Programme Outline

8:30am

Registration and Light Snacks

9:00am

Welcome Address

Mr Lee Wai Fai, Chairman, ISCA CFO Committee;

Group CFO, UOB Limited

9:10am

Disaggregating Digital Disruption

-       The impact of digital disruption can be felt in all aspects of our daily lives, and refers not only to the up-ending of whole, well established systems. We will reveal the impact of digital disruption on 15 key sectors, the magnitude of change a sector can expect to witness, and the imminence of this change.

Speaker:

Mr Mohit Mehrotra, Strategy Consulting Leader, Deloitte Southeast Asia

9.40am

Advanced Analytics in Finance Transformation

-       Today’s digital economy is fast-changing. Digital businesses are connecting vast amounts of data from across companies’ value chains in real time, and business leaders are increasingly called upon to make decisions more quickly and more confidently in response to new information. They need to be able to dynamically plan “in the moment”—that is, develop instantaneous responses to business changes using up-to-the-minute data sets of any size at any time. To do so, they will need to rely on their companies’ finance functions for the most current and credible financial data, as well as the most insightful financial analysis.

Speaker:

Ms Kathleen Muller, Head of Analytics and Insight, SAP Southeast Asia

10.20am

Tea Break

10.40am

Blockchain for Finance and Beyond

-       It has been said that blockchain, the underlying technology of Bitcoin will revolutionise business, especially finance. Blockchain has the potential to drive time savings, cost improvements and reduce risk while opening up new business models in areas like retail payments, corporate lending and trade finance. Beyond banking, we are seeing the applicability of the technology to other industries such as Supply Chain and Healthcare to improve trust and reduce transactional costs. This talk will introduce the audience to the concepts of blockchain and considerations for applying the technology in regulated industries. To illustrate the concepts, we will be referencing real life examples where blockchain has been applied. 

Speaker:

Mr Alan Lim, ASEAN Practice Lead, IBM Blockchain & IBM Bluemix Garage

11.40am

People Will Power Digital Innovation

-       Machines and technology are increasingly altering how work is done, while human roles and tasks are being digitized. That said, humans, and not just machines, are the key factors for powering digital innovation. The panelists will discuss and share with you their insights on how you can embrace innovation, and even be the driver for innovation within your organisation.

Moderator:

Prof Foong Sew Bun, ISCA CFO Committee Member;

Global Head of Retail Digital Transformation, Standard Chartered Bank;

Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore

Panelists:

Mr Mohit Mehrotra, Strategy Consulting Leader, Deloitte Southeast Asia

Mr Chan Yew Kiang, Partner, Assurance Services, EY;

                                   Adjunct Faculty, Singapore Management University

Mr Malcolm Norquoy, ASEAN Business Head, Cognizant

12.30pm

Programme Ends

Programme Outline

8:30am

Registration

9:00am

Welcome Address

By: Lee Wai Fai, Chief Financial Officer, United Overseas Bank Limited;

Chairman, ISCA CFO Committee

9:10am

Industry 4.0 – Age of the Industrial Internet

Also known as the 4^th industrial revolution, what does increased digitalization and connectivity mean for you and your business?

Speaker: Greg Unsworth, Digital Business Leader, PwC Singapore

9.40am

Technology’s Role in Accounting’s Future

With technology increasingly woven into the fabric of the finance and accounting sectors, what do professionals have to do to remain ahead of the curve?

Speaker: Jon Krause, Vice-President, Southeast Asia, Gartner

10.10am

Tea Break

10.40am

Fraud Prevention and Detection in the Era of Cognitive Computing

With an unprecedented rate of digital commerce & information exchange increasingly taking centrepiece in an organisation, it's no wonder financial crimes are a top concern of every CFO. These challenges compounded with the fact that customers expect faster and alternate payment methods, create greater exposure and far less time for an organisation to effectively evaluate and respond to potential risks.

To detect any illegal activities such as fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, and money-laundering at an early stage, the traditional fraud and anti-money laundering systems no longer meet the mark. Unstructured data making up 80% of all data out there - residing in social networks, emails, chat, voice transcripts, memo fields in payments, historical case notes, cyber logs and so on - provides new and untapped insights every organisation can no longer ignore to fight financial crimes. Explore the next frontier in real-time fraud detection and prevention with cognitive computing to address these challenges while continuing to provide a positive customer experience.

Speaker: Steven Scheurmann, Safer Planet Guardian, IBM Asia Pacific, Greater China & Japan

11.10am

Cyber Security Threat and Mitigation

Cyber threat ranks as one of the biggest risk facing companies in the age of digitalization. With an ever increasing number of devices and platforms connected to the world wide web, the cloud, and to one another, cyber risk will increase as each device is a potential entry point for data breaches. Find out how such threats can be mitigated and managed.

Speaker: Freddy Tan, Director, Business Development, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Group

11.40pm

Panel Discussion / Q&A session

Theme: Developing capabilities for the finance and accounting professional of tomorrow

Moderator:

−     Colin Sampson, Senior Vice President & Ambassador, SAP Asia Pacific Japan

Panelists:

-       Lee Wai Fai, Chief Financial Officer, United Overseas Bank Limited

-       Yaj Malik, EVP & MD, Asia, Sage Software Asia Pte Ltd

-       Christopher Wong, Partner, Assurance, Ernst & Young LLP

12.30pm

Programme Ends