Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c. Dieter Spath
Head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO
and the Institute of Human Factors and Technology Management IAT of the University of Stuttgart, President of acatech – GERMAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

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• Challenges of a decentralized project-oriented business model
• Standards versus customer focus - a contradiction?
• Financial partners in the 21^st century - opportunities and risks
• Digitization and standardization - how the possibilities of the future bring global teams closer together

Dietrich Franz
CFO
DHL Supply Chain, Bonn

• Why the 4^thIndustrial Revolution is more than a Digital Revolution
• The different approaches to “Technical Intelligence”
• Quo vadis AI? How 5G and Quantum Computing push AI to an even higher league

Prof. Dr. Sabina Jeschke
Board Member for the Digitization & Technology
Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Weber
Director of the Institute for Management and Controlling (IMC) at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallenda
Chairman of the ICV Board of Trustees

DATEV eG, ICV Delegate Germany South

• Job cutting vs. intelligent automation
• Change of task distribution - man versus machine
• Does outsourcing make sense in the long run?
• Project experiences and outlook

Mag. Klaus Schatz MSc.
Partner IT Advisory
KPMG Advisory GmbH, Linz/Wien

• The role of a controller: from "Business Partner" to "Pathfinder"
• Transparency through visualization and analytics
• Predictive analytics in the financial forecast and in liquidity planning
• Artificial Intelligence in credit management

Stefan Schnell
Senior Vice President
Group Reporting & Performance Management, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen

Partner, CA Akadamie AG, Wörthsee

• From experiment to routine: Establishment and management of a Scrum Team in controlling
• Customized roles and tools for daily work
• Stand-up in virtual teams – it’s all a matter of organization!
• Important success factors for acceptance and enthusiasm in the team
• Role of the team leader in the process and change in leadership

Angela Saloch
Head of the Team Controlling Flight Ops & TFM
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt a.M.

• How do controllers become drivers of and not driven by digitization?
• What does "agility" actually mean in the context of controlling?
• What are the approaches for activating employees and how can you support self-responsible innovation?

Andreas Ziegler
Head of Controlling Interaction Models
SAP SE, Walldorf

• Success factors for the design of change (of culture)
• From awareness and reflection tools to creativity increase and design
• How can controllers be supported in the transformation processes?

Roda Müller-Wieland
Manager and Research Assistant
Center for Responsible Research and Innovation, Fraunhofer IAO, Berlin 

Partner, CA Akademie AG, Wörthsee

• Why should controllers enjoy the change?
• What does a top manager want from controlling? And how to make controllers successful?
• What does "shape the future" mean for controllers?
• How can we open the tight drawers, where controllers are often pressed into?
• What un-culture in leadership needs to disappear?

Alexander Gedat
Supervisory Board and Advisory Board in the Clothing Industry -
Former CFO, CSO and CEO of Marc O'Polo

A dialogue with Dr. Thomas Biasi

• Myth strategy
• Welcome VUCA in the food sector
• 125 years – and what will follow?
• Strategy and strategy process - knowledge, desire and change
• Zentis Innoversum
• Exchange and discussion

Norbert Weichele
Executive Director at the Zentis Group
Zentis GmbH & Co. KG, Aachen

• Strengthening, expanding and supporting strategy
• Core competence versus flexibility
• Concentration on the value drivers
• Challenge: adaptation of organization and instruments
• Contribution of controlling to corporate management in volatile times

Udo Kraus
Vice President Finance and Controlling
Hansgrohe SE, Schiltach

• The sector distribution chanel
• Digitization of the supply chain
• Digitization projects in the GC-Gruppe
• AI projects in the GC-Gruppe

Benedikt Mahr
Executive Partner
Wilhelm Gienger KG, GC-Gruppe, Markt Schwaben

• What is the posture of the controlling profession in terms of sustainability? 
• Controllers have the obligation to boldly lead sustainability effort. But how? 
• Better decisions about processes, behaviors, and actions are obviously needed. What more can be done?
• Controllers can lead the way through six action steps relating to new measures, new processes and new collaborations 
• Controllers need the collective will to act in ways that are required by the ethical standards that guide this profession

Michael Wasserman
Ph.D., Professor of International Management
FH Münster, Münster

• Networking with the holding and company strategy
• Change and development of people, products and tools

Sonja Wallner
CFO
A1 Telekom Austria, Wien

• The Group
• New digital business models
• Scale-up & Start-up & Start-up control
• Digitizing existing business models

Christian Dummler
CFO
Zeppelin GmbH, Garching b. München

Sporting excellence has much in common with professional tasks and private projects. In these areas, too, it is important to set goals and consequently implement them. We often hear: "It‘s all in your head!" In the speech by Wolfgang Fasching you will learn more about the power of thoughts and how they influence and shape our lives. Learn more about how you can make great effects  with simple changes.

Wolfgang Fasching
Extreme athlete
Sportagentur Fasching, Lambach

FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Heimo Losbichler
FH Oberösterreich
Chairman of the ICV Board and the IGC Board