CTS – Controller Conference Switzerland
- 22/09/2026 08:45 - 16:30 '
- Venue: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Suurstoffi 1, 6343 Rotkreuz
CTS – Controller Conference Switzerland
We invite you to the Controller Conference Switzerland 2026
The Controller Conference Switzerland 2026 focuses on upheaval: How does controlling successfully deal with upheaval and what success factors are needed to ensure competitiveness? You can look forward to new perspectives, interactive formats and an intensive exchange with colleagues from practice and science.
The world is facing noticeable upheaval. Geopolitical tensions, tariffs, technological developments and an increasingly volatile environment are changing not only controlling instruments and controlling processes, but also leadership and the role of people in controlling. The Controller Conference Switzerland 2026, as a meeting platform for all those who want to actively develop controlling and reflect on their own role, consciously addresses this development.
Markus Steiner, ICV Board Member The focus is on experience reports, approaches and the skills that controllers need today and tomorrow. The conference creates space for discussions on how controllers can provide orientation, support decisions and actively contribute to value creation.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Egle, Conference Director This year, the focus is on exchange and interaction: the conference offers a variety of opportunities to share experiences, get to know different perspectives and think together about the future of controlling. Practical impulses meet collegial dialog with the aim of learning from each other and taking away new food for thought.
Prof. Dr. Imke Keimer, Conference Director The Controller Conference Switzerland has been organized annually by the Swiss work groups of the International Association of Controllers (ICV) since 1990, and since 2017 together with the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ. Together, we want to combine practical experience with current developments in controlling and make this knowledge available to participants.
Markus Steiner, ICV Board Member The CTS 2026 program
and registration.
Imke Keimer, Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- External margin guidance as a strategic cost framework for increasing the value of TX Group media companies
- Restructuring of Corporate Services through reorganization, standardization and targeted offshoring
- From project-driven restructuring to a permanent efficiency culture
Wolf-Gerrit Benkendorff, Group CFO TX Group
- High costs, strong CHF and regulations characterize the business model
- Competitiveness only through efficiency, differentiation and financial discipline
- Swiss Made is an added value – but only in clearly defined market segments
Bruno Edelmann, Interim CFO Edelmann Advisory
and networks.
- Carve-out: Our path from ABB to Accelleron as an independent company
- S/4HANA implementation: current status – key decisions and challenges
- Financial Management & Industrial Controlling
Nathalie Thürwächter, Global Division Controller and Commercial Head Accelleron
and networks.
- Future skills make controlling fit for the future
- The multidimensional controlling competence portfolio
- Determination and analysis of future skills in controlling
Ulrich Egle, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
and networks.
- Active shaping of long-term planning
- Iterative control in medium-term planning
- Predictive forecasting and AI-based annotation
Fabia Odermatt, Head of Controlling Services SBB
Markus Steiner, ICV and Alpiq
and networks.
Important information on CTS
- Regular: CHF 590,- incl. refreshments during breaks, lunch, aperitif riche and documents
- ICV members: CHF 490,-
The conference takes place on September 22, 2026 from 08:45 to 16:30.
The Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ is located on the Zug-Rotkreuz campus near Rotkreuz railroad station.
Lucerne School of Business
Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ
Campus Zug-Rotkreuz, Suurstoffi 1
CH-6343 Rotkreuz
Phone: +41 41 757 67 67
E-mail: ifz@hslu.ch
Internet: www.hslu.ch/ifz
The IFZ is easily accessible by public transport. Trains run on the Zurich-Lucerne line. The IFZ is less than five minutes’ walk from Rotkreuz railroad station. You can find the train connections here.
Highlights from CTS 2025
For whom is the CTS the perfect event?
- CFOs
- Finance and controlling managers
- Controllers
- Project manager
- Business analysts and business analysts
- HR managers
Sponsors and partners of CTS 2026
Conference management CTS
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Egle
Delegate Switzerland
Markus Steiner
Member of the Board of Directors, Alpiq AG, Olten (ICV)
Alpig AG, Olten
