08:30 - 09:00
Arrival, registration & breakfast networking
The event will begin with an informal networking session over a continental breakfast. This gives the attendees the opportunity to begin expanding their networks and to break into small groups and begin to discuss their biggest challenges as well as to exchange ideas
09:00 - 09:05
Introduction from the Network Group
An overview: how you can make the most of your networking software, today. Our SNS software, unique to the industry, guarantees the most effective use of your time. Use your software to design a personalised agenda and arrange quality one-to-one meetings.
09:05 - 09:10
Chairperson’s opening remarks
An overview of the changing role of the CFO and your welcome address from the Chairperson.
09:10 - 09:30
The birth of CFO 3.0 - Evolving responsibilities in driving business decisions
- From clerks to business drivers: an evaluation of the new tasks and techniques of the CFO
- How technology is transforming your role and enabling deeper insights
- Penalties for the pen-pusher: Top five suggestions to get ahead of the advancing demands of the CFO
Erik de Cock, CFO, Belgium, USG People
09:30-10:00
Keeping-up with tax regulations and sanction rules to protect your business from legal turmoil
- Outline of tax regulations and processes across Europe and upcoming changes
- Risks created by tax reporting and who you work with
- Real-time reporting: Technologies role in simplifying and automating regulatory burdens
Giammarco Cottani, Director, Global Tax, Netflix
10:00 - 10:40
Panel Debate: The CFO’s strategic role in building resilience of the business and opportunities
- Lessons learnt from COVID 19: resource and people management in a time of mass disruption
- How have CFO’s adapted company strategies for the next 12 - 24 months
- How can CFO help in generating commercial stability and success for their businesses
Renée Wansink, CFO, Karl Lagerfeld
Mayte Oosterveld, CFO, Plus Retail
Rui Pinto, CFO, Europe, Lombard International
Davy Vreys, CFO, Brussels Airport
10:40 - 11:00
Coffee break & networking
11:00 - 11:25
Workshop 1
Financial Reporting
11:25 - 11:50
Networking
11:50 - 12:15
Workshop 2
Performance Management
12:15 - 12:40
Networking
12:40-13:05
Workshop 3
Working Capital Optimisation
11:00-13:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Risk management
- Business reporting
- Cyber security
- Performance management
- Big data and analytics
- ERP
- Process automation
- BPO/BPM
- HCM
- Management information systems
- Supply chain optimisation
- Invoicing financing and e-invoicing
13:05-14:00
Networking Lunch
Stream 1 - Contingency planning for international organisations
14:00 - 14:25
Economic risks: how to navigate and prepare your business against economic uncertainty
- Macro trends: is Europe heading towards another recession?
- How to navigate economic indicators
- Responding to economic risks in your business
Menno Middeldorp, Chief Economist, RaboResearch, Rabobank
Stream 2 - The customer-focussed CFO: delivering data
14:00 - 14:25
Through data and technology: How can we generate better value for our customers?
- Researching user behaviours: Best practice in qualitative and quantitative assessments to capture customer trends
- How and when do customers make changes?
- How do we measure successes in customer-focussed strategies financially?
Marike Bonhof, CFO & COO, Vitens
Stream 1 - Contingency planning for international organisations
14:25 - 14:55
Why is the sustainability drive making businesses re-think their carbon footprint?
- Why is sustainability now a key criterion to access investment?
- Long and short-term incentives to increase sustainability in-house and across the supply chain
- How businesses can increase their sustainability measure
Petra van den Broek, CFO, SPIE Nederland
Monique Donders, Managing Director, Netherlands, BlackRock
Stream 2 - The customer-focussed CFO: delivering data
14:25 - 14:45
With increasing resources to capture private information, how can you protect data and enhance privacy without sabotaging efficiencies?
- GDPR two years on: how did companies manage the shift?
- How can you enhance personalisation for your customers, without increasing the risk of privacy breaches?
- Case study: Application of technologies for data utilisation and protection
Stream 1 - Contingency planning for international organisations
14:55 - 15:15
Case Study: The management of capital investments in disruptive environments
- Why is sustainability now a key criterion to access investment?
- Long and short-term incentives to increase sustainability in-house and across the supply chain
- How businesses can increase their sustainability measure
Paul Perdang, CFO, ArcelorMittal
Stream 2 - The customer-focussed CFO: delivering data
14:45 - 15:15
How to improve performance and create value through data management, tooling, and best practice
- Maximising revenue and enhancing cash flows
- How companies use technologies and research to improve their business models
- How technologies can be best utilised for analysis and delivery
George Koukoulas, VP, Finance, EMEA, Hasbro
Marike Bonhof, CFO & COO, Vitens
15:15 - 15:25
Coffee break & networking
15:25 - 15:50
Workshop 4
AI solutions for compliance: Opening the door to new business opportunities
Neil Tyson, Director, Rightway Compliance, AppZen
15:50 - 16:15
Networking
16:15 - 16:40
Workshop 5
Driving the performance of digital initiatives, during tough economic times
Joe Wilson, Director – Global Accounts & International Sales Strategy Development, Serviceware
16:40 - 17:05
Networking
15:25 - 17:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Risk management
- Business reporting
- Cyber security
- Performance management
- Big data and analytics
- ERP
- Process automation
- BPO/BPM
- HCM
- Management information systems
- Supply chain optimisation
- Invoicing financing and e-invoicing
17:05 - 17:25
Keynote: Case study on Signify’s Project Horizon – hurdles and successes in the restructuring of an organisation
- How to review your top-line efficiencies, and assess organisational health
- Reducing costs and making savvy time and money investments
- Challenges and successes in motivating the workforce in a time of change
Stephane Rougeot, Former CFO, Signify
17:25 - 18:05
Panel Debate: Change management - how do you motivate and stabilise your team during a time of disruption?
- What challenges arise when going through organisational change or by introducing new technologies?
- A comparison of experiences with change and how objections were overcome
- How to achieve employee and manager buy-in for organisation transformation
Moderated by Stephane Rougeot, Former CFO, Signify
Marcel Polak, CFO, Process and Technologies, Nokia
Matthieu van Amerongen, CEO, TWS
Lourens Schouwink, CFO, Netherlands, USG People
18:05 - 18:10
Chairperson's closing remarks
A short reflection on today’s discussions, and thank you to our audience and speakers
19:00
Gala dinner & drinks reception featuring Hannes Sjöblad
After dinner speech: People management: Overview of biotechnologies and how they are changing the way we work and live
- Case study on micro-chipping employees
- How did employees react to the implant technology, and what were the challenges and successes?
- Developments and current research in biotechnology: What will biotechnology look like in 5-10 years’ time?
- Managing employees’ expectations and behaviours as introduced technology becomes increasingly advanced
Hannes Sjöblad, Chief Disruption Officer, Epicenter
08:30 - 09:05
Morning registration & breakfast
09:05 - 09:10
Chairperson’s opening remarks
09:10 - 09:40
How robotics and automation is changing the way your company operates for future business
- Best technologies to automate company systems
- Machine learning technology for predictive analytics: how can we compensate for fast-changing markets and mitigate risks of inaccuracies
- Will automation undermine the future of the service centre? What is the cost of losing the human touch?
Renée Wansink, CFO, Karl Lagerfeld
09:40 - 10:00
Artificial Intelligence in forecasting and planning: how far have we come?
- How and where we apply AI to better our business scenario planning
- What are the limitations to AI technology
- How far do we have to go?
10:00 - 10:40
Panel Debate: How to structure and apply the introduction of new technology
- What comes first, the process or the tool? How to establish efficient processes for new technology implementation
- First step tool-selection: How do CFO’s make their technology choices in a market over-supplied with options
- What will the technology behind the modern finance team look like in 2-5 years’ time?
Lodewijk Lockefeer, CFO, Zeelandia
Jeffrey Hinnen, CFO, Witteveen+Bos
10:40 - 11:00
Coffee break & networking
11:00 - 11:25
Workshop 6
Corporate Governance & Compliance
11:25 - 11:50
Networking
11:50 - 12:15
Workshop 7
Intelligent Automation
12:15 - 12:40
Networking
12:40-13:05
Workshop 8
Supply Chain Innovation
11:00-13:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Risk management
- Business reporting
- Cyber security
- Performance management
- Big data and analytics
- ERP
- Process automation
- BPO/BPM
- HCM
- Management information systems
- Supply chain optimisation
- Invoicing financing and e-invoicing
13:05-14:00
Networking Lunch
14:00 - 14:20
Modern finance team skills: what should your team look like in 2-5 years’ time to optimise the value finance deliver?
- What new skills does your finance team need? How to hire for these skills and grow in-house talent for the modern finance functions: IT, security, analytics and business strategy
- The death of vertical team structures: how teams can integrate more closely with wider business functions
- How to manage your team of varying skills and cultures effectively
Dr. Natasha Zharinova, Chief Strategy & Data Officer, OLX Markets
14:20 - 14:50
Fire-side chat: The next generation of finance experts
Your chairperson will interview a CFO, an experienced expert of the finance team, and a newcomer to the industry, to answer the question: How can we motivate and nurture new talent on the market, whilst enabling the development of skills for seasoned professionals
14:50 - 15:35
Roundtable Discussions
Join group discussions with your peers on some of the most challenging and significant marketing topics—please confirm attendance prior to the session beginning. Each host will facilitate the discussion and deliver a short roundup of key findings during the wrap up session.
Roundtable 1: A holistic CFO: Challenges and best practice in integrating with wider company functions
Martin Willig, CFO, Henri Willig
Roundtable 2: How to make commercial decisions as a CFO
Pieter Brokx, CFO, Eurocaps
Roundtable 3: Lean & agile finance function through digitalisation
Muthumari Duraisamy, Director, Global Controlling, Coty
Roundtable 4: How to motivate and engage with the finance team in a changing work culture
15:35
Closing remarks from the Chairperson