14.30
Platform Ecosystems - a huge challenge for controlling 

• Controlling is currently facing its biggest change
• The platform idea as an extreme change in the entire retail industry
• "Platform Ecosystems" as a rescue of the retail trade with currently falling stationary frequencies and revenues?
• How can controlling take on its role as a business partner?
• What does an adequate management of "Platform Ecosystems" require?

Stefan Küppers
Until 31.12.2018:
Head of Finance and Accounting/Controlling
DOSENBACH-OCHSNER AG, Dietikon (Deichmann Group)

From 1.1.2019:
CFO/Executive Director
DOSENBACH-OCHSNER AG, Dietikon (Deichmann Group)

15.40
Controlling (Learning) transformation

• Increase digital awareness & develop future skills
• Drive a culture of trust, team & agility
• Live "one to all" principle
• #CoLeCo – #constant learning controlling
• Using Facebook @ work = workplace by Facebook

Dipl.-Ing. Helmut Hotter
Director Controlling
A1 Telekom Austria AG, Wien

16.50
Forecasting with Artificial Intelligence (AI) - practical experience

• Forecasting with AI is already being used in many areas, such as at: churn rate forecast, weeks of inventory, price optimization or demand forecasting & planning
• The development of these models is less complex than expected and yet there are many stumbling blocks
• Reservations regarding the use of machine learning or artificial intelligence are less technological in nature, but rather a question of the right mindset

Dr. Stefan Ebener
Manager Customer Engineering Specialists, Machine Learning
Google Germany GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.

Presenter
Prof. Dr. Uwe M. Seidel 
OTH Regensburg
Head of the ICV Work Group Süd I

14.30
Modelling the future: Modern assessment methodology at a company

• For decisions, income and risk are to be balanced against each other, nothing else is done in the evaluation
• Financial modeling, simulation techniques, assessment methodology: Tools for consistently evaluating in-house information and translating the uncertain future into value
• Case study 

Philipp Moecke
Head of the Valuation Services
FutureValue Group AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen

15.40
“Transaction ready” as the principle of strategic corporate governance

• Why has the structural break in the energy industry triggered a M&A wave
• How does the M&A philosophy generate value for the company
• Why does it pay to keep business units "transaction ready”
• What can the controlling function learn from M&A processes

Dr. Edgar Lehrmann
Head Accounting & Controlling
Alpiq AG, Olten, Switzerland

Presenter
Jens Ropers
Business Graduate
Partner, CA Akademie AG, Wörthsee

14.30
Sustainable controlling designed by the integration of predictive analytics

• The road of the TeamBank using the example of data-driven stock forecasts
• The development of new IT systems and knowledge
• New requirements for controllers – are they becoming data scientists?

Dr. Matthias Wiersich           
Product and market controller
TeamBank AG, Nürnberg

15.40
AI and controlling - a wonderful friendship

• Extended evaluation options in controlling in the context of digitizationinitiatives
• Overview of relevant data management strategies for advanced analysis methods in controlling
• Machine learning in controlling - possibilities and potential
• Possible procedure and use cases for the establishment of AI in controlling

Steffen Vierkorn
Executive Director
QUNIS GmbH, Neubeuern

16.50
Human factor - Resilience training for controllers in times of digital change

• Controllers of the modern world of work are exposed to above-average demands
• Certain trainings are a great way to stay calm and focused in stressful situations
• Biofeedback techniques have a positive effect e.g. on sleep and stress parameters
• Presentation of physiological backgrounds and demonstration with practical exercises
• Modern biofeedback techniques that can be well integrated into everyday life

Dr. med. Jan Vagedes, M.A.
Scientific Director of the ARCIM Institute, Filderstadt
Scientific Assistant at the University Tübingen