11th Sino-German Controlling Forum

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2024 Sino-German Controlling Forum is going to take place on June 14th in Suzhou again! This is the 11th installment of the annual conference of Sino-German business community since its foundation in 2013. Experts and professionals will come together to share their best practices and discuss cutting-edge topics in corporate financial management.

Event Introduction

After decades of strong growth, a three-year period of restrictions throughout the pandemic and with growing geopolitical competition among the regions of the world, business in China is now turning into a new phase of development.

In this new phase, many German and other multinational enterprises in China are facing a mixture of moderate market development, ongoing challenges in their supply chain, growing requirements on sustainability and increased competition by technologically advanced yet highly cost competitive domestic players.

With innovative solutions in the area of digitalisation, artificial intelligence and process efficiency, the finance and controlling teams are able to better mobilize enterprise resources and speed up the necessary transformation process to keep pace with the market challenges.

Under the lead theme of "Winning in Markets," the 11th annual Sino-German Controlling Forum 2024 will be an excellent platform for German and other multinational enterprises and their finance & controlling professionals to learn & exchange hands-on experience around market challenges, financial efficiency and procedural best practices in China.

We are looking forward to the sharing of practitioners from companies like Infineon, Kostal, Henkel, Schaeffler, BARC, Trip.com Group, etc. to report in various presentations and workshops about their journey in the areas of digital transformation, HR management, KPI design, ESG reporting, supply chain controlling, and generative AI application.

Welcome to join us for this flagship event in the Sino-German finance & controlling community!

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Date: June 14th, 2024

Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel Suzhou 苏州吴宫泛太平洋酒店

Address: No. 259 Xinshi Rd, Suzhou 苏州市新市路 259 号

Language: English

Ticket Price: Member Tickets: RMB 1,480; Non-member Tickets: RMB 1,880

Click the link to register.

AGENDA

8:30 AM-9:10 AM Registration with Coffee and Snack, Networking

9:10 AM-9:15 AM Opening Remarks by DUSA European Association Suzhou

9:15 AM-10:00 AM Keynote Speech I: "Winning in Market through Digital Transformation – Experience from OneSAP@Infineon"

Thomas Zimmerle, Senior Vice President & CFO Greater China at Infineon Technologies China Co., Ltd.

10:00 AM-10:45 AM Keynote Speech II: "Lean Administration as Key Success Factor"

Matthias Mross, Deputy Managing Director and CFO of KOSTAL Asia

10:45 AM-11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:30 PM Workshop Breakout Session I

Workshop (A): "European ESG rules and its implications for Chinese Companies“

Bin Huang, Manager Sustainability Region Greater China at Schaeffler (China) Co., Ltd.

Workshop (B): "Talent Management and Retention at Difficult Times"

Tomas Kucera, China General Manager at J.M. Gemini Personnel

Workshop (C): "Roadmap and Learning Solution for Successful KPI Design in Organizations"

Dr. Jean-Yves Le Corre, Associate Professor of Practice, Educational Developer at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

12:30 PM-1:30 PM Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM Workshop Breakout Session II

Workshop (D): "Supply and Supply Chain Controlling in Henkel"

Amy Dan-Vicky Yang, Senior Manager Business Controlling for Adhesive Industry Business Unit at Henkel

Workshop (E): "Financial Management Practice in Times of Digital Transformation”

Paula Yu, Finance Director & Vice General Manager of MODULA(China) Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.

Workshop (F): "How to use AI Tools to Empower Controlling Functions."

Stephane Monsallier, CEO & Founder of System in Motion

3:00 PM-3:20 PM Coffee Break

3:20 PM-3:30 PM Result of 2024 SGCF Controlling Survey

3:30 PM-4:15 PM Boost Finance Productivity with Unified Performance Management – Current state and trends in German-speaking countries according to recent BARC market studies

Stefan Sexl, BARC Fellow

4:15 PM-5:00 PM Special VIP Presentation "Evolution & Growth at Trip.com Group: Striving in an Uncertain World"

Schubert Lou, Vice President of Trip.com Group Ltd., Chief Operating Officer of Trip.com

5:00 PM-5:05 PM Closing Remarks

5:05 PM-5:3 0PM Networking and End of Conference

SPEAKERS