ExPP Summit is fast approaching. Few statistics from Bruno Koch:
320 bookings with delegates from 28 countries. Just a few remaining tickets available
Well if you have not got a ticket, I suggest you grab one of the last remaining tickets before the event gets sold out. Here is the agenda:
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 2007
08:30 Registration with coffee and tea
09:30 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING ADDRESS
- Market Trends
- Perspectives
Bruno Koch, CEO, Billentis, Switzerland
10:00 eEUROPE
- E-Invoicing as a key element of future E-Government initiatives
- Current & future Initiatives supported by the European Community (SEPA, CEN, eBSN, …)
- What is delaying market penetration?
- Challenges with electronic identity and digital signature
- The way forward
Tapani Mikkeli, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, Brussels
10:40 Networking with coffee and tea in the exhibition
STREAM A: led by André Hintermann, CEO, CONCePTAS
11:30
INVOICE – THE QUEEN OF MESSAGES
- Demanding requirements of a multinational group
- Only focus on the electronic invoice or a big bang with closed electronic loop for all relevant messages?
- Make or Buy
- Challenges in the implementation and how to solve them – first experience
Ralf Kahre, Senior Manager e-solutions, BASF AG, Germany
12:00
E-INVOICING – THE FUTURE
- Evolution from E-Statement Presentment to E-Invoicing
- How to persuade customers
- E-Invoicing for cost reductions on issuer and recipient side
- E-Invoicing as a marketing instrument
David Byrne, Sales Support and Marketing, Stena Line Freight, Republic of Ireland
STREAM B: led by Bruno Koch, CEO, Billentis
11:30
E-INVOICING OPERATORS’ FORUM (PART 1)
(access restricted to E-Invoicing operators)
- Experience and perspective with international interconnection of networks
- Hear and discuss the stories and visions of B2BE and TietoEnator
12:00
E-INVOICING OPERATORS’ FORUM (PART 2)
(access restricted to E-Invoicing operators)
- Meeting point: Search and find your future roaming partner
STREAM C: led by Johannes von Mulert, CEO, Vereon AG
11:30
IMPACT OF E-INVOICING AND MATTER MANAGEMENT ON LEGAL DEPARTMENTS COST MANAGEMENT
- Characteristics and specialties of legal invoices
- Goals of electronic invoicing and matter management
- Challenges of implementing an integrated solution
- Results and lessons learnt
David Cambria, Director of Operations, Law Department, Aon Corporation, United States of America
12:00
EVALUATING AND CHOOSING AN E-INVOICING SYSTEM FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
- Creating the business case for procuring a legal e-invoicing system
- Resources, internal and external, needed for a successful implementation
- Determining the featureset that will perform best in a real world environment
- Preparing the business and its processes for implementation and change
Rora Tanaka, Vice President, Law Division, Morgan Stanley, United States of America
12:30 Lunch and networking in the exhibition
STREAM A: led by André Hintermann, CEO, CONCePTAS
14:00
FROM THE IN-HOUSE SOLUTION TO THE COMMUNITY APPROACH
- Coloplasts’ experience with an in-house solution; possibilities and limits
- Collaboration in the French pharmaceutical community
- Evolution from the E-Order to the VAT compliant E-Invoice
- E-Supply chain implementation
- The step from in-house EDI to fully outsourced solution
Antoine Peltier, Innovation Dpt Manager, Coloplast, France
14:30
ORDER-TO-CASH AUTOMATION
- Service-oriented components for Order-to-Cash
- Automate the Order-to-Cash cycle; dispute resolution and payment process cycles
- Electronic purchase order and invoice management
- Interoperability and roaming through providers
- Manage adaptation to business changes quickly
- Process improvement analysis
Trevor Batten, IT Manager, Vinidex Piplines Pty Ltd, Australia
STREAM B: led by Serge Labouyrie, EIPP Leader EMEA, Ariba
14:00
KEYS TO ACHIEVING A FULLY AUTOMATED INVOICING AND PAYMENT PROCESS
- Automation into your Accounts Payable operation is a journey
- Transform the Accounts Payable processes
- How to achieve Accounts Payable cost savings, while improving operations efficiency and overall quality and controls
Simon Dunn, Head of Procurement, HSBC Purchasing (Asia) Limited, Hong Kong
STREAM C: led by David Sherriff, Chief Operating Officer, Microgen
14:00
VALUE ADDED E-SERVICES FOR SHARED SERVICES CLIENTS
- Drivers and focus of our E-Services
- Internal customer vs external customers
- The multi-channel bill fulfilment package
- Beyond E-Billing: handling of statements, court letters, marketing information, payroll, remittance and legal files
- Insight into the roll-out process
Adrian Bott, Credit Manager, Rentokil Initial Plc, United Kingdom
14:30
SATISFYING BUSINESS CUSTOMERS’ DEMANDS
- Challenges for a Telco in a highly competitive market
- Business customers’ demands: Bill analysis, cost management & control
- Put it into practice
- Customer reactions
Dieter Roose, Product Manager, Versatel Holding GmbH, Germany
15:00 Networking with coffee and tea in the exhibition
STREAM A
15:45
START E-INVOICING FROM THE SCRATCH
- Situation before project start and aims for the future
- Process & workflow overview, optimisation steps
- Concept, SAP and archive implementation
- Benefits
Ralf Steinle, Application System Coordinator, ratiopharm GmbH, Germany
STREAM B
15:45
PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION WITH A CROSS PUBLIC SECTOR SYSTEM
- Drivers for a supply confederation
- How to simplify connectivity between suppliers, buyers and members of other NHS Trusts
- Make the change
- The Business Case
Mansel Chamberlain, Procurement Director, North-West London NHS Procurement Confederation, United Kingdom
STREAM C: led by Tom Rahder, Bottomline
15:45
TOTAL INVOICE MANAGEMENT
- Meeting the challenge to consolidate paper based and electronic invoices in parallel
- Phasing the migration to suit your suppliers
- Increasing visibility to deliver wider procurement benefits
- Benefits beyond AP Automation: Achieving early payment settlement discounts
John Macklin, Accounts Payable Manager, Thames Water Utilities Ltd., United Kingdom
16:20
PANEL DISCUSSION: ROLL-OUT STRATEGIES
- Problems faced and how they were solved/overgained
- Ways to convince customers/suppliers of E-Invoicing
- The right way: forcing or asking?
- How to do the m
arketing for “the product”
Panellists:
David Byrne, Stena Line Freight, Republic of Ireland
Peter Downie, Hewlett Packard, Spain
Bengt T. Hansson, Nordea Bank AB (publ), Sweden
Kari Korpela, The European e-Business Support Network, Finland
Brian Thumwood, DHL Worldwide Network nv/sa, Belgium
17:00 Closing remarks and end of first conference day
17:30 Enjoy an informal get-together with colleagues and refreshments and buffet dinner
09:00
COMBINING E-INVOICING, E-ARCHIVING & E-AUDITING
- Relevant Guidance Notes from the OECD
- Standard Audit File – Tax (SAF-T)
- Impact on E-Invoicing, E-Archiving and E-Auditing for your company
Marc Joostens, Director, Tax Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Belgium
STREAM A: led by André Hintermann, CEO, CONCePTAS
09:40
E-INVOICING – A PERSPECTIVE FROM UK HMRC
- Challenges and opportunities of the transforming process in a market friendly way
- National and international developments (law, standards, …)
- Collaboration of VAT Managers and IT people
- Role of government
David Chambers, HM Revenue & Customs, United Kingdom
10:10
HP’S GLOBAL E-INVOICING STRATEGY
- HP Global Shared Services – how the business is organised
- Looking at E-Invoicing – a global strategy
- The operational success
- Moving from project to programme
- Key Learnings
Peter Downie, HP EMEA E-Invoicing Program Manager, Hewlett Packard, Spain
STREAM B: led by Marcus Laube, Director Financial Value Chain Services, TietoEnator
09:40
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN BANK WITH NEW E-INVOICING SERVICE
- Motivation for a bank to enter into this market as an active player
- Priorities in B2B or B2C?
- Build and operate your own service or cooperate with partners?
- Preparing the market launch
Jan Jerabek, Head of Section – Corporate Cash Management, Ceska sporitelna, Czech Republic
10:10
INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN ELECTRONIC NETWORKS
- The model in the ONCE procurement and marketplace environment
- Current status and challenges
- How our Members utilize electronic invoicing and documents
- Outlook
Dave Wallis, Representative of ONCE, United Kingdom
10:40 Networking with coffee and tea in the exhibition
STREAM A
11:30
UNIFYING BANK’S E-BILLING SERVICES
- Leveraging E-Commerce experience for E-Billing provision
- B2B, B2C, or just B(ank)2C(ustomers)?
- Consolidating existing bank channels
- Multi-channel, multi payment-means offering
- Online feedback and administration
Dr. Constantine Stivaros, Business Development Manager, Electronic Banking Division, Piraeus Bank Group, Greece
12:00
BANKS ROLE IN E-INVOICING
- Straight thru processing (STP)
- Merger of E-Invoice B2B and B2C
- Implementing a fully integrated Procurement to Pay solution
- Massive rollout of E-Invoice services (both as a service provider and as a user of E-Invoices)
Bengt T. Hansson, Head of eDocuments, Cash Management Products, Nordea Bank AB (publ), Sweden
STREAM B: led by B2BE
11:30
DELIVERING E-INVOICES ACROSS EUROPE
- DHL, background, strategy, approach
- Current status / plans
- Issues that we have faced, how we have overcome them
- Opportunities
Brian Thumwood, E-Billing Program Manager Europe, DHL Worldwide Network nv/sa, Belgium
12:00
E-INVOICING IN AN ASSISTANCE AND TRAVEL INSURANCE COMPANY
- Success factors in implementing an E-Invoice project
- Methodology and deployment
- Increasing returns by implementing EDI solution
Michael Rouvière, E-Invoicing Project Manager, Mondial Assistance, France
12:30 Lunch and networking in the exhibition
14:00
APPROACHES FOR UPTAKING OF E-BUSINESS BY SMEs
- The international initiative eBSN
- eBusiness project for SMEs in South-Karelian region
- Impact on the market penetration of E-Invoicing
Kari Korpela, Member of eBSN, The European e-Business Support Network, Finland
STREAM A
14:45
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AUTOMATION
- The landscape, challenges and objectives with operations in 13 countries
- Automating accounts payable with fully automated 3 way line item matching
- Quick win with Supplier Portal
- Enabling a Shared Service Centre in a low cost location
Ian Duffield, Finance Manager, DSG International, United Kingdom
STREAM B: led by Pascal Sesques, EDI & E-Invoicing Product Director, CEGEDIM
14:45
PANEL DISCUSSION: STANDARDS & E-INVOICING
- Do we need standards?
- Domestic vs. international standards
- Multi-message standards vs. focussed E-Invoicing standards
- Ways to penetrate the markets
Panellists:
Carmen Ciciriello, SEPA Consultant
Usva Kuusiholma, Expert Member of the Legal Group, UN/CEFACT
David Chambers, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
Anders Grangard, GS1 Global Office
Helle Schade-Sørensen, OASIS and NES, Denmark
15:15 Networking with coffee and tea in the exhibition
STREAM A
15:45
PREPARING THE FIELD FOR E-INVOICING
- Motivation to launch the project
- Information gathering and structuring
- Challenges to introduce an European solution
- Evaluate the interests of all parties and work out scenarios
Markus Steidle, Head of eCommerce Automotive Aftermarket, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
STREAM B
15:45
WHOLE STEP FROM ANALYSIS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
- Why a global project?
- The company customer relationship
- What type of agreements do they expect from the chosen provider?
- Which target applications?
- What is the return on investment?
Christophe Saintagne, Marketing Product Manager, Diac Location & Overlease at RCI Banque, France
16:15
ENHANCING CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION VIA INTERNET SELFSERVICE
- New customer services & communication channel
- Streamline the internal processes
- Integrate the new service into the existing environment
- Moving customers to active users
Guido Fritz, Head of Billing & Statistics, Vattenfall Europe Information Services GmbH, Germany
16:45 Wrap-up and outlook for 2008
17:00 End of the European EXPP Summit 2007
References:
- ExPP Summit in London – major annual European e-invoicing/EIPP event
- Bruno Koch – the man behind EXPP events