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Time schedule

Monday, September 21
09:00 - 17:00 (to be followed by evening event from 17:30)

Tuesday, September 22
09:00 - 16:00

Chairman's opening address

• Market trends
• Perspectives

European Governments as innovators and market drivers

• The vision of the Pan-European initiative for the entire procurement process from eTendering to ePayment
• Work Packages of the PEPPOL project
• Experience and Status of the Pilot
• Strategy to encompass all EU Member States
• Expected impact on private sector

The choice for digital pay slips

• Why decide to innovate HR back office processes?
• What obstacles surface for large and international corporations?
• Legal and technical challenges
• Future possibilities to expand the services for your employees

Global Shared Services strategy and the role of internal and external E-Invoicing

• Establishing clear governance models and accountability for procurement operations
• Embracing the easy wins by reducing Purchase to Pay cycle time
• The procurement process in a shared service perspective
• Future development and governance

E-Invoicing as part of a total document exchange solution

• Electronic supply chain connectivity and document exchange needs
• E-Invoicing: from webshop to integration with customer systems
• Multichannel communication from a single platform
• Key elements to a beneficial partnership

Increasing E-Invoice share - From supplier activation to enforcement

• UPM approach to increasing purchase E-Invoice share
• E-Invoice implementation business case
• Key success factors and challenges in today's global environment
• Future expectations

From E-Invoicing to E-Procurement

• Reason for introducing electronic and automated processes
• Own objectives: optimization of processes and savings
• Suppliers focusing on them and why it is so important
• Experiences, tips & hints

International rollout in the automotive aftermarket

• Market structure and the role of TecCom
• Various customer requirements and their different legal constraints
• How we fulfil the demand (marketing, organisational, technical)
• A realistic ROI case-study for a supplier

The importance of business networks in building national capabilities to increase the penetration of E-Invoicing

• What did we do in Finland and what have we achieved?
• How could we build similar co-operation within European countries?

PDF- or E-Invoicing?

• Travel industry: Supplier structure, their environment, IT know-how and capabilities
• Mid- and long-term objectives with invoice process automation
• Our step by step approach
• Experience during roll-out

A business case on supplier side

• Why and how E-Invoicing helps drive business forward
• Legal drivers for E-Invoicing: Legislation in Europe and the US
• Financial drivers
• Business Case: Considered components, results in detail

Panel Discussion: Role of Financial Supply Chain in today's turbulent times

• Problems faced and how electronic and automated processes can help to solve/overgain
• Experience of providers: Do companies hesitate or accelerate for automation?
• Experience of companies:
  - Maximizing liquidity
  - What are the criteria and current investment priorities?
  - Achieving real-time cash management and visibility
  - Increasing automation, efficiency and transparency
  
• The downturn in the economy is of great concern to business owners. How to make sure business gets off to a good start for 2010. What options are recommended?

The electronic invoicing market in Latin America

• Market drivers & initiatives in the public and private sector
• Market challenges:
  - Multinational companies doing business in Latin America
  - Portability of European solutions
  - PDF or EDI, electronic signature
  
• Legal requirements
• Status & outlook: Mexico, Brazil, Chile

SPONSORED SPEECH
eBilling - don't be scared...!

• The billing workflow in practice
• Auto-generate digitally signed and VAT compliant PDF and XML files
• Long-term archiving
• Benefits for suppliers and buyers

Supplier on-boarding in an international environment

• Realistic expectations with supplier on-boarding
• Align processes on buyer side
• Legal and technical requirements of suppliers
• Structured on-boarding process
• Lessons learned & outlook

European Commission: E-Invoicing and E-Ordering pilot project

• Use of E-Invoicing in the public sector in line with the objectives of the i2010 E-Government and the E-Procurement action plan
• The e-PRIOR prototype
• Lessons learned from the pilot with suppliers
• Collaboration with other E-Invoicing and standardization initiatives

Suppliers' experience with the EC project

• High-level architecture of the solution, processes in scope, technicalities
• Implementation view; setup to promote quick and wide deployment
• Day-to-day usage: What are the efficiency gains and what is the further potential?
• General conclusion

E-Invoicing in Spain - SMEs point of view

• Regulatory environment and standards
• ASIMELEC working group
• Communication and training
• Success cases

Towards a banking model for E-Invoicing

• A value proposition for SMEs mobilising E-Banking
• Network model and standards
• Collaboration with service providers
• Compatibility with EU legislation and frameworks

Roundtable 'PDF, EDI or both'

• Strong trend towards PDF invoicing in some countries
• Reasons for the popularity of PDF-Invoicing
• Is it just cost shifting to customers or real saving?
• Why many PDF-Invoices are not tax compliant
• EDI and/or DIE?
• Best of both worlds - possible migration path

Pan European E-Invoicing deployment of a centralized company

• International company structure and billing landscape
• Challenge to comply with various local E-Invoicing legislation
• The A/R E-Invoicing global deployment project
• Combining customers' technical specifics and requirements with different national legal obligations
• Automation and saving potential

Synergies through membership: Networking customers, experts, and partners

• International Document & Data Exchange for SME and Global Players
• Interconnection of technical & financial processes across companies and providers
• Roaming in the network integrated and with 3rd party-platforms designated

Standardisation, ... from an eBusiness perspective

• What is interoperability? Basic Interoperability, Interoperability - a peek under the hood
• Business Opportunities
• Why standardisation?
• Developments of standards for eBusiness
• The audience - the Business
• The challenges
• Conclusion and next steps

E-Invoicing - Added Value Services:

• Content Checking, Validation & Credit Ratings
  - Improve payment flows
  - Reduce fraud
  - Reduce bad debts
  - Improve discounting terms
  
• White labeling of E-Invoice platforms & logistical services

Roundtable 'Equal treatment of electronic and paper invoices'

• Status:
  - In most countries legal treatment differs, but in some countries   equal treatment accepted
  - EC Proposal for equal treatment in Future
  
• Interpretation: What exactly is equal treatment
• What this means in practice:
  - for automation of processes
  - for the audit process
  
• Pros/Cons

E-Invoicing as key item for eEurope

• Why E-Invoicing is so important for Europe
• Focus of the European Commission
• Related projects pushed by the Commission (E-Invoicing, eID, eSignatures, E-Procurement, ...)
• Outlook