Save the date: See you at the 49th Congress of Controllers on April 28/29, 2025 in Munich

FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Heimo Losbichler
FH Oberösterreich
Chairman of the Board
ICV International Association of Controllers
Chairman of the Board
IGC International Group of Controlling

Language: German

• AI technologies can play an important role in supporting and improving lifelong learning.
• Individuals can use AI tools for continuous skill development and knowledge acquisition.
• With rapid advances in AI, lifelong learning is becoming essential for individuals to adapt to changes in the job market.

Donya Amer
Member of the Executive Board CIO|CHRO
Hapag-Lloyd AG
Hamburg

Language: German

• Automation and standardization of controlling processes
• New competency requirements for controllers
• Application of internal and external business data

Dr. Susanne Beckers
Data Science Manager / ab April AI Strategy Expert
SAP SE
Walldorf

Language: English

Financial organizations, including CFOs, see their financial management system as the instrument - almost the holy grail - to prepare their organizations for the achievement of ambitious goals. But this often turns out to be just a wishful thinking that is shattered by reality - even though it is a theoretically flawless management concept with stringent KPIs and state-of-the-art IT implementations.

The reason for this is often that a management system does not work on its own, but can only develop its effect in a well-coordinated interaction with the chosen organizational form and culture of the respective company. The lecture illuminates from both a practical and methodological perspective how the interaction of financial management systems, organizational forms and culture can be successful.

Dr. Tobias Braun
CFO
BENTELER International AG
Salzburg

Language: German

• Expanding the effectiveness of controlling
• Strengthening functional reputation
• Making the best possible use of digitalization in a dynamic environment
• Improving employer attractiveness through a lived role concept

Sven Grandi
CFO
Bosch Service Solutions
Frankfurt am Main

Language: German

Laudation, Award ceremony and presentation of the winning project in the competition for the ICV Controlling Excellence Award 2024.

Prof. Dr. Utz Schäffer
Director
Institut für Management und Controlling (IMC) der WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Vallendar
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
ICV International Association of Controllers

Language: German

• Revenue forecasts were modeled using statistical methods and AI for several local transport companies
• Demonstration of the software tool programmed in the research project
• Lessons learned for change management in controlling

Prof. Dr. Robert Knappe
Professor of business administration in public administration
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht (HWR) Berlin
Berlin

Prof. Dr. Thomas Winter
Professor of mathematics
Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT)
Berlin

Language: German

• Potential in reporting and analysis – opportunities in self-service
• Effects on the planning processes – new division of labor between humans and machines
• Use cases with the SAP Analytics Cloud

Dr. Karsten Oehler
Chief Solution Advisor
SAP Deutschland SE & Co KG
Eschborn

Language: German

• Realistic areas of application of (generative) AI tools in finance & controlling
• Market overview of established and new providers
• Possibilities and limits of automation

Dr. Carsten Bange
Managing Director
BARC GmbH

Language: German

• Key figures for sustainability reporting according to ESRS and EU taxonomy
• Optimal design of interactive ESG dashboards in Power BI
• Introducing sample dashboards for industry

FH-Prof. Dr. Christoph Eisl
Professor of Controlling and coordinator of the master program in Controlling, Accounting and Financial Management (CRF)
FH Oberösterreich Studienbetriebs GmbH
Wels

Language: German

Details soon.

Silke Thomas
Lead Sustainable Finance & ESG Performance
Group Corporate Responsibility
Deutsche Telekom AG
Bonn

Naime Ersöz-Koc
Deutsche Telekom AG
Bonn

Language: German

• What are climate risks and how can they be identified?
• How can climate risks be measured and how can corresponding financial indicators be derived in practice?
• How do climate risks affect fundamental concepts of company valuation, i.e. cash flow / cost of capital?

Dr. Moritz Bassemir
Managing Director
Valuation Advisory Services
Kroll GmbH
Member of the ICV Expert Work Group Company Valuation

Reinhard Fitz
Head of International Business Development
Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH
Wolfurt, Österreich
Member of the ICV Expert Work Group Company Valuation

Language: German

• Weak economy meets structural deficits and twin transformation
• Industrial policy: horizontal and vertical
• Social readiness for change and the role of politics

Dr. Giulia Mennillo
Lecturer in economic and social policy as well as sustainability
Politische Akademie Tutzing
Tutzing

Language: German

• How does the strategy transition into controlling work?
• What role does sustainability play in the current collaboration?
• What skills are required in the collaboration model?

Dr. Andreas Thöni
Head of Corporate Strategy, Digital & Innovation
Österreichische Post AG
Vienna

Alexander Koch
Head of Group Accounting & Controlling
Österreichische Post AG
Vienna

Language: German

• Geostrategic backgrounds for possible location decisions
• China: rival or partner?
• India: Really the new China?
• Competitiveness: What must Europe do now?

Prof. Dr. Manuel Vermeer 
Lecturer, founder, owner
Dr. Vermeer Consult
Wiesloch

Language: German

• Outlook for the global economy
• Short-term and medium-term inflation prospects
• Implications of this for the ECB's interest rate policy
• The role of national debt in the economy
• Outlook stock markets

Edgar Walk
Chief Economist
Metzler Asset Management
Frankfurt

Language: German

Presentation of the Award followed by a speech by the Winner.

FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Heimo Losbichler
FH Oberösterreich
Chairman of the Board ICV International Association of Controllers
Chairman of the Board IGC International Group of Controlling

Prof. Dr. Reinhold Mayer
Horváth Stiftung

Language: German

As part of New Work, we have changed our working conditions and structures to meet the requirements of modern times. At our core is the idea of flexibility, self-determination and collaboration.

• Roles instead of job descriptions
• Flexible working
• Acquisition of skills

DI Helmut Hotter
Director Controlling
A1 Telekom Austria AG
Wien

Language: German

• Löffler is not obliged to prepare a sustainability report and has nevertheless been doing so in a GRI-compliant manner since 2020 out of conviction and to strengthen its own positioning.
• How does the integration of the sustainability strategy into the strategic positioning work?
• How do we implement tactical and operational measures in the area of tension between competing goals?
• What should you pay attention to from a controlling perspective?

Mag. (FH) Johannes Huber-Reiter
CFO
Löffler GmbH
Ried im Innkreis

Language: German

• Role of a captive in the transformation to CO2-neutral driving
• Shaping the future together as finance business partners
• Performance steering requirements in a rapidly evolving environment

Eva-Marie Lander
CFO
Daimler Truck Financial Services GmbH
Leinfelden-Echterdingen

FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Heimo Losbichler
FH Oberösterreich
Chairman of the Board
ICV International Association of Controllers
Chairman of the Board
IGC International Group of Controlling

Language: German