we have solved the special requirements for highly scalable processes in the customer, contract and billing process in combination with archiving in compliance with the law and a high degree of automation in daily mass business. Thomas Meysel Cronon Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
16:00	MAIN STAGE: Presentation New Work, New World: How innovative working methods are changing accounting In a rapidly changing business world, it is imperative that companies adapt and implement innovative ways of working to remain competitive. The implementation of New Work in my area of responsibility demonstrates how a traditional company can transform the way employees work in a "traditional department" while achieving the goal of the "Best Workplace to Be." In my presentation, I will explain how the implementation of New Work has helped to make the workplace more attractive and how this has become a competitive advantage for us. Dr. Christian Cobbers Henkel Presentation: Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
16:00	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Next Level Finance Automation: The Future Path to an Automated Closing Process The primary responsibility of finance is to produce reliable and accurate financial reports. Manual tasks and outdated, fragmented processes hinder already busy finance teams from focusing on their core responsibilities. This results in opaque, error-prone, and non-scalable processes that many companies struggle with. A highly automated close process helps increase transparency and accuracy while reducing costs and risk. Are you also struggling with the above issues, then attend our masterclass and learn: - What to look for in your transformation project (Dos&Dont's). - More about best practice finance transformation journeys - Where you can identify automation potential Thomas Ulbrich Trintech Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
16:00	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation The road to the first sustainability report: from the field Many companies are currently having to deal with the conception and implementation of a sustainability report for the first time due to new regulations. How can they best meet the challenge, and what potential stumbling blocks are there to consider? Nexperia, with the support of Mazars in Germany, recently embarked on this journey and published its first sustainability report. In our masterclass, we provide insights into this process: starting with the project setup, project participants involved, conception of the report content (incl. materiality analysis), status quo of the data situation as well as implementation of measures and initiatives, through gap analyses, technology selection and technology-supported report creation, to the published sustainability report. Dr. Wolfgang Völl Mazars Kim Schütze Nexperia Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
16:30	MAIN STAGE: Panel discussion Impact Accounting - how Accounting can be sustainable How to switch over to sustainable accounting and be efficient at the same time. Dennis Aschoff thermondo Veronika von Heise-Rotenburg everphone Bettina Fischer Hivebuy Presentation: Jana Scharfschwerdt CFO-on-demand
16:30	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES:   How FINN conquered its AP paperwork Mountain: Resolving Invoice Bottlenecks, Reducing Errors, and Driving Team Satisfaction In this exclusive masterclass, join Rossum and FINN as they take center stage to unveil the transformative power of AI-driven intelligent document processing. Discover firsthand how their strategic adoption of cutting-edge technology not only managed but conquered the surge in document volume, stemming from a remarkable expansion of operations within the dynamic German market. Get ready to dive deep into this success story and gain invaluable insights into the future of streamlined document management. Fabian Brossok FINN Árpád Deák Rossum Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
16:30	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Great Opportunities in Credit Management with SAP S/4Hana & Add-Ons - Leverage your potential in working capital The tasks and challenges in credit management are constantly growing. Companies have to manage these with more and more business partners (customers, suppliers...), but with the same number of staff. How are you positioned here with SAP? Where are the gaps? What are you missing, what could be improved in order to make a significant contribution to increasing working capital with appropriately modern software. I would like to show you how you can optimize and improve your credit management in your current or future SAP environment. Peter Maibaum SOA People Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
16:45	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES:   Accounting Summit Awards Ceremony 2023 - End of Stage Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
17:00	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Worldwide e-invoicing based on SAP How to integrate e-invoicing based on SAP and integrate Poland, France, Spain & Germany, among others, into an existing invoicing process with one API. Sönke Wahlers BPO Consult Kevin Teipel BPO Consult Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
17:15	MAIN STAGE: Presentation From Start Up- to Corporate Accounting What challenges does accounting face in a growing company? A field report that sheds light on the effects of growth and corporate goals on accounting and presents its supporting role for corporate development. Fatih Esir Free Now Presentation: Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
17:30	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES:   Accounting Summit Awards Ceremony 2023 - End of Stage Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
17:45	MAIN STAGE:   Accounting Summit Awards Ceremony 2023 Vote for the most inspiring, charismatic or innovative speakers in our app. The top three speakers on each stage will be presented with a Accounting Summit Speaker Award. App-Download
17:45	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES:   Accounting Summit Awards Ceremony 2023 Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
18:00	Accounting Summit AFTERSHOW LOUNGE Drinks and networking for all participants

09:00	Welcome The doors open at 8.30 am - so you can start networking over your first coffee or find yourself a good seat.
10:00	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES:   Intelligent invoice processing and AI technologies for your finance department How can your finance department benefit from intelligent AI technologies? Discover Nagarro's "Invoice Scanner for SAP S/4HANA" in our masterclass session. A powerful tool developed in collaboration with our partner Abbyy, whose main advantage is its seamless integration with SAP S/4HANA. Learn how the tool extracts, validates and transfers invoice data to your SAP S/4HANA system. Maximilian Jägle Nagarro Ulrich Winter Nagarro Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
10:00	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Development and enablement of an integrated planning and reporting solution at Winterhalter Group In our presentation, we will introduce you, together with our customer Winterhalter, to the joint project to implement an Integrated Planning & Reporting solution with Board. Integrated planning enables Winterhalter to automate processes and transparent reporting provides a sound basis for decision-making. Gain exciting insights into the contents and the project process and learn how you are quickly able to take over components yourself in Board. Sarah Günther Transform8 Jörg Oberländer Transform8
10:15	MAIN STAGE:   Welcome Opening of the event and greetings by the organizers. Inken Meyer-Hess Accounting Summit Tjorve Steffen Accounting Summit Eli Tracz Accounting Summit Celina Wiechmann Accounting Summit
10:30	MAIN STAGE: Presentation Transformation of financial processes - digital mindset as the basis for technological change Newer and newer technologies are coming from the market that allow us to run processes without the need for menus. These technologies must be used to challenge the existing systems and deliver positive added value to the company's value. The focus is on how I actively involve people in the digitization strategy so that the greatest possible added value can be generated for the company. We show how a purpose driven oraganization and an innovative change process can successfully initialize a digital transformation and establish new technologies and collaboration models. Raymond Engler Swisscom Bernhard Nitz   Presentation: Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
10:30	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES:   From 0 to 100 - Controlling in a new dimension Tackle the challenges of operational controlling, integrated financial planning and legal consolidation with a comprehensive solution. In the live demo of the Corporate Planning Software, you will learn how to be more agile and make better decisions based comprehensible management reports in line with IBCS standards and a high forecast speed. Thorsten Riechers Corporate Planning Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
10:30	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES:   #processyourinvoiceswhereyouwant using SAP and Microsoft 365 as an example -. how to set up your finance team for the future What is the cost of not setting up your financial accounting strategically for the future? The answer to this question is quite easy: in the end, it will have an impact on your competitiveness and profitability. After all, analog and inflexible processes cost time, tie up resources and do not necessarily increase employee satisfaction. Get practical insights on how to connect your SAP invoice processing with your Microsoft 365 world and thus raise it to the next level. With d.velop, as a platform provider, you will master current challenges and trends and catapult your finance team into a successful future. The masterclass ends with an overview of the standard solution and the numerous further integration possibilities into your existing systems (ERP- Fibu- & WaWi). Markus Sünker d.velop Leon Pleuger d.velop Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
11:00	MAIN STAGE: Panel discussion Reporting - Processes from medium-sized companies to corporate groups How to set up a quick reporting every month? Marina Meyer TCC Tobias Schulze Everphone Dr. Oliver Friedrich Wildling Shoes Philipp Fründ IQVIA Germany Henrik Fröhlich Sovereign Speed Dr. Jan Diebecker flaschenpost SE Presentation: Lisa Kristin Meißner Mersor
11:00	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES:   The transformation of cash accounting at CHG-Meridian with the help of Payhawk With 1300 employees, CHG-Meridian develops, finances and manages individual utilization models for technologies in the healthcare, IT and industrial sectors. The company is active in 30 countries and manages a portfolio of 8.95 billion euros (2022). To digitize spend management, the international company has chosen Payhawk's solution. In this masterclass, representatives from both companies will show, on the one hand, how they jointly identified the challenges at CHG-Meridian and then, based on this, defined the success criteria for the pilot phase. They will also provide practical insights into the implementation process and the global roll-out in a large international company. Manuel Holzer Payhawk Alexander Schilling CHG AG Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
11:00	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES:   Roadmap to Integrated Reporting with Digital (ESEF) Reporting The increasing demands on external reporting leave companies no time to breathe. The clear focus is on ESG aspects. After the EU Taxonomy Regulation comes into force in 2020, the reporting requirements and scope of application of the reporting will be significantly expanded in the coming years. expanded. In addition, the information is to be prepared in a structured digital reporting format (ESEF) to enable machine analyses. possible. We will show you which challenges you and how you can integrate your financial and sustainability reporting. sustainability reporting. Silvia Geberth Deloitte Okan Zengi Deloitte Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
11:30	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES:   Automation and digitalization of reporting in times of CSRD/ESRS and ESEF - data management, reporting process, reporting/disclosure management systems We show an overview of the CSRD requirements and the necessary project components. Companies are not yet prepared for these challenges from a business and technological point of view. In addition, there are the change requirements for the IT architecture and the need for software selection, or in other words: how to master the jungle of software providers and products. In addition, we show the deepening around the ESEF formatting as a specific requirement, which is already currently applied for the annual financial report of capital market-oriented companies. Björn Seidel PwC Patrick Sievering PwC Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
11:30	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES:   How to miss adding transparency & automation to your key finance processes. It’s still surprising, how much time accounting teams spend with manual activities and to which extent financial reporting depends on the interpretation of data. Why do we need governments to enforce better practices? France, Poland, and Spain are only three examples of European countries introducing E-Invoicing mandates in 2024. Additionally, Germany will follow in 2025 with mandatory E-Invoicing for all B2B invoices. This is on the one hand side a unique opportunity to rethink the communication with your customers and suppliers and on the other hand a big threat if you are unprepared. Attend this masterclass to learn, how technology in combination with the right tools and team allows you to do much more than keeping the lights on: to convert your finance operations into a shining lighthouse that leads marketing, sales, and production to additional growth paths. Johannes Abrams OpenText Matthias Nießen OpenText Presentation: Nona Brodersen Accounting Summit Moderation
11:45	MAIN STAGE: Panel discussion #digitalfinance - CFO Panel How must finance tech be set up strategically, and what are the benefits? What crises can be managed with digitization, multi-crisis environment, what strategies are needed? Rainer Veith Salzgitter Maschinenbau Sönke-Timo Kisker GartenHaus Stefan Köhler flaconi Alexander Balandin Bosch Healthcare Solutions Presentation: Ulrich Britting ba group
11:45	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES:   Don't fall for sunk costs - How continuous reassessment of software decisions promotes sustainable growth Growth-oriented companies are always faced with the challenge of making complex decisions about (new) software solutions. In this masterclass, Falco Blumschein (VP Operations & Finance) uses several 'war stories' to describe what Lanes & Planes has learned from software implementations and what pitfalls lurk in the dilemma of decision agility and sunk costs. Falco Blumschein Lanes & Planes
12:00	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES:   AUTODOC not only makes mobility simple and sustainable, but also its reporting processes As a leading online retailer for automotive spare parts, AUTODOC not only makes mobility simple and sustainable, but also its reporting processes. Why the company took a close look at its process in the first place, what considerations ultimately led to modernization and how this was then successfully implemented, you can find out in the Masterclass. Christian Frauen Workiva Oleg Deringer AUTODOC Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
12:15	MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES:   Accounting Summit Awards Ceremony 2023 - End of Stage
12:30	Lunch break
13:30	MAIN STAGE: Panel discussion Startup Awards Here you'll see innovative startups presenting smart new solutions for digital innovation in accounting. The best three will receive an Accounting Summit Startup Award - you vote! Richard Ranftl Transform8 Dominik Konold Incentrium Conny Sebastian Bauer Caya Axel Neumann Mondu Elena Salinitro loyos bi Presentation: Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
13:30	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation From Data to Story For many organizations, Microsoft PowerPoint is more than a presentation tool, it is often used to visualize data with the intent to drive business decisions. Many hours go into creating, revising, refining, and versioning presentations but despite this effort, most presentations do not tell a compelling story to drive these critical decisions. PowerPoint is not the problem though, it’s how we use it. Robin Jung, Head of Product Management at think-cell, will share best practices in data visualization and storytelling techniques to create impactful presentations. He will demonstrate how to eliminate manual tasks, automate reporting, and increase presentation quality while saving 70% of your slide production time. Robin Jung think-cell Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
14:00	MAIN STAGE: Presentation Transforming Finance like a BOSS How can you build a sustainable and weatherproof finance function despite demographic change and high competition for scarce finance talent? What kind of mindset is needed for this? Which skills need to be strengthened or even newly developed in order to make the finance function "weatherproof"? And how do you increase employee satisfaction and show that the formula FASHION X FINANCE = FUN works? We would like to demonstrate this with insights into our transformation program "FINANCE & TAX Next" at HUGO BOSS. Katharina Herzog HUGO BOSS Esther Berghäuser HUGO BOSS Presentation: Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
14:00	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES:   Change is coming! Invoicing has always been a matter between suppliers and their customers - government didn't really get involved. But now change is coming; or it is actually already happening. It started in Latin America and in 2019 it came to Europe, when Italy successfully implemented mandatory electronic invoicing. Many European countries, Germany included, have announced that they will follow in Italy's footsteps; the European Union has formulated a new proposed European Directive called 'VAT in the Digital Age'. Change is coming and businesses need to start with their preparations. Join this session and learn why governments are getting involved in the invoice flow, and what this means for your business. We'll also provide you with best practices on how to you can use Government intervention as an opportunity to improve your P2P and O2C processes. Ruud van Hilten Kofax
14:30	MAIN STAGE: Panel discussion Effectiveness of intercultural teams What makes intercultural teams more successful than homogeneous teams in financial accounting? Are only globally operating groups capable of building intercultural teams? Sergio Zunino Bayer Sebastian Tiedemann ECE Group Services Florian Wilhelm Sonova Group Presentation: Fabian Platzen iwoca
14:30	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation ECIT Digital Andreas Viljugrein, a self-proclaimed ‘invoice nerd’, boasts 14 years in IT management within accounting. Currently with ECIT and formerly the IT Director at Azets and Visma BPO, he’s one of the masterminds behind ECIT Digital’s machine learning platform. We’re thrilled to welcome him to today’s masterclass. Andreas Viljugrein ECIT Labs Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
14:45	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation Beyond Chat GPT - How to automate your procurement-related back office with AI: Customs, taxes, accounting and central bank reporting. A new generation of AI is revolutionizing our world. New AI models understand us better and better, can process language information even faster, and thus enable automations that were previously impossible. But what does this mean for corporate finance departments? In our masterclass, you will learn how to fully automate administrative back-office activities along the procure-to-pay process with the next generation of AI. We will highlight the following application areas: Accounting automation, Automation of tax audits, Automation of customs tariff number determination, Automation of LZB and Intrastat declarations. In the Masterclass, we will show how you can integrate modern AI assistants into existing processes and system landscapes. David Weber Nooxit Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
15:15	MAIN STAGE: Panel discussion The impact of AI on the change process in finance In this discussion, we highlight the current biggest challenges in the financial industry against the backdrop of change management. Raymond Engler Swisscom Andreas Schmelzer Porsche Holding Anika Bücker Delivery Hero Presentation: Ulrich Britting ba group
15:15	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES: Presentation The Deployment Spike: Case Studies in New Tech Deployments Upending Controls New eInvoicing solution, ERP migration, M&A. Have you just gone through one of these? Or have it scheduled for 2024? During this session, we will walk through data-based case studies highlighting the impact on invoice processing and payments during new tech deployments. Then, we will show you how to recover any payment errors and prevent them in the future. Danny Thompson Apex Analytix Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
15:30	MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES:   Accounting Summit Awards Ceremony 2023 - End of Stage Presentation: Steffi Landerer Accounting Summit Moderation
16:00	MAIN STAGE: Presentation From data chaos to One source of truth Between spin-off, M&A transactions, migrations and reorganization - How Interzero Plastics Recycling Group established a stable finance organization with few resources within 12 months. Sebastian Waßermann interzero Presentation: Inken März Accounting Summit Moderation
16:30	MAIN STAGE:   Accounting Summit Awards Ceremony 2023 Vote for the most inspiring, charismatic or innovative speakers in our app. The top three speakers on each stage will be presented with a Accounting Summit Speaker Award. App-Download
16:45	Networking & drinks for all participants
20:00	End of Accounting Summit 2023