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Dear DUSA Members and Friends,
The 2025 Sino-Foreign Controlling Forum is going to take place on June 20th in SUZHOU. Experts and professionals will come together to share their best practices and discuss cutting-edge topics in corporate financial management.
Details:
Time: 9:10 am - 5:00 pm, June 20th, 2025
Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel Suzhou, No. 259 Xinshi Rd, Suzhou - 苏州吴宫泛太平洋酒店, 苏州市新市路 259 号
Language: English
Ticket Price:
Member Tickets: RMB 1,480
Non-member Tickets: RMB 1,880
*Early bird 5% discount before May 20th
Member Tickets: RMB 1,406
Non-member Tickets: RMB 1,786
REGISTER HERE
CICC Members Promotion Code: SECF2025ITA
Event Introduction
2025 might be one of the most remarkable years for business in China: The tariffs war started by US administration hit global economy and especially China. Not only businesses selling to or sourcing from US market have been experiencing big shock and tremendous pressure on either top or bottom line, but many other companies have big concern about the short-term and long-term impact of the tariffs war on outlook for business growth and profitability in China.
But not all the news in 2025 is negative. One of the positive news at the beginning of the year might be the success story of DeepSeek which has increased awareness and popularity of AI technology in the country. Accelerated development and penetration of AI technology bring strong impulse for digital transformation of business, which may lead to increased productivity and profitability in the coming years.
While business environment in China and global markets have become increasingly volatile (V), uncertain (U), complex (C), and ambivalent (A), all companies must get ready for rising to the challenges in this VUCA world. Improving cost efficiency, maintaining liquidity and financing, bringing forward digital transformation, optimizing team and people management, as well as better communication between local operation and global HQ... the agenda or to-do list for China business executives as well as for their internal consultants and business partners in finance & controlling function is long.
The 2025 Sino-Foreign Controlling Forum aims to provide a platform for information, communication, and experience sharing among finance & controlling professionals as well as non-financial managers in a time, in which good and constantly evolving controlling practice is more important than ever. Besides interesting keynote presentations, the Forum offers, just as in the previous years, breakout sessions dealing with different topics relevant for maintaining and improving business and financial performance in China.
One remarkable point of the 2025 Forum is its name: In comparison to previous years, we have changed the name of the Forum in this year, from “Sino-German Controlling Forum” to “Sino-Foreign Controlling Forum”. With this change, we are welcoming more non-German companies in the foreign business community in China to join our Forum.
Looking forward to meeting old and new friends in the 2025 Forum, we wish you and your business more confidence, resilience, and success in this challenging time!
Speakers
Agenda
8:30 am - 9:10 am
Check-in, 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: Next level of business partnering to support Henkel's growth agenda
Speaker: Dr. Hendrik Kohleick
Head of Finance Asia-Pacific at Henkel (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Keynote Speech II: The New China CFO Playbook - Agile Transformation for China’s New Economic Reality
Speaker: Tom Tian
Regional Head of Finance & Controlling Greater China at tesa Greater China
10:45am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am -12:30 pm
Workshop Outbreak Session I
Workshop A: Optimizing Cash & Treasury Management in China
Speaker: Jonas Eberle
Director of Finance and Treasury at Würth (China) Holding Co., Ltd.
Workshop B: Cost Reduction & Efficiency Improvement – Practice and Experience in an Enterprise Growing from Small Business to Billion-Dollar Company
Speaker: Lucy Lv
Former Cost Control Director and Sr. HR & Admin Director of MFLEX (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Workshop C: Effective Collaboration with Your (German) Headquarter – How to Manage Expectations and Bridge Cultural Differences
Speaker: Julia Wangler
CFO & SVP at Voith Paper Asia
12:30 pm -1:30 pm
Lunch Break
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Workshop Outbreak Session II
Workshop D: Digital Transformation and Automation of Processes for Overhead Functions
Speaker: Haiguang Li
Chief Information Officer at Schaeffler Holding (China) Co., Ltd.
Workshop E: Using Technology for Finance & Controlling - The Experience of BASF China
Speaker 1: Kevin Zhou
Senior Manager, Controlling Greater China at BASF Greater China
Speaker 2: Kris Wang
Controlling Director, BASF Greater China
Workshop F: AI Agents for Finance & Controlling
Speaker: Stephane Monsallier
CEO & Founder of System in Motion
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm
3:20 pm - 3:30 pm
Presentation of the Result of 2025 Controlling Survey
Speaker: Francesco Ingarsia
Chief Financial Officer of Schaeffler Greater China, Leader of ICV Work Group East China
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Plenum Presentation: AI and ChatGPT for Controlling – How to Make It Work
Speaker: Florian Bliefert
Manager , Consultant, and Trainer at CA controller akademie AG (Germany)
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Special Feature Presentation: Embracing Digital Twin for Strategic Finance Transformation
Speaker: Chun Seong Lim (CS)
Vice President Asia at Jedox
5:00 pm - 5:05 pm
Closing Remarks
5:05 pm and afterwards
Networking and End of Conference
Registration will be closed on June 18th at 12 PM.
Please click the "Registration" button on the top of event invitation to sign up.
To ensure that you get the discounted "Member Price", you are kindly asked to fill in the specific "promotion code" you received from your Chamber/Association. If you don't have the code, please contact your Chamber/Association.
Please select one workshop each from two workshop breakout sessions during the registration.
The event directory will be sent to all successful applicants by email two days before the event. Please check your email address. If you have not received the relevant notice, please contact us in time.
Contact us
Please contact Lya Chen at info@dusa-eu.cn or +86 18051042137 if you have any questions.
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