20th May, Tuesday

15:30  AI Tools & Applications in Shared Services

For tech innovative organisations, RPA is old news. Join this session to hear new AI tools and applications including OCR and machine learning in GBS.

Liviu Rachisanu, Head of Retail & Private Banking IT, Societe Generale Global Solution Centre

15:50  Democratise AI Adoption at Scale: A Moderna Case Study

In Moderna, AI adoption is democratised across the organisation. The team has created thousands of GPTs and has a full learning curriculum to upskill their people. Use cases from cash collection to pharmacovigilance have been brought to the table to demonstrate value. Join this session to hear their unique approach, the progress the team has made and the paths forward.

Lukasz Wielochowski, Head of Enterprise Solution Hub in Poland, Moderna

16:10  S4Hana Transformation & R2R Best Practices

Jon Craven, VP of Sales, AICO

21st May, Wednesday

11:20  AI-POWERED PURCHASE TO PAY AUTOMATION: PRIMARK’S TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY

Primark, an international fashion retailer, employs over 80,000 people across 17 countries. With a commitment to outstanding retail experiences, Primark has more than 440 stores worldwide and aims to reach 530 by the end of 2026. This session will explore Primark's financial transformation, highlighting major challenges and the role of AI in improving financial accuracy, efficiency, and strategic decisions. Learn how Primark enhanced value and performance in Accounts Payable, offering senior management key insights and data to support its global expansion over the past decade.

Maura Mulderry, Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, Primark

Paul Tighe, VP Corporate Marketing, SoftCo 

11:40  Mitigate AP Transformation Risk with AI

This 20-minute Ted-talk style presentation will explore the AP risks inherent in Finance Transformation. We’ll demonstrate why/how error rates escalate and why your ERP and internal controls can fail to catch payment errors during transformation. Learn how today’s AI/ML solutions can help you efficiently detect and prevent payment errors when you are most vulnerable.

John Kidd, CTO and EVP of Data Strategy and IT Innovation, FlexTecs

12:00  S4hana Transformation Best Practice: O2C Process Spotlight

•            Setting up the transformation roles and processes with agile methods

•            Streamlining existing O2C workflows to harmonise with the new system

Anna Ferrari, Director Global Process Order to Cash, adidas

12:20  From Complexity to Simplicity: Transforming Financial Close in Shared Services

Christopher von Walzel, Senior Account Director, AICO

12:40  LEVERAGE AI APPLICATIONS IN O2C PROCESSES

Sidetrade

21st May, Wednesday

15:00  Mitigate AP Transformation Risk with AI

This 20-minute Ted-talk style presentation will explore the AP risks inherent in Finance Transformation. We’ll demonstrate why/how error rates escalate and why your ERP and internal controls can fail to catch payment errors during transformation. Learn how today’s AI/ML solutions can help you efficiently detect and prevent payment errors when you are most vulnerable.

John Kidd, CTO and EVP of Data Strategy and IT Innovation, FlexTecs

15:20  End-to-End Automation

Reserved for Sidetrade

15:40  Reserved for Sponsor

16:00  Build a Bot

22nd May, Thursday

11:30  Rethinking End-to-End Automation through the AI Lens: Identifying Automation Opportunities Across Parallel Processes

11:50  End-to-End Automation

12:10  Reserved for Sponsor

12:30  End of Pavilion Stage