Save the Date: We invite you to the Controlling Conference Switzerland 2024

This year's Controlling Conference Switzerland takes place on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. It starts at 8.45 a.m. with the arrival and registration of the participants. It ends with the traditional apéro riche.

You will soon find the agenda and registration options here. We also inform you about it in our social media channels (links in the footer of the website) and in our Controllers eNews, which is why we recommend that you follow us there or subscribe to our newsletter.

We look forward to meeting you on September 24, 2024 at the Controlling Conference Switzerland.

About the Controlling Conference Switzerland

About the CTS Controllig Conference Swizterland

Portrait of the conference

The CTS has been organized by the Swiss work groups of the ICV (International Association of Controllers) since 1990, since 2017 with the Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ. Together we want to combine practical experience with current research results and make this knowledge available to controllers and financially interested practitioners.

The conference addresses controllers, finance and controlling executives, CFOs, project managers and business analysts from all sectors who are involved in or affected by the topic. Participants can be inspired by current research results and specific practical experience.

Do not miss any more information and invitations to our work group meetings: Register here.

For whom is the CTS the perfect event?

  • CFOs
  • Responsible for Controlling
  • Controllers
  • Business Analysts
  • Project managers for financial and sustainability transformation

It was the Controlling Conference Switzerland CTS on September 20, 2023 in Rotkreuz

Future skills in controlling: With these skills, controlling is prepared for the future

Shaping sustainable controlling organizations: guidelines and skills at CTS

Do ChatGPT & Co replace controlling or does this give new possibilities for controlling? The controlling role profile will be different in the future, with or without artificial intelligence.

Effective digitization and value-added use of data, the further development of the business model and sustainability controlling - the competence model in controlling is subject to constant change and is becoming ever broader and more demanding.

But what competencies are needed in addition to controlling expertise today and in the future? How do you design a modern controlling organization and with which employees? Which mindset characterizes controlling? How do the heads of controlling find and develop top performers and young talents? The design of a sustainable controlling organization poses major challenges for CFOs, those responsible for controlling and controllers.

The aim of this year's Controlling Conference Switzerland is to give controllers useful guidelines on the skills they will need in the future and to show possible development paths. Our speakers provide insight into their controlling and answer the questions of the participants in a well-founded way. In addition, the breaks, lunch and aperitif riche provide an excellent opportunity for personal exchange.

The Controlling Conference Switzerland is organized by the ICV Swiss work groups in cooperation with the Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ. Together we want to combine practical experience with current developments in controlling and make this knowledge available to the participants.

Conference language is German.

Event motto 2023

Future skills in controlling: With these skills, controlling is prepared for the future

... of the guests of the CTS 2023

Imke Keimer
Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ
Hochschule Luzern

Markus Steiner
Member of the Board
ICV

  • ChatGPT & Co as a paradigm shift for controlling?
  • Resilient role profiles and competency models in controlling
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Ulrich Egle
Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ
Hochschule Luzern

  • The development of the controller's role based on a real practical example
  • What skills does the modern controller need?
  • How has the controller's competence profile changed in the last 10 years and what will be required in the future?
  • The tension of the modern controller: the balancing act between sparring partner, consultant and classic controlling ("control?")

Martin Kühn
CFO
KIBAG Holding AG  

Time for networking

  • The path from accountant to controller as "Business Partner Plus" (VUCA)
  • What skills does a Business Partner Plus need in today's time of change in family businesses?
  • How does a family company develop its employees in controlling and where does it need external influence (balancing act in the composition of the team)?

Katja de Groot-Altrichter
Head of Strategic Controlling
Victorinox AG

  • How corporate values influence our mindset
  • Simulations and thinking in scenarios as an integral part of the controller skills set
  • Why soft skills are also of crucial importance in controlling

Daniel Britschgi
Head of Controlling
Lindt & Sprüngli (Schweiz) AG

Time for netwokring

  • Outside-in perspective - reality and expectations of controlling
  • Inside-out perspective - opportunities and opportunities to find, develop and retain controllers
  • Use Case Industry 4.0 - Controlling in the context of modern production plannin

Christine Seibert
VP Global HR
Adrian Bolliger
Managing Director Europa
Datwyler IT Infra AG

  • Digitization is also changing business controlling and requires employees to learn new skills
  • More and more companies are relying on applications that allow business controlling employees to automate and optimize their financial tasks themselves without involving IT
  • Business controlling is increasingly becoming a development department that works with similar processes, skills and agile working methods as the technology department

Olivier Vogel
Head Finance Operations
Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund

Time for networking

  • Daniel Britschgi, Hed of Controlling, Lindt & Sprüngli (Schweiz) AG
  • Katja de Groot-Altrichter, Head of Strategic Controlling, Victorinox AG
  • Martin Kühn, CFO, KIBAG Holding
  • Christine Seibert, Vice President Global Human Resources, Datwyler IT Infra AG
  • Olivier Vogel, Head Finance Operations, Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund

Moderation: Ulrich Egle, Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ, Hochschule Luzern

Imke Keimer
Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ
Hochschule Luzern

and networking

Speakers of the CTS 2023

  • Adrian Bolliger, Managing Director Europa, Datwyler IT Infra AG
  • Daniel Britschgi, Head of Controlling, Lindt & Sprüngli (Schweiz) AG
  • Katja de Groot-Altrichter, Head of Strategic Controlling, Victorinox AG
  • Ulrich Egle, Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen Zug IFZ, Hochschule Luzern
  • Imke Keimer, Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen Zug IFZ, Hochschule Luzern
  • Martin Kühn, CFO, KIBAG Holding AG
  • Christine Seibert, VP Global HR, Datwyler IT Infra AG  
  • Markus Steiner, Member of the Board, International Association of Controllers
  • Olivier Vogel, Company Head Finance Operations, Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund

  • Moderation: Markus Steiner, Member of the Board, International Association of Controllers

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