Program of the XV ICV POLSKA Congress: Warsaw, October 11-12

Congress program

10 October 2022
day 1
11 October 2022
day 2

08:30 - 09:30

The 16th Controlling Intelligence Adventure Congress participants’ registration

09:30 - 09:40

The official opening of the 16th CIA Congress organised by ICV POLAND

**Małgorzata Podskarbi**
Member of the Board of the ICV, Director at Volkswagen Poznań
**BIO**

**Dr. Tomasz M. Zieliński**
Executive Director of ICV POLAND (Delegate for Poland) – International Association of Controllers – ICV (Internationaler Controller Verein).
**BIO**

Official opening of the 16th CIA Congress organised by ICV POLAND
Welcoming of the Congress participants
Presentation of the Congress speakers
Presentation of the Congress organiser and partners
Presentation of the topics discussed during the 16th ICV POLAND Congress

09:40 - 10:00

Future Trends in Finance and Controlling – Agility, Sustainability, Digitization

UNDER CONTROL by Małgosia i Tomek

Agility
Sustainable development
Servitization
Digitization

10:00 - 10:40

Keynote Speech: SUSTAINABILITY GOES FINANCE – NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR THE CFO AGENDA

**Dr Rita Niedermayr**
Managing Director at Controller Institut Austria, Partner at EY Austria, Member of the Board at International Group of Controlling
**BIO**

The green transformation as a gamechanger and value driver
Impact on processes, tasks, roles and capabilities of the CFO organization
Future interfaces and cross-sectional topics
Guiding principles for steering sustainability performance
What helps to manage sustainability from a Controlling perspective

10:40 - 11:10

Keynote Speech: AGILE IN FINANCE & CONTROLLING – GETTING STARTED

**Marie-Luise Lehmann**
Senior Manager Finance & Performance Deloitte Consulting GmbH
**BIO**

What is agile and why should a CFO care?
Where to start with agile in finance?
How does the result for finance functions look like?
What about Blueprints and Best Practices?
How can CFO´s and Management support being Agile

11:10 - 11:30

Coffee break – networking

11:30 - 12:10

Modern purchasing processes and purchasing controlling

Why is purchasing controlling important today?
Trends in modern purchasing processes.
Tasks within purchasing controlling.
The most important KPIs in purchasing controlling.

12:10 - 13:10

Directions and challenges of the current economic condition and business models of the future - panel discussion

**Marta Wrochna-Łastowska**
Board Member, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Żabka Polska
**BIO**

**Prof. UMK, Dr. Marlena Ciechan-Kujawa**
Vice-Dean for Science and Cooperation with the Socio-Economic Environment in NCU
**BIO**

**Dr. Konrad Marchlewski**
Vice-President of the Management Board, CFO at the Atlas Group
**BIO**

**Wojciech Wieronski**
CFO in the commercial sector (FMCG, Pharmacy, Electronics)
**BIO**

Financial management versus inflation and the current geopolitical situation.
Sustainable development – „must have” or just fashion?
Agile finance as a response to …
What business models are the business of the future?
Best practices in finance and controlling.

13:10 - 14:10

Lunch – networking

Thematic sessions

Session A: Digital Future and New Reality (PL/ENG)

14:10 - 14:55

Current Global Economic Conditions & How Finance Should React

**Alain Mulder**
Managing Director Europe Operations, IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants)
**BIO**

As global economic uncertainties remain, finance professionals can prepare themselves to serve as strategic liaisons for organizations.
Central banks are raising interest rates, and trust in the economy has dropped significantly, with high inflation putting a squeeze on real incomes and thus, dampening private demand.
Building a more agile and resilient workforce with the capacity to adapt quickly to new business needs and disruptions is a must.

14:55 - 15:40

Integrated planning as the basis for cooperation and company success

**Artur Kutkiewicz**
Oracle Applications Consulting, ECE Regional Director
**BIO**

**Sulthan Mohideen**
IT Director at Kamal Osman Jmjoom
**BIO**

Sesja B: Digital Finance and Controlling

14:10 - 14:55

COGIT - presentation of the Gold Partner of the 16th ICV POLSKA Congress

14:55 - 15:40

FLEXISOLUTIONS - presentation of the Silver Partner of the 16th ICV POLSKA Congress

Session C: Business Intelligence and Predictive Planning in controlling

14:10 - 14:55

NEW DATA LABS - presentation of the Silver Partner of the 16th ICV POLSKA Congress

**Witold Kilijański**
Chief Executive Officer (CEO ) in NewDataLabs
**BIO**

14:55 - 15:40

Faster and more accurate forecasts with predictive planning

**Jakub Górski**
President of the Management Board of Cubewise Polska Sp. z o.o
**BIO**

Find out how powerful modern planning tools are in the field of predictive planning and forecasting.
What features do they offer so controllers can create automated plans and forecasts based on machine learning and predictive analytics without the supervision of data scientists.
No slides, no corporate presentation, live planning application demo prepared for the BARC challenge at the ICV 2022 Munich edition.
See step by step what planning supported by the latest technologies looks like.

15:40 - 15:55

Coffee break – networking

15:55 - 16:35

Controlling of Servitization – only new KPIs or do we have to think and act differently?

**Stefan Tobias**
Partner Competence Center “Controlling & Finance” Horváth & Partners GmbH
**BIO**

Servitization is the next Big Thing which Controlling must illuminate
Growth Model of Servitization as Steering Framework
Subscription Models
Impact of Servitization for Corporate Steering

16:35 - 16:40

Summary of the first day of the 16th CIA Congress organised by ICV POLAND

17:00 - 19:00

Integration and networking

Important:
The congress coordinator reserves their right to change the schedule.

08:30 - 09:00

Morning coffee and networking

09:00 - 09:30

Continuous business profitability of projects as a portfolio management tool in organizations

**Remigiusz Kinas**
Director of the Project and Intelligent Automation Department, NEUCA Group
**BIO**

Responsibility for project benefits.
Defining benefits of projects.
Managing benefits over the project lifecycle.
Monitoring and control of post-project benefits.

In its definition, the project has a continuous business justification. Even so, the benefit management processes for projects and project portfolios are still not functioning optimally. During the session you will learn who should be responsible for defining and managing benefits in the organization (based on the experience of PMO NEUCA SA). How to standardize the process at the project and portfolio level. How to define the benefit and what is the effect of the project (product-change-effect-benefit cycle). How to conduct ongoing benefit reviews during and after the project.

09:30 - 10:30

Challenges in rail transport - Controlling as an initiator of changes and optimization

**Paweł Kwiatkowski**
Director of the Controlling and Analysis Office at LOTOS Kolej sp.z o.o.
**BIO**

Problems and challenges in the rail industry.
Implementation and challenges related to ESG reporting.
Controlling as a business partner locked in a silo? Where the reporting process ends and the management process begins.
The influence of controlling on the digitization of the company.
The influence of controlling on the agility of the company.

10:00 - 10:30

Implementation of Self-Service BI and IBCS standards in Profile VOX Capital Group

Self-Service BI implementation process
Implementation of IBCS standards and the effectiveness of management reporting implementation
Challenges in implementing Serlf Service BI
Benefits and pitfalls of implementing Self-Service BI

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break – networking

Thematic Sessions

Session D: Modern controlling

11:00 - 11:35

How to improve controlling without getting rid of Excel? Discover the TOP 10 functionalities of the EURECA system and flexible access options to the tool and know-how that have convinced over 200 companies, hundreds of controllers and managers in Poland

**Paweł Musiał**
Member of the Board at Controlling Systems Sp. z o.o.
**BIO**

VUCA, crisis, recession – an opportunity or a threat to controlling?
How to take advantage of opportunities and build a great controlling – definition, specific examples of computerization of controlling, dimensioned benefits
EURECA in a flexible approach – from a self-service tool to a comprehensive solution and Command Center for the entire organization
Does computerization of controlling have to mean leaving Excel? – example of EURECA system functionality in conjunction with Excel
EURECA and global BI solutions – competitive or complementary solutions?

Sesja E: Digitization in Finance and Controlling

11:00 - 11:35

How to respond to rapidly changing reporting needs on the example of a developing startup? Use of the Fincorex SaaS platform

**Roman Banasik**
CEO | Chairman of the Board at Fincorex
**BIO**

using Saas in controlling
quick response to changing needs
transition from reporting one company to group consolidation
one solution and many models

11:35 - 11:55

Coffee break – networking

11:55 - 12:45

Back to Hell. How to reach the Dakar podium. Meeting with Kamil Wiśniewski, the third fastest driver of the Dakar Rally - the most difficult rally in the world.

**Łukasz Starowieyski**
Sports, radio and television journalist, podcast author
**BIO**

„We take the risk, because that’s what everyone who wants to win does on the Dakar.”

Drivers agree that the DAKAR rally is a hell to which you still want to come back.

To complete the rally, you need extreme motivation, extraordinary persistence in achieving your goals and the ability to overcome obstacles.

Not only for two weeks of the rally, but throughout the year… because that’s how long the preparations for the next edition last.

Kamil will teach us how to achieve success there. You will discover the everyday life of Dakar.

How to be successful in extremely difficult conditions?
How to build a team that will help you achieve your goal – a podium at the Dakar Rally.
How much it costs?
How to run a rally – It is often called hell, how can we overcome the obstacles?
What is the everyday life of a rally driver?

12:45 - 13:00

Summary of the 15th CIA Congress organised by ICV POLAND

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch – networking

Important: The congress coordinator reserves their right to change the schedule.

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day 1
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day 2

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Registration

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Congress program

10 October 2022

11 October 2022

The 16th Controlling Intelligence Adventure Congress participants’ registration

The official opening of the 16th CIA Congress organised by ICV POLAND

Future Trends in Finance and Controlling – Agility, Sustainability, Digitization

Keynote Speech: SUSTAINABILITY GOES FINANCE – NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR THE CFO AGENDA

Keynote Speech: AGILE IN FINANCE & CONTROLLING – GETTING STARTED

Coffee break – networking

Modern purchasing processes and purchasing controlling

Directions and challenges of the current economic condition and business models of the future - panel discussion

Lunch – networking

Thematic sessions

Coffee break – networking

Controlling of Servitization – only new KPIs or do we have to think and act differently?

Summary of the first day of the 16th CIA Congress organised by ICV POLAND

Integration and networking

Morning coffee and networking

Continuous business profitability of projects as a portfolio management tool in organizations

Challenges in rail transport - Controlling as an initiator of changes and optimization

Implementation of Self-Service BI and IBCS standards in Profile VOX Capital Group

Coffee break – networking

Thematic Sessions

Coffee break – networking

Back to Hell. How to reach the Dakar podium. Meeting with Kamil Wiśniewski, the third fastest driver of the Dakar Rally - the most difficult rally in the world.

Summary of the 15th CIA Congress organised by ICV POLAND

Lunch – networking

10 October 2022

11 October 2022