- 25 September 2024
- 9:00am - 6:00pm
- Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
EVENT OVERVIEW
The future of finance is all about managing across functions, building the right combination of capabilities, and establishing a strong data foundation. On-going FutureCFO dialogues with finance leaders across the function reveal a continued commitment to driving growth through digital transformation.
However, the maelstrom of non-aligned priorities, talent shortages, legacy processes and too many options when it comes to technologies make the road to growth in 2025 a formidable challenge for even the most seasoned finance professionals.
A Gartner’s research affirms that organisations face a medium-term environment characterised by tepid demand growth, stubbornly high costs and constrained access to capital – referring to the combination as a deadweight economic condition. “Absent fortuitous events such as a surprise end to geopolitical conflict, a swift halt to inflation or the quick realisation of dramatic productivity gains from AI, CFOs should expect many of the underlying economic trends contributing to the deadweight economy to persist across their strategic planning horizon.”
This year’s FutureCFO Singapore Conference will bring together seasoned finance professionals to uncover:
- How to sustain enterprise’s growth engine amidst challenging time
- Transformation roadmap for success in the future
- Best practices in riding the transformation challenges
- Tactics for evaluating digital competencies across the function
- How to build realistic and trustworthy forecasts
- Strategies to shorten the digital financial close
- Top challenges in data, data technology and governance management
- AI and smart automation priorities and use cases
- People management for stronger, digitally competent teams
The challenges ahead present real and economic tailwinds that can derail ongoing efforts to transform organisations into engines of innovation and growth. For the finance team, there remains clear opportunities to lead by example out of the potential maelstrom that lies ahead to bring about sustained growth in the years ahead.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
CFOs, VPs, Directors, Heads, MDs, GMs, Sr Mgrs involved in:
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Strategic Planning & Forecasting
- Costing & Budgeting
- Accounting and Reporting
- Fiscal Policy Planning
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
The FutureCFO Conference aims to give CFOs, who also act as their company’s strategic business partner and catalyst, insights on ensuring corporate growth and successfully mitigating risks and challenges amidst the current economic and political uncertainties in their countries. The conference will also address strategies and best practices on how CFOs can reimagine finance functions and their organizations to survive and thrive in today’s fast-paced and digitally driven landscape.
This by-invitation only one-day event will gather over 120 senior finance leaders from multiple industries and offers the best opportunity to hear from the industry’s leading professionals, contribute questions from the floor, engage in incisive panel discussions that discuss real-life business cases, updates and strategies to meet the most pertinent challenges facing the finance function in 2020.
High-Level Industry Speakers
We gather 20+ industry speakers and experts from leading organizations for keynote presentations and incisive discussions so you can tap on their invaluable insights and best practices important to your finance function management and transformation.
Interactive Discussions
Be part of our interactive panel discussions that address the current hot topics, share ideas and experiences and get the answers to your pressing questions from prominent finance leaders on stage.
Networking Opportunities
Meet new business partners, engage and forge new connections with fellow finance and treasury leaders in the region, solution providers and many more at our event through luncheons, coffee breaks, one-to-one meetings and informal introductions.
Targeted In-Depth Sessions
8 hours of learning and networking opportunities packed into 10 in depth sessions. Listen to corporate-driven best practices and case studies sharing that are targeted to your profession through the personalized country-specific conferences we crafted for you - FutureCFO Conferences.
2024 AGENDA
09.00
Conference Chairperson’s Welcome Remarks
[tlpteam id="8521" title="2024 CFO MODERATOR JEREMY GRAY"]
09.15
PANEL DISCUSSION I: Achieving Sustainable Growth and Cost Efficiency
Dealing with overall macroeconomic conditions, increased interest rate, rising capital costs and geopolitical challenges will worry many senior finance executives in 2024. Finance leaders are under great pressure to bring costs down to anticipate volatile business landscapes in the coming years and yet, also tasked to preserve profitability for the business.
- What’s top of CFO’s mind in 2024
- Monitoring business/investment risks under global uncertainty in 2024
- Capturing market opportunities to ensure unit economics stay above the hurdle rate
- Strategic cost reduction: Balancing revenue-sustaining and cost-cutting efforts
- Building robust balance sheet in turbulent times
- Striking the optimum balance between cost cutting and investing for growth
MODERATOR:
[tlpteam id="8521" title="2024 CFO MODERATOR JEREMY GRAY"]
PANELISTS:
[tlpteam id="8522" title="2024 CFO 915 PANEL DISCUSSION_1"]
09.50
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW I: Revamping the Future of Finance with Connected Finance
Organisations today are stretched from a time and human capital perspective. As the architect of business transformation, how can CFOs use technology to connect and automate the mundane, allowing their teams to use their skills and experience to drive strategic value for their businesses?
In this session, we will hear from Takeda, a multinational pharmaceutical company, on how they have delivered timely and accurate, board-trusted data across their annual reports involving more than 200 entities around the world to drive value, streamline operations, and enhance decision-making capabilities within their organisation.
INTERVIEWER:
[tlpteam id="8581" title="2024 CFO INTERVIEWER MANKIN TRAN"]
INTERVIEWEE:
[tlpteam id="8582" title="2024 CFO 950 FIRESIDE CHAT_1"]
10.15
PANEL DISCUSSION II: CFO’s Transformative Leadership
- What it takes to be an effective transformative CFO
- Designing a future finance operating model that supports growth and innovation
- CFO’s leadership in delivering transformation projects
- What really matters to a CFO in 2024 and beyond?
- Lessons learned managing stakeholders and orchestrating company-wide transformation
MODERATOR:
[tlpteam id="8115" title="2024 CFO MODERATOR ALLAN TAN"]
PANELISTS:
[tlpteam id="8523" title="2024 CFO 1015 PANEL DISCUSSION_2"]
10.50
Morning Coffee Break
11.15
KEYNOTE I: Navigating the Future of Financial Reporting: Integrating Automation for Strategic Decision-Making
In an increasingly complex financial landscape, the need for accurate, timely, and strategic financial reporting has never been greater. This session will explore how CFOs can leverage automation to transform their financial reporting processes.
- Harnessing advanced technologies to streamline data consolidation, enhance reporting accuracy, and reduce manual workloads – allowing finance teams to focus on delivering actionable insights
- Leveraging automation to accelerate compliance and empower CFOs to drive more informed strategic decisions
[tlpteam id="9753" title="2024 CFO KEYNOTE I 1115 – Rui Yuan"]
11.40
PANEL DISCUSSION III: Embracing Generative AI: Opportunities and Risks for CFOs
According to EY, CFOs saw a new priority on C-Suite agenda as they steer their organisations through an uncertain growth outlook in 2024: Generative AI (GenAI).
As much as this transformative technology is a powerful ally in shaping enterprise’s sustainable and prosperous future in the age of innovation, there are considerations that CFOs need to ponder before they confidently embark on adopting GenAI for their business.
- How is GenAI shaping the future of business and finance teams?
- Prioritising AI projects that deliver ROI
- Tackling technical debt presented by AI investments
- Responsible applications of Gen AI
- Challenges in ensuring AI and data governance
MODERATOR:
[tlpteam id="8524" title="2024 CFO MODERATOR DANIEL LEUNG"]
PANELISTS:
[tlpteam id="8527" title="2024 CFO 1140 PANEL DISCUSSION_3"]
12:15
KEYNOTE II: Empowering Your Organisation with Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Automation
Gartner, McKinsey and many other analysts predict that Artificial Intelligence (AI), including Generative AI, is one of the top investment areas for companies seeking a competitive advantage in 2024 and beyond. The AI revolution is impacting all businesses and organizations, and we cannot afford to ignore the opportunity to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and increase user satisfaction.
- How to make sense of the AI landscape and identify where to start
- Leveraging AI and Intelligent Automation to increase business process efficiency
- Improving performance visibility and drive continual process improvement with analytics
[tlpteam id="9428" title="2024 CFO 1215 KEYNOTE_2"]
12:40
Lunch
13:40
PANEL DISCUSSION IV: Building A Finance-First Culture: Aligning Financial Goals with Business Strategy
This session will explore how CFOs can foster a finance-first culture within their organisations, ensuring that financial goals are deeply integrated with overall business strategy.
- Aligning financial objectives with broader business goals
- Fostering a finance-first culture within organisation
- Strategies for improving financial literacy across all departments
- Role of the CFO in leading cross-functional collaboration
- Real-life examples in successfully integrating finance with business strategy
MODERATOR:
[tlpteam id="9528" title="2024 CFO INTERVIEWER_Chieh Suang"]
PANELISTS:
[tlpteam id="9529" title="2024 CFO 1340 FIRESIDE CHAT"]
14:05
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW II: Improving Working Capital to Sustain the Growth Engine
- Achieving effective working capital management by accelerating cash conversion cycle
- Planning and metrics for effective working capital optimisation strategy
- Finance and Procurement’s strategic collaboration to improve working capital
- Designing debt prevention strategies to mitigate bad debt risks
- Aligning policies, procedures and technology with working capital’s KPIs
INTERVIEWER:
[tlpteam id="8521" title="2024 CFO MODERATOR JEREMY GRAY"]
INTERVIEWEE:
[tlpteam id="9973" title="2024 CFO KEYNOTE 2 1405 – Chaitanya Mehrotra"]
14:30
PANEL DISCUSSION V: Incorporating Agility into Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting
VUCA or not, cash flow is indisputably the lifeblood of the business. Fulfilling short-term payment obligations have become challenging to some organisations, yet leveraging on credits or borrowing is not quite an answer either as interest rates continue to grow.
Making data-based forecasts and financial strategy will equip finance leaders to tackle obstacles and provide a clear picture of their financial trajectory throughout the coming year.
- Cash flow planning and frequent forecasting amidst uncertainty
- Meeting cash forecasting challenges
- Improving cash forecasting accuracy, liquidity planning and management and working capital with data and modern technologies
- Leveraging AI and ML to build realistic and trustworthy forecasts even without reliable recent historical data
MODERATOR:
[tlpteam id="8521" title="2024 CFO MODERATOR JEREMY GRAY"]
PANELISTS:
[tlpteam id="8528" title="2024 CFO 1430 PANEL DISCUSSION_4"]
15:05
Afternoon Coffee Break
15:30
CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON’S WELCOME REMARKS
[tlpteam id="8115" title="2024 CFO MODERATOR ALLAN TAN"]
15:35
C-SUITE KEYNOTE: Evolution of AI in the Workforce
[tlpteam id="9663" title="2024 C-ENGAGE 1535 KEYNOTE (for Conference pages)"]
16:00
C-SUITE PANEL DISCUSSION I: Doing Things Differently with People and Technology
In order to thrive and succeed in today’s challenging business landscape, quite often than not, enterprises need to become more customer-centric, innovative, inclusive and sustainable. However, to drive the change needed to ensure successful enterprise-wide transformation, introducing new technologies alone is not enough.
- Talent management trends and career opportunities in 2025
- Less about technology and more about people and processes
- People and workflow simplification as key drivers of change and growth
- Enhancing employee experiences for sustained success and long term’s business growth
- Human-machine partnerships for the future of work
MODERATOR:
[tlpteam id="8115" title="2024 CFO MODERATOR ALLAN TAN"]
PANELISTS:
[tlpteam id="9289" title="2024 C-ENGAGE 1600 PANEL DISCUSSION_1_(for Conference pages)"]
16:35
C-SUITE EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Understanding the Intellectual Property Problem of AI
The rapid evolution of AI technologies raises unique challenges regarding ownership, protection, and compliance with existing IP laws. CIOs and CFOs must navigate a landscape where traditional IP frameworks may not adequately address the nuances of AI-generated content, algorithms, and data. Questions surrounding the ownership of AI outputs, the risks of infringement, and the implications of using open-source tools are paramount. Ultimately, a robust understanding of these issues is essential for organizations to safeguard their innovations and maximize the value of their IP assets in an increasingly competitive environment.
[tlpteam id="10055" title="2024 CFO KEYNOTE 2 1405 – Paul McClelland (for CFO page)"]
17:00
C-SUITE PANEL DISCUSSION II: Leading the Democratization of Digital Delivery
- Evaluating the current enterprise tech strategy from the finance perspective
- Striking the right balance between innovation and stability
- Financing technologies for innovation
- Controlling the technologies’ finances while ensuring innovation delivery and business value in real time
- Ensuring that technology use, especially in the finance function, is at full potential
MODERATOR:
[tlpteam id="8115" title="2024 CFO MODERATOR ALLAN TAN"]
PANELISTS:
[tlpteam id="9296" title="2024 C-ENGAGE 1700 PANEL DISCUSSION_2_(For Conference pages)"]
17:35
CLOSING REMARKS
17:45
END OF EVENT
2024 SPEAKERS
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- Christine Tjahjadi
- [email protected]
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