International SAP Conference for Treasury Management 2012

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1 International SAP Conference for Treasury Management 2012 June 27-29, 2012 Potsdam/Berlin, Germany In cooperation with

2 WELCOME Moving Ahead in the New Reality Today s treasury function is far more critical to the economic security of organizations than ever before. As a result, there is increased focus on corporate treasury, and treasurers are subject to unprecedented scrutiny as they shoulder responsibility for their corporation s financial requirements. As the dust settles and we begin to make sense of the new reality, corporate treasurers face additional uncertainty. The instability within the Eurozone, high volatility in commodity prices, rating agency downgrades, credit exposure, and global debt issues, among others, all reinforce the need for real-time visibility. Attend this event to learn how some of the leading organizations using the suite of treasury applications from SAP are better equipped to meet any new challenges head on. Gain an understanding on how they maintain visibility and control, and how they continue to prosper in this reshaped economy. Hear from leading experts on how, with the portfolio of treasury applications from SAP, companies like yours can manage commodity, hedging, foreign exchange, and capital risks in a holistic manner. With more customer presentations than ever before, this well-established event promises to give you up-to-the-minute best practices from Volkswagen AG, BAT, Statoil, Axpo Holding, Owens Corning, Nexan Services, Jabil, Grundfos Industrial Group, TÜV Rheinland, and Coca-Cola Hellenic. This not-to-be-missed event is an investment that could help secure your organization s future. I look forward to seeing you in June! Stefan Knopf Vice President Sales EMEA Finance Solutions SAP

3 PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Wednesday, June 27, 2012 At these workshops you will be given an overview of each application, review the functionalities, dive deeper into the topic, get practical examples, take part in discussions, go through online demonstrations, and determine the application s business benefits. Each workshop provides you with a unique opportunity to address challenges, discuss them with your peers, and gain valuable guidance from some of the most knowledgeable experts on the treasury applications from SAP. Please note that you cannot switch between parallel workshops. For comprehensive details relating to these workshops, please visit The following workshop will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Workshop 1: Treasury Management with SAP A Holistic Introduction to Treasury Applications from SAP Heike Ripp, Solution Manager Treasury, SAP Sönke Järre, Senior Developer, SAP The following workshops will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Workshop 2: Centralization of Payment and Bank Communications Using SAP s Treasury Solutions Alejandro Manuel Molina, Business Process Consultant, SAP Christian Mnich, Solution Owner Treasury, SAP Workshop 3: Safeguarding Financial Success with the Market Risk Analyzer Peter Erbach, Senior Developer, SAP Dr. Markus Heß, Senior Developer, SAP Workshop 4: Treasury Analytics: How to Make Your Reporting Fast and Mobile! Dr. Oliver Wind, Project Manager SAP Treasury and Risk Management, SAP Thomas Fritzsche, Development Architect Treasury, SAP The following workshops will take place between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Workshop 5: Centralization of Payment and Bank Communications Using the Treasury Applications from SAP Alejandro Manuel Molina, Business Process Consultant, SAP Christian Mnich, Solution Owner Treasury, SAP Workshop 6: Managing Financial Risk with SAP Commodity Risk Management Otto Lenz, Solution Expert Commodity Management, SAP Harald Schlueter, Solution Manager Commodity Management, SAP Workshop 7: Hedge Accounting for Risks Arising Out of Your Assets and Liabilities Financial Instruments Portfolio Dr. Klaus G Müller, Product Owner Treasury and Risk Management, SAP Carola Schönfelder, Product Manager Treasury and Risk Management, SAP Please note that lunch is available between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. for all workshop attendees

4 AGENDA Thursday, June 28, :15 am Registration, Show Floor Visit, and Time for Networking 9:00 am Welcome Stefan Knopf, SAP Thomas Cook, T.A. Cook Conferences 9:10 am Opportunities and Challenges for Today s Finance Organizations: SAP s Vision for Finance The paradigm shifts of the new normal A technology revolution: SAP HANA platform, mobile, cloud New operating models in finance Software innovations from SAP Martin Naraschewski, SAP 9:45 am Deploying the Treasury Applications from SAP Across 80 Countries Within Three Years An overview of British American Tobacco (BAT) p.l.c. The decision to choose treasury management solutions from SAP Designing the template for a global implementation Making the solutions work for BAT s specific requirements Lessons learned and key benefits The future landscape and the power of hindsight Gavin O Dowd, BAT 10:30 am Morning Refreshments 11:15 am The Treasury Applications from SAP: Keeping Pace with Technological Change Achieving global visibility using treasury applications from SAP Reducing total cost of ownership by streamlining processes and systems The road map for treasury solutions: leveraging SAP s technology leadership for the treasury department SAP HANA, cloud, and mobile showcases Christian Mnich and Heike Ripp, SAP 12:15 pm Statoil s State-of-the-Art Payment Solution: A Robust Foundation for Future Payment Challenges 1:00 pm Lunch Statoil s bank connectivity project building a new payment solution Using the SAP Bank Communication Management application as a monitoring tool Implementation of SWIFTNet with a service bureau Global XML implementation and experiences so far Patrick Pots and Kristof Segers, Statoil 2:10 pm Reducing Complexity in Multi-Banking Bank connectivity: complexity in the life of a treasurer Status update on SWIFT for corporations The different strategies in cash management Preparing for ISO Sebastian Niemeyer, SWIFT

5 AGENDA Thursday, June 28, :30 pm An International Rollout of the Treasury Applications from SAP at Owens Corning Treasury operations at the world s largest fiberglass manufacturer The decision to switch from SunGard Quantum to the treasury applications from SAP The implementation project history a global design with regional rollouts Using multiple partners across different regions the approach and lessons learned Business benefits realized from the perfect project Isabelle Badoux, Owens Corning Laura Koekkoek, Zanders 3:15 pm How Treasury Is Supporting Volkswagen s Growth Strategy 2018 Treasury at Volkswagen processes, organization, and the system landscape Business challenges and how technology has enabled Volkswagen s treasury strategy The global treasury organization harmonized treasury processes as the basis for an integrated, centralized system approach Treasury governance and function model Lessons learned and value gained Thorsten Brand, Volkswagen 4:00 pm Afternoon Refreshments 4:30 pm The SAP Commodity Risk Management Application and Why You Should Take a Closer Look Why SAP sees commodity management as a key investment topic The commodity management application combining mature solutions with new developments The value proposition why integration matters Key investment areas for the future Harald Schlueter, SAP 5:00 pm Coca-Cola Hellenic: A Treasury Department s Journey into the 21st Century The responsibilities of treasury at Coca-Cola Hellenic Achieving straight-through processing of the treasury transaction the challenges Supporting fast close with central treasury and local hedge accounting The importance of knowledge management Best practices at Coca-Cola Hellenic Orlin Chanev and Kamil Jellonek, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. 5:45 pm Closing Comments from the Chair and Close of Day 1 6:30 pm Shuttle to the Evening Event For comprehensive details relating to this event, please visit

6 AGENDA Friday, June 29, :30 am Welcome Back Stefan Knopf, SAP 8:35 am The Future of the Euro: Predicting the Potential Effects on Treasury Operations Benefits of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)/euro introduction Reasons and underlying drivers of the current crisis Different scenarios for the future of the euro Examples of crisis implications for companies from different industries and the implications for the treasury function Dr. Cornelius Vogel, McKinsey & Company Inc Prof. Kotz, Centre for Financial Services 9:15 am Meeting the Challenges of Setting Up a Payment Factory at Nexans Group One single payment platform for Nexans Group using the SAP In-House Cash and SAP Bank Communication Management applications Bank rationalization as an opportunity for bank accounts and costs reduction Harmonization of formats: use of the new ISO20022 XML version 3 formats for treasury and commercial payments, and SWIFT MT940 for bank statements Integration of the 3SKEY signature process Reengineering of treasury processes Standardizing communication through a treasury portal Thomas Wagner, Nexans Services SA Michael Diet, Intensum 10:00 am Morning Refreshments 10:45 am SAP AG as an Early Adopter: ISO XML Credit Transfer Version 3 CGI SAP s strategy for implementing global payment standards Firsthand experience with the ISO XML CT V3 payments in 16 countries throughout Europe and Asia The corporate view for usage of the XML payment format Implementation experiences, benefits, and lessons learned Damian Preisner and Christian Mnich, SAP 11:30 am Bank Connectivity Management as Part of a Shared Service Center at Grundfos Industrial Group Background to the shared service center (SSC) at Grundfos Decision to use bank connectivity as part of the process within the SSC Implementing bank connectivity with five banks in line with the project plan Harmonizing processes to use Grundfos CGI-compliant version of XML V3 Lessons learned and next steps Uffe Teisner-Kjær, Grundfos Holdings Morten Winther, First Treasury 12:15 pm Using SAP Solutions to Gain Global Visibility and Control Cash Flow at Jabil An overview of Jabil Setting the global objectives and project goals for the rollout of treasury management solutions from SAP Creating a winning project proposition to gain essential buy-in and help ensure project success Using a regional phased implementation approach and overcoming the challenges in a decentralized environment Quantifying the results and analyzing the real benefits gained Cecille Austin, Jabil Joe Lincoln, e5 Solutions

7 AGENDA Friday, June 29, :00 pm Lunch 2:00 pm Enabling In-House Banking at TÜV Rheinland Background to treasury management at TÜV Rheinland Group Integrating in-house banking across the group as a long-term target Insight gained from the early stages of the project Ralf Thierbach,TÜV Rheinland Juan Antonio Gomez, Convista 2:45 pm Managing Treasury and Liquidity at Axpo Holding How the fundamental changes in the energy sector have impacted on corporate treasury Challenge for medium- and long-term liquidity planning Risk management in a time of growing uncertainty Cost optimization in cash and treasury management Supporting an integrated treasury process: the solution platform and benefits Andreas Lützelschwab, Axpo Holding Krispijn Embrechts, Eprox Consulting 3:30 pm Close of Conference and Farewell For comprehensive details relating to this event, please visit

8 Premium Sponsors ConVista ConVista Consulting is a leading independent consultancy company in IT-enabled business processes. As a long-standing partner of SAP, ConVista worldwide provides consulting services to market leaders in the insurance, financial and energy sector. ConVista s Corporate Treasury team works to deliver cutting-edge solutions to companies willing to achieve business transformation through technological change in areas such as cash management, liquidity planning and forecasting, bank connectivity and messaging, investment and debt management, financial risk management, and credit and collections management. Extensive global client experience, technological excellence, and personal responsibility characterize our multinational team of specialists. We cover the complete lifecycle of your treasury applications, providing project execution (assessment, design and implementation), software development, and application outsourcing services. ConVista is now represented by over 400 employees in 14 countries on three continents. The core of success is the combination of process knowledge, understanding of technology, and methodology know-how. For more information, please visit: EPROX We are your consulting specialists for process and IT implementations in the areas of corporate treasury, asset management, and risk controlling. Changes usually need to occur at inconvenient times but are still unavoidable: design of your management reporting processes, set up of a liquidity planning capability, connecting to the outside, requirements deriving from parallel accounting needs, implementation of a new system or an approaching software release change these are only a few examples. EPROX will deliver solutions tailored to your needs but still based on a standard application, and will optimize your system support. We are able to provide certified specialist and technical competence, especially for the SAP functionality for treasury and risk management, financial asset, cash management, and bank communication management. With the EPROX LIQMANAGER we offer an integrated, best-practice-based solution for liquidity planning in an SAP software environment. For more information please visit:

9 Premium Sponsors e5 Solutions Group e5 Solutions Group is the recognized leader in solution design and implementation of all of SAP functionality for treasury and cash management, including debt and investment, intercompany loans, market and credit risk management, foreign currency exposure management, hedge management, in-house banking, cash management, and electronic bank statement processing. e5 helps companies to maximize their return on financial investments, reduce risk, streamline critical finance operations, optimize cash management, and improve corporate performance. With its implementation expertise and its new Overture5, Bank Administration for SAP solutions product, e5 can help you deliver a comprehensive treasury solution that satisfies all of your critical financial functions. For more information, please visit: First Treasury A/S First Treasury is a consulting firm specializing in the areas of advanced finance and financial technology. We deliver high-quality consulting and business services to financial institutions and large corporations in Northern Europe and Australia. First Treasury s core areas in finance are: Treasury Asset management Liability management Wealth management Commodity trading In First Treasury we believe that a structured methodology is the basis for the delivery of firstclass consulting services. The professional competence of a First Treasury consultant is based on an average experience of over 11 years in First Treasury s core areas. First Treasury is a vendor-independent company and can therefore provide independent advice. Short facts: The company s headquarters are situated in Copenhagen, with offices in Stockholm, Oslo, and Sydney. 30+ highly experienced consultants (June 2011) EUR 6.5 million revenue in % annual growth rate SAP partner For more information, please visit:

10 Premium Sponsors INTENSUM INTENSUM is an independent European SAP consulting agency. We deliver business skills and first-class SAP implementation competencies, focusing on the optimization of treasury and financial supply chain processes, business intelligence, and process improvement through innovative solutions. Our strength is the combination of business expertise and senior SAP competencies. Finance and treasury: Optimization of your financial supply chain management (cash and liquidity, treasury and risk management, in house banking - payment factory, credit, dispute and collection management, and more) Intelligence: Reporting and planning applications using SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence solutions (reporting, dashboards, and planning and consolidation) Innovation: Process improvement through innovative solutions (using SAP NetWeaver Process Integration software and Web and mobile applications) We accompany our customers into the latest solutions and innovative products to help ensure a long-term ROI combined with a flexible and future-proof solution architecture. INTENSUM carries solutions and services with high value and quality in the financial and treasury markets. For more information, please visit: SWIFT SWIFT is a member-owned cooperative that provides the communications platform, products, and services to connect more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 210 countries. SWIFT enables its users to exchange automated, standardized financial information securely and reliably, thereby lowering costs, reducing operational risk, and eliminating operational inefficiencies. SWIFT also brings the financial community together to work collaboratively to shape market practice, define standards, and debate issues of mutual interest. For more information, please visit:

11 Premium Sponsors Zanders Zanders is the leading independent treasury consultancy globally. Our company, founded in 1994, is exclusively focused on treasury management, risk management, and corporate finance. Zanders employs a team of over 140 qualified treasury professionals offering global services. The company has an excellent track record and diversified client portfolio consisting of multinationals, financial institutions, public sector entities, and NGOs. The added value of Zanders is to assist our clients from idea till implementation, bringing best practices and latest developments together into workable treasury solutions! Our expertise areas Treasury management Corporate finance Risk management Our services Advisory services Interim services Outsourcing services Transaction services For more information, please visit: For comprehensive details relating to this event, please visit

12 Standard Sponsors BankersAccuity Bankers Almanac and Accuity have joined forces to form BankersAccuity, the global standard for payment efficiency and compliance solutions. BankersAccuity is the leading provider of global payment routing data, AML screening data and software and professional services that allow organisations, across multiple industries, to maximize efficiency and facilitate compliance of their transactions. We work with over 24,000 customers globally providing customer support in several time zones through our office locations in Beijing, Chicago, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, New York, San Diego, Singapore and Sydney. For more information, please visit: or BBP BBP operates the world s largest SWIFT ServiceBureau and is a leading outsourcing partner to corporates. Standard interfaces enable BBP to offer seamless connectivity to SWIFTNet. Our expertise ensures that integration with treasury management and ERP systems is implemented quickly and easily. BBP is a SAP Service Partner (Special Expertise for SAP and SWIFTNet Integration). BBP s ServiceBureau is ISAE 3402 (formerly SAS 70) certified and has been awarded the highest level of SWIFT certification: the SWIFTReady connectivity Best practice label. Furthermore it is one of a very few ServiceBureaus recommended by SWIFT for SWIFT for Corporates. Consistent customer-service combined with 26 years of experience gives BBP an excellent reputation as a reliable partner for over 300 customers in 32 countries. For more information, please visit: BearingPoint BearingPoint is an independent management and technology consultancy. Owned and operated by its Partners throughout Europe, BearingPoint provides its clients with the best possible value in terms of tangible, measurable results by leveraging business and technology expertise. The company has European roots, but operates with a global reach. BearingPoint offers the complete spectrum of consulting services in the Treasury and Finance area. For more information please visit:

13 Standard Sponsors BGP For more than 20 years BGP MC has been helping its clients modeling business processes, building competences, and developing IT solutions into the areas typically managed by the CFO, CIO, and CAO.BGP is used to work on projects with the client in an open team, providing the highest efficiency, as well as mandate transparency and the complete transfer of the technology know-how. Strategy, modeling, design, implementation, and maintenance: the combination of process, functional, and technical skills enhances the value of a BGP project, a valuable asset applied to the complexity of clients businesses. BGP s key figures have direct links with the academic world. Professional activities are founded on an engagement with research and education; at the same time, universities provide to BGP a continuous and valuable source of fresh professional talent. For more information, please visit: COMPIRICUS AG COMPIRICUS AG is a software provider and consulting partner specialized in finance as well as treasury, asset, and risk management. We are an SAP services partner, and our team works with the SAP Treasury and Risk Management application from the very first line of coding. We offer integrated solutions tailored to customer requirements, ranging from concept consulting, software implementation, and IT integration right through to software development. Our clients belong to various industries, such as utility, consumer goods, and financial. We support our customers projects on a global scale and help our customers to create solutions to meet local and international requirements. For more information, please visit: Experian Be ready for the implementation of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) with our comprehensive and complete bank account data validation and data conversion service. An average of one in eight of the bank account numbers held in corporate databases has a level of error likely to lead to failure on SEPA implementation. We identify those accounts, allowing you to deal with them before payments failure and costs are incurred. Your accurate data is automatically converted to SEPA-compliant IBAN (International Bank Account Number), enabling a fast, efficient, and cost-effective migration to SEPA standards. For more information, please visit:

14 Standard Sponsors FLUCTIM Business Solutions Fluctim Fluctim Business Solutions is a consulting company with strong focus on payment processing within SAP ERP software systems. In particular, we support our customers in the design and realization of in-house bank and payment factory solutions based on the SAP In-House Cash, SAP Bank Communication Management, and SAP Cash and Liquidity Management applications. Our consultants have been working in Europe and the United States mostly for large corporate clients but also for midsized companies. For more information, please visit: Nasarius Nasarius combines profound business understanding with strong technical knowledge. This makes us one of the most complete and unique consultancies in the market for treasury and cash management. The services we offer include; process optimization, change management, and system implementations. As your selected partner we support you streamlining your end-to-end payments processes to achieve full straight-through processing. Our global experience with internal bank implementations, cash pool management, bank connectivity, and projects risk mitigation ensures a lean and timely project. Our approach secures realization of your benefit case and leaves you with a high-quality solution. For more information please visit: Media Partners

15 REGISTRATION FORM International SAP Conference for Treasury Management 2012 June 27-29, 2012 Potsdam, Germany Copy and Fax to +44 (0) Register online at I would like to register for the International SAP Conference for Treasury Management 2012 June 27-29, 2012 Potsdam - Berlin, Germany (Please complete clearly in block capitals) You can register for the International SAP Conference for Treasury Management 2012 online at or by faxing this form to the number below. Please copy the form, complete it, and send it to the following address (one form for each participant): Last Name Company Industry Sector First Name Job Title Street Registration and Contact Office T.A. Cook Conferences. 4th Floor, Mclaren Building 46 The Priory Queensway Birmingham, B4 7LR, UK T: +44 (0) F: +44 (0) E: info@tacook.com Event Fees City, State Zip Code, Postal Code Type Early Bird Fee ( Valid until 11 May ) Standard Fee Country Fax Date I wish to attend the following: Conference (June 28-29) Workshop(s) (June 27). Please select: All Day: W1 Morning: W2 W3 W4 Afternoon: W5 W6 W7 Payment Method Phone Signature Conference 890* 1090* Full-Day Workshop 475* 575* Half-Day Workshop 275* 325* * plus 19% German VAT ** Early Bird deadline is May 11, 2012 Registration Cancellation and Substitutions All cancellations must be received in writing. Please fax your cancellation notice to +44 (0) or send an to info@tacook.com before the June 13, 2012, deadline. When canceling before June 13, 2012, you will be liable to pay an administration charge of 175. Cancellations received after June 13, 2012, as well as registrants not attending without canceling, will be liable for the full registration fee. Substitutions must be received in writing, must be addressed to the registration office, and must include the names of both the original and the substitute registrants. Organizer s Changes It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the organizer to alter the contents and the timing of the program or replace speakers. The organizer reserves the right to cancel the conference in the event of an insufficient number of registrants. In this case, registrants will be reimbursed for the registration fee only. Cancellation of travel reservations and hotel reservations is the exclusive responsibility of the registrant. Credit Card Further Information Invoice 1. Would you like to receive further information from SAP including special offers, reports, event news, and more along with information resulting from this inquiry? I agree to the above terms and conditions (this must be ticked in order for the registration to be processed) Yes, by Yes, by telephone No 2. Would you like to receive further information from SAP partners or other affiliated companies and business partners of SAP including special offers, reports, and more along with information resulting from this inquiry? Yes, by Yes, by telephone No 3. In addition to information about this event, would you like to receive news from T.A. Cook Conferences? Yes, by Yes, by telephone No VAT No:

16 HOW TO REGISTER To register on-line for this event, please visit treasury Contact for Inquiries Luba Jersova T: +44 (0) F: +44 (0) E: Event Venue Dorint Sanssouci Berlin/Potsdam Jägerallee Potsdam Germany The registration fee includes participation in the conference and/or workshop, lunch on all days, refreshments, an evening event for conference attendees, and documentation material for download. Please note that costs for accommodation and travel are not included in the registration fee.

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