In these uncertain economic times, organizations need to anticipate and shape business outcomes more effectively, while also driving improved transparency for better decision-making. Join us at the "IBM Cognos Finance Forum 2010" to learn about the new disciplines and tools that are available today to help you automate and transform your critical financial performance management processes through the application of analytics and business insight.
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| 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Registration | |
| 2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Welcome Speaker: Phillip Beniac , Director, Business Analytics, IBM Asia Pacific |
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| 2:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. | Finance's new role: Insights from the IBM Global 2010 CFO study Over the past 18 months, global economic volatility has put the CFO at center stage, playing a much broader role in the enterprise than ever before. With uncertainty unlikely to diminish any time soon, this shift may very well be permanent. But are CFOs and their Finance organizations equipped for an expanded and elevated set of responsibilities? How are they helping their enterprises better anticipate and act on risks and opportunities? What does a successful Finance Organization look like? To understand what characteristics distinguish successful Finance, IBM spoke at length with more than 1,500 CFOs and senior Finance executives from around the world about their accomplishments and aspirations. When we compared these most recent conversations - during the eye of the latest financial storm - to those from previous IBM Global CFO studies, an expanding CFO agenda emerged. At the center of this broadening agenda is a clear message - CFOs and their Finance professionals must focus on enterprise value creation by improving standards and analytical effectiveness. Speaker: Mr. Simon Drommel, Communication and Distribution Sector Leader, IBM Global Business Services |
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| 3:10 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Driving a New Agenda for Finance - 2010 and beyond The 2010 IBM Global CFO Study clearly defines the attributes of a world-class finance organization. Events of the last few years have brought the need for change into sharp focus as unprecedented volatility and uncertainty have increased the pressure on finance to drive operational efficiency and deliver real insight as managers seek to successfully navigate an uncertain world. So what does it take to be successful? In this session, David Axson, author of The Management Mythbuster (Wiley 2010), describes the practical steps finance teams need to take including:
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| 3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Driving a Smarter Enterprise Finance is being called to drive a smarter enterprise through improved analytics and business insight. Surviving and thriving in the recovery means anticipating and shaping business outcomes, and driving transparency for better decision making. This presentation describes new tools and disciplines to help Finance to:
Speaker: Mr. Steve Gazzard, IBM Growth Markets Development Executive |
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| 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Improve Performance Management with Business Analytics In this session, we are pleased to have Mr. S.L. Narasimhan, Vice President - Finance from Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts to share with us on how Shangri-La is adopting Business Analytics to improve transparency for decision making and anticipating business outcomes to drive a smart enterprise! Speaker: Mr. S.L. Narasimhan, Vice President - Finance, Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts |
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| 5:00 p.m. onwards | Lucky Draw & Q&A | |